Rule (law), something predetermined, is given authority over our 'Feeling' of what is right or wrong in a here and now situation. Until we change that, we're going down the tube. -Tink
Well the appointment of Sotomayor does exactly that. I'm sorry you see that as a good thing. dj On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Tinker<[email protected]> wrote: > > "The rule of law needs to be returned to the American people" > > First, it should read 'the people of the world'. > "The rule of law" has never been in the hands of the people, to be > returned. Since the beginning of civilization laws have been > established to "rule" the people. The wonderful idea, "of the people, > by the people and for the people", has been and will continue to be > consumed by the first part, unless the system (pattern) is changed. > > "The rule of law" is at the bottom line in the decision making process > of mankind. Rule (law), something predetermined, is given authority > over our 'Feeling' of what is right or wrong in a here and now > situation. > Until we change that, we're going down the tube. > > peace & Love > > On Jul 3, 6:24 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 » > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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