Fundamental Change to Our Freedom

   What do you think of when you hear the word “Freedom?”  Many might say, “The United States of America.”  You might picture an eagle or the stars and stripes of our flag.  You might picture fourth of July cookouts, fireworks, the kids chasing fireflies on a warm summer night, as neighbors relax together on a front porch, sipping iced lemonaide.  
   For generations our country has been a symbol of freedom, a place where immigrants would dream of one day living, where they could raise their kids without fear of a tyrannical government.  Since the founding of our nation, the poor and oppressed from around the globe have risked life and limb to come here, to make their home on our shores.
   As a nation, we have treasured and valued our freedom, because we are the great melting pot; we are the “new world,” a nation made up of people who fled the oppression of their many and various homelands, just to live here, in freedom.
   Other westernized nations eventually followed our lead.  There was freedom in Great Britain, Canada and parts of Europe; even in Japan after World War II.  And wherever freedom flourished, so did everything else:  Ingenuitiy, creativity, innovation, technology.  Along with the freedom to create and invent, entrepreneurs built businesses, created jobs, and made a way for people to provide for their families, to ac ...