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Ric Larson
Hey Hey! RIC LARSON here making my debut in Cyberspace! Thanks for dropping in on my blog page! Check me out on the regular air space from 3pm-7pm each weekday! I'll keep you up to date on what's happening in country music, give you some "little known facts" about country artists and of course play you some great country music! Also, be sure to stop by here each day for some really cool info and the opportunity to interact with me!
Oh yeah... one of the things I LOVE about working here is our "theme days." These pictures were taken on "Hawaiian shirt Fridays!" I found this "bargain" on the $1 rack at a yard sale earlier this summer! More photos are coming soon from "Tank Top Tuesdays!" Brace yourself!
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He said what??
I just want everyone to know that these legs once received national attention! Eddie Montgomery of Montgonery Gentry stated... "Those legs look like two pipes stuck in a bucket!" Wow... thanks Eddie!
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THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Thursday 07-01-2010 9:53am ET
How much do you know about the Declaration of Independence — other than a bunch
of old guys with powdered wigs signing a piece of paper? As it turns out, Thomas
Jefferson put together a remarkable piece of work, laying out, point-by-point,
the colonies' reasons for leaving Britain. Yet, despite all we have heard about
and learned of the Declaration of Independence, the history books can often
carry myths and inaccuracies.
 It was Richard Henry Lee of
Virginia who proposed the resolution "That these United Colonies are, and of
right ought to be, free and independent states, that they are absolved from all
allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them
and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved." Lee's
resolution was submitted on June 7, 1776.
The day that Continental
Congress voted for independence was July 2, not July 4. They debated Thomas
Jefferson's document for two days before agreeing to the final version on July
4, when it was also read to the public for the first time.
On July 3, John Adams wrote
to his wife, Abigail, that "The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most
memorable Epocha in the History of America. I am apt to believe that it will be
celebrated, by succeeding generations, as the great anniversary festival."
The
document wasn't signed by members of the Congress until Aug. 2, and some members
didn't sign until months later.
The vote for independence
was not unanimous. Only 12 of the 13 state delegations to the Continental
Congress voted for declaring independence. New York abstained. (The colony
eventually supported the measure a week later).
Are our rights "unalienable"
or "inalienable?" The final version of the Declaration uses "unalienable,"
whereas Jefferson's handwritten draft uses "inalienable." Actually, it doesn't
matter. Both are correct and both mean the same thing.
The beautifully handwritten
and signed copy that we all recognize as the Declaration of Independence wasn't
physically written by Jefferson, but, historians believe, by Timothy Matlack.
Matlack became a member of the Second Continental Congress.
Is there anything on the
back of the document? Yes. It reads, upside down, "Original Declaration of
Independence dated 4th July 1776."
In the original draft,
Jefferson, a slave owner, lists the commerce of slavery as one of the violations
that justify a break from England. The passage was stripped from the final
version at the demand of the southern states, who would not vote for
independence otherwise.
Britain didn't learn of her
colonies' new-found independence until Aug. 30, 1776.
Wednesday 06-02-2010 11:17am ET
 Charlie Sheen has reached an agreement with authorities in Colorado over domestic violence allegations involving his wife. Sheen has pleaded not guilty to menacing, criminal mischief and assault charges stemming from an argument with his wife, Brooke Mueller Sheen, on Christmas Day at an Aspen home where they were on vacation. A source says Sheen will be sentenced to 30 days, but with good-time credit will serve only 17 days, after which he will be free of the matter without probation. OWN A PIECE OF LAND IN EVERY U.S. STATE
Wednesday 06-02-2010 11:15am ET
 Looking for the perfect Father's Day gift? Since every dad is different, this may not be for yours, but a company called American Acres sells a piece of land in every state. A digital deed of your purchase costs only $20. Granted, your dad will only own a one-inch plot in each state but, hey, even Donald Trump had to start somewhere. http://www.ownapieceofamerica.us/
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