Happy Indpendence Day

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 protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

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 on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.

Massachusetts: John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry

New Jersey: Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark

Pennsylvania: Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross

Maryland: Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton

Virginia: George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton

South Carolina: Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton

What folly is it to celebrate Independence day when there are so many unconstitutional agencies around.

What are we independent from?

1). Boards, Commissions, and Committees,

2). Accounting and Auditing Policy Committee (AAPC) Administrative Committee of the Federal Register,

3). Advisory Council on Historic Preservation,

4). American Battle Monuments Commission,

5). Appalachian Regional Commission,

6). Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board),

7). Arctic Research Commission,

8). Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Interagency Coordinating Committee,

9). Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in education Foundation,

10). Broadcasting Board of Governors,

11). Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board,

12). Chief Financial Officers Council,

13). Chief Information Officers Council,

14). Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee,

15). Commission of Fine Arts,

16). Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled,

17). Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention,

18). Delaware River Basin Commission,

19). Department of education,

20). Endangered Species Committee,

21). Export Administration Review Board,

22). Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB),

23). Federal Executive Board,

24). Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council,

25). Federal Financing Bank,

26). Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weed,

27). Federal Interagency Committee on Education,

28). Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer Federal Library and Information Center Committee,

29). Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation,

30). Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission,

31). Indian Arts and Crafts Board,

32). Information Security Oversight Office,

33). J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board,

34). James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation,

35). Japan-United States Friendship Commission,

36). Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries,

37). Marine Mammal Commission,

38). Medicare Payment Advisory Commission,

39). Migratory Bird Conservation Commission,

40). Mississippi River Commission,

41). Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundationv

42). National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare National Commission on Libraries and Information ,

