Posted on 10/06/2021 12:29:20 PM PDT by sodpoodle
'We the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some semblance of justice, avoid more riots, keep our nation safe, promote positive behavior, and secure the blessings of debt-free liberty to ourselves and our great-great-great-grandchildren, hereby try one more time to ordain and establish some common sense guidelines for the terminally whiny, guilt ridden, delusional. We hold these truths to be self evident: that a whole lot of people are confused by the Bill of Rights and are so dim they require a Bill of NON-Rights.'
ARTICLE I: You do not have the right to a new car, big screen TV, or any other form of wealth.. More power to you if you can legally acquire them, but no one is guaranteeing anything.
ARTICLE II: You do not have the right to never be offended. This country is based on freedom, and that means freedom for everyone -- not just you! You may leave the room, turn the channel, express a different opinion, etc.; but the world is full of dummies, and probably always will be.
ARTICLE III: You do not have the right to be free from harm. If you stick a screwdriver in your eye, learn to be more careful; do not expect the tool manufacturer to make you and all your relatives independently wealthy.
ARTICLE IV: You do not have the right to free food and housing. Americans are the most charitable people to be found, and will gladly help anyone in need, but we are quickly growing weary of subsidizing generation after generation of professional couch potatoes who achieve nothing more than the creation of another generation of professional couch potatoes.
ARTICLE V: You do not have the right to free health care. That would be nice, but from the looks of public housing, we're just not interested in public health care.
ARTICLE VI: You do not have the right to physically harm other people. If you kidnap, rape, intentionally maim, or kill someone, don't be surprised if the rest of us want to see you get the blue juice.
ARTICLE VII: You do not have the right to the possessions of others. If you rob, cheat, or coerce away the goods or services of other citizens, don't be surprised if the rest of us get together and lock you away in a place where you still won't have the right to a big screen color TV or a life of leisure..
ARTICLE VIII: You do not have the right to a job. All of us sure want you to have a job, and will gladly help you along in hard times, but we expect you to take advantage of the opportunities of education and vocational training laid before you to make yourself useful.
ARTICLE IX: You do not have the right to happiness. Being an American means that you have the right to PURSUE happiness, which by the way, is a lot easier if you are unencumbered by an over abundance of idiotic laws created by those of you who were confused by the Bill of Rights.
ARTICLE X: This is an English speaking country. We don't care where you came from, English is our language. Learn it!
Lastly
ARTICLE XI: You do not have the right to change our country's history or heritage. This country was founded on the belief in one true God. And yet, you are given the freedom to believe in any religion, any faith, or no faith at all; with no fear of persecution. The phrase IN GOD WE TRUST is part of our heritage and history, sorry if you are uncomfortable with it.
If you agree, share this with a friend. No, you don't have to, and nothing tragic will befall you if you don't. I just think it's about time common sense is allowed to flourish. Sensible people of the United States must speak out because if you do not, who will?
Our forefathers are rolling over in their graves, we have become a country full of pussies.
You do not have the right to demand a great paying job if you get a meaningless degree like gender studies or politically manipulated science (formerly political science).
Our forefathers would be shooting by now.
Careful, Merrick Garland is just looking for excuses to brand us all. And he has the blessing of Biden, Harris, Clinton, Kerry, Pelosi, Schumer, the Squad, Cheney, McConnell, Roberts, Mittens, and Soros.
Retribution for not seating him on SCOTUS.
I am careful. They can go after our forefathers.
Nope. They're voting for Democrats.
I COULD NOT AGREE WITH YOU MORE.
We seem to have forgotten that liberty, like the benefits we earn from hard work, is a reward unto itself. Rather than wasting our time seeking the greatest payout for the least possible effort, we have lost the appropriate sense of value that comes from living a truly free life, albeit connected and contributing to a larger society. I think that our Founders would be shocked and appalled at the corrosive effects of almost universal wealth and prosperity in this country. The greater the prosperity, the greater the desire to be given things; free education, free healthcare, free access to cheap credit, equal outcomes regardless of energy or intellect. All these trends fly in the face of the purpose for which this country was founded. From what I have read, this country was founded to be an ordered society of free men and women, self-governed by a limited Federal bureaucracy. The current management of our Federal government seems to not only forgotten this simple lesson, but appears to have never learned it in the first place.
Some of us have not forgotten, indeed many of us. But I fret that there is no longer a critical mass of courage.
Rev13:4
“Who is like the beast? Who is able to wage war with it?”.
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