Declaration of Independence: “let facts be submitted to a candid world”
As we review the last 8 years of the Bush presidency, as we remember the many refused subpoenas, the many claims of executive privilege, the withholding and destruction of information required for government oversight, the abuse of power by signing statements, the manipulation of the judiciary, the war crimes of torture and detention of suspected combatants, the decline of civil liberties and increased powers of the government to spy on it’s own citizens, the use of American military in a counterproductive way - against the will of Americans, I found this passage of the Declaration of Independence very pertinent and revealing to our present situation under “King George”. Lest we forget the principles upon which we were founded.
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. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world….
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….
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries….
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
GW Bush does not subscribe to the principles of our founders. In his July 4th speech, notice how Bush edits Jefferson’s words:
Bush quoting Jefferson:
“May it be to the world, what I believe it will be — to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all — the Signal of arousing men to burst the chains, and to assume the blessings and security of self-government.”
Jefferson’s complete quote:
“May it be to the world, what I believe it will be, (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all), the signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves, and to assume the blessings and security of self-government”
What would you expect from Bush, a man who sees himself on a mission from god? Or better said, chained by his monkish ignorance and superstition. We’ve all seen the results of that.