Better 4th of July Post

'cause I didn't write it, then again even the guy who wrote the post didn't write most of it. It's mostly quotes from Thomas Paine, and the whole thing gets summed up pretty well at the finish. From The Rude Pundit.

Thomas Paine. Today, he'd be shouted down by Bill O'Reilly for his treachery and oh-so preciously mocked by Maureen Dowd for his sincerity. But, as George Washington said, without him, we wouldn't have won the independence we're supposed to celebrate today.