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Point your loudspeakers out the window and listen to this while you ‘cue: JFK reads the Declaration of Independence. [download may take a few minutes]

Or here’s the text.

In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
When in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the Earth, the separate and equal Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the Separation.

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.

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed.

That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, …more

I hatted up with a green roof made of bent scrap metal, a welder’s facemask harness, and some plants from my half-assed “ecolawn”.

A few people got it. Mostly kids. “You’re a house!” they exclaimed. “Yes, I’m a house,” I confirmed.

Here I power past a lackadaisical Draculess, in search of beer. The badge on my shirt says “Ask me about… DRAINAGE.”

You know what, dog? You are far more than an opportunistic commensalist to me.

You are ALL RIGHT, you know what I mean? You’re like, the ONLY holiday guest who gets JUST HOW FUNNY that story about the stupid squirrel is.

I promise to give you the whole turkey pan and take you camping again, as soon as we wake up from this trypto.. trypto.. STUFF.

Happy Thanksgiving!
(back with something of substance after the holiday)