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<blockquote data-quote="Judge Bean" data-source="post: 6833" data-attributes="member: 42"><p><strong>Rights We Have Lost</strong></p><p></p><p><em><strong>The Right to Revolution</strong></em></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><em>The power under the Constitution will always be in the People. It is entrusted for certain defined purposes, and for a certain limited period, to representatives of their own chusing; and whenever it is executed contrary to their Interest, or not agreeable to their wishes, their Servants can, and undoubtedly will be, recalled.</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><em> --George Washington</em></span></p><p></p><p>Our birthright of freedom stands in jeopardy. The government has failed to sustain the faith of the people; it has abrogated the profound obligation to preserve the Constitution, believing that to adhere to its <em>form </em>in part is sufficient to justify the repeal de facto of its <em>substance</em>, the substance which is nothing other than the security of the liberty of the people. </p><p></p><p>Our freedom is rooted in the safety of our lives and property, and now both are at the disposal of the government. Now the people want their government back?they want their Constitution restored and their money refunded. They want the current government vacated and those who hold power replaced by legitimate leaders. This is the revolution authorized by the law of the land, the United States Constitution.</p><p></p><p>The people demand their government back.</p><p></p><p>We have been content to allow the government to overtake all aspects of public and private life?from the feeding of the poor to the feeding of grizzly bears, almost nothing is left to us to control, or over which to exercise judgment. The government collects greater and greater benefits from its citizens, and more and more of their money, and gives them in return fewer and fewer services, worse and worse roads, air, and water, and more and more crises of bungled international affairs. We are in greater danger the more money and trust we vouchsafe to Washington.</p><p> </p><p>We have been complacent to permit the authorities to pursue crime by means of weakening Constitutional rights, because we have felt that criminals should enjoy no advantage; but in doing so we have forgotten that there are no criminals without first providing those accused persons the process of justice. This is a law meant to protect the innocent and wrongfully accused, no matter how few of these there are in fact. </p><p></p><p>The rights to due process of law and equal treatment; to be free of cruel and unusual punishment and double jeopardy, and all such as these, are designed to restrict the government, not to reward criminals. Some live in an imagined world in which the government is always trustworthy?I do not. </p><p></p><p>Our government tells us that many of us are now criminal suspects, or may be designated such at any time, without notice. That our private records may be ransacked without telling us. That officials are entitled to lists of our friends and associates, activities, reading materials, debts. What will come next, a schedule of our voting habits and political views?</p><p></p><p>In all of these instances we can see our rights?to life, liberty, and property?being stripped away and squandered out of our reach. Nor are our rights restricted to legal and political ones only: we have a right to use and enjoy the land, and to clean air and water. We have the right to equal health opportunity as well as equality in economic and political life. Our children have as much right to healthcare as they do to education, and as much right to peace as either of these. How can the ?American Dream? be pursued in a hostile world? </p><p> </p><p>We now bequeath to our children a botched, poisoned landscape?endangered portions of which the government a hundred years ago claimed stewardship?populated by a million inmates, another million bankrupts, another million homeless, another million unemployed, another million addicts? no one can tell us this is the City of God on Earth that America was meant to be in the 1600s, or the Nation of Free Independent States of the 1700s, or the God?s Country of the 1800s, or the Leader of the Free World of the 1900s.</p><p></p><p>Never has the United States been so thoroughly despised overseas, so unquestioningly belligerent in its international affairs, so unabashedly corrupt in its governance, so neglectful of its wards?the poor, the dispossessed, the sick, the weak, the accused, the oppressed. </p><p></p><p>For what does a government exist, in any event? To enhance its power and protect its investments overseas? To build armies and conquer countries far away? No: it exists to uplift and protect its citizens. It has a duty to its citizens, not vice versa.</p><p></p><p>It has a duty to feed and house its citizens if they cannot do so themselves, and to get out of the way of those who can. It has a duty to expand the voting franchise and even actively to persuade citizens to vote, knowing that its legitimacy at the outset will be the greater with the greatest number of votes cast. </p><p></p><p>It has a duty to try to get its citizens employed and educated, trusting in the overriding generalization that the good to the greatest number of people is literally the greatest good of the State. It has a duty to wage peace throughout the world.</p><p></p><p>The host nation to the United Nations! What a sacred opportunity to complete the charter of that nation?s obligations. Over the course of a terrible century, the people of the United States have determined to take upon itself a duty to the world, which they knows is poorer and more susceptible to tyranny. </p><p></p><p>The American people have taken on this responsibility as a cultural trait, a part of the national character; and though many of its leaders have yet to learn of it, Americans have insisted on trying to make peace in the world, spread its ideals of equal justice, and find ways to provide food and hope wherever these are in shortest supply. </p><p></p><p>This is our original modern mission, born out of the rubble of World War Two. Now the people who have locked up our government persist in not only obstructing, but also entirely denying this grave obligation?for the sake of turning a buck.