43). Science National Council on Disability,

44). National Indian Gaming Commission,

45). National Invasive Species Council,

46). National Park Foundation,

47). Northwest Power and Conservation Planning Council,

48). Panama Canal Commission,

49). Presidents Council on Integrity and Efficiency,

50). Presidents Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board,

51). Presidio Trust,

52). Regulatory Information Service Center,

53). Social Security Advisory Board,

54). Susquehanna River Basin Commission,

55). U.S. Commission for the Preservation of Americas Heritage Abroad,

56). United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,

57). United States Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board,

58). Veterans Day National Committee,

59). White House Commission on Presidential Scholars,

60). Department of Energy,

61). Energy Sciences Network (ESnet),

62). Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC),

63). Fernald Environmental Management Project,

64). Hanford Site,

65). Kansas City Plant (Allied Signal Inc),

66). Miamisburg Environmental Management Project (Mound),

67). Nevada Test Site,
68). Dept., of Education (DoE),
69). Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education,
71). Oak Ridge Operations,
72). Environmental Management Program,
73). Pantex Plant: Nuclear Weapons Assembly and Disassembly Facility,
74). Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site,
75). Savannah River Site (Westinghouse),
76). Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP),
77). Y-12 Plant,
78). Field and Operations Offices,
79). Albuquerque Operations Office,
80). Carlsbad Area Office,
81). Golden Field Office,
82). Idaho Operations Office,
83). Nevada Operations Office,
84). Oak Ridge Operations (ORO),
85). Oakland Operations Office,
86). Ohio Field Office (OH),
87). Richland Operations Office (RL),
88). Savannah River Operations Office,
89). Yucca Mountain Project Office,
91). Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site,
92). Rocky Flats Field Office (RFFO),
93). Headquarters Program Offices,
94). Departmental Representative to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board,
95). Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Energy Information Administration (EIA),
96). Federal Energy Management Program,
97). Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management(RW),
98). Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs Office of Economic Impact and Diversity,
99). Office of Environment, Safety and Health (EH),
100). Office of Environmental Management (EM),
101). Office of Fossil Energy,
102). Office of General Counsel,
103). Office of Hearings and Appeals,
104). Office of Independent Oversight and Performance Assurance (OA),
105). Office of Inspector General,
106). Office of Nuclear Energy, Science, and Technology (NN) Office of Policy and International Affairs,
107). Office of Public Affairs,
108). Office of Security and Emergency Operations (SO),
109). Office of the Chief Financial Officer,
110). Office of the Chief Information Officer (CR),
111). Office of Worker and Community Transition (WT),
112). Secretary of Energy Advisory Board ,
113). Office of Counterintelligence (CN),
114). Office of Intelligence (IN),
115). Office of Management and Administration (MA),
116). Office of Science (SC),
117). Fusion Energy Sciences Program,
118). Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research OCTR Office of Scientific and Technical Information,
119). Office of Biological and Environmental Research,
120). William R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory,
121). Ames Laboratory (AMES),
122). Argonne National Laboratory (ANL),
123). Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory,
124). Brookhaven National Laboratory,
125). Environmental Measurement Laboratory (EML),
126). Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab),
127). Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL),
128). Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL),
129). Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL),
130). Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL),
131). National Renewable Energy Laboratory ,
132). New Brunswick Laboratory (NBL),
133). Oak Ridge National Laboratories,
134). Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNL),
135). Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory,
136). Sandia National Laboratories,
137). Savannah River Ecology Laboratory,
138). Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC),
139). Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility,
140). Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC),
141). National Nuclear Security Administration,
142). Office of Defense Programs (DP),
143). Office of Fissile Materials Disposition,
144). Office of Nonproliferation and National Security (NE),
145). Special Purpose Offices,
146). National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL),
147). National Petroleum Technology Office (NPTO),
148). Naval Petroleum Reserve,
149). Strategic Petroleum Reserve,
150). Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project,
151). Department of Health and Human Services,
152). Administration for Children and Families,
153). Administration on Aging,
154). Center for Faith-Based Initiatives,
155). Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services- (formerly Health Care Financing Administration),
156). Departmental Appeals Board,
157). Health Resources and Services Administration,
158). Indian Health Service (IHS),
159). Office for Public Health,
161). Emergency Preparedness Program Support Center,
162). Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ,
163). Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets,
164). Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends,
165). Center for Outcomes and Evidence,
166). Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships,
167). Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety,
168). Office of Communications and Knowledge Transfer,
169). Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations,
170). Office of Performance, Accountability, Resources, and Technology,
171). Office of the Director,
172). Center for Practice and Technology Assessment Evidence-based Practice Centers,
173). National Guideline Clearinghouse,
174). U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF),
175). Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Division of Health Education and Promotion,
176). Division of Health Studies,
177). Division of Toxicology,
178). Office of Policy and External Affairs,
179). Office of Program Operations and Management,
180). Office of Regional Operations Administrative Offices,
181). Office of Childrens Health,
182). Office of the Associate Administrator for Science Washington, D.C.,
183). Office Division of Health Assessment and Consultation Tribal Affairs Office,
184). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
185). Epidemiology Program Office,
186). National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
187). National Center for Health Statistics,
188). National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention,
189). National Center for Infectious Diseases,
190). National Center for Injury Prevention and Control,
191). National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities National Immunization Program,
192). National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Office of the Director Public Health Practice Program Office,
193). National Center for Environmental Health,
194). Office of Genomics and Disease Prevention,
195). Food and Drug Administration,
196). Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER),
197). Center for Devices and Radiological Health,
198). Center for Drug Evaluation and Research,
199). Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition,
200).Center for Veterinary Medicine,
201). National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR),
202). Office of Regulatory Affairs,
203). Office of the Commissioner,
