The Grand Experiment - An Update

Two hundred and twenty eight years ago today, a small but vocal minority of residents in the American Colonies decided that they had had enough of the way they were treated by those in power. A select group of the best and brightest of these gathered together and put their names on a document which declared that the North American colonies of Great Britain are, and of right ought to be, a free and independent Nation.

Every one of those in attendance that day knew full well that signing such a document would automatically carry a death sentence, but they were prepared to risk that for their beliefs.

Who would have thought that, in just the span of my lifetime, we would have seen this courage and strength of character ridiculed and dragged through the mud by moral cowards who dismiss those who were ready to give their all for us as "dead white guys". These cowards have no intention of fighting for their beliefs or their entitlements - they see them as something that should be imposed on the rest of us as their right. They revel in their sad belief that "all cultures are morally equivalent" - except, of course, for that culture in existence here at the time of the Revolution.

We have become a Government by Whim, not by laws. Bureaucrats beholden to no one (and who can't even be fired) develop regulations that can and do control just about every aspect of your life. Federal courts legislate from the bench and impose "laws" that even determine what your morals and personal beliefs will be. You own property and want to build a home on it? You had better not let the Army Corps of Engineers see it after a rain, or they will not only prevent you from doing any development, but can have you jailed if you do.

I'm going to stop this before I pop an artery. Today I am going to teach my granddaughters what the true meaning of this day is, join them in their unfettered ability to just love life, and I might even let them convince me that fireworks don't scare the crap out of me!