A little close to home

Today is a day of political protest, or least, that is how it became a day of celebrating. By protest. I studied American History in college, just out of curiosity and the need of a few credits, but found it very interesting. So, today, in a bizarre post-coital discussion, I was trying to recall the nature of the Declaration but couldn't remember much...so TO THE TUBES!
And some of the similarities to the current political climate are more than eerie. The "he" refers to the King at the time of the writing, but another "Special friend" too, me thinks.

"He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people."

Ring any liberty bells?