Seems like moose are busy doing other things today -- here's an open thread for whatever is on your minds.

Hat tip to John for the brilliant pic!

Obama To Enter Diplomatic Talks With Raging Wildfire

What's on your mind, folks?

For discussing Obama's speech and anything else that's on your minds.

Oops- the cat's out of the bag; guess I can never be President.

God bless everyone on this beautiful Sunday morning! I wanted to share some of the virtues of our current health care system with everyone; hopefully, we can avoid the specter of Socialized Health Care the Obama administration has been hanging over our heads.

This week, I got health insurance with my new job- provided by me, and NOT leeching off the Government, thank you. Thankfully, since I have private insurance instead of one of the new "ObamaCare" plans, I didn't have to change my daughter's pediatrician, or my family doctor.

Now, while it's true that the new insurance stipulates I cannot visit the same facility that my old family doctors or in, and that they will not pay for any care received there, and want me to pick from a list of pre-approved doctors to visit instead- at least I'm not being forced to by the Government.

So, what's on your mind?

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...

Happy Fourth of July from everyone here at the Moose; God Bless you and yours- including all of our overseas visitors- and have an enjoyable holiday!

Fresh open thread for the coming day here in the States. We've got several folks here on Motley Moose doing a spectacular job keeping track of events overseas. Being less twitter-savvy than some of you, I sometimes find it a struggle to keep up, and perhaps tend to rely on Nico a bit too much. But I wanted to say, I'm proud of The Moose, and I'm proud to know all of you. The passion I've seen here for the Iranian people is breathtaking in its own way.

Carry on.

Every year, millions of tiny turtles crawl forth from their sandy birthing holes along beaches around the world.  In a scene to set fear into the heart of the most hardened marine they storm their beaches in reverse, working against odds higher than Normandy to reach the safety of the sea.

Every year, after decades of surfing the deep currents of the world's oceans, hardy veterans of the cycle of life and death return to the exact same beaches they stormed in their youth.  Landing craft for a new generation, they plant their biological claymores and leave them to explode into the world in their own time.

For all the trials and travails we perceive in our dry world, we suffer no more and reap no less than the leathery warriors who storm the beaches age upon age.  We can take a lesson and face our beaches with as much grace.

Consider this an open thread.

This song pretty much sums it all up for me. The message in this song and the feelings it invokes are at the heart of my political beliefs.

Last night, in the wee, dark hours, I was doing what all good liberals do - examining my beliefs. I came to what I thought was an interesting insight about my political beliefs.

Almost every political discussion in this country eventually refers to the Founders. They left us a lot of wisdom. It would be foolish to ignore that wisdom or the history they left us. That's where I started my search.