* 1775, Patrick Henry made his famous call for American independence from Britain, telling the Virginia Provincial Convention, “Give me liberty, or give me death!”

* 1919, Benito Mussolini founded his Fascist
political movement in Milan, Italy

* 1933, the German Reichstag adopted the Enabling
Act, which effectively granted Adolf Hitler dictatorial legislative powers

What did Comrade Obama do today? Certainly nothing in keeping with Patrick Henry….