Remember the American Revolution?  Remember what we were revolting against?  Allow Thomas Paine to remind you, and realize that the American Revolution needs to be refreshed.  If we do it now, we can do it with our hearts and minds and votes:

"A childish set of thinkers and half-way politicians born in the last century; men who went no farther with any priciple than as it suited their purpose as a party; the nation was always left out of the question; and this has been the character of every party from that day to this.  The nation sees nothing in such works, or such politics worthy its attention.  A little matter will move a party, but it must be something great which moves a nation."

                                                      -- Thomas Paine

                                                           The Rights of Man, part II