For the astrology buffs here...

[Archae]

Now wait a minute!
I'm not going to diss astrology in general.

I just think that this is simply, even for astrology, totally off the deep end.

Especially since out country's REAL "birthday" wasn't in 1776.
It was in 1783, when the Constitution was ratified.
July 4th, 1776 was when we said "Screw you!" to King George.
It wasn't the date our country was founded.

Astrologer says nation's future is in the stars

BY DAVID HACKETT

SOUTH VENICE -- With war lingering in Iraq, unemployment at a nine-year high and the federal debt ballooning, there is no shortage of challenges facing the nation these days.

Linda Masse has a suggestion: America needs to check its horoscope.

The 53-year-old South Venice woman recently put together what she believes is the first astrological chart "from a human development perspective" for the United States.

"I've done astrological charts for hundreds of people over the past decade, but never for a country," said Masse, whose day job is natural pest controller.

"Recently, I found that the Declaration of Independence was signed at 5:10 p.m. on July 4, 1776, in Philadelphia. Once I saw that, it just came out of the blue to do a natal chart for the United States."

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030710/NEWS/307100343/1060

[Archae]

1. Kick

:kick:

[goobergunch]

2. As a fellow skeptic...

I would note that the real birthday of the United States is on 2 July 1776 when the Continental Congress approved the resolution declaring independence.

[lazarus]

3. there's a lot of room on this one

One could say that the declaration was conception, whilst the Constitution was birth.

[ForrestGump]

4. But where are we now?

Mid-life crisis, senescence, or death? If the latter, resurrection would be nice.