Declaration of Rights and Responsibilities

A while back I wrote an article about George Washington's "Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior".  Well today, all American's of moral character have been given a new challenge, a new "declaration" on how we should live our lives and of how we should treat our fellow people.  Where Washington used "110 Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation" to forge his moral character, personality and rules for living, we have received a new charter to help forge our moral character as citizens of these United States of America and as people who respect and revere our Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Today there is a new Declaration.  A Declaration of Rights and Responsibilities which was presented today by Glenn Beck in his Restoring Courage event in Israel.  If you have studied our Constitution and our Bill of Rights you will find these 10 Declarations common sense.  Please read these declarations and make them a part of your daily life, your daily routine.

~ excerpt Glenn Beck, Restoring Courage event 8/24/11

 Thus, we the people do hereby declare not only our rights, but do now establish this bill of responsibilities.

1. Because I have the right to choose, I recognize that I am accountable to God…and have the responsibility to keep the 10 commandments in my own life.

2. Because I have the right to worship as I choose, I have the responsibility to honor the right of others to worship as they see fit.

3. Because I have freedom of speech, I have the responsibility to defend the speech of others, even if I strongly disagree with what they’re saying.

4. Because I have the right to pursue happiness, I have the responsibility to show humility and express gratitude for all the blessings I enjoy and the rights I’ve been given.

5. Because I have the right to honest and good government…I will seek out honest and just representatives when possible. If I cannot find one then I accept the responsibility to take that place.

6. Because I have the God given right to liberty…I have the personal responsibility to have the courage to defend others to be secure in their persons, lives and property.

7. Because I have the right to equal justice…I will stand for those who are wrongly accused or unjustly blamed.

8. Because I have the right to knowledge…I will be accountable for myself and my children’s education…to live our lives in such a way that insures the continuation of truth.

9. Because I have the right to pursue my dreams and keep the fruits of my labor…I have the responsibility to feed, protect and shelter my family, the less fortunate, the fatherless, the old and infirm.

10. Because I have a right to the truth…I will not bear false witness nor will not stand idly by as others do.

To this "Declaration of Rights and Responsibilities" I pledge.  I will follow this example in my daily life and through this declaration help guide others to follow MY example.  And for every person who follows my example I pledge to help them be an example to others.

To this I pledge.    

Robin Hood should have been locked up with all the other criminals!

Transcript of Obama town hall meeting in Illinois 8/17/11 (just a few examples)

The President:


"And basically what they recommended was what I’ve been talking about, which is a balanced approach in which we’re making some modifications to what’s called discretionary spending...and how we raise additional revenue so that we bring the overall budget into a sustainable place."


"because they said, we’re not going to vote for anything that has revenue in it. "


"And I’ve been concerned that Speaker Boehner has already said that the folks he assigned, none of them can vote to increase revenues."


"So the bottom line is this:  I will be presenting, as I’ve already presented -- I did back earlier this year -- a plan that says we’re going to have spending cuts and we’re going to have revenue.  We’ll have more spending cuts than we have revenue, but we’re going to have to take a balanced approach and everything is going to be on the table"


"And so I think it’s also important to understand that we can raise the kind of revenues we’re talking about without having an impact on middle-class families who are already struggling and haven’t seen their wages and their incomes go up in over a decade now."


So okay, Mr. President, let's cut the crap already.  I'm sick and tired of you, the progressive left politicians and the main stream media talking about "raising revenue" for the government to help deal with the deficit and our budget gap.  Stop LYING to the American people and say what you really mean.  You want to "RAISE TAXES" on the American people in order to pay for the GROSS NEGLIGENCE of the governments outrageous spending (both Democrat and Republican) which has gotten us into this financial mess.

We are not idiots.  We know that the government CANNOT raise revenue and CANNOT create jobs.  It can only TAX the American people and REDISTRIBUTE THE WEALTH from that taxation to someone placed in a government position which is probably needless and redundant.  


In other words, the government and steal/take by force our hard earned money so that they can give it to someone else like Robin Hood and his merry men.  Well I have news for you.  Robin Hood was a thief and should have been locked up with all the rest of the criminals!  It's because of this "steal from the rich and give to the poor" bull crap that has glorified the idea of taxation and redistribution of wealth to begin with!

It's time for you politicians to come straight with the American People.  You want to TAX us so the you can spend and WASTE our money to your hearts content.  You and your merry band of crooked thieves want to steal from us hard working Americans, Business Owners and JOB CREATORS just so you can blow all our money like drunken sailors!  (And I apologize for insulting any drunken sailors out there.  You couldn't POSSIBLY be as bad as these thieves).


It's time to STAND UP and LET OUR VOICES BE HEARD!!


The time for government irresponsibility is OVER.  It's time for the American People to call and write our representatives and let them know that we will no longer approve the blank checks that they have been writing.  It's time to let them know that it is NOT ACCEPTABLE for them to spend more than they take in.  It is NOT ACCEPTABLE for them to NOT have a balanced budget.  It is time to let them know that it is time for us to pass a BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT to the Constitution and it HAS TO HAVE A SPENDING CAP!  That is crucial because without a spending cap the government could still spend whatever they wanted and then use the amendment  as an excuse to RAISE TAXES in order to balance the budget.  And THAT would be unacceptable!


