Another Look at The Declaration of Independence

As I was looking at the Declaration I noticed the following grievances about King George:

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

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

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

Almost sounds like what's going on now. The second grievances sounds like King George was appointing czars. The colonists were really ticked off at the king. Take notice of this paragraph in the Declaration:

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free People. [my italics]

Again does that sound familiar? Nah.