204). National Institutes of Health,
205). Center for Information Technology,
206). Center for Scientific Review Clinical Center,
207). Fogarty International Center,
208). National Cancer Institute,
209). National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine National Center for Minority Health and Health,
210). Disparities National Center for Research Resources,
211). National Eye Institute,
212). National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute,
213). National Human Genome Research Institute,
214). National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism,
215). National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases,
216). National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering National Institute of Child Health and Human,
217). Development National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease,
218). National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Institute of General Medical Sciences ,
219). National Institute of Mental Health ,
220). National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke National Institute of Nursing Research,
221). National Institute on Aging,
222). National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders,
223). National Institute on Drug Abuse,
224). National Library of Medicine,
225). Office of Public Health and Science,
226). Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
227). Department of Homeland Security,
228). Border and Transportation Security,
229). Federal Law Enforcement Training Center,
230). Transportation Security Administration,
231). U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services,
232). U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
233). United States Customs and Border Protection,
234). Operations Directorate,
235). National Response Center,
236). Navigation Center,
237). Office of Boating Safety,
238). Office of Law Enforcement,
239). U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary,
240). Emergency Preparedness and Response,
241). Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA,
242). Nuclear Incident Response Team,
243). Office for Domestic Preparedness Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection,
244). Critical Infrastructure,
245). Federal Computer Incident Response Center,
246). National Communications System,
247). National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC),
248). Office of Energy Assurance Science and Technology,
249). Plum Island Animal Disease Center,
250). Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD),
251). Office of Inspector General,
252). Secretary Representatives Headquarters Program Offices Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae),
253). Office of Community Planning and Development,
254). Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity,
255). Office of Housing/Federal Housing Authority (FHA),
256). Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring Office of Public and Indian Housing Headquarters Support ,
257). Offices Chief Procurement Officer Enforcement Center,
258). Office of Administration,
259). Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations Office of Field Policy and Management ,
260). Office of General Counsel,
261). Office of Policy Development and Research,
262). Office of the Chief Financial Officer,
263). Real Estate Assessment Center,
264). Office of the Secretary Administrative Law,
265). Judges Board of Contract Appeals,
266). Chief Information Officer,
267). Office of Departmental Operations and Coordination,
268). Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight,
269). Office of Labor Relations,
270). Office of Lead Hazard Control,
271). Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization,
272). Department of Justice,
273). Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Community Relations Service Criminal Division,
274). Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA),
275). Executive Office for Immigration Review,
276). Justice Management Division,
277). National Drug Intelligence Center,
278). Office of Information and Privacy,
279). Office of Intelligence Policy and Review,
280). Office of Intergovernmental and Public Liaison,
281). Office of Legal Counsel,
282). Office of Legal Policy- (formerly Office of Policy Development),
283). Office of Legislative Affairs,
284). Office of Professional Responsibility,
285). Office of Public Affairs,
286). Office of the Federal Detention Trustee,
287). Office of the Inspector General,
288). Office of the Pardon Attorney,
289). Office of the Solicitor,
290). General Professional Responsibility Advisory Office,
291). U.S. Trustee Program,
292). United States Marshals Service ,
293). United States National Central Bureau (USNCB) of INTERPOL United States Parole Commission ,
294). Bureau of Prisons ,
295). National Institute of Corrections ,
296). Executive Office for United States Attorneys ,
297). United States Attorneys ,
298). Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),
299). FBI Academy,
300). FBI Laboratory,
301). FBI field Offices,
302). Infrastructure Protection and Computer Intrusion Squad (WFO IPCIS),
303). Office of Justice Programs,
304). Office for Victims of Crime,
305). Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Bureaus,
306). Bureau of Justice Assistance,
307). Bureau of Justice Statistics,
308). National Institute of Justice Mapping and Analysis for Public Safety- (formerly the Crime Mapping Research Center),
309). National Criminal Justice Reference Service,
310). Justice Information Center,
311). Office of Science and Technology,
312). National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (JustNet),
313). American Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Desk,
314). Executive Office for Weed and Seed,
315). Office on Violence Against Women,
316). Equal Employment Opportunity Office,
317). Office for Civil Rights,
318). Office of Administration,
319). Office of Budget and Management Services,
320). Office of Congressional and Public Affairs,
321). Office of the Comptroller,
322). Office of General Counsel,
323). Antitrust Division,
324). Civil Division,
325). Civil Rights Division,
326). Tax Division,
327). Environment and National Resources Division,
328). Office of the Attorney General,
329). Office of the Deputy Attorney General,
330). Office of the Solicitor General,
331). Office of the Associate Attorney General,
332). Community Relations Service,
333). Foreign Claims Settlement Commission,
334). Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office of Dispute Resolution,
335). Department of Labor (DOL),
336). Administrative Review Board,
337). Benefits Review Board,
338). Bureau of International Labor Affairs,
339). Bureau of Labor Statistics,
340). Employee Benefits Security Administration- (formerly Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration),
341). Employees Compensation Appeals Board (ECAB),
Employment and Training Administration,
342). Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA),
343). Office of Administrative Law Judges,
344). Office of Disability Employment Policy- formerly Presidents Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities ,
345). Office of Small Business Programs,
346). Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management,
347). Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy,
348). Office of the Chief Financial Officer,
349). Office of the Chief Information Officer,
350). Office of the Inspector General,
351). Office of the Secretary,
352). Office of the Solicitor,
353). Veterans Employment and Training Service,
354). Women’s Bureau,
355). Employment Standards Administration,
356). Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs,
357). Office of Labor-Management Standards Wage and Hour Division Office of Workers Compensation Programs,
358). Division of Coal Mine Workers Compensation,
359). Division of Federal Employees Compensation,
360). Division of Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation,
