tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275921050576561823.post7771441636598241034..comments2023-06-08T10:14:59.128-04:00Comments on Cotter Pen: Friday the FourthCotter Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13244583549014981929noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275921050576561823.post-85310523469451733092008-07-07T10:25:00.000-04:002008-07-07T10:25:00.000-04:00Thank you for your considered comments. You may no...Thank you for your considered comments. You may not be surprised to learn you are far from the first to ask me, "So, what's your point?" I do not always have a good answer. In this case, just think of it as my way of singing, "Happy Birthday."Cotter Penhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13244583549014981929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275921050576561823.post-69458650583644166452008-07-07T09:32:00.000-04:002008-07-07T09:32:00.000-04:00Bill, this column is all dressed up with nowhere t...Bill, <BR/><BR/>this column is all dressed up with nowhere to go. You paint an eloquent picture of the birth of the holiday, with little known, interesting facts, and then just end the piece before you've gone anywhere. Or did I miss something. The post I read ended on the third of July almost a couple hundred years ago. So much more ground to cover, and after reading the first couple Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275921050576561823.post-91045758664764448442008-07-04T16:42:00.000-04:002008-07-04T16:42:00.000-04:00Your uncle is a lucky man. We are all lucky to li...Your uncle is a lucky man. We are all lucky to live in a country whose Founding Fathers were such brave hearts and elegant minds.Cotter Penhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13244583549014981929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275921050576561823.post-64685019150851842152008-07-04T12:44:00.000-04:002008-07-04T12:44:00.000-04:00I really love those guys, both for their courage ...I really love those guys, both for their courage and for their elegant minds.<BR/>I am going over to the nursing home at 4 p.m. to take our uncle a couple of hot dogs with chili and slaw on the side, potato chips and some cold cut-up watermelon. I think after reading your column that I'll stop by the dollar store and buy a little flag to go with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275921050576561823.post-61540676324347032902008-07-04T09:35:00.000-04:002008-07-04T09:35:00.000-04:00Although I do love American history, please please...Although I do love American history, please please don't make me drink a double ration of rum.<BR/>In fact, I can't even handle a single ration of rum. So I will hoist my iced tea or diet Coke and say Happy Fourth of July to one and all!Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16764566800701618387noreply@blogger.com