04 July 2006

I couldn't have said it better myself...

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
(a snippet from) The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

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.


Check out the commentary following this grand document, presented in its entirety, over at Simply Left Behind. Amen. Couldn't have said it better myself.

2 comments:

Nancy E. Dunne said...

Should I cut and paste your rebuttal to him on his blog?

Nancy E. Dunne said...

"George W. - who harbors WMDs and lies about them, won't allow freedom to practice one's choice of religion and regularly assassinates anyone who disagrees with him."

He doesn't harbor them unless you count the warheads that the US still has...or the bombs that we dropped in those airstrikes...

He does lie about them. He lies about a lot of things.

He thankfully has not gotten to the point that he can disallow freedom of religion and have a method to enforce it, but you'd better believe if he had a way we'd be One Nation Under the CHRISTIAN God faster than you can say praise Allah.

He doesn't assassinate people literally...but what happens to those folks in his inner circle that make mistakes and don't follow his plan? They find new jobs. Interesting.

You know you aren't going to change my mind here. I am a democrat. I believe that George W is a fratboy that doesn't have any business leading our country...nor does he know what he's doing. I believe that we unfortunately deserve the opinion that the a large part of the "civilized" world has of us right now. I believe that we as a nation have a responsibility to take care of our own and to take care of those coming to our country for a better life. I believe that we need to strengthen our social programs domestically before we try to impose them elsewhere. I believe that our military needs to come home.

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