“Wave that flag, wave it wide and high, summertime done come and gone, my oh my” 🇺🇲
Coming down from the 4th of July weekend with a little “U.S. Blues” live from Orchard Park, NY, 1989.
The Declaration of Independence is the greatest document ever produced by man. It’s no coincidence that it was the founding document of our nation and we went on to be the most prosperous civilization in human history. Any country founded on that document is worth loving and fighting to save.
It is also, undeniably, a radically libertarian document that clearly states the validity of natural God given rights and that the only legitimate role for government is the protection of liberty.
We have serious problems in our country today and we will be much better off if we follow the spirit of our founding document than the brain dead varying socialisms being promoted by both political parties.
Have you ever heard the Declaration of Independence read out loud?
You should. It’s the greatest break-up letter ever written.
At just 33 years old, Thomas Jefferson, with cold moral clarity, told the British government to pound sand:
“Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness], it is the Right of the People to alter or to ABOLISH it.”
The power of that line isn’t just what it says. It’s how it’s said.
Jefferson wasn’t writing from a place of outrage. He was transmitting conviction—moral clarity delivered from a steady frame of mind.
It’s said Jefferson revised the Declaration of Independence with the help of Franklin and Adams dozens of times before it was finalized.
And that deliberate, cutting language, paired with emotional steadiness, is precisely why the words still land 250 years later.
Today, we’re blessed to be the inheritors of the great nation those steady hands wrote into existence.
Happy Birthday, America. 🇺🇸
Y’know…before running for the handcuffs, can we all just stop for a second to LISTEN and bathe in a true moment of pure love?
THIS is what it means to be human.
@ToBeHumanShow.
There is something insanely romantic about finding the one person on earth whose specific brand of madness mirrors yours. Not just “we like the same films” compatibility, no. We are talking another realm.
Actual nervous system alignment + crazy alignment + skill alignment + willingness to go all the way alignment.
Same danger tolerance + same skill+ same devotion to the plot. AND THEY LOVE U TOO
Some people live 120 years and never touch that kind of aliveness.
JUST IN: After two people climbed to the top of the Empire State Building and unfurled a banner on top of its spire Wednesday afternoon, one of the climbers appeared to propose to the other. https://t.co/ngG3jOeTBU
BREAKING: Two people have climbed to the top of the Empire State Building in New York City, holding a banner from the skyscraper's antenna reading, "When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace."
As of now it's unclear how the pair reached the top of the building as police work to get them down from the spire, 1,454 feet above the ground.
Good book… not fade away, Peter Barton.
“IF I HAVE ANYTHING AT ALL to teach about life, it probably comes down to these two simple but far-reaching notions”
🚨BIG WIN for privacy today! SCOTUS rules 6-3 that geofence warrants—letting police sweep up everyone’s phone location data in an area—are searches requiring probable cause. Gov can’t conduct mass surveillance without real justification. Your movements are your business. #privacy
I will never stop shouting this from the rooftops: the most underrated skill you’ll ever develop is the ability to genuinely enjoy your own life. Not someday, when you’ve healed enough, earned enough, or finally figured everything out. NOW. Because your life isn’t waiting for you somewhere in the future—it’s being built in the way you experience this ordinary Sunday, this cup of coffee, this conversation, this sunset, this breath.
heard a girl say that when she feels stuck, she imagines herself at 85yrs old & gets a chance to come back to her younger body for a day. suddenly, everything feels like magic again. the walk, the coffee, the music, the sunlight. live like today is the miracle it actually is!!!
Wake Up to Guitar Greatness
Today's Pick: Stanley Jordan - "Eleanor Rigby" (Live, Newport Jazz Festival, 1986)
Rise, tapping tribe! Both hands, no pick, bass and melody at once.
There is an African Proverb that I love:
“A cat that dreams of becoming a lion must lose its appetite for rats.”
Meaning: To achieve greatness, you must let go of old habits that could hold back your progress.