Independence Day: Memorial service or statement of intent?
07/03/05
Our founding fathers set forth their statement of grievances and intent to found a nation based on man's God-given right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The Constitution that followed some years later, after the Revolution had been won, set forth those powers that were delegated by the nation, that is, the people, to a central but limited government. The Bill of Rights set forth those rights of citizens upon which the government was not to infringe, among which are freedom of speech, religion, the press and the right to peaceably assemble. Now our government has far exceeded all authority granted to it, with the consent of the people who seem to have less than the vaguest idea why they are as free as they are, or that the power of this government rests with their elected representatives...
http://www.sierratimes.com/05/07/03/dorothy.htm
from Sierra Times, by Dorothy Seese
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Our founding fathers set forth their statement of grievances and intent to found a nation based on man's God-given right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The Constitution that followed some years later, after the Revolution had been won, set forth those powers that were delegated by the nation, that is, the people, to a central but limited government. The Bill of Rights set forth those rights of citizens upon which the government was not to infringe, among which are freedom of speech, religion, the press and the right to peaceably assemble. Now our government has far exceeded all authority granted to it, with the consent of the people who seem to have less than the vaguest idea why they are as free as they are, or that the power of this government rests with their elected representatives...
http://www.sierratimes.com/05/07/03/dorothy.htm
from Sierra Times, by Dorothy Seese
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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