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Cleita

(75,480 posts)
34. A new Declaration of Independence? Let's look at the old one.
Tue Apr 28, 2015, 12:24 PM
Apr 2015
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html

Most notably:

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. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.


Of course, instead of ranting against the King, we need to rant against our new kings, the multi-national corporations that are driving our government and legislatures. Police brutality and rioting by the oppressed are symptoms of a nation being ruled for the benefit of an elitist, business class to the detriment of everyone else.

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K&R!!! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2015 #1
so glad you are here to tell the truth carolinayellowdog Apr 2015 #2
And this is not even the whole truth nadinbrzezinski Apr 2015 #3
Generally, oppression of the many by the few, including rich globalist presidential aspirants. NYC_SKP Apr 2015 #33
We are a product of conditioning... Newest Reality Apr 2015 #4
Kicked&Recommended... butterfly77 Apr 2015 #5
recommended. Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 #6
Some non-white middle eastern fellow said Thespian2 Apr 2015 #7
I saw tonight's Baltimore coverage and suddenly had a feeling come over me that Cleita Apr 2015 #8
Its about damn time... Moostache Apr 2015 #14
I am not sure if this is the next revolution nadinbrzezinski Apr 2015 #16
OMG, I had very similar thoughts-- Jackpine Radical Apr 2015 #28
A new Declaration of Independence? Let's look at the old one. Cleita Apr 2015 #34
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. Stonepounder Apr 2015 #9
Recommended. And I would add Bonobo Apr 2015 #10
There will come a point when Half-Century Man Apr 2015 #12
All flames must start small. nt Bonobo Apr 2015 #13
It kinda depends on what you mean as "appropriate." Jackpine Radical Apr 2015 #30
good read... handmade34 Apr 2015 #11
Thanks, good read nadinbrzezinski Apr 2015 #15
Looks good. I bookmarked it to read later. nt raccoon Apr 2015 #18
Must Read malaise Apr 2015 #32
another by the same Baltimore man... handmade34 Apr 2015 #39
Wow! malaise Apr 2015 #40
K&R LiberalLoner Apr 2015 #17
It's like we are revisiting the 1960s again. nt bemildred Apr 2015 #19
In some ways we are nadinbrzezinski Apr 2015 #20
Watching the coverage of Baltimore was like a flashback amandabeech Apr 2015 #24
We are on our way to that. bemildred Apr 2015 #26
The failure of the recovery to "trickle down" to the middle and lower classes amandabeech Apr 2015 #27
It is systemic malaise Apr 2015 #21
Yup nadinbrzezinski Apr 2015 #22
You know I disagree with you on this malaise Apr 2015 #23
It is both nadinbrzezinski Apr 2015 #25
Well given that politics is decision-making about the allocation malaise Apr 2015 #29
One does not happen without the other nadinbrzezinski Apr 2015 #35
As Aristotle once said (in Greek, of course, but translated) Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #31
Also a symptom of the fear that minorities will become the majorities in just a few years. This glinda Apr 2015 #36
My issue is... Calista241 Apr 2015 #37
While you are correct with some of the activists nadinbrzezinski Apr 2015 #38
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