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Given the date (July 4th), I had the opportunity to study the Declaration of Independence … you know, “When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another …”
I noted that the authors listed their grievances against King George, which would eventually lead to the Revolutionary War. Given the current undercurrent of displeasure with the government, as it is constituted today, and the general unrest of the populace, I wondered how many of those ‘grievances’ might be applicable today. So, here we go …
From the Declaration of Independence:
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.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
The selective application of duty constituted laws by this administration has been criminal, unjust, and selective.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
His minion, Harry Reid, has blocked over 240 bills, passed by the House of Representatives, to not even come to the floor of the Senate for discussion and debate.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
Obama has used the Department of Justice to prevent laws passed by Arizona, New Mexico, South Carolina, and other states.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
Anybody remember the midnight ‘cooperative’ meetings with House Republicans to discuss the government stoppage?
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
240 bills … none addressed … any questions?
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
You just know Arizona and Texas feel under siege from this administration.
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
Well, Obama is certainly off the hook on this one. In fact, his lack of leadership on immigration issues has resulted in a flood of immigrants – though, most of them are illegal.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.
Can you spell Czars?
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
200 billion rounds of ammunition for non-military government agencies … any questions?
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.
Failure to comply with War Powers Act ----- check.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
“I’ve got a phone, and I’ve got a pen …. “
For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
200 billion rounds? Are you frickin’ serious????
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
One word …. Obamacare
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
Selective application of the law … any questions?
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
11,327 pages (as of 1 Jan 14) of new government ‘regulations’
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
Too many examples to list here …
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
Sure screwed up Iraq and Afghanistan, don’t you think?
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
.. and so enters the Tea Party, though they have been peaceful in their protests …. So far.
I noted that the authors listed their grievances against King George, which would eventually lead to the Revolutionary War. Given the current undercurrent of displeasure with the government, as it is constituted today, and the general unrest of the populace, I wondered how many of those ‘grievances’ might be applicable today. So, here we go …
From the Declaration of Independence:
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.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
The selective application of duty constituted laws by this administration has been criminal, unjust, and selective.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
His minion, Harry Reid, has blocked over 240 bills, passed by the House of Representatives, to not even come to the floor of the Senate for discussion and debate.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
Obama has used the Department of Justice to prevent laws passed by Arizona, New Mexico, South Carolina, and other states.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
Anybody remember the midnight ‘cooperative’ meetings with House Republicans to discuss the government stoppage?
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
240 bills … none addressed … any questions?
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
You just know Arizona and Texas feel under siege from this administration.
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
Well, Obama is certainly off the hook on this one. In fact, his lack of leadership on immigration issues has resulted in a flood of immigrants – though, most of them are illegal.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.
Can you spell Czars?
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
200 billion rounds of ammunition for non-military government agencies … any questions?
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.
Failure to comply with War Powers Act ----- check.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
“I’ve got a phone, and I’ve got a pen …. “
For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
200 billion rounds? Are you frickin’ serious????
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
One word …. Obamacare
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
Selective application of the law … any questions?
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
11,327 pages (as of 1 Jan 14) of new government ‘regulations’
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
Too many examples to list here …
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
Sure screwed up Iraq and Afghanistan, don’t you think?
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
.. and so enters the Tea Party, though they have been peaceful in their protests …. So far.
