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Obama calls for new declaration of independence
CNN ^ | Jan. 17, 2009 | CNN

Posted on 01/17/2009 1:51:17 PM PST by FocusNexus

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To: FocusNexus

I heard this on the news, but when he said, “new declaration of independence”, I thought that I heard wrong. That’s what he actually said!


61 posted on 01/17/2009 4:01:58 PM PST by Pinkbell (Liberals are only tolerant of those with whom they agree.)
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To: FocusNexus

That blabber about a new declaration of independence is something for his adoring masses and simply a rhetorical tool. Not much more to it than that. He’s got to keep his adoring masses pumped up..., doncha know... :-)

As far as this “Organizaing for America” — it might pay for Republicans to organize their people along the same lines. That’s all Obama is doing — keeping a “going organization” of political operatives. The Republicans can very well do the same thing.


62 posted on 01/17/2009 4:03:10 PM PST by Star Traveler
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To: FocusNexus

I wonder how long it will be before our money reads...................

.................................... “In Obama We Trust”.


63 posted on 01/17/2009 4:12:12 PM PST by Gator113 ("Noli nothis permittere te terere.")
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To: FocusNexus; Calpernia; Fred Nerks; null and void; pissant; george76; PhilDragoo; Candor7; ...

Ping.

#13, too.


64 posted on 01/17/2009 4:18:03 PM PST by LucyT ("Sleep is for people who can't handle caffeine." ...Slings and Arrows)
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To: Eva

His transportation secretary has his papers on hold for the time being. (Hint - think Chicago mob).


65 posted on 01/17/2009 4:22:49 PM PST by bergmeid (I refuse to be united. Obama can stuff it.)
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To: Eva

Dang, I forgot, his CIA appointee’s daughter is in bed with South American crooks.


66 posted on 01/17/2009 4:23:53 PM PST by bergmeid (I refuse to be united. Obama can stuff it.)
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To: FocusNexus

Just like he wants a new constitution.


67 posted on 01/17/2009 4:25:08 PM PST by autumnraine
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To: FocusNexus

Oh yeah, and I can guarantee you half the country will go with the “NEW” Constitution, because they think like Whoopie Goldberg, that the “old” one says slavery is ok.


68 posted on 01/17/2009 4:29:44 PM PST by autumnraine
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To: Eva
The Republic’s throat is in a death grip. All it’s Virtues and Freedoms await the cutting dagger wielded by Marxist, socialists, and communists.

The reigns of a Free Republic have been handed off, without a fight, to it’s historic adversaries and enemies.

The ignorance displayed at the ballot box has indeed lead us to the next level. Will patriotism be enough to defeat the harm that has been done? Or will the citizenry admit defeat, crawl away, and allow this abomination destroy our Heritage?

69 posted on 01/17/2009 4:36:44 PM PST by JDoutrider (Heading to Galt's Gulch... It is time.)
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To: LucyT
Thanks LucyT

I call for a Declaration of Independence from Zer0!

70 posted on 01/17/2009 4:42:46 PM PST by IrishPennant (Patriotism is strongest when accompanied by bad politics, loyal FRiends and great whiskey)
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To: Names Ash Housewares
I thought the statement that read, "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", effectively addressed the issue and still does.

Maybe someone should re-read the original Declaration to Obama.

71 posted on 01/17/2009 4:49:14 PM PST by Cyropaedia ("Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principal of evil...".)
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To: FocusNexus
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72 posted on 01/17/2009 4:54:00 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: Beckwith

Horrendous and terrifying BTTT.


73 posted on 01/17/2009 4:56:33 PM PST by little jeremiah (Leave illusion, come to the truth. Leave the darkness, come to the light.)
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To: JDoutrider
“Will patriotism be enough to defeat the harm that has been done? Or will the citizenry admit defeat, crawl away, and allow this abomination destroy our Heritage?”

If you believe that the “citizenry” will (including most Republicans) every stand up again and show any patriotism then please send me a post card when you reach Wonderland.
This is how freedom dies to a standing ovation on Jan. 20th.

74 posted on 01/17/2009 4:58:51 PM PST by devildognc (USMC 1972-1979 The Few The Proud THE MARINES)
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To: Girlene
Maybe he meant [independence from] "conservative" ideology.

Given his background and his camaign themes, I'm sure that's what he meant.

75 posted on 01/17/2009 5:11:28 PM PST by justiceseeker93
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To: FocusNexus

“Organizing for America”? Maybe it should be called “Organizing Against America,” considering his background and where he’s leading us. Just remember that, in all probability, he is not even an American citizen.


76 posted on 01/17/2009 5:19:17 PM PST by justiceseeker93
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To: The_Reader_David
It has been universally accepted among conservatives since Edmund Burke that ideology is a bad thing.

How can you make such a generalized statement? Obviously, some ideologies are bad - like Nazism, Communism, Islamism - and some are good.

77 posted on 01/17/2009 5:25:07 PM PST by justiceseeker93
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To: devildognc
"If you believe that the “citizenry” will (including most Republicans) every stand up again and show any patriotism then please send me a post card when you reach Wonderland."

Exactly... If a "CW2" is ever started, I'd be more than surprised to see more than two percent getting involved with it. Lots of brave talk out there. Brave talk means squat if the flag goes up and everything that defines you is on the line as was such with our Founding Fathers... Something like "Lives, Treasure, and Honor".

78 posted on 01/17/2009 5:49:16 PM PST by JDoutrider (Heading to Galt's Gulch... It is time.)
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To: FocusNexus
from ideology and small thinking, prejudice and bigotry

Like these guys???




79 posted on 01/17/2009 7:11:30 PM PST by Fred (Obama happens)
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To: justiceseeker93

No, ideology is bad, per se. Any ideology tries to fit broad swaths of human existence into a mould made of ideas and ideals. It necessarily overruns the particularities of human nature, redefines natural institutions in its own terms, and then tries to impose that abstract structure on human society.

Conservatism is opposition to ideology, per se. It represents accepting of human nature as it is—fallen, corrupted, still-more-corruptible, but underlyingly good—as the starting point for organizing society, not some purported shining future. It recognizes that wisdom of the past, and will discard existing social structures only very reluctantly in the face of new circumstances.

Conservatism begins with reality and seeks to improve it incrementally, since it acknowledges the ‘law of unintended consequences’. Ideologies, all ideologies, begin with an ideal, and blunder toward it heedless of reality.

Read Russell Kirk.


80 posted on 01/17/2009 7:39:48 PM PST by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
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