Independence?

When I go on my morning walks, I take the same route of about 3 miles. While there is a lot of "sameness" to the route, there is always something new to attend to, if one is paying attention. But today, my eyes caught something that wasn't new; the yellow flags stating "Don't Tread on Me" at two different residences. It got me thinking with Independence Day coming up, how ironic the Tea Party's mantra has come to be. We are seeing how "faithful" the recently elected Republican governors--most through the efforts of the tea party "grassroots"-- have been to that concept. How is that "Don't Tread on Me" concept working in those states?

Stripping workers of their rights to collectively bargain; stripping women of their constitutional right to manage their own wombs; forcing government workers to participate in drug testing; the list goes on.

I don't see it. But maybe I'm missing the "fine print" on those flags: Don't Tread on Me "while I stomp all over you."


Had a another thought while walking that might be fodder for a good poem at some point.

Everyone's for the working man;
But nobody's working on his behalf
I sense a lie in the telling.