Meltring The Melting Pot ?

(Melting The Melting Pot ?)

Happy Independence Day ! On this day in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress, in essence that the Thirteen Colonies had a right to become independent states from Great Britain. And that has been the case for the last 247 years. What followed the Declaration and as a governing document was the Articles of Confederation which proved ineffective as a central authority. In 1787, the Constitution was crafted and has been in place ever since. At least until now.


It has become evident in recent years that elements in American society have determined that their goals cannot be met under the Constitutional frame-work and prefer instead an "administrative state," where un-elected bureaucrats are in charge of agencies that work to control aspects of life, like the EPA and so on.


It had the administrative state that lost at the Supreme Court last week. Affirmative action and loan forgiveness, religious freedom were all were all policies espoused by the Biden Administration. There has always been a glue that holds the country together but with the pervasive rise of green socialism, there seems to be a divergent path.


But, it will pass. Current leadership of Democratic Party is problematic at best. The possibility exists that the President could be replaced, with Vice President Harris or California Governor Newsome are seen as front runners and that would be in addition to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. A full field. The GOP story remains Trump ahead, by a lot, with DeSantis a distant second. Anybody else not even an also ran at this point.


It is not speaking well that these are the choices to become the most powerful in the world. But the American story, all 246 years of it, is not incumbent on who this President or that might be at any moment in time. Americans have always been greater than the sum of their parts so, on the Day of their Independence, go and eat the hotdogs and grill burgers and be sure to catch fireworks. And be mindful of why all this is happening.

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