Happy Birthday America!!

Happy July 4th!!!

This is such a great country that we live in. Lately alot of people have been complaining about everything from finances and corporation failures and bailouts, to healthcare and Iraq and our boarders. Even though there are so many things that could be made better we need to remember what this country is about.

We have the freedom to speak our minds. We have the freedom to come and go as we please. We have the freedom to choose what is best for our families. We have the freedom to worship God as we see fit, or to not believe or worship at all. We have the freedom to be whatever we choose and to work hard to achieve our goals, or to do nothing and have nothing.

We all need to remember, especially today where we get these freedoms. It is not given to us by our government, not by senators or congressmen. It is not handed down by judges. Those freedoms were fought for. Everyday people like you and I made a decision to stand up and let their voices be heard. They decided to not just sit by and let others make decisions for them. These people fought for, bleed for, and died for the freedoms that we have today.

Today we have soldiers in countries all over the world protecting our freedom. We may not all agree with the decision for them to be there, but we need to be thankful for those young men and women that sacrifice their time, energy and lives to make sure we continue to have that freedom.

Today we have a government that doesn't trust us. They don't think we can choose the best direction for our country so they ignore what we tell them. Some of them think that our children would learn best from strangers rather than parents so they want to make laws to require preschool at 4. They want to control all aspects of our lives rather than let us make our own decisions.

We must remember what our Founding Fathers wanted for our country. A government of the people, for the poeple and by the people. So listen to what is going on in the world. Use many different sources of information, really find the truth. And when you find it, act on it. Don't just sit there waiting for your neighbor to stand up for your rights, because if you do that, one day your neightbor won't be there anymore and you won't have any rights.

I am off my soap box now....Have a great 4th!