happy 4th of july!

happy independence day! on july 4, 1776, delegations from the thirteen american colonies declared independence from britain. how differently we would view this day if we had NOT won the revolutionary war. but do we remember WHY we fought this war in the first place? why do we celebrate the fourth of july?

INDEPENDENCE...and FREEDOM.

what is this "freedom"? we don't have anarchy; we still have a system of government; we still have laws. but how can we say we are "free" if we have restrictions? the laws give us our basic rights as human beings: to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. we have the RIGHT to life. we have the RIGHT to choose what we want to do. we have the RIGHT to search out happiness in this world and in the next. when america follows these principles, she is great. when america forgets these basic rights, she begins to become less great. alexis de toqueville, a mapmaker from france from the nineteenth century, wrote in his book Democracy in America, "america is great because she is good. if america ceases to be good, she will cease to be great." he's a whole lot wiser than an 18 year old college freshman (me), and it still stands true. if america looses her morality, she sinks to the level of those she stands against - those communists and socialists and anarchists who wish to tell everyone what to do and not permit them the right to choose.

i haven't really discussed political issues on here before, but i'm sure many people, not even hearing me debate politics or whatnot, would peg me as a conservative. i'm not even sure conservative is the right word, though, because some of the conservatives are as loony as the liberals. what i am is a person who LIKED the constitution that was set up, and would prefer that our country return to the government outlined by the constitution. i wish to see the three basic rights of humanity returned to ALL citizens, regardless of age. i wish that people could walk freely in the street and not be accused of bigotry because they dislike obama's politics. (i don't like any of the white guys who have politics like obama; why would i change my mind just because of skin color?) i wish that my beautiful country would remember why she was founded, and why men died - and are still dying - for her. i wish that america could, once again, be good.

happy independence day.

-enna