Complete the next paragraph for the New Declaration of Independence

[tom_paine]

whereby Free America announces it WILL NO LONGER KNEEL before King George and His Corrupt Royal Court!

Let's take it from the top...

When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds 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.

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 to 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 shown 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...

DUers! Unsheath your quills! What comes NEXT to be written for this New Declaration of Independence?

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[wryter2000]

1. Question

Do you want the original document or a 2004 version written by us?

[tom_paine]

2. I don't know what I want! The rules are there are NO RULES!

What I am is mad as fucking Samuel Adams in 1773! As pissed as Franklin in 1774! As pissed as the Minutemen in 1775!

As pissed as the Citizens of Bennington, Vermont, when the detachment of Hessian marched into town!

"If you're a revved up racecar, then I'm a nuclear bomb! I'm a Mushroom Cloud Layin' Motherfucker!"
--Jules (Sameul Jackson), "Pulp Fiction"

Just write, my friend. Just write.

[terrya]

3. I'm no Thomas Jefferson, but here's mine.

"We hold that the civil liberties that we cherish and enjoy are to always be respected and preserved. That there are essential freedoms that must be protected always...the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the freedom of assembly. We hold that discrimination and bigotry against Americans regardless of race, gender, religion, ethnic origin and sexual orientation will not be tolerated under any circumstances. We further hold that the government represents ALL of the people, and that it is not to represent only the priviledged and the powerful"

[anarchy1999]

4. Oh my God, I just saw the ghost of Jefferson, Ben Franklin and Paul

Revere all ride past my window! God speed, tom_paine.

PS/ They asked as they rode by, "What is a free amendment zone"?

[wryter2000]

5. Whenever I think of those guys, I want to hang my head in shame.

I've been thinking more and more about the people who froze at Valley Forge and what they suffered. It makes me want to cry.

[tom_paine]

6. You and me both, pal.

And I'm not ashamed to admit it.

We have let the memories of those men down...and down HARD.

:cry:

[wryter2000]

7. No oen's good enough to carry those guys' jocks, but...

We hold that all humans have a right to life, dignity, and freedom, and that it is government's job to ensure those rights for all people both within and without it's borders. While those rights may come into conflict under extreme circumstances, a worthy government will always strive to maintain the best balance possible for all people. Specifically, a government shall never engage in wars, shall never detain people, shall never deprive them of liberty without the utmost cause.

[tom_paine]

8. Such has been the patient suffering of the Colonies...

...that has endured beyond the level a nation of Free People could be expected to endure. Thus the necessity of laying forth these Principles, Strengthening and Affirming the Old American Republic of our Ancestors, STILL EXISTS, in spite of it being ground under the Tuyrannical Bootheel of another Imperial Family related to the oppressor our Forefathers broke away from 228 years ago and replicating most of the abuses of Their Imperial Ancestors.

The long train of usurpations, frauds, thefts, lies and the dragging of the Honor of American Arms compels all Free Americans to stand with your brothers and sisters in this, our country's greatest hour of need. To stand tall and be true for the Prnciples this Great Nation was founded upon, now in abeyance while America resides beneath the Tyrant's Weight of Injustice and Occupation by a New King and His Imperial Court.

To this end we pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor!

[tom_paine]

9. Isn't it funny how Flame Threads get 100 responses?

"Anyone? Anyone? Anyone?"
--Ben Stein "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"

[wryter2000]

10. This thread required some work

But I'll bet it fostered a lot of thought in the people who looked at it.

[Bandit]

11. I am not a great writer so you put it together and I'll fight for it.

If Bush* steals this election I am ready to do whatever it takes to find a solution. We take back our country or form a new one but we must re-establish the real USA.

[Generic Other]

12. The people first

As such the people demand the right to overturn any government that ceases to function and replace it with a new system. As such the citizens are entitled to an initiative process whereby they can collect signatures, introduce legislation and place the question before a vote of the people in a national referendum. No paid signature gatherers will be allowed to participate in this process.

If the citizens can prove that the government has failed to provide for the common good, ie. the health, welfare and social wellbeing of its citizens, the people shall have the right to dissolve all three branches of government and call a new constitutional convention to resolve the problems and create a new coalition government.

A 2/3 majority will be needed to overturn the present form of government. New elections will follow within 30 days.