That cannot be said lightly. But we happen to be in a time of
transition historically from the independence enshrined by this
nation’s founders to a new dependence engendered by the nation’s
governing elites.

It is a decisive time for the U.S. President Obama has referred to
Americans as a noisy bunch of people who sometimes disagree loudly.
Celebrate our right to do so. And remember those committed to guaranteeing the freedom for us, and others, to exercise that right.