#140 Independence
We hold these truths to be tweeted.
Found in the twitter archives from July 4, 1776:
- independence would be a good idea. #independencenow http://bit.ly/usdoi
- The government should not mess with our rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. #abolishgov http://bit.ly/usdoi
- No one’s above the law #kinggeorge #fail #iblame http://bit.ly/usdoi
- He’s neglecting us #kinggeorge #fail #omgthatssotrue http://bit.ly/usdoi
- He wants us to give up our rights in exchange for help #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Tweetup was too far #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Our friends were pushed out #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- No representation for us #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- The king’s stealing our money and not letting us run things #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Judicial representation now! #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Stop gov corruption #kinggeorge #fail #gov20 http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Stop gov abuse #kinggeorge #fail #gov20 http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Why is there an army on my street? #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Why is the military not independent? #kinggeorge #fail #gov20 http://bit.ly/usdoi
- England armies out of colonies now! #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- stop english army abuse now #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- let our markets be free #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Stop english taxes in the colonies #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- We want juries of our peers #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Don’t change jurisdictions on us #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- We are not Canada #kinggeorge #fail #blamecanada http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Give us our laws and charters back!!! #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Give us our legislature back!!! #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- You want war? Then we quit! #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Say not to death and destruction #kinggeorge #fail #dead http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Mercenaries out of the colonies now! #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Friends should not be forced to turn on friends #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- The king’s not fostering law and order #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- We’ve tried talking this out but he won’t listen #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- We called, we wrote and only received insults as replies #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Our friends in the UK also tried but no one listened so war it is #politics #uk http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Independence now #politics #tweetup #gousa http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Let’s hope this works out #gousa http://bit.ly/usdoi
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History, Humor, Twitter, United States6 Comments
1Tweets that mention #140 Independence — The TNL.net weblog -- Topsy.com — July 2, 2010 at 11:33 am
[…] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Andrew Zolli, Tristan Louis, Tristan Louis, Chris Skinner, Declan and others. Declan said: Happy 234th anniversary, Declaration of Independence. Here’s what you would look like if Twitter-ized (ugly, I think). http://bit.ly/aTm8Cu […]
2Richard Brannigan — July 2, 2010 at 3:23 pm
@KingOfEngland RT: @TomJefferson Declaration of Independence http://thyspace.org/declaration <- TLDR
[…] Happy 4th of July! Twitter-ized Declaration of Independence. […]
4Greg Lohr — July 4, 2010 at 9:38 am
That was interesting read!
The only means of communication back then was mail and talking to the neighbors. I can only imagine what would have been tweeted if the technology would have been available…oh wait, I don’t have to, you just posted it for us. Good job!5Tristan Louis — July 4, 2010 at 9:42 am
Amazing, isn’t it. On the other hand, I suspect that the way it was handled back then provided more details
6nbsp — July 11, 2010 at 11:50 pm
that’s actually pretty funny
