Do you want a Revolution?

Whoop! Whoop!

:P

So... do ya? As our country celebrates another year of independence, I have been reflecting on the issues that led to our nation's birth from the tyrannies of the United Kingdom. It gets little notoriety when compared with the Civil War, but the topic of revolution was as much divisive at the time of our nation's birth as succession was in 1860. Brother fought against brother, Patriot against Loyalists to the king of England. And this division even meant the division of father and son. I had no idea until this year that one of the most prominent cases of this was with Benjamin Franklin and his son, William. William can be seen in many paintings along with Franklin while his father was conducting electrical experiments. Their bond was very close for many years... that is, until the King felt that he could tax the colonists without representation. Tensions began to mount between father and son, and their struggle was a public one. Both refused to bend and neither would listen to each other's reasoning. And the rest is history...

Every revolution has a cost, and generally the highest price comes in the form we least suspect.

Sorry this is so short... it's late. I'm tired. And though I had many profound things to say, I'll simply let the statement above speak for itself.