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highplainsdem

(63,852 posts) Sat Jul 4, 2026, 11:32 AM 13 hrs ago

A sensible July 4th message from science fiction writer John Scalzi

Happy July 4th, USA. May the promise of a better nation one day be realized for every one of us who live under its flag; also and independently, may we all finish the day with the same number of fingers as we started it.
— John Scalzi (@scalzi.com) 2026-07-04T15:23:41.845Z

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Nice! TxGuitar 13 hrs ago #1

TxGuitar

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1. Nice!

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Jul 4, 2026, 11:41 AM

13 hrs ago

|A great line from Kerouac, believing in America and wanting "[A]n America that is still magic America".

And found on the web "you can have my fireworks when you pry them from my cold, dead fingers. Which are over by the sidewalk".

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