Two Hundred Forty years ago…
A group of colonial representatives of the British crown voted to sever ties with the most powerful monarchy on Earth. With the largest military.
And ultimately won our Independence.
Established a government, dissolved it, established a second government. And immediately began ursurping the rights of the Citizenry we had fought a revolution to protect!
Governments, by their very nature, want control and power.
John Adams said, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
Well, THAT ship has sailed!
Too bad the Founding Fathers didn’t foresee some kind of reset button, which would keep the Bill of Rights as Paramount.
And allow us to begin again.
I’m rereading The Declaration of Independence at High Noon again, today.
Before my so doing is prohibited by law!
Guffaw in AZ 
Enjoy your Independence Day.
(keep an eye on your pets folks, the 4th & 5th are the busiest day of the year for animal shelters)
Love the Constitution today and you’re on a list…..so I guess I’m on a list. I just wonder how many I’m on!
Posted by KM | July 4, 2016, 8:11 amYou as well!
And re: pets, all remain mostly inside.
I operate on the premise we are on many and get added to many all the time!
See ya in the boxcars! Save me a window seat!
Posted by guffaw1952 | July 4, 2016, 8:15 amThere won’t be any window seats… maybe a view through the slats, as it were…
Posted by Old NFO | July 4, 2016, 9:12 pmYeah, I knew that. Prosaic license?
Posted by guffaw1952 | July 4, 2016, 11:42 pmA friend proposed recently that “it would be easier for the Feds to just fence off Alaska, rather than trying to arrest all the conservatives.” I said that while it’s true that shutting down the airports & closing our two (count ’em – two!) highways would be relatively easy, it’ll never happen.
That would leave all of us Alaskans free to go about our lives, and the gummint types will never, EVER be happy with that.
Posted by Rev. Paul | July 5, 2016, 10:11 am