</p><p></p><p>This, too, is law: that the government must do as its people demand; and Americans demand world peace and justice. We do not know <em>how</em>, but we wonder how our leaders can avoid the clear mandate of the citizens. We have been overtaking the rest of the world with our energetic marketing, entertainment, and goods; we demand peace if for no other reason than to be able to sell everyone, everywhere, whatever they want to buy from us; and we demand peace for its own sake. </p><p></p><p>Commerce, prosperity, lawful and orderly trade, guarantee of human rights, peace: this is what Americans expect. We are on a mission to save the world?we need leaders who at least <em>understand </em>this, that peace and justice, and care for the poor, spread freedom and democracy to others and secure our own for ourselves.</p><p></p><p>The government does not credit this as American law, but conducts foreign affairs as though Americans had an entirely contradictory idea of itself in the world. The government acts outside the law. </p><p></p><p>But we will begin in the law, in hope that that is where we will end up finally. Under its shelter we will see what can be accomplished. We must overthrow the government, somehow, without overthrowing its license?its original charter?and without losing our way of governing ourselves. We find that the Constitution directs revolution when affairs have reached, as they now have, the point where we live under a government by the government instead of by the people.</p><p></p><p>It is no less a tyranny that oppresses its people by ignoring their calls for security of their rights and property than one which oppresses them by the outright denial of ordinary justice. Now we have had a series of presidents who boast that they have made us better off after every four years: this is like the doctor who would boast that he has had no patients die?this year. At least things are getting a little better; if the past is any indication, my patients should stand a better chance of survival this year than last. </p><p></p><p>But what the people want is a series of presidents who show that they have sustained the American dream and experiment by advancing its cause in the world and securing the rights of citizens at home. Having restored their estates and savings, and stripped government to its working form, Americans can hear their presidents then boast that America <em>and </em>its citizens are <em>both </em>better off. </p><p></p><p>We have spent our history to date trying to make our government better, and this gradual improvement has put us at odds with ourselves, because many conceive of the Constitution as a license to practice graft and exploitation. Others believe that we do not need to concur?that we can simply disregard our unity if it is inconvenient. But now has come the time to make another great step forward, and dare to reconcile our differences for the common good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Judge Bean, post: 6833, member: 42"] [b]Rights We Have Lost[/b] [i][b]The Right to Revolution[/b][/i] [SIZE=1][i]The power under the Constitution will always be in the People. It is entrusted for certain defined purposes, and for a certain limited period, to representatives of their own chusing; and whenever it is executed contrary to their Interest, or not agreeable to their wishes, their Servants can, and undoubtedly will be, recalled. --George Washington[/i][/SIZE] Our birthright of freedom stands in jeopardy. The government has failed to sustain the faith of the people; it has abrogated the profound obligation to preserve the Constitution, believing that to adhere to its [i]form [/i]in part is sufficient to justify the repeal de facto of its [i]substance[/i], the substance which is nothing other than the security of the liberty of the people. Our freedom is rooted in the safety of our lives and property, and now both are at the disposal of the government. Now the people want their government back?they want their Constitution restored and their money refunded. They want the current government vacated and those who hold power replaced by legitimate leaders. This is the revolution authorized by the law of the land, the United States Constitution. The people demand their government back. We have been content to allow the government to overtake all aspects of public and private life?from the feeding of the poor to the feeding of grizzly bears, almost nothing is left to us to control, or over which to exercise judgment. The government collects greater and greater benefits from its citizens, and more and more of their money, and gives them in return fewer and fewer services, worse and worse roads, air, and water, and more and more crises of bungled international affairs. We are in greater danger the more money and trust we vouchsafe to Washington. We have been complacent to permit the authorities to pursue crime by means of weakening Constitutional rights, because we have felt that criminals should enjoy no advantage; but in doing so we have forgotten that there are no criminals without first providing those accused persons the process of justice. This is a law meant to protect the innocent and wrongfully accused, no matter how few of these there are in fact. The rights to due process of law and equal treatment; to be free of cruel and unusual punishment and double jeopardy, and all such as these, are designed to restrict the government, not to reward criminals. Some live in an imagined world in which the government is always trustworthy?I do not. Our government tells us that many of us are now criminal suspects, or may be designated such at any time, without notice. That our private records may be ransacked without telling us. That