Happy 4th of July

While you’re enjoying the day and celebrating the birth our nation, I’d like to take a moment to remind you of the more solemn nature of the events today commemorates.

A group of common men decided to break away from their king when their currency was destroyed, and thier freedom to trade had been restricted by endless rules and regulations. They were taxed without open debate and rulers from far way meddled in their daily lives while ignoring their protest. These men struggled terribly with their loyalties to come to this decision. Most were well regarded by the crown that had condescended to and betrayed them.

These founders were well off at the time they signed the Declaration of Independence. Doing so singled them out as traitors who were relentlessly persecuted. Of those who survived the revolution, most died paupers, but not one expressed any regrets. They created something unique from a world of tyranny - a place where people from every station in life were equally free to pursue their dreams.

Many of the freedoms that these founding fathers risked everything to leave us still remain. Sadly, many have been taken away by well meaning persons that lack the founders wisdom.  Those freedoms enabled the creation of the internet and the information economy. While the world has embraced it, there was no other place in the world where it could take  root and flourish. Our current political environment has spawned an openly aggressive assault on our freedoms. I’m saddened and  alarmed that the regulatory and economic state of our nation would not so easily permit the development and growth of the Internet today.

We at Third Pipe wish you and yours the best of holidays.  May we all have the vigilance to protect our remaining freedom and reclaim what we have lost.