+1 for that comment I have the highest respect for the history of the United States and where they came from. Perhaps the founding fathers were not the first t

+1 for that comment I have the highest respect for the history of the United States and where they came from. Perhaps the founding fathers were not the first to think thoughts of freedom, but they were among the forerunners in implementing a system that was actually based on the idea of freedom. But I also very much agree that there is an increasing difference between freedom in theory and in practice in the States - something that I hope its citizens will manage to sort out sooner rather than later. As Jefferson said: "The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground."