Or so says Ken Van Doren:

As we celebrate the most important of our national holidays, perhaps we should take stock. No knock raids, warrant-less searches, indefinite detention, a dramatic increase police brutality occasionally resulting in death to innocent people, secret charges, secret courts, holding prisoners without charges, 30,000 drones flying and spying on us, or soon will be. Serious suggestions that these drones be armed for use against citizens. …

We have a president who has not only declared the right to kill American citizens without due process, but has exercised that “right” more than once. He is known to have a “hit list” of enemies that he would “take out” and has used the IRS, NSA, Secret Service and other agencies to harass and intimidate reporters and political enemies. Indeed, before the last election, Obama’s right hand, Valerie Jarrett is quoted as saying, ““After we win this election, it’s our turn. Payback time…. we don’t forget. …..There is going to be hell to pay.” It looks as if the Obama administration is being true to this threat.

Our president has exercised powers far in excess of those granted by the constitution, setting budgets, (de facto if not real) and talks openly of using executive orders to make new law in order to get around Congress. No where in the constitution is legislative power delegated to our chief executive. …

To be fair, a considerable amount of the erosion of our rights and our privacy has taken place under Republican administrations, but that does not excuse the excesses of either this or past presidents. I used to warn of the coming police state, but guess what folks, it is here. All that remains is full implementation. Could it be that the terrorists we ought to fear most come from Washington DC and Madison Wisconsin, and are agents of our own governments?

So Happy 4th of July, but today, freedom is little more than a fading memory or a bad joke. Today may be the last day that we are able to stand up to this thuggery and tyranny with any likelihood of successfully rolling it back. My question to you, Americans, is what are you going to do about the above, so that we may have something to celebrate on future Independence Days?

Well?