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"WE THE PEOPLE of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union..."

They said it couldn't be done!  The very idea that a nation could be established of the people, by the people and for the people was laughable in halls of power around the world.  Yet we not only did it, we set an example that was admired by people in every nation on the planet!  Millions clamored to our shores to live in the freedom we created and defend.  Powerful elitist governments in nations world wide were shaken by our example, knowing their own people may rise up against their unfair and intrusive governments...governments who never even considered what suffering their selfish actions may cause their people. 

They were shaken because we did exactly that;   We rose up against our own government, the British Empire, who was then the most powerful nation on Earth...and we WON!  We threw the bastards out!  Yet in years to come, Britain became our best ally in defeating the Nazis and the Soviets, and currently in defeating terrorism.  Our willingness to set aside past grudges and cooperate in facilitating the common good served both nations in creating more freedom and more security for ourselves and the world.

Since the beginning, America has been under threat by those who would tear it down, or dominate it for selfish purposes.  In this new millennium, with advanced transportation and communications, threats can quickly manifest in to serious attacks on our system and way of life from enemies both foreign and domestic...attacks we never imagined before it was too late to stop them.  These attacks, threats and alerts can give rise to a fear induced hysteria that would divide us, as a nation.  Yet that division could be the very thing that weakens us enough to be vulnerable to even greater threats to our Liberty and Freedom, as provided for in the Constitution of the United States of America, which each one of our members has sworn to protect and defend.

Let every one of us to take a moment, on this Independence Day, to remember that even though everyone may not belong to our particular political party, or agree with us on how to solve critical issues our nation faces, the bottom line is that we are all Americans.  It is that union, above our differences, which empowered a strong brotherhood that has made our national achievements the greatest the world has ever seen and propel us to new heights now and in the future.

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