Dear All, Happy upcoming Independence Day! No matter how you feel about the recent scandals in Washington D.C. regarding the IRS and secret surveillance of American citizens, we think it’s important to remember what are, perhaps, the most stirring words in the history of America, “The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,” dated July 4, 1776: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,–That whenever any Form of government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its power in such form as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Thomas Jefferson would be saddened, we think, by recent events… Happy a Wonderful Independence Day. Mike and Kathy