The Declaration, partly, by way of Ace's place

A partial 'reading' of the Declaration from comments on Ace of Spades

410 In light of our fear for the Republic, given recent events, I wish to High-jack the ONT and begin thusly in honor of the Birth of the USA. I ask that all M(and)M's follow my lead and pick up where I leave off.

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.

Posted by: Richard the (....) at July 04, 2012 01:00 AM (fjxG4)
(Also 496 Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 04, 2012 01:50 AM (R5yLq)

421 oops...sorry Richard.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 04, 2012 01:05 AM (yh0zB)

427 And one has to appreciate the irony of resisting a socialist/communist take over with a commie built weapon. Could just be me.. lol

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 04, 2012 01:02 AM (R5yLq)

Nope, not just you.

That to secure these rights Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their powers from the Consent of the Governed...and I'll have to look the rest of it up cause it's been a long time.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 04, 2012 01:08 AM (yh0zB)

435 —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.

Posted by: DAve at July 04, 2012 01:12 AM (h+/7G)

[Bonus comment:]
456 Dear King George.
Bugger off.

sincerely,
former subjects.

Posted by: navybrat at July 04, 2012 01:21 AM (Mkeg/)

464 Now we're gettin' somewhere:

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.

Posted by: Patrick Henry's Ghost at July 04, 2012 01:27 AM (h+/7G)

488 I'm sitting here looking at this document, even with my poor typing skills which you M(and)M's are most aware of, I will finish this if you wish and ACE allowing the band-with drain will go foreward with 1 vote of ..."yes"

Posted by: Richard the (....) at July 04, 2012 01:47 AM (fjxG4)

500 Richard that's why God invented google and cut and paste:

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.—

Posted by: Sam Adams at July 04, 2012 01:52 AM (h+/7G)

615

--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

Posted by: DAve at July 04, 2012 03:31 AM (h+/7G)

723
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.

Posted by: DAve at July 04, 2012 12:34 PM (h+/7G)

727 [Did the Declaration continue on another thread, or...?]

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.

AND

threw away 5.2 Trillion to no effect;
wouldn’t even allow people to put out deterrents in the water to stave off oil from reaching the shore after the big spill in the Gulf;
terminated the U.S. Space Program;
sent U.S. troops into Libya without Congressional approval;
helped arm the Muslim Brotherhood in Libya;
gave almost a billion, probably more to the Palestinians/A.K.A. Hamas;
didn’t do a thing when the Iranian people rose up against their Islamic regime;
is dismantling the U.S. nuclear program and nukes;
gave Russia military secrets;
abandoned Poland;
is allowing Russian troops on American soil;
Russia/U.S. joint military exercises on land and sea;
allowing illegals the right to stay in America, despite Congress saying they can’t....

(List ripped off from commenter Joanne at Gateway Pundit http://bit.ly/usurpd -- feel free to add to it)

Plus, he ate dog.

Posted by: A Mindful Webworker at July 04, 2012 09:19 PM (lBpVP)