Welcome to Independence Day 2014, the day we celebrate our independence through revolutionary violence from Great Britain.
In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
Wow, that's tough talk, especially since declaration was illegal. In the eyes of the British Government, the Continental Congress was no more legitimate than the New Black Panther Party. In legal circles, our founding father's were nothing more than common criminals, rabble rousers and yes, terrorists. George Washington, Ho Chi Min or Che Guevara all wore the same uniform, as revolution is a different kind of war. Wars are fought to preserve the established order; revolutions are fought to create a new order.
Ten's of thousands of otherwise law-abiding citizens, willing to throw their lives away for an idea, a smoky, nebulous proposition of a better world, somewhere in the future. Maybe not even a better world for themselves, but a better world for someone. Stop and ask yourself, just what would it take to make you leave the comfort of your homes and join a general armed insurrection, against the most powerful military in the world?
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Seems crystal clear, doesn't it? We have the inalienable right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness. That's government's job, that's what we pay them for. Under the North American Free Trade Act, American's were promised tens of thousands of new jobs, which never arrived. Instead, 5.5 million American jobs have been shipped overseas. It has created massive unemployment, poverty and hardship for millions, rewarding only the bottom feeder and the speculator. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, i.e. sending millions of jobs overseas.
Without a job, Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, becomes a cruel joke. A minimum wage of $7.25 and hour is a cruel joke. Forcing American workers into direct competition with 3rd world wages constitutes an act of treason. A government sponsored policy working directly against the average American's financial ability to enjoy, Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
"We have come to a clear realization of the fact that true individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. "Necessitous men are not free men." People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made." ~ Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Our Wal-Mart greeter in Chief has declared immigration reform to be a top priority, for his second term. Despite public opinion polls declaring by a wide margin "Jobs" to be the nation's top priority. How can government be considered legitimate, if it ignores the people and fails to restore the economy? Public opinion polls show public's approval of Congress wavering between 5% and 8%. What would you think of the headline: Russian Public Support for Vladimir Putin's Government Hovers at 8%?
laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
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