361). Mine Safety and Health Administration,
362). Directorate of Educational Policy and Development,
363). National Mine Health and Safety Academy,
364). Department of State,
365). Office of Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs,
366). Bureau of Political Military Affairs,
367). Bureau of Arms Control,
368). Bureau of Nonproliferation,
369). Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund,
370). Office of Defense Trade Controls,
371). Office of Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs,
372). Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs,
373). Office of Under Secretary for Global Affairs,
374). Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor,
375). Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs,
376). Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration,
377). Office of the Senior Coordinator for International Women’s Issues,
378). Office of Under Secretary for Management,
379). Bureau of Consular Affairs,
380). Foreign Service Institute,
381). Bureau of Administration,
382). Office of Allowances,
383). Office of Authentication,
384). Office of Overseas Schools,
385). Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Office of the Procurement Executive,
386). Ralph J. Bunche Library,
387). Bureau of Diplomatic Security,
388). Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC),
389). Director General of Foreign Service and Director of Personnel,
390). Office of Under Secretary for Political Affairs,
391). Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs,
392). Bureau of African Affairs,
393). Office of Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs,
394). Office of International Information Programs (IIP),
395). Bureau of International Organization Affairs,
396). Office of Technology Services,
397). Office of Thematic Programs,
398). Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Educational Information and Resources Branch,
399). Educational Partnerships Program,
400). International Cultural Property Protection Study of the U.S. Branch,
401). Bureau of Public Affairs,
402). Office of the Historian,
403). Office of Geographic Liaison,
404). Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs,
405). Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs,
406). Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs,
407). Bureau of South Asian Affairs,
408). Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs,
409). Bureau of Intelligence and Research,
410). Bureau of Legislative Affairs,
411). Bureau of Resource Management,
412). Office of Inspector General,
413). Office of Protocol,
414). Office of the Coordinator for Counter-terrorism,
415). Office of the Legal Adviser,
416). Office of the Permanent Representative to the United Nations,
417). Policy Planning Staff Operations Center,
418). Department of Transportation,
419). Bureau of Transportation Statistics,
420). DOT Library,
421). Federal Railroad Administration,
422). Federal Transit Administration,
423). Maritime Administration,
424). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) National Transportation Library,
425). Office of the Secretary,
426). Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA)- formerly Research and Special Programs,
427). Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation,
428). Surface Transportation Board,
429). Associate Administrator for Administration,
430). Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation Flight Standards Service,
431). Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center,
432). Office of the Associate Administrator for Airports,
433). William J. Hughes Technical Center,
434). Federal Highway Administration,
435). Administrator Federal Lands,
436). Highway Office,
437). Motor Carrier and Highway Safety Operations Planning and Environment,
438). Infrastructure Office of Asset Management,
439). Office of Bridge Technology,
440). Office of Pavement Technology,
441). Value Engineering,
442). Board of Contract Appeals,
443). Board of Veterans Appeals,
444). Chief Information Officers Council,
445). National Cemetery Administration (NCA),
446). Office of Acquisition and Materiel Management,
447). Office of Congressional Affairs,
448). Office of Financial Management,
449). Office of Information and Technology,
450). Office of Inspector General,
451). Office of Occupational Safety and Health,
452). Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA),
453). Compensation and Pension Service,
454). Insurance Service,
455). Loan Guaranty Service,
456). Vocational Rehabilitation and Counseling Service,
457). Veterans Health Administration (VHA),
458). Diabetes Program,
459). Facilities and Leadership,
460). National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention National Chaplain Center,
461). Office of Nursing Services,
462). Office of Research and Development,
463). Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service,
464). Department of the Interior,
465). Office of Insular Affairs,
466). Secretary of the Interior,
467). Assistant Secretary Fish and Wildlife and Parks,
468). National Park Service,
469). Air Resources Division,
470). American Indian Liaison Office,
471). Geological Resources Division,
472). National Park Service,
473). NatureNet Water Resources Division,
474). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
475). Division of Bird Habitat Conservation,
476). Division of Information Technology Management,
477). Division of Law Enforcement,
478). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Forensics Lab, Ashland, Oregon Federal Duck Stamp Office,
479). Regions Assistant Secretary Indian Affairs,
480). Bureau of Indian Affairs Branch of Acknowledgment and Research,
481). Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs,
482). Office of Indian Education Programs,
483). Office of Tribal Services,
484). Office of Trust Responsibilities,
485). Division of Energy and Mineral Resources,
486). Division of Forestry,
487). Geographic Data Service Center,
488). Office of American Indian Trust,
489). Office of Self-Governance,
490). Assistant Secretary Land and Minerals Management,
491). Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,
492). Bureau of Land Management (BLM),
493). National Applied Resource Sciences Center,
494). National Human Resource Management Center (NHRMC),
495). National Information Resource Management Center,
496). National Interagency Fire Center,
497). National Training Center,
498). National Wild Horse and Burro Program,
499). Minerals Management Service,
500). Environmental Studies Program Information System,
501). Offshore Minerals Management Program (OMM),
502). Assistant Secretary Water and Science,
503). U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
504). Bureau of Reclamation,
505). Acquisition and Assistance Management Services,
506). Human Resources Center,
507). Management Service Office,
508). Office of Program and Policy Services,
509). Technical Service Center,
510). Great Plains Region,
511). Lower Colorado Region,
512). Mid-Pacific Region,
513). Pacific Northwest Region,
514). Upper Colorado Region,
515). Office of Policy Management and Budget,
516). National Business Center (NBC),
517). Office of Acquisition and Property Management,
518). Office of Aircraft Services,
519). Office of Budget,
520). Office of Educational Partnerships,
521). Office of Equal Opportunity,
522). Office of Ethics,
523). Office of Financial Management,
524). Office of Personnel Policy,
525). Office of the Secretary,
526). Office of Inspector General,
527). Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs,
528). Office of the Solicitor,
529). Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians,
530). Office of Policy, Management and Budget,
531). Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance,
532). Office of Hearings and Appeals,
533). Office of Information Resources Management,
534). Office of International Affairs,
535). Office of Planning and Performance Management,
536). Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization.

