Forum Post: The American Revolution Part 2
Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 20, 2011, 10:39 p.m. EST by kayak69
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I was just watching CNN and they reported that Egypt is not through fighting for democracy. And, I couldn't help but think "either are we". Keep it moving. This is a great example of Bigger-is-Better.
The time has come for "The People" to revolt in unity as our forefathers and ancestors did in the First American Revolution! We totally support and side with the "Occupy Protesters" because it is time for a change! Not the "CHANGE" President Obama promised us since his campaign for presidency which never became true for the people. The U.S. is in the worst situation since the 1970's recession. Recession is just a word used by the government to make the people feel not as bad about what will happen to the people. There is no recession! It is just their way to oppress the people.
Oppression is the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. It can also be defined as an act or instance of oppressing, the state of being oppressed, and the feeling of being heavily burdened, mentally or physically, by troubles, adverse conditions, and anxiety.
The Declaration of Independence has been described as the most important document in human history. Here, in the memorable language of the famous preamble, a hundred and ten words fatally undermined the political basis of the old order and proclaimed a new era in which free peoples would henceforth govern themselves; quoted from the U.S. Declaration of Independence which was written by Thomas Jefferson as follows:
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 abolish it, and to institute a new Government, laying its Foundations on such Principles and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to Them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights that protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms. It was adopted on December 15, 1791, along with the rest of the Bill of Rights.In 2008 and 2010, the Supreme Court issued two Second Amendment decisions. In District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), the Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess a firearm, unconnected to service in a militia and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home. Additionally, the Court enumerated several longstanding prohibitions and restrictions on firearms possession that it found were consistent with the Second Amendment.In McDonald v. Chicago (2010), the Court ruled that the Second Amendment limits state and local governments to the same extent that it limits the federal government.
It is the time to institute a New Government that will help the people, not go against the people. It is the peoples' time to revolt! It is your right as per Thomas Jefferson words, a man who was always against the creation of the National Bank which is our Federal Reserve Bank today as we the people know it.
Take your right for revolution with the people and make the right change!
DEMOCRACY IS A TRAP. America is NOT a democracy . It was never intended to be, we are a DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC or better yet, a CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC. Many of these protesters are supporting democracy, but I’m afraid that many do not understand the false securities of democracy, that democracy can lead them back on the path of dictatorship or authoritative rule. Over two hundred years ago, a Scottish professor, Alexander Tyler, put it well, “democracy will continue to exist up into the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public’s treasury.” This has been true for countless democracies. However, millions of us know we have endangered ourselves, by not understanding the dangers of democracy. Alexander Tyler's (Scottish Historian) “Cycle of Democracy”:
“From bondage to spiritual faith; from spiritual faith to great courage; from courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to selfishness; from selfishness to apathy; from apathy to dependence; from dependency back again into bondage."
Many of our Founders understood this theory. So they thought of a way to possibly break this cycle, thus creating a Republic, where the States are in charge of the Federal Government – Articles of Confederation (1777). Unfortunately, with the threat of war with France, a new Constitution was created from the Constitutional Convention of 1787, but was fought against by those who wanted a bill of rights to protect the rights of the individuals and the principles of the republic, these people were called Anti-federalists (Jefferson, P.Henry, Mason). So when the Bill of Rights (first ten Amendments of the Constitution – that protects individual’s inalienable rights and the Republic (9th and 10th Amed.) was implemented (Madison), all states signed on in 1791. Our current U.S. Constitution (set up rules of our federal government), combined with the Bill of Rights (required by our states in order for the Constitution to be valid.) is a democratically-elected system, in which the people elect representatives from each region, that have equal power. this ensures that farmers in rural areas (less populated) have the equal say as the heavily, more-populated cities. Our Constitution divides the powers into three separate branches, so NOT to have a king or dictator. A system to unite the states when threatened by foreign enemies. A system that would ensure greater power and sovereignty to the states, with no state more powerful than another.
So, I think it is about time to give our Founding Fathers their due credit for having the forethought in recognizing the failures of democracy and for creating our democratic republic form of government, that has kept us together and prosperous. So World, the choice is yours -a republic form of government or a democracy of sorts, eventually resulting in tyranny?
“A Republic, if you can keep it.”- Ben Franklin
"Democracy passes into despotism." Plato
You're stupid. In Egypt they fought for something you already have. YOU misguided OWSers are actually anti-freedom and anti-democracy.
Please don't follow us. You have no idea where we're going.