Liberty a.k.a. FREEDOM is a precious thing.  Too many of us have always had it and in turn do not treasure it.  Our Founding Fathers were brilliant philosophers and scholars of history; they knew that the country would not be able to maintain itself without an informed public.  They built into our system of government many checks and balances to give the common man the ability to stave off the constant overreach of government in our lives. Sadly, much of the information of our nation's history a …