July 4, 2013 - Dependence Day?

I would normally write some sort of Patriotic posting today.  But I can't bring myself to do so.  We live in a de facto police state, tens of millions to hundreds of millions rely on some sort of direct payment from government to meet their daily needs.  This is no longer the "land of the free and home of the brave".  It is the land of the dole and the home of the dependent.