For the sake of the safety and well-being of our Republic, there are at least two lessons to be learned from the current Egyptian Event:
1. America's leaders have been hypocritical, pretending to be what we have not been for far too long - i.e., defenders of the essential Principles underlying America's system of governance, and
2. A critical mass on the streets, imposing economic sanctions on the government, can peacefully remedy violations of natural Rights, when individuals and small groups cannot.
"All Men (including Egyptians) are created equal."
How utterly hypocritical it is for any public official in America, elected or appointed, to favor or facilitate despotism and its companion, "stability," at the expense of Individual Rights, limited government and democracy, whether in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan, Israel, China or anywhere else.
For far too long, America's leaders have been selling our souls for a plate of beans, pretending to be something they are not - i.e., defenders of the essential Principles underlying America's system of governance.
For decades, over many administrations and by both political parties, the public promises and assurances of America's leaders regarding limited government, individual Rights and the equality of man have been a deception, masking the true character of their collective acts, which actually sustain abusive government power over individual Rights.
Their acts, speaking louder than their words, have instead institutionalized abuse of power and populations around the Earth, all for the purpose of securing material bounty and geopolitical advantage, not in the national interest but for the few and privileged.
The proof of this is demonstrated by America's foreign policy and its devastating, adverse impacts on the ordinary, non-aligned People of other countries. Egypt is but one example.
During
the last three weeks, the political leadership of the United States,
particularly the Executive, have appeared frequently on world-wide television
to present statements regarding the obligation of Egypt's leaders to
"address" the Grievances of the Egyptian People, respect the Natural
Rights of Individuals and avoid violence.
These broadcasted claims by America's leaders, however, are nothing short of
sheer hypocrisy when contrasted against the similar refusal
by America's leaders to "Redress" the Grievances of the American
People, repeatedly served via First Amendment Petitions for Redress, concerning
gross violations of Rights guaranteed by our Constitution - (allegedly, still)
the Law of the Land.
After America's leaders were finally shamed into finding quiet words of support
for the unalienable Rights of common Egyptians, and forced to tacitly admit to
America's policy of enduring support of the Egyptian dictator's despotic
regime, we offer this reminder. These same U.S. leaders have, for over a decade
now, steadfastly REFUSED to Redress similar Grievances of the American
People, that is, violations of our Constitution that continue to adversely
impact the Life, Liberty and Prosperity of the American People, while
continuing to wreak havoc, unrest and injustice abroad.
America's
leaders during the Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations have refused to
respond to the People's Petitions for Redress of Grievances, including those
relating to: the application of the armed forces in hostilities overseas
without congressional authorization; the cartel of private banks known as
the Federal Reserve System; the fiat (paper) Federal Reserve currency and
fractional banking practices; the imposition of direct, un-apportioned
taxes on labor; the virtual evisceration of the Bill of Rights by the USA
Patriot Act; the failure of the Executive to "faithfully execute"
existing immigration laws; the giving and lending of public funds to private
entities for definitively private purposes; the use of public funds to bail out
foreign currencies without congressional appropriations; the eligibility
requirements of the office of President; and the movement towards a North
American Union. (Read the
Petitions for Redress)
In true authoritarian style, between December 2006 and May of 2007, cornered by
the persistent, highly visible pressure brought by members of our organization
in the public exercise of the unalienable Right to Petition for Redress to hold
the government accountable, the leaders of all three branches of the U.S.
Government went as far as to collude in an veiled attempt to outlaw the First
Amendment Right to Petition. (Read
our update on the Collusion)
In short, just as we have witnessed in Egypt, Liberty is a force of Nature and
no People can be expected to forever be deprived of their individual,
unalienable and natural Rights, Freedoms and Liberties.
We, the People of America must hold America's leaders accountable to the following essential principles of Just and Lawful Governance:
- All men (including Egyptians) are created equal; equality is not an American monopoly.
- All men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, including Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. Egyptians, too, have them simply because they are alive. Life-furnished Rights are not an exclusive American commodity.
- To secure these Rights, governments are instituted among men; Government's sole purpose in America and elsewhere is to protect the Rights of their sovereign People.
- People everywhere have the unalienable Right to Petition their Governments for Redress of Grievances if their Rights are being repressed, ignored and violated; All governments of, by and for the People are obligated to respond.
- Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it; the Right to think freely and to hold the Government accountable extends to all People in America and beyond.
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