Freedom

The holiday week is almost upon us!  Hurry up, Week, we are ready to set off some fireworks!

Among all the activity, it is easy to lose the focus of why we have the 4th of July to celebrate.  Independence Day.  The ability to enjoy our freedom, which in many cases is expressed in our opportunity to ride our machines.  Freedom of the road, the dirt, the water.

Yet, in many cases, our freedoms to do just that is under constant assault.  There are many who would like to have us off the road, off the dirt, off the water.  That premise always seems odd to me as the very people who berate our freedoms to enjoy our machines still drive, eat, and spew out crap.

Plus, it seems that our politicians also seem to have targeted what any blog is about; free speech.  Or, now many of the laws that allow snooping into our calls, our mail, our email, and activities on the internet. How is it our elected representatives vote for these laws?  Don't believe us?  We recently received a letter saying that our phone calls were listened to by a government agency.  For what reason, we don't know.  Even that is somewhat frightening.  Vote accordingly and write to express your views on legislation.

On this holiday of freedom, we encourage you to remember the fundamentals of existence of the United States.  We have a Constitution and a Bill of Rights to protect now.  We have our rights to access to protect.  
That requires involvement and even some money for groups like the AMA, Blue Ribbon Coalition, WOHVA, and other riding groups.  So, maybe this holiday weekend, send a group a few bucks instead of blowing up another bottle rocket.

Have a great one.