Skyyr
07-05-11, 12:37
I did... and I was surprised. I was surprised at how many of the reasons for declaring independence are working their way back into our lives. Have we really become so enslaved to novelty and laziness that we're throwing away what our forefathers fought and died for?
Take a moment to read some of the reasons we declared independence, taken directly from the Declaration of Independence:
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.
- Our country's officials are refusing to enforce the laws that they have on the books while blocking states from creating their own laws to remedy pressing problems: Illegal immigration laws along the border, the Project Gunner scandal, etc.
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.
- Hughes Amendment, Obamacare to a degree
He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
- Instead of electing Supreme Court justices based on experience and Constitutionally-based education, our presidents have been nominating judges that support their agenda, effectively creating a runaway court. And don't get me started on the Gunrunner scandal that, after breaking dozens of Federal laws, was used to usher in an anti-2A head of ATF
He has affected to render the military independent of and superior to civil power.
- Google "Project Garden Plot." Review the actual powers of the TSA. Look at how many of our laws are designed to keep equipment and technology (and weapons) away from civilians while keeping thm openly available to the military. Our government is stripping away our rights and putting them under lock and key of federal agencies. And these agencies, while they can be found in violation of rights and sued, are virtually never held directly responsible for any wrong-doing, even when it results in American deaths. Just look at Project Gunrunner...
For imposing taxes on us without our consent.
- Do you all know how many new taxes are in the healthcare bill? It was passed by representatives who DIDN'T READ THE BILL. We have a runaway Congress now going against our consent as a nation.
I can keep writing, but I think you get the point. How much our forefathers must have loved freedom... and how little it appears we do. How much longer will we put up with this blatant disregard for liberty? How much is too much? When is it enough?
Take a moment to read some of the reasons we declared independence, taken directly from the Declaration of Independence:
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.
- Our country's officials are refusing to enforce the laws that they have on the books while blocking states from creating their own laws to remedy pressing problems: Illegal immigration laws along the border, the Project Gunner scandal, etc.
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.
- Hughes Amendment, Obamacare to a degree
He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
- Instead of electing Supreme Court justices based on experience and Constitutionally-based education, our presidents have been nominating judges that support their agenda, effectively creating a runaway court. And don't get me started on the Gunrunner scandal that, after breaking dozens of Federal laws, was used to usher in an anti-2A head of ATF
He has affected to render the military independent of and superior to civil power.
- Google "Project Garden Plot." Review the actual powers of the TSA. Look at how many of our laws are designed to keep equipment and technology (and weapons) away from civilians while keeping thm openly available to the military. Our government is stripping away our rights and putting them under lock and key of federal agencies. And these agencies, while they can be found in violation of rights and sued, are virtually never held directly responsible for any wrong-doing, even when it results in American deaths. Just look at Project Gunrunner...
For imposing taxes on us without our consent.
- Do you all know how many new taxes are in the healthcare bill? It was passed by representatives who DIDN'T READ THE BILL. We have a runaway Congress now going against our consent as a nation.
I can keep writing, but I think you get the point. How much our forefathers must have loved freedom... and how little it appears we do. How much longer will we put up with this blatant disregard for liberty? How much is too much? When is it enough?