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Independent from WHAT???

This is just a small sample of agencies that I would completely do away with or re-align to remove the bloat. I mean do we really need a federal duck stamp office? Other agencies that I would do away with are the EPA, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), USAID, and the National Foundation for Arts and Humanities. The Veterans Administration should be under the DoD, and not a stand alone agency since it should be up to the DoD to take care of their own.

Don’t forget all the sub-agencies that are spawned from each of the above. I don’t worship at the feet of government like so many psuedo patriots (a.k.a., bleeding heart liberals, neocon’s, rinos, etc)
I believe we should do away with the 17th Amendment and return to the selection of Senators by the state’s legislatures as prescribed in Article 1, Section 3.

I also believe that until the welfare system is abolished, those who are any type of public assistance should have (temporarily) their right to vote suspended. When they are off the government dole and working, then their right to vote would be restored. If not, the gimmies will just keep voting for those who will keep giving them handouts.

Our forefathers must spinning over in their graves.!!

What would they say about how Americans have allowed this to happen???????

When I was younger I to (in my ignorance) celebrated independence day. Then my eyes were opened. Now I await the next declaration of independence. It’ll probably not happen in my lifetime.

The above agencies are nothing compared to what awaits us next.

The prelude to the mark of the beast has arrived.

The mark is just around the corner.
Riding the beast
Cloning a Verichip
666

Now go grab a beer and a burger and Happy ~~ROFLMAO~~ independence day.

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