{"id":2957,"date":"2015-07-04T06:22:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-04T16:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=2957"},"modified":"2015-07-04T06:23:11","modified_gmt":"2015-07-04T16:23:11","slug":"ponder-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=2957","title":{"rendered":"Ponder this"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/independence-day-usa-sized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2959\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/independence-day-usa-sized-250x191.jpg\" alt=\"independence-day-usa-sized\" width=\"250\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/independence-day-usa-sized-250x191.jpg 250w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/independence-day-usa-sized.jpg 327w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Today is the 4th of July.<br \/>\nYou probably knew that.<\/p>\n<p>It might come as a surprise this is not a day set aside by the retail industry to roll out some 50% off sales events.<\/p>\n<p>Independence Day is also not a movie with aliens.<\/p>\n<p>Although it was a good one.<br \/>\nSort of.<\/p>\n<p>This is what today is about:<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the day our country was born.<\/p>\n<p>The adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, by the Continental Congress declared the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as a new nation, the United States of America, and no longer part of the British Empire.<\/p>\n<p>This reminder because too many polls seem to indicate too many people have no idea what July 4th is about.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a shame.<br \/>\nMakes me grumpy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2957\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=2957&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2957\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=2957&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=2957&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the 4th of July. 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