That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for July 01, 2022

“Sorry, Benjamin, we are not adding Wenches! We are sticking with Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”

“I published newspapers, providing information from all over the world to the people of Pennsylvania. I helped them send letters to their loved one. I researched the properties of lightning, and designed a new, more efficient heating appliance that I released for free. What have you parasites done except get rich at the expense of the common people?”

“Enough Ben. I promise that our new government is going to Make America Great Again.”

“Are you done proof reading? If I don’t get this on the press now, it won’t make the morning edition”

“Who snuck in this ‘right to a keg of beer’ clause?”

Our advise is to stick with the beer and bifocal business Ben. Newspapers are a dead end when most of the nation can’t read.

Don’t worry about it, Ben. In the future, the RW Republicans and their Supreme Court are gonna demolish it all anyway.

/// Several founders of our nascent nation

set about to write the Declaration

which would set us all free

from top-down tyranny

and of Liberty, form the foundation.

/// But, back then they just meant rich white guys,

not those others that many despise.

Still, they had the foresight

to create ways we might

expand freedoms. (Or lose them.) Surprise!!!

I’m going home to warm myself by my stove. You guys can freeze your butts off.

It’ll work, we’ll leave at night!

BEN: Thomas! You’re in my parking space! TOM: Oh, go fly a kite.

“So we’re agreed? It’s George on the one, Tom on the two, Abe on the five. . . "

We know what the “Fathers” meant/

When they wrote the great document/

But now we’ve a “court”/

That seeks to distort/

The original intent…

They sought to expand men’s rights/

With some notable oversights/

Such as women and blacks/

Whom the “Court” now attacks/

(Your bedroom is now in their sights !)

Next Monday we celebrate/

The birth of a nation-state/

But the Court’s overreach/

Claimed that “money is speech”!

It may already be too late..

Ben : I’ve told you, the national symbol should be Turkey!

Tom : And I’m telling you, you old coot, we finished that conversation and now we’re ordering lunch!

John : Come to think of it, I’ll have a turkey sandwich.

“Oh, cr ap. That’s due tomorrow?” Thomas Jefferson July 3rd, 1776.

“And did anyone think to get a Form 5444?”

“No, Ben, we’re not reimbursing you for the minibar. Now put your hat back on.”

Tiny feet and hands. Overweight. Bald. Old. Rich. Could Ben have been a Tru… NO – NEVER!

Ben we are waiting for John Hancock to sign?

Let me direct you all to the lyrics from “The Declaration of Independence: A Man Can’t Be Too Careful What He Signs These Days” from Stan Freberg Presents the United States Volume One: The Early Days

https://genius.com/Stan-freberg-declaration-of-independence-a-man-cant-be-too-careful-what-he-signs-these-days-lyrics

If you get a chance to listen to this album, by all means, do! It’s hysterical history and it’s historical ( 1961 )!

Happy 4th of July weekend to all my friends in the U.S.A.!

In one Night Court Russian and American Arms specialists work out a method to eliminate all nuclear arms by the 4th of July 1989… and the American says, you better make that the 5th… you know, Holiday Weekend.

I know you think it is obvious, but are you sure you want to remove the clause about not electing a moron as president?

This is what led to moving the weekend from Tuesday and Wednesday to Saturday and Sunday.

Drafting the Declaration of Independence: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:Alonzo Chappel" site=commons.wikimedia.org

(syntax supported by the Google, Yahoo, Bing, DuckDuckgo, Ecosia, and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found, and once there find the text string 1857, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly B6 paper size engraving.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2938 (June 6, 2022) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there pointing to the artist info I used to point to here. So far 2 works, by this artist, have been used here. The January 14, 2014, strip has the prior (the 15 hyperlinks in my comment there have been deactivated, and the line breaks removed, but perhaps the text remains informative).

sorry Ben, we want a president that is more attuned to our needs

… and be it furthermore resolved that, whensoever July the Fourth shall fall upon a weekday, no citizen shall be obliged to publish an edition of “Poor Richard’s Almanack.”

(Interpreted by a previous Supreme Court to include “That is Priceless.”)

What REALLY happened!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSlsKUFT1n8

You’re saying that over 250 years later people will be quoting me? Sweet!

Tom: Do we send out for pizzas and beer?

George: Do they even have that stuff here ?

Ben: Here in Philly, they make/

A fantastic cheese steak/

Tis a dish that the locals revere…///

Twixt the Schuylkill and the fair Delaware/

Few delicacies can compare/

But please be aware/

There’s a cholera scare/

Should you choose to order a pair…///

Remember Tom, for the 4th of July picnic, we need a gluten free option!