Comments on: Declare http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/04/declare/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:50:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: DennyMo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/04/declare/#comment-40756 DennyMo Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:07:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/04/declare/#comment-40756 Gary Ansorge Says: "Remind me again, when did George Lucas write these lines? How perceptive of him,,," He claims to have written them in the 70's, in response to the whole Viet Nam issue. Gary Ansorge Says:
“Remind me again, when did George Lucas write these lines? How perceptive of him,,,”

He claims to have written them in the 70’s, in response to the whole Viet Nam issue.

]]> By: Kimpatsu http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/04/declare/#comment-40755 Kimpatsu Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:39:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/04/declare/#comment-40755 I'm STILL waiting for you colonials to pay up. Don't make come round there, Phil... I’m STILL waiting for you colonials to pay up.
Don’t make come round there, Phil…

]]> By: Kimpatsu http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/04/declare/#comment-40754 Kimpatsu Sun, 08 Jul 2007 21:12:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/04/declare/#comment-40754 I'm still waiting for you colonials to pay up... I’m still waiting for you colonials to pay up…

]]> By: The_German http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/04/declare/#comment-40753 The_German Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:40:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/04/declare/#comment-40753 I am a little late here, I hope all of you had a good celebration on 4th of July. Congratulations to your 231st anniversary. Sometimes it is realy good to go back and see what is written there. My favourite since I read it first in 10th grade 25 years back still is: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Really wise guys, weren't they? Especially because it says "men" including more than only the inhabitants of a special country. I am a little late here,

I hope all of you had a good celebration on 4th of July. Congratulations to your 231st anniversary.
Sometimes it is realy good to go back and see what is written there. My favourite since I read it first in 10th grade 25 years back still is:

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

Really wise guys, weren’t they? Especially because it says “men” including more than only the inhabitants of a special country.

]]> By: Leon http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/04/declare/#comment-40752 Leon Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:56:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/04/declare/#comment-40752 Don't worry--they got theirs with Haiti in 1792. ;-) Don’t worry–they got theirs with Haiti in 1792. ;-)

]]> By: captain swoop http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/04/declare/#comment-40751 captain swoop Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:34:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/04/declare/#comment-40751 treason! I say, Sedition and Mutiny in the Colonies. France will be at the root of it! treason! I say, Sedition and Mutiny in the Colonies. France will be at the root of it!

]]> By: Michael H http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/04/declare/#comment-40750 Michael H Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:33:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/04/declare/#comment-40750 Ruth: "That copy/paste was a waste of bandwidth." Just for comparison... The Declaration is 18289 characters = bytes of text (including blanks). The "Stop Sylvia Browne" graphic on the side bar is 10554 Bytes. Ruth:
“That copy/paste was a waste of bandwidth.”

Just for comparison…
The Declaration is 18289 characters = bytes of text (including blanks).
The “Stop Sylvia Browne” graphic on the side bar is 10554 Bytes.

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