I will bring in the Declaration of Independence and connect the charges that our Founding Fathers placed upon the King of England and how they are connected our present country and government.
The Declaration of Independence
In Congress Assembled, July 4, 1776
The Unanimous Declaration
Of the Thirteen United States of America
In Congress Assembled, July 4, 1776
The Unanimous Declaration
Of the Thirteen United States of America
WHEN in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands 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 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 affect 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; 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.
He has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
(We can look at the current Presidential Administration, previous administrations and all branches of our country’s government and find will find countless examples of their failure to approval and or agreement to laws passed by states, which are intended for the public good of that state. It seems like if and when a state attempts to take back its rightful power away from the Federal government, Presidents and other branches will attack, ignore, impose blockades and so forth upon the state. One example is a few years ago when the state of Arizona passed its own immigration law and shortly following the passing of it, it was met with extreme opposition. Now does the Federal government have sole power over immigration laws? Yes they do, but even that power can only go so far. As our founders stated in the Declaration of Independence, “When any form of government becomes destructive, the people have the right to alter or to abolish it.” Now if the federal government has and is failing to protect the citizens of the United States, why can’t the states create laws to pick up the slack for the failed or mismanagement of our country by the federal government? So what is the federal government’s idea or agenda to solve their failures? How will the combat states concerning their own immigration laws?
The current administration and especially the Democrat party are trying to get an amnesty bill passed for illegal aliens. Can congress truly do this, without performing treason? No they cannot, while congress has the Constitutional right to create laws of naturalization (which includes immigration) under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, they do not however have the Constitutional power to create a broad sweep amnesty bill, that will allow illegals and non-citizens rights of natural born, naturalized citizens. This kind of broad act by Congress is unconstitutional, mainly due to it suppresses laws already in working for legal immigrants to gain citizen status. This isn’t the first time that our congress has passed an amnesty bill, which in the end all it did was reward law breakers and create a massive increase in illegal immigration. This and other kind of actions taken by our congress and the president are a clear sign of overstepping their power limits. This has been going on since 1913 pretty much and like the old saying “Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Due to the failure of the American people to be enlightened on current issues and what their representatives are doing, our federal government has forgotten that, the laws governing the United States are for and to protect citizens of this country. They have forgotten that who is allowed to give them authority, is ‘We the People’. It is up to us Citizens to remind them, that they are here to serve us and not the other way around.)
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.
(This reason can be connected to the first one, but another example Affordable Care Act. Numerous states and their governors are fighting against the ACA and enacting laws to block the ACA. Obama’s Administration along with its attack dog the DOJ, has taken a lot of these states to Federal Court to have their laws deemed unconstitutional and force the states from upholding the laws created by the elected officials of said states. This administration and congress has and will not give their approval to anything that goes against their agenda, regardless of how bad it could be for the citizens of this country. They will also do anything and everything to suspend any kind of state legislation by tying them up in court for as long as they can, so they can truly neglect and or ignore the situation.)
He has obstructed the administration of justice, by refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers.
(How many times have we seen our federal government, presidents and especially our current one, obstruct the administration of justice within in states? The above examples show how presidents and our federal government keep taking rights and power away from the states, objecting to numerous actions by and from the states. We can look at the Trayvon Martin case and once it happened, and the end result the current administration wasn't what they wanted, our president got the DOJ to get involved to force the case to go to court. What gives them that right? The state was already going with their standing law ‘Stand your Ground’ and it was going to be done with at that point. Yet the DOJ gets involved and forces it to go to court. Another example is when the illegal immigrant in Texas was caught, tried and found guilty of murder; Texas gave him the execution sentence. Again the current Administration and federal government attempted to step in and stop that from happening. Saying we must follow laws under the Geneva Convention. Yet these laws are not American laws, they truly do not have any power within the United States. Unfortunately for the federal government, the state of Texas was not going to listen to them, and took a hold of their sovereign state powers and acted out the punishment. All one has to do is look into the obstruction that the federal government commits on the states and you will be completely shocked and disgusted that it has been allowed to get this far.)
He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.
(Now this one is truly easy to write about. Since the creation of the Federal Income Tax and Federal Reserve Act in 1913, the famous and much loved Internal Revenue Service was created, Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Security Agency, Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Labor, Department of Education, Department of Homeland Security, the list keeps going on and on and on. A quick thought and question for you the reader; if NSA stands for National Security Agency why did our power hungry government create the Department of Homeland Security? Is the duty of the NSA to provide security for the United States nationally or not? Anyways, we all know what happens when you do anything that goes against the countless, unknown to the vast public and deceptive laws that are passed; we get a nice aggressive visit from anyone of these agencies, if the law pertains to that agency. They get nasty, aggressive, threaten, take away children, and impose fines and so on. Is this truly the government our Founders intended for us to have? Or is this the government our Founders were trying to warn us against and hope we would be enlightened enough to stop?)
