The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

hen in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

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 to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

Read the Rest of the Declaration of Independence here  

and substitute the current government of the United States and especially the Republican Party for the King of Great Britain!

  

5 Reasons Newt Gingrich Will Be Nothing But a Footnote in History by John Nichols, The Nation

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On why Newt GoneRich will not be the next President of the United States, nor thankfully will he ever be. 

"There really was a week there when Gingrich was the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination. But that’s all over now. Here's why." John Nichols, The Nation 

Read the whole article here.

"We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes." -- Leona Helmsley.

". . . laying a giant fiber-laden, aerobic turd of greed on the history of the republic."

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"It is also clear, in a historical perspective, that our current, most active generation--those between twenty and forty--is laying a giant fiber-laden, aerobic turd of greed on the history of the republic."- - Jim Harrison, The Raw and the Cooked, Adventures of a Roving Gourmand. 

Harrison wrote that in a piece in 1989 and it has turned out to be prophetic.

Amazing Video with Great Ideas, Marcin Jakubowski in a TED presentation: Open-Sourced Blueprints For Civilization (I can't build my own tractor!)

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I Am Not Moving (short film, a warning to all politicians)

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The Writ of Habeus Corpus

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Habeas Corpus is an ancient common law prerogative writ - a legal procedure to which you have an undeniable right. It is an extraordinary remedy at law. Upon proper application, or even on naked knowledge alone, a court is empowered, and is duty bound, to issue the Extraordinary Writ of Habeas Corpus commanding one who is restraining liberty to forthwith produce before the court the person who is in custody and to show cause why the liberty of that person is being restrained. Absent a sufficient showing for a proper restraint of liberty, the court is duty bound to order the restraint eliminated and the person discharged. Habeas Corpus is fundamental to American and all other English common law derivative systems of jurisprudence. It is the ultimate lawful and peaceable remedy for adjudicating the providence of liberty’s restraint. 

Read more here.

Newt Gingrich Slammed By Conservative Media Pundits

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"As Newt Gingrich's surge in the polls continues, the backlash against his campaign for president has begun. Prominent conservatives like Ann Coulter, George Will and David Brooks have started to voice concerns about the former Speaker of the House, comparing Gingrich to everything from a hand grenade to a 1960s-style reveler."  - - Huffington Post. 

Read the rest of the article and the critical assessments of Newt Gingrich from conservative pundits here.

 

Jesus Responds to Rick Perry's "Strong" Ad

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Jesus Responds to Rick Perry's "Strong" Ad from DC Pierson

A Must See: Dylan Ratigan (rightfully) loses it on air about a "bought" Congress

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Howlin' Wolf "Evil" - Conditions. . .Conditions. . .Conditions People Who Ain't Got Nuthin'

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Howlin' Wolf, "Evil" and an interview about what causes evil.

Scott Olsen, the 24-year old Marine Badly Injured in the Occupy Oakland Police Raid - On MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Show

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

MSNBC's Ed Schultz: "Fox News is a Lie Factory" on Frank's Luntz's "99% Movement for Dummies" - - How to Beat the People by Using Republican Newspeak

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Wisconsin Has Over Half The Signatures Needed To Recall Walker In Just 13 Days

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From MSNBC's The Ed Show

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Daniel Craig Calls Kardashians 'F*cking Idiots' In British GQ

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 From the Huffington Post:

"It's a career. What can I tell you?" he continues. "It is a career; I'm not being cynical. And why wouldn't you? Look at the Kardashians, they're worth millions. Millions! I don't think they were that badly off to begin with, but now look at them. You see that and you think, 'What, you mean all I have to do is behave like a f*cking idiot on television and then you'll pay me millions?'"

Two Lesbians Raised A Baby And This Is What They Got

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A remarkable speech in Iowa by a remarkable young man, Zach Wahls, 

whose mother, in a same sex union, using artificial inseminaton to conceive him and his sister.

Zach Wahls Speech

Fox News Viewers Know Less Than People Who Don't Watch Any News: Study - - Huffington Post

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This isn't the first study that has found that Fox News viewers more misinformed in comparison to others. Last year, a study from the University of Maryland found that Fox News viewers were more likely to believe false information about politics.

Get This: Gary gets it. There are 50 Million Admitted Cannabis Users in the United States

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Check this out!

A virtual impossibility, number one, a sensible Republican.


Republican Presidential Candidate, 
former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson
favors legalizing pot!!

Newt Gingrich On Occupy Wall Street: Protesters Should 'Get A Job' And 'Take A Bath' (VIDEO) - Huffington Post Article

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Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich mocked the Occupy Wall Street protesters on Saturday, saying they need to "get a job" and "take a bath."


"All the Occupy movement starts with the premise that we all owe them everything," Gingrich said at the Thanksgiving Family Forum in Iowa, as noted by Igor Volsky at ThinkProgress. "They take over a public park they didn't pay for, to go nearby to use bathrooms they didn't pay for, to beg for food from places they don't want to pay for, to obstruct those who are going to work to pay the taxes to sustain the bathrooms and to sustain the park, so they can self-righteously explain they are the paragons of virtue to which we owe everything."

Click here to see this disgraceful video of Newt Gingrich, who we hope took a bath after he told his ex-wife, who was in the hospital in her sickbed with cancer, that he was divorcing her.  What a shameless slug this guy is.   

"Mark Twain had the notion that there is no distinctly criminal class in America outside the U.S. Congress," Jim Harrison, The Raw and The Cooked

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"Mark Twain had the notion that there is no distinctly criminal class in America outside the U.S. Congress. We may add the executive branch. There is currently a dimension of cynicism in Washington that sends even Hollywood scampering to the puke trough." - - (written in 1992), Jim Harrison, The Raw and The Cooked

Los Indignados Rally in Madrid in The Paseo del Prado, Plaza de Cibeles, Puerta del Sol, Etc., Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011

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"Anonymous" mask--inspired by Guy Fawkes and made famous in the movie "V for Vendetta"--at los Indignados rally in Madrid Saturday, Oct. 15, that closed off all the streets from La Puerta del Sol to Cibeles, most of the Paseo del Prado to Atocha and the lower portion of La Castellana. 

Photo by Gerry Dawes©2011 / gerrydawes@aol.com.

(Slide show of Los Indignados protest in the Paseo del Prado and Plaza de Cibeles.)

Demonstrations in La Puerta del Sol, Madrid, June 28, 2011

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Sign: "Piss on the unconstitutional agreement, democracy yes, dictatorship, no." 
Los Indignados demonstration in La Puerta del Sol, Madrid, June 28, 2011.
Photograph by Gerry Dawes©2011. Contact gerrydawes@aol.com.

Barcelona Plaza Catalunya Indignats 6-4-2011

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The 800 lb. gorilla--the indignats in the Plaza de Catalunya in Barcelona--in the political room. A large car manufacturer's massive poster look down on the Plaza de Catalunya and a statue drapped with flags and political protest signs and wearing the mask of Anonymous, the brigade of cybernauts who are part of the resistance to politicians, bankers and huge mulitnational companies and who have been attacking the websites of major corporations, disrupting their operations.  Photograph by Gerry Dawes©2011. Contact gerrydawes@aol.com.

Bill Maher: College is the Next Bubble (Video)

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Bill Maher Gives Them Hell 

(Video)