Good observations ID! Few today read “Animal Farm”. However, if one doesn’t live in some provincial conservative bastion, a few bits of information still get through. While not exactly entertaining, Food, Inc. is an informative movie and one that we all, as a society, need to digest.
On Jul 3, 4:24 am, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > Don this is a very important document along with the bill of rights. On the > 4th of July we need to examine how they have been violated by any > administration especially the Bush administration over his term in office, > examine the patriot act for violations of those basic rights. and the > activities of all government agencies and corporations for violations and > infringing on these rights. > > The rule of law needs to be returned to the American people getting them out > from under the oppressive rule of the corporations. it needs to be one man > one vote, with no super votes.. Corporations need to be stripped of their > rights as citizens. refusing them super citizenship. When corporations > commit a felony (and they do) they need to be stripped of all legal > protection exposing the share holders of that corporation to the full extent > of damages for the crimes their corporations commit. No one should be > allowed to profit from the commission of crimes. > > Taxes need to be implemented so that all people pay according to their > means, translated the more you make the more you pay and rightly so. > Corporations moving money over seas need to have that money taxed so thy pay > their fair share of taxes. > > When these start to unfold then the USA will be the last great hope. as it > is it is simple , I am saddened to say is counted among the failed states. > Allan > > > > On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ya know, this is really just one big, fat, apology... > > > IN CONGRESS, 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 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 shewn 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. > > > 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. > > > 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. > > > 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. > > > He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with > > manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. > > > 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. > > > 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. > > > He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent > > to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers. > > > He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their > > offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. > > > He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of > > Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance. > > > He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the > > Consent of our legislatures. > > > He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to > > the Civil Power. > > > 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: > > > For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: > > > For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders > > which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: > > > For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: > > > For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: > > > For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury: > > > For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: > > > For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring > > Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging > > its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit > > instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies > > > For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and > > altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: > > > For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested > > with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. > > > He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his > > Protection and waging War against us. > > > He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and > > destroyed the lives of our people. > > > 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. > > > He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas > > to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of > > their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. > > > 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. > > > In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in > > the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only > > by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every > > act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free > > people. > > > Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We > > have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to > > extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of > > the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have > > appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured > > them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, > > which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. > > They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. > > We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our > > Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in > > War, in Peace Friends. > > > We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in > > General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the > > world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by > > Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and > > declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free > > and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to > > the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and > > the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and > > that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, > > conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all > > other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And > > for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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