It's time to kick Robin Hood out of the forest.  It's time for our elected officials to get their sh** together or get the hell out.  It's time for Responsible Americans to find those delinquent representatives and run for their public offices and kick them out if they refuse to change.

Gee . . . your right. It's all the Tea Parties Fault . . .

Last week I wrote about how the Tea Party was being set up by the people on the left to take the fall for all of our current problems.  Well I wont beat a dead horse but I did want to share the latest stories on how the "evil" Tea Party is destroying America.

http://landing.newsinc.com/shared/video.html?freewheel=90119&sitesection=theblaze&VID=23497259

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/john-kerry-this-is-the-tea-party-downgrade/

http://youtu.be/y0Sy19DRa_U

So what are you going to do now my Tea Party brothers and sisters?  See my previous article for some ideas.

Where do you stand, and with whom?

If you are just like me, you are a proud American who believes in the founding principals of our great nation.  You believe that ALL men are created equal and that "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" are your in-alienable rights which have been endowed by your Creator.  You might be a Republican.  You might be a Libertarian.  You are probably a Conservative.  You might be, just like me, a PROUD member of a Tea Party.

If you are a member of the Tea Party, are you as sick, tired and frustrated as I am that you are being made out to be a psychotic drug addict akin to the Norway killer like in Martin  Bashir's interview on MSNBC?  Maybe you are tired of being called a racist and that you HATE black people or if you ARE black and a Tea Party member you are a sell-out and an "Uncle Tom". (video)  Or even worse, maybe you are frustrated and confused by the blatant LYING by the media about the Tea Party and how we are ruining the country.

Ladies and gentlemen, we are being SET UP!  Most recently we are being set up on this whole debt crisis/Boehner/Reid HORRIBLE compromise deal.  How is it that the Tea Party won and got their way.  How is it that the Tea Party is holding the country hostage and are being compared to terrorists by our own Vice President!?  How is it that the Tea Party is being given credit for this garbage legislation.  There isn't A SINGLE Tea Party member that I know of that likes this debt deal!

It:

1. "cuts" 2.1 Trillion from our debt over the next 10 years.  But that is a LIE!  What is ACTUALLY does is cut $2.1 Trillion from the $10 Trillion INCREASE to our debt over the next 10 years.  In other words, our government has estimated a $10 Trillion INCREASE in our debt over the next 10 years and they have said they are going to CUT that by 2.1 Trillion.  HOW IS THAT A CUT!!
2. It creates a new "Super Committee" that will in effect make any type of filibuster a moot point because a simple majority within the committee will be able to push any legislation through anyway.
3. It cuts too slowly. Even if you believe cutting $2.1 trillion out of $10 trillion is a good compromise, surely we can start cutting quickly, say $200 billion-$300 billion per year, right? Wrong. This plan so badly backloads the alleged savings that the cuts are simply meaningless. Why do we believe that the goal of $2.5 trillion over 10 years (that's an average of $250 billion per year) will EVER be met if the first two years cuts are $20 billion and $50 billion. There is simply no path in this bill even to the meager savings they are alleging will take place. (#3 taken from Rand Paul's open letter about the debt deal)
4. Additionally, buried in the bill is a provision for an "automatic debt limit increase" which transfers the power for approving the increase to the President and only a 2/3 vote from Congress can stop it from happening.  Do you really want Obama to have that kind of power?

. . . but I digress . . .

This isn't about how crappy a bill this is.  It's about how the Tea Party is being set up to take the fall for the Bill once it starts going down in flames.  Folks we are being set up right now so that the media will be able to come back and say that it's "all the Tea Parties fault" for passing this bill and how WE have ruined the country.  Prepare for it folks, because it is going to happen.

So what are YOU/WE going to do about it?  How do we fight this monstrous BIAS of the media and Washington?  Hell, even the Republicans are setting us up to take the fall!

Well, here is what we can do.

1. Start taking care of yourself and PREPARE!  In other words, "Prepare for the worst and hope for the best."
• Get yourself out of debt!  We have no right to bitch about them if we don't start following our own advice.
• Stock up for a rainy day.  Food, Water, Emergency fund, etc.
• If you are going to invest then maybe start thinking about gold, silver, etc.
2. BE LOUD and get the message out!
• Use facebook and other social media sites like The "e4" Connection to spread the word.
• Join EVERY social networking political/Tea Party group out there and start commenting and showing your displeasure and what you want.
• Contact you Congressmen and Senators and go to the Town Halls when they are in town.  Make your presence known!  You are an ACTUAL PERSON and THEY WORK FOR YOU and NOT the other way around!
• Start going to more Tea Party rally's and invite people that you know.
• Celebrate the Fourth of July with your family and your children!  Even Harvard says that it creates more Republicans, link. 
• Educate your children on our founding principals, culture and the Constitution.  Check out "e4" Educators at The "e4" Connection.  After all if you don't educate them, then the Public School system will.
3. Talk to your friends and family.  Tell them that you are part of the Tea Party.  Educate them on what it means and DON'T STAND for them calling the Tea Party racist, etc.

It's up to us folks.  It's time to STAND UP, TAKE ACTION, and BE COUNTED!  Make your voices heard.  STAND TOGETHER!  VOTE!  If we can turn the Senate and the Presidency and have a super majority then maybe we can turn this country around.

It's up to you.

by:  Dwight Sanders