People died, and people cried, but in the end, we wound-up being a free people, and through the courageous acts of people who were simply outraged they had to live under the injustices of taxation without representation, which we still suffer from today, and oppressive laws, unreasonable searches, and a government that was only interested in robbing the people blind.
We only have to look at today’s events to understand history is repeating itself, and if we don’t act now before Bush and Cheney attack Iran, I’m guessing that democracy and freedom in the United States will go down as a grand experiment, but one that failed because “the people” failed to force the government to honor their oath and duty to defend our Constitution, Bill of Rights, and the rule of law.
Remember your roots and think of your children, and those in the Middle-East who will also die if we don’t make the Congress and Presidency do the will of the people. We aren’t asking anything unreasonable.
The law is clear, and the dogs of war are coming; it’s a gross understatement to say that the people themselves are all that’s left to make a difference that will again reverberate through history - and Independence Day will again be something more than a vacation or meaningless speeches made by politicians that promise one thing and vote another, while the White House is busily dismantling our democratic form of government and readying an attack against Iran, an event that will instantly plunge us into a depression, martial law, and retaliation that could escalate into World War III.
If we don’t suffer the inconvenience of a strike and massive protests now, there may be no “Independence Day” like we’re accustomed to, but a dreary day when we sadly look back and understand that if we had acted this year, the world wouldn’t be at war, and our children would have a future.
They would have been able to grow up in a democratic and free society, something that is vanishing as Congress rules against the 4th Amendment and enables King George - someone I thought we got rid of over 200 years ago…
William Cormier
Footnote: To the Truckers of America in particular; Wall Street is nothing but symbolism. When you stop delivering goods and corporate America feels the pain in their wallets, it is only then that they will order their Congressional lackeys to takes action. If this is what you’re planning, then please keep it legal, non-violent, and remember that once you begin, the people are likely to support you - but a national press release prior to the event will help to educate the people as to why we have to take such extreme measures, and rather than being booed for screwing-up a few vacations, the real Americans that live in this country will be cheering that someone has finally had the courage to “just say No!.”
If you’re seriously wondering about the state of our worthless Congress, this excerpt from Truthout tells it all, and I recommend that everyone read the full article. America is in trouble, and it’s you and I who have to make the difference, otherwise, everything we have worked for will be history, including our liberty and freedom!
Congress Still Corrupt and Useless
Thursday 26 June 2008
by: Marc Ash, t r u t h o u t | Perspective
For those who thought Tom Delay’s departure would really change anything in Congress, this past week was a strong cup of coffee. On Capitol Hill, politics and greed still trump the good of the nation, still trump the Constitution, still trump all.
While nothing that happened in Washington this past week was new or should have surprised anyone, we were nonetheless served clear notice, anew, that this is a democracy under siege.
In one week, Congress authorized one hundred and sixty two billion US taxpayer dollars to extend for another year the illegal and immoral occupation of Iraq, and rewrote federal law to specifically pardon criminal actions by the nation’s largest telecommunications companies. No one really noticed that a retired US general bluntly accused the Bush administration of war crimes. He could just as easily have accused Congress of the same. They are just as guilty. MUCH MORE
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