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<blockquote data-quote="Information Please" data-source="post: 76161"><p>wkmac,</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the article. I found it timely, especially:</p><p><em>" For us, that concept took centuries of thought and conflicts to mature. It began at Runnymede when some barons presented a British king with demands that became known as the Magna Carta. It placed limits on the king's powers and defined certain rights not only for the aristocracy but for the common folk, too. And the barons were there with their swords to make sure the king understood that it was not negotiable.</em></p><p><em>...</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Ours is best summed up in the Declaration of Independence. All men are given unalienable rights by God. The sole purpose of government is to protect those rights. When a government instead abuses those rights, then the people have the right and the duty to overthrow it and create a new government."</em></p><p></p><p>I would suggest that the best way to overthrow is from within, and to start with the mid-term elections. That will be the start of a new direction, and hopefully end end of what you see as our slide away from greatness. It's not too late, IMHO; though this may be close to our last chance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Information Please, post: 76161"] wkmac, Thanks for the article. I found it timely, especially: [i]" For us, that concept took centuries of thought and conflicts to mature. It began at Runnymede when some barons presented a British king with demands that became known as the Magna Carta. It placed limits on the king's powers and defined certain rights not only for the aristocracy but for the common folk, too. And the barons were there with their swords to make sure the king understood that it was not negotiable. ... Ours is best summed up in the Declaration of Independence. All men are given unalienable rights by God. The sole purpose of government is to protect those rights. When a government instead abuses those rights, then the people have the right and the duty to overthrow it and create a new government."[/i] I would suggest that the best way to overthrow is from within, and to start with the mid-term elections. That will be the start of a new direction, and hopefully end end of what you see as our slide away from greatness. It's not too late, IMHO; though this may be close to our last chance. [/QUOTE]
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