Happy Birthday America!
Posted by michellemoquin on July 4th, 2008
Photo courtesy of Declan Mccullagh
“Land of the free and home of the brave!’ ‘Come to America where you too can live the American dream!’….’that is if your government will step aside and allow you Life, Liberty and The Pursuit of Happiness.’
I decided in honor of our great nation….god that sounds so canned…oh well…I decided to share with you a section of ’The Declaration of Independence’, a so-called radical document of its time.
‘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.’
Let’s break it down:
It states that ‘all men are created equal’ – Yes, but let’s leave out penis size and intelligence, and then we can say ‘all men are created equal’. (chuckle:) But the more important question to ask is, ‘Are they treated equally’? We all know the answer to that one. Need I say more?
Okay next: We are endowed by our Creator ‘with certain unalienable rights’ - meaning, rights that are absolute, non-negotiable, ones natural rights. Hmm…sounds good…looks good on paper, but let’s look at those rights: ‘Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Happiness’. ‘Life’: Okay, we are living, breathing human beings…but it is also the right to grow and live…you know, no one should harm another person by taking their life from them, aka: ‘Don’t kill another.’ Unfortunately this happens every day. ‘Liberty’: FREEDOM!! – George Michael sang it best. But seriously, it gives us the power to choose. And not in the sense of being unrestrained but more in the sense of being able to choose different possibilities. And the last natural right: ‘The Pursuit of Happiness’ – Meaning, go for it – your dreams, what ever…BUT, in the process, make sure that you don’t harm anyone or violate their natural rights in the process. This is where ‘do unto others…’ might come in handy.
Next….’That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, (We won’t even bring up the lack of women here) deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.’ – That’s us – we are the governed ones. We are giving them, the government, power through our permission; to protect our rights from threat. Enough said. Clear?
‘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.’: Basically if the government is treating us unfairly and denying us our rights: ‘Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Happiness’, then it is not protecting our rights. When all is said and done, if the government is not protecting our rights then they can be replaced. Uh..can we replace them NOW!
So..Readers: These are my thoughts. Maybe you feel differently – share. How do you think our government is holding up these days? Blog me.
Oh…and let me just say…I’m not down on our forefathers…not at all. I’ll use Anonz’s words, ’cause they’re good ones, and say that, ‘The Declaration of Independence’ was an idea that felt good. I genuinely feel that it was written with good intentions. It’s just too bad that as time went on the good intentions got lost somewhere between selfishness and greed, and in the forms of racism and sexism to name a few.
Do I sound like I am ending this on a downer note? I don’t think I am being untruthful…but it is the 4th if July, Independence Day. It is a celebratory time! The United States is still the best country to live in. And don’t get me wrong…I am so grateful for all that I have and most of all for all of the choices and possibilities available to me. We may be ignorant at times but we are blissful! (tee hee hee:)
To my loyal International readers: How do you celebrate your country? Share with us – Blog me.
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Dearest Madaline: How is it that you can contact Anonz and not have ANY communica with moi? Or is it because he’s a man and you’re trying to get your thrills? Remember he’s just like a puppy even with the added ‘two’….or have you persuaded Tal to succumb to a wish? Ha ha! Maybe. Sorry Anonz to make you the butt of the joke, but I couldn’t resist. Just funnin’ with maddie at your expense. You have proven you are much more than just a handsome face. Speaking of…how is the face? And the added two? You don’t have to answer that :) Stop me now please…(I just can’t get dick off my mind today!:)
Anyway…back to maddie…
I have been emailing you and trying to talk to you for days on my blog – Are the lines down? I think not. Frankly, it is BS that you and the girls have taken a leave, let me remind you, an unauthorized one. Po’d that I haven’t unleashed you and the girls? Or just too busy…but too busy to show face? Too busy to entertain us with your bitch badinage and enlighten us with your worldly knowledge? Am I sounding a bit sarcastic here? – excuusse me. I don’t mean to be…
As much as I love livin’ in the good ‘ol US of A, I am so ready to get out of here – You?
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Happy Independence Day everyone!-Go out and celebrate-have one on me :) …I’m certainly gonna have a few! Be safe and be kind.
Luv & Peace…and always…
Gratefully your blog host,
michelle ?
