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NEW: Glacier View, Alaska celebrated the Fourth of July by launching cars off a cliff while blasting "God Bless the U.S.A."
The event is an annual tradition that started in 2005 with tickets now costing $20.
Most years, about 6 vehicles are launched off the cliff however reports say they had about a dozen for this year's celebration.
Vehicles take off from one of two runways: One has a monorail and the other is freewheeling.
Most cars are launched with a piece of wood wedged against the gas pedal.
Epic.
Joe Rogan asks how we have $175 billion to send to Ukraine but NOT $5 billion to send Maui.
People who lost their homes to the fire got a measly $700 while we “accidentally” allocated an extra $6 billion towards Ukraine.
So, why did they abandon Maui? Because the whole thing is a giant land grab. That’s what Joe Rogan, Jimmy Dore, and many Maui residents think.
It's truly odd how:
• Decisions were made to keep power lines above ground despite the known risks.
• The alarm system malfunctioned during the crisis, failing to alert residents in time.
• Firefighters faced challenges as the water supply was inexplicably turned off.
• Police reportedly turned people back into the path of the fire.
“These are all just unfortunate things.”
“Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?
Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the revolutionary army, another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the revolutionary war.
They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners, men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.
Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.
Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.
Vandals or soldiers or both, looted the properties of Ellery, Clymer, Hall, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.
At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. The owner quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.
Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.
John Hart was driven from his wife’s bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart. Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates.
Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. These were not wild eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: ‘For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.’”
~Michael W. Smith