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AgapeSpiritEyes
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An American is seeking political freedom in Russia.
Happy Independence Day!
As you prepare to light up the grill and the sky in celebration of our signing of the Declaration of Independence, Edward Snowden is living proof that the America you're celebrating no longer exists.
To bring you up to speed, Snowden is the man who told the world what it already knew: That the U.S. was unconstitutionally spying on all its citizens, scanning their emails and texts, and collecting their phone data. We now also know the U.S. was spying on its allies.
Like the emperor with no clothes, everyone already knew the truth — but like the disappearance of the middle class, no one wanted to acknowledge the reality of what's going on.
Some will still choose not to accept it. Tomorrow we will eat our burgers and wave our flags, take our Lexapro, and go to bed dreading work on Friday...
Some of us get it, though. We know what Edward Snowden put on the line, we appreciate his sacrifice, and we understand what he was fighting against.
We're Outsiders.
Is It Time for a Revolution?
What we see going on today is reminiscent of what the Founding Fathers were fighting against all those years ago.
At the heart of it, we declared our independence from "abuses and usurpations" against our unalienable right to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
You can find some of those abuses and usurpations in the list below, which I took directly from the Declaration of Independence. I've added some keywords in parenthesis to help you relate it to the present:
•He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people (Transportation Safety Administration, Department of Homeland Security, Internal Revenue Service, militarized police)
•For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world (Cuba)
•For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent ($16.75 trillion national debt, 74,000 page tax code)
•For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury (Guantanamo)
•For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States (police killing civilians, fines for banks instead of prosecution)
•He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power (it prevents terrorism, martial law after Boston Bombings, defense contractors)
•He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries (revolving door)
Like I said, many of the very things we fought for independence from are happening once again.
Let me remind you what Franklin, Jefferson, and Adams said we should do if that happens:
... 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...
What say you?
Is the government now destructive of your life, liberty and pursuit of happiness?
Happy Independence Day!
As you prepare to light up the grill and the sky in celebration of our signing of the Declaration of Independence, Edward Snowden is living proof that the America you're celebrating no longer exists.
To bring you up to speed, Snowden is the man who told the world what it already knew: That the U.S. was unconstitutionally spying on all its citizens, scanning their emails and texts, and collecting their phone data. We now also know the U.S. was spying on its allies.
Like the emperor with no clothes, everyone already knew the truth — but like the disappearance of the middle class, no one wanted to acknowledge the reality of what's going on.
Some will still choose not to accept it. Tomorrow we will eat our burgers and wave our flags, take our Lexapro, and go to bed dreading work on Friday...
Some of us get it, though. We know what Edward Snowden put on the line, we appreciate his sacrifice, and we understand what he was fighting against.
We're Outsiders.
Is It Time for a Revolution?
What we see going on today is reminiscent of what the Founding Fathers were fighting against all those years ago.
At the heart of it, we declared our independence from "abuses and usurpations" against our unalienable right to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
You can find some of those abuses and usurpations in the list below, which I took directly from the Declaration of Independence. I've added some keywords in parenthesis to help you relate it to the present:
•He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people (Transportation Safety Administration, Department of Homeland Security, Internal Revenue Service, militarized police)
•For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world (Cuba)
•For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent ($16.75 trillion national debt, 74,000 page tax code)
•For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury (Guantanamo)
•For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States (police killing civilians, fines for banks instead of prosecution)
•He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power (it prevents terrorism, martial law after Boston Bombings, defense contractors)
•He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries (revolving door)
Like I said, many of the very things we fought for independence from are happening once again.
Let me remind you what Franklin, Jefferson, and Adams said we should do if that happens:
... 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...
What say you?
Is the government now destructive of your life, liberty and pursuit of happiness?
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