Although it’s hard for me to believe that it’s here, today is July 4 — Independence Day in America.  I’d like to wish all of my fellow Americans a wonderful and safe holiday.  May we stop and take notice of why we celebrate this day, and may we use that reflection to guide us in the upcoming election.  Personally I’d like to celebrate independence for a long time to come, but none of us will be able to if our country doesn’t change its course soon.

If you haven’t noticed, America is quickly becoming a police state.  We hold people without trial or a chance to face their accusers in court — something our Constitution clearly grants to all of us.  The feds are spying on us more and more without proper legal grounds (hell, all they have to say is they think you’re a terrorist and you’re screwed).  Our rights are being eroded piece by piece in the name of security.  And we all sit around and thank the government for making us safe.

Hello!  Did anyone pay attention to the reasons we hated the Soviet Union when it was still around?

Thankfully the US Supreme Court realized all of this when they shot down Bush’s anti-American approach to holding people indefinitely without trial.  Despite his administration’s desire to directly spit in the face of our Constitution and show the world that we are as evil as they think we are, I’m thankful the court upheld our law and ideals and — in case you forgot about it like Bush did — the Constitution.

And don’t take this as support for Kerry.  I’m just using Indendence Day as a platform to pounce on Bush and his cronies.  This is not a statement of support for any of the idiots running for the office of President of the United States — it’s just an attack on one of them.

But I digress…

Happy 4th of July!