Posted on 02/23/2009 5:19:57 PM PST by Jim Robinson
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.
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Holy cow!
Thank you for posting this.
I’ve never read the whole thing before and it is absolutely stunning!
Thank you Jim.
And thank you for the whole site and all the incredible work and sacrifice that you’ve made for all of us.
Very interesting that you should post this up... I’ve been reading it, and rereading it lately... and even started a little writing-project based on it (& the Constitution).
We travel en masse to DC when Congress and Senate are in sessions. Millions of cars/trucks with horns blaring and traffic snarled. Peaceful but LOUD and annoying to the aristocrats who 'work' for us!
“You decide; I already have.”
Like Mr. Henry, I know what course I will take.
Yeh Jimbo...the tyrants have grabbed power.
"“Let it be impressed on your mind that God commands you to choose for rulers just men who will rule in the fear of God [Exodus 18:21]. . . . If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted . . . If our government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the Divine commands, and elect bad men to make and administer the laws”…. Noah Webster, ‘The History of the United States’
“I fear, and truly regret, that they are going to need to have this lesson proved to them. Being a vet, I truly hope not, yet my duty is clear, and my oath demands no less. May God have mercy on us.”
I, too, am a vet, and I echo your words.
Where do I sign?
Agreed.
“In the Declaration of Independence the founders were referring to a foreign government.”
No they weren’t! They were referring to their own government, the government of Great Britain. The Founders were colonials, and British subjects for the most part. Their revolution was against their own king and his government!
How long before they sick the dogs on us?
You know they would.
Armed, or unarmed insurrection will bring the same results.
Easier for them if you’re unarmed.
No such thing as peaceful insurrection.
You just did.
“I______, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter.
“And I do further swear (or affirm) that I do not advocate, nor am I a member or an affiliate of any organization, group, or combination of persons that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence; and that during such time as I am a member of ________ (name of emergency preparedness organization), I will not advocate nor become a member or an affiliate of any organization, group, or combination of persons that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence.”
Thanks o-six. You, Wags and Jim educated me on that point. Thats whats sooo great about FR....inspirational and educational too. Love it!
Thank you, my FRiend. I have no doubt that many thousands of other vets (and others) feel the same as we do.
As I said, may God have mercy on us. I fear that stout hearts (and much prayer) will be needed in the near future. Those that sacrificed their lives, fortunes and sacred honors that we may enjoy the blessings of Liberty deserve and demand no less. We must not fail them.
2nd Amendment Markos....if they violate that then throw out the rest of the Constitution too. We revolt on them!
Signing bump
You are quite welcome, friend.
LOL
Me too
Signed, sealed and delivered!
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.
Signed
Syncro
Amen to that.
But what I was getting at is no matter how peaceful we
attempt to be, as suggested in your post...
We’ll just be lambs for the slaughter.
I don’t aspire to be martyr and peace is out of the question.
An oath is forever. Obama is a man without country. Without honor. A man of the godless Marxist world.
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