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July 4th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
“just can’t get dick off your mind today!” ? hmmmmmm…. ;-)
This is a holiday that we should all feel proud to celebrate as Americans. What we might try to begin to take away from this holiday is our duty as Americans to challenge the power mongers so as they respect the Declaration and Constitution. We need to make sure that when our rights and liberties begin to be stripped away (Like Now!) that we DO SOMETHING about it and change those in power as it is so written and explained herein by Michelle. Too bad we don’t seem to do this when someone like Bush and cronies are in office, but we can censor someone who simply got a blowjob in his office…Sad…
This day is a reminder of all of the people over the last 250 odd years that have stepped up and challenged the system so that the dreams and declarations of this country stay intact and move us all forward into a better, balanced and more harmonious society.
Have a great 4th!
July 5th, 2008 at 8:59 am
Michelle
sir
Blame Tal for our absence. He has allowed Latifa to send us on every test she can think up. We are not complaining especially since you have expressed your desire to leave as soon as you can. I am hopping that you will take Maddie with you.
I commented on Zen Lill’s blog concerning Cindy’s silly anti emotional comment as an argument allowing men to corrupt the market place and scape goat it with tired economic supply and demand bullshit.
When I made that comment, I didn’t know that I wouldn’t be able to showcase the work that this previously economically challenged woman had assembled in a few days on your blog. I have done a super girl’s research on present day economical factors that have an affect on supply and demand in both a free market and an oligopoly. Let me give a shout out to Tal and Adam for pointing me in the right direction and giving me a history lesson on the concept and the practice of corporate behavior.
You asked me about the gas price situation. A start would be to understand the the intent of the bush administration to manipulate the energy market. This is a group of organized economic criminals who set out to become billionaires at the expense of the american people. Since their family is in oil one of their first intentions was to set up the american economy to put it in a state of need counting on the law of supply and demand to work its magic.
So bush did everything he could to make the country use oil. He relieved the car manufacturers of the previous administration’s obligation on them to improve the miles per gallon of their cars. He told the american people that would help our domestic car companies to compete with the foreign companies. And he gave tax incentives to businesses to purchase the huge gas guzzling suvs.
The result of that policy is that the american car companies put most of their investment dollars into making huge gas guzzlers. That policy has been one of the factors that contributed negatively to the supply side of a balanced oil market. Gas prices at an inflated soon to be $5.00 a gallon, are causing drivers to abandon the purchase of such foolishness. Domestic car manufacturers having invested so much stock into a policy designed to make money at the expense of their country being forced to depend even more heavily on countries that hate theirs now are forced to lay off workers.
Greed at the expense of patriotism cost jobs and american security. Greed by the bush administration and those in this country that put profit above all else cost both jobs and energy independence.
While bush was spouting god and country slogans he was setting the stage for his family and associates to be able to restart all their dormant oil pumps. Now that he has forced the price of gas up, it is again economical for them to begin operation of those old dormant pumps.
Bush also deregulated the market place in many places; the mortgage industry, the speculation field of the stock market, the banking industry, and the energy industry are a few key ones that played a part in this oil debacle.
The thieves having thoroughly fleeced the american people in the mortgage field turned their attention to speculating in the stock market. The deregulation not only left the field wide open to corruption on all levels it allowed the thieves to do it with a minimum of their own money.
The result is that the speculators are driving up the price of a barrel of oil. If they had to risk as much in the speculating on what the future price of oil would be as they do in other areas of the market ——— Excuse me I was watching the Williams sisters in the Wimbleton women’s championship. The first question commercial was a Cialias commercial.
Men! They forced women to creep on the TV with a much needed tampon commercial under strict controls. But they put their “I’m old but I still want to get laid” commercials on at anytime. Young girls all over the america watching the match were forced to view that inappropriate commercial.
Okay I got that said. – — Their are those that argue that it isn’t the speculators causing oil prices to soar just supply chasing demand. In a non manipulated market this would be an interesting argument. But today’s oil market is beset on all sides by crooks out to make a buck at the USA’s expense.
The bush administration deregulated the energy market by allowing the companies to compile both vertical and horizontal monopolies. Now those companies buy up any new promising alternate energy innovations and shelve them. Gas is their profit baby and to hell with the nation’s need to become energy independent.
The bush criminals are now trying to use the energy crisis that they created to force the american people to give those oil companies more control of the oil resources in this company. They argue that we need to open up more fields of oil exploration. This logic flies in the fact that the oil companies own more that 30% of the federal oil fields and they have been content to sit on most of it. Now they are saying they want a complete monopoly on all the federal oil exploration rights so to begin developing any of the fields they own.
If a group that controls 90% of the total energy market gets total control of all the oil resources in this country, the crooks will fleece the american people for the next millennium.
We need a new party in office. One that is determined to prosecute the bush administration for their malfeasance and out right criminal activities while in office.
Sir
Maddie