officials are entitled to lists of our friends and associates, activities, reading materials, debts. What will come next, a schedule of our voting habits and political views? In all of these instances we can see our rights?to life, liberty, and property?being stripped away and squandered out of our reach. Nor are our rights restricted to legal and political ones only: we have a right to use and enjoy the land, and to clean air and water. We have the right to equal health opportunity as well as equality in economic and political life. Our children have as much right to healthcare as they do to education, and as much right to peace as either of these. How can the ?American Dream? be pursued in a hostile world? We now bequeath to our children a botched, poisoned landscape?endangered portions of which the government a hundred years ago claimed stewardship?populated by a million inmates, another million bankrupts, another million homeless, another million unemployed, another million addicts? no one can tell us this is the City of God on Earth that America was meant to be in the 1600s, or the Nation of Free Independent States of the 1700s, or the God?s Country of the 1800s, or the Leader of the Free World of the 1900s. Never has the United States been so thoroughly despised overseas, so unquestioningly belligerent in its international affairs, so unabashedly corrupt in its governance, so neglectful of its wards?the poor, the dispossessed, the sick, the weak, the accused, the oppressed. For what does a government exist, in any event? To enhance its power and protect its investments overseas? To build armies and conquer countries far away? No: it exists to uplift and protect its citizens. It has a duty to its citizens, not vice versa. It has a duty to feed and house its citizens if they cannot do so themselves, and to get out of the way of those who can. It has a duty to expand the voting franchise and even actively to persuade citizens to vote, knowing that its legitimacy at the outset will be the greater with the greatest number of votes cast. It has a duty to try to get its citizens employed and educated, trusting in the overriding generalization that the good to the greatest number of people is literally the greatest good of the State. It has a duty to wage peace throughout the world. The host nation to the United Nations! What a sacred opportunity to complete the charter of that nation?s obligations. Over the course of a terrible century, the people of the United States have determined to take upon itself a duty to the world, which they knows is poorer and more susceptible to tyranny. The American people have taken on this responsibility as a cultural trait, a part of the national character; and though many of its leaders have yet to learn of it, Americans have insisted on trying to make peace in the world, spread its ideals of equal justice, and find ways to provide food and hope wherever these are in shortest supply. This is our original modern mission, born out of the rubble of World War Two. Now the people who have locked up our government persist in not only obstructing, but also entirely denying this grave obligation?for the sake of turning a buck. This, too, is law: that the government must do as its people demand; and Americans demand world peace and justice. We do not know [i]how[/i], but we wonder how our leaders can avoid the clear mandate of the citizens. We have been overtaking the rest of the world with our energetic marketing, entertainment, and goods; we demand peace if for no other reason than to be able to sell everyone, everywhere, whatever they want to buy from us; and we demand peace for its own sake. Commerce, prosperity, lawful and orderly trade, guarantee of human rights, peace: this is what Americans expect. We are on a mission to save the world?we need leaders who at least [i]understand [/i]this, that peace and justice, and care for the poor, spread freedom and democracy to others and secure our own for ourselves. The government does not credit this as American law, but conducts foreign affairs as though Americans had an entirely contradictory idea of itself in the world. The government acts outside the law. But we will begin in the law, in hope that that is where we will end up finally. Under its shelter we will see what can be accomplished. We must overthrow the government, somehow, without overthrowing its license?its original charter?and without losing our way of governing ourselves. We find that the Constitution directs revolution when affairs have reached, as they now have, the point where we live under a government by the government instead of by the people. It is no less a tyranny that oppresses its people by ignoring their calls for security of their rights and property than one which oppresses them by the outright denial of ordinary justice. Now we have had a series of presidents who boast that they have made us better off after every four years: this is like the doctor who would boast that he has had no patients die?this year. At least things are getting a little better; if the past is any indication, my patients should stand a better chance of survival this year than last. But what the people want is a series of presidents who show that they have sustained the American dream and experiment by advancing its cause in the world and securing the rights of citizens at home. Having restored their estates and savings, and stripped government to its working form, Americans can hear their presidents then boast that America [i]and [/i]its citizens are [i]both [/i]better off. We have spent our history to date trying to make our government better, and this gradual improvement has put us at odds with ourselves, because many conceive of the Constitution as a license to practice graft and exploitation. Others believe that we do not need to concur?that we can simply disregard our unity if it is inconvenient. But now has come the time to make another great step forward, and dare to reconcile our differences for the common good. [/QUOTE]
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