Independence Weekend

 The holiday weekend has arrived. The roads will be jammed, the airports will be worse. I am happy to be at home looking at the palm trees and enjoying the soupy heat of South Florida. 

Independence Day provides an opportunity to reflect on America and where we have been during the past year(s). It also provides a gut check--are we happy with the direction our leaders are taking us? 

I am appalled that our president has robbed the coffers of America for $2 Billion during the first year of his second term. (The Hill)

The administration has engaged in illegal wars and were apparently defeated by the Iranians. I know the prevailing spin is that we won, but if Iran still controls the Strait and is setting the terms of the peace agreement then it is clear we are not the victor. 

The administration is oppressing the poor and vilifying those who seek to improve their lives while also contributing to our society.

I bring these up on a holiday weekend only to point out how important it is to vote during the upcoming elections. We can vote for the continued fleecing of America or we can vote to restore a sense of purpose and justice to our land and bring to fruition the words of the Declaration of Independence:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, . . .  (Declaration of Independence)

-- Bob Doan, Tequesta, FL