4th of July Edition

Editors Note: 

Has a 4th of July ever meant more than it does today? 

The Land of the Free, the Home of the Brave. We utter these phrases with a complacency and comfort akin to the faith that each breath we draw will indeed contain the requisite oxygen to sustain life. For years, we ushered in our nation's birthday with hot dogs, beer, and fireworks, somehow removed from the sacrifices of the valiant souls who gave life to this new nation. 

But September 11 rang a bell in the ear of we the people, and while today the StockUpTicks team again intends to share the time off with friends and family, we do so with a new, appreciative grasp of the uniqueness of our way of life. 

Recently, I had the opportunity to visit my grandfather's village in Eastern Europe where a society exists between wars and armed conflicts the way we ride the tide of bull and bear markets. At one point, I found myself looking over a serene blue-green hillside where my grandfather once stood, pondering the "what-if" consequences of my existence had my father's father not passed through Ellis Island so many years ago. 

We are indeed the Land of the Free, the Home of the Brave, and as cliche' as it may sound, The Greatest Nation on Earth, perhaps the greatest civilization of all time, warts and all. 

Today, with a depth of sincerity we had never known, StockUpTicks pays tribute to the fathers and the keepers of this great country with the most fitting homage we can provide, a simple and heartfelt, "Thank you." 
 

It's an American Thing

Fitting words for Americans, a society that prides itself on the exercise of freedom of speech. At barber shops and grocery stores, water coolers and backyard bar-b-ques, Americans let their voices be heard. In honor of this 4th of July, we have chosen to highlight one of our favorite Web sites, VoterVoices.com. We have not been paid to tell you about VoterVoices and it is not a public company or an investment opportunity.  In fact, it is costing us to mail to you about this free, not-for-profit Web site. And we think it's worth it. 
 

VoterVoices.com - The Pulse of the Nation

Many of the StockUpTicks readers use financial message boards like Raging Bull or Yahoo Finance as a venue for the exchange of information and entertainment. People engage in lively debates about the prospects of stocks and other investments, but until recently no organized forum to debate the social and political issues of the day existed. 

VoterVoices.com has been created as a free forum for the exchange of opinions from across the nation. Have you ever watched the news and wanted to shout back at the screen? Now you can be heard and you won’t believe what other people are saying. 

There are several hundred categories on Campaigns, Political Parties, Issues, andOrganizations like the N.A.A.C.P. or PETA, and maybe most importantly- your neighborhood. 

By clicking here, you can go straight to our Regional Discussions, where we have established message boards for the discussion of politics, issues, and elected officials in cities as big as New York and towns as small as Portage, Indiana. If your town is not represented by some chance, VoterVoices will build a message board for you. 

You can now speak your mind about your community to a national audience and your neighbors. Is the mayor getting the job done? Do you know about a scandal?  Look at what others near you are saying. 

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