For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world;
(Previous administrations and federal government representatives have done this to the United States starting in the 80’s. Post World War II we became the greatest industrial might this world has ever seen. Due to the American craftsmanship and not being touched during the war, we were responsible for building the world back up pretty much. American steel, planes, cars, boats, factories, you name it we were producing it for everyone. Yet our politicians and wise Ivy League educated business kids came up with a great idea. We don’t have to be an industrial economy anymore; we can be a service economy. The current administration has created a blockade for the Keystone Pipeline, yet has assisted other nations like Brazil to create their own similar pipeline within their nation, but it’s a bad idea for Americans to have job opportunities due from this project, getting some benefits from this pipeline as well. During the Clinton administration, we were building our own particle accelerator, but once the tunnel was built for it, his administration cut all funding and brought the project to a dead stop. Yet under the Bush administration, because it was supposedly deemed more cost effective, money was given to help build and operate the current particle accelerators in Europe. Back to the current administration, during Obama’s first term, Iraq had opened its oil fields for bidding and he blocked American oil companies from bidding, his excuse; “We do not want the people of Iraq and the world to think we were just for oil.”, so now some of the largest oil fields are under Chinese and Russian control. He did the same with Afghanistan, when countries were allowed to bid for mineral rich mines, yet same excuse came out of his mouth, so now again Russia has claim to one of the largest lithium mines and China has one of the largest copper mines. Funny thing here is, under the Bush administration, Afghanistan was the first country to be completely scanned with sonar by the US Geographical Department, which allowed everyone to know what was under the ground in that country. Yet we got scammed out by our politicians again. Another big scam forced upon us that has never benefited the United States but greatly helped the other nations involved is NAFTA. We are no longer a great industrial might and our power is slipping.)
For imposing taxes on us without our consent;
(Oh the all time favorite topic of taxes! Does anyone actually believe taxes that are imposed on us had our approval or consent? You could argue that since we elect our officials, we are being represented. Yet when all of congress gathers, there has been an empty chair since 1913 and that chair is where the representative for the American people would sit. Have you ever looked at your paycheck and saw all those different taxes being taken out of it? Did you have a say in the taxes? Did your father, mother, grandfather and or grandmother have any say in it? Most likely the answer would be no. In most recent times, the majority of the American public was against the ACA and had a big issue with the whole tax idea. We were told numerous times that we would not be taxed to keep this abomination running and that the so called tax for not having health care was a fine. We’ll that was an outright lie, because it has been deemed a tax, because the IRS is handling that and they can work with taxes. So why didn't the people know what this ACA was all about? Why and how was it passed? Again, it was done so fast that no one had time to think about it or read it. Don’t believe me? Nancy Pelosi in 2010 said “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it!” Isn't it their jobs to read the bills that are being brought to the floor for votes, especially something this big? Well Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson from Texas was asked if she planned on ever reading the whole bill, and her reply was simple; “I don’t think that’s my responsibility to do it!” (Side note, they were both Democrats)
So our elected officials don’t read bills, don’t know what’s in them and still vote for them. The main reason is because they have to tow the party line. I thought they had to tow the American citizen line? Same goes for almost all of the taxes that have been imposed on us; the party comes up with the bill regardless of Democrat of Republican affiliation, and passes it. There is also a second line to tow and that is the ‘Increase the government power, size and money intake’ party line, which majority of the times both parties will pass, because that party is their true boss! Now does congress and all of our political figures follow the same rules? Well supposedly they don’t have to, Rep Charles R. Rangel, didn't know he had to pay income taxes on the earned $75,000 dollars his Caribbean resort villa made for him. Interesting how he didn't know this, when he was the lead chair for the tax committee, which writes all the tax laws? Well I guess it shows laws, regulations and taxes are only for us small folk, not the big important political leaders of our country!
For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury;
(Since 9/11, we have all heard of the tactic to detain someone indefinitely, if deemed a threat, possible terrorist, or someone that might have had contact with a person of interest. This is being done with the wonderful achievement of the Patriot Act, passed under the Bush administration. However these unconstitutional acts were sort of winding down, being looked at very hard by congressional committees and being brought under control. When Obama was elected president, the Department of Justice, took it a step further and decided it was a good idea to give the president the ability to assassinate an American citizen on foreign soil if deemed a threat, but the buck doesn't stop there, the president can also take out an American citizen on US soil if such said person was deemed a really big threat. As I mentioned all of this is unconstitutional and are pure acts of tyranny against the American people. We have had some of our greatest God given rights stripped from us, without a fight given and all of this supposedly for security. "They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." This was first written by Franklin for the Pennsylvania Assembly in its Reply to the Governor 11 Nov. 1755. If you think this is going to end anytime soon, don’t bet on it. On January 2 2013 President Obama renewed the National Defense Authorization Act.)
I didn't want to keep carrying on and having too much to read here, so I just went with the most obvious connections we Americans have today with our Founding Fathers and the reasons of why they wrote the Declaration of Independence. We are sharing an almost identical oppression that they did, but this time it’s by our own government. We have petitioned, protested, written our representatives constantly about what our wants and demands are, yet they were answered with insult, laughter and outright ignorance. Our current government is unfit to lead a land of free people. For them to stop mocking us, laughing at us and ignoring us, we must become louder, more aggressive and also come together. A population that is united, strong and has common desires cannot be ignored, but a population that stays silent and divided will fall.
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