Guest Column by David Fanelli

The 4th of July is a dedicated day of remembrance. A day not only to remember the sacrifices our forefathers endured to free us from the yoke of tyranny, but also for us to recall how significant our Declaration of Independence and Constitution were for all of humanity. These documents, even with all the flaws of human nature self evident, were the strongest declaration of individual freedom ever created. Because of the freedom these documents provided, America became the wealthiest nation in the world.

Look at us now. A people in fear of their government, a government that has striped away our freedom, and makes us fear being kidnapped and tortured for any form of dissent, a government that places itself above the rule of law, but takes 1200 pages of legal mumbo jumbo to explain to its citizenry its Health Care policy, a government that no longer listens to the wishes and hopes of its people, a government that creates for its people a reputation for oppression and injustice internationally that makes us all ashamed, a government which feels no shame in indebting our children and our children’s children to the few making vast profits from war.

A government that totally disregards the wishes of its citizenry only does so thru tyranny and although their attempts to shred our most sacred documents has been aggressively blatant, our Constitution and Declaration of Independence still stands.

All Americans need to recall one of the most profound messages contained in that document which reads:

That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of those ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it and to institute new government.

Well, we tried to do this thru elections and it hasn’t worked.

Perhaps it is time to try what the French people did to their government, after we successfully overthrew the tyranny of England. Now I’m not suggesting, this 4th of July, we place guillotines on the steps of Congress or the White House lawn; our consciousness has grown, ever if their’s hasn’t, over the past 200 years, and would not allow us to behave in such a barbaric manner. So perhaps “A Water Boarding Setup” would be appropriate. I mean it’s not like it’s torture or anything, right? Just a little fun and games, for those who oppose our wishes, by voting against our best interests. People should not be afraid of their government, governments should be afraid of their people.