The American Dream to me and I hope most Americans is what is laid out in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. The right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness pretty much sum it up. The key word is liberty. What is life without liberty? What kind of happiness can you pursue without liberty? The founding fathers most of all wanted liberty, to conduct their affairs how they saw fit without a distant government oppressing them. As I sit here tonight, I have this awful feeling that I think is similar to what the founding fathers had. I am sickened to think that a distant government is slowly taking my liberties away, slowly making life harder for all of us for the advancement of itself. The defiance of this government against the will of the people and the complicity of apathy from those that know better is not only making me sick but making me fearful. The founding fathers knew that they were going to make huge sacrifices to achieve what they did and that more than likely they were going to end up at the end of a rope. The odds were against them heavily to succeed. They were afraid for their lives. I am starting to feel afraid not only for my way of life, but for my life period. We are all going down a road that if not corrected is going to end up very badly for America. If this problem cannot be corrected in a civil manner it will be corrected in an uncivil manner. That is why I am afraid.
This is a very well written blog post. I share his fears.
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