Coming to you from the Hagman Report.com studio, located in the Keystone State,

birthplace of a mighty nation, it's your host, Doug Hagman.

Welcome to the Hagman Report, folks. It is the Hagman Report for the day. It's

to stay July 5th, 2022. Eric, the tech and I were just having some fun right

before the opening here. So that's why the delayed response. Oh, I can tell you

some stories and he's going to have a tell all book when I die. Oh, it's, I guarantee

it's going to be the best seller because, oh, you don't want to know. Okay. Happy Independence

day to everyone. And you know, it's, it means a lot to me. I just want to toss this up on

the screen. You know, here we sit in the comforts of our home, maybe in our card, depending

on where you're watching or hopefully listening to this or watching this. And we, we really

haven't sacrificed anything for the lifestyles that we currently enjoy. Now I realize, of

course, we work. And yes, this is the fruit of our labor. But what about the founders?

There's an image that I want to remind people. And I, and you know, I think it's the first

image attachments, Eric, the tech, image number one, about the founders, what happened

into the founders? What was their ultimate? Well, you know, the signers of the Declaration

of Independence, what happened? And they're on your screen is this. By signing the Declaration

of Independence, the 56 Americans pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred

honor. This was no idle pledge. Nine signers died of wounds during the Revolutionary War.

Five were captured or imprisoned. Wives and children were killed, jailed, mistreated,

or left penniless. Twelve signers' houses were burned to the ground. Seventeen lost

everything they owned. And you know what? No signer defected their honor like their nation

remained intact. So as we close out the festivities for Independence Day 2022, I wanted that to

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