Happy Independence Day

Let's see...today we can celebrate Scooter Libby's independence from justice. Or the Supreme Court's independence from the values of racial equality and integration. Or the President's independence from reality. Or the war's independence from leadership. Or...

I can't even go on. It's too easy. And too disheartening.

Have you noticed that everytime anyone in the government has mentioned freedom in the last several years it's when they're taking one of them away?