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        <title>I Was Just Thinkin&#039; - ragman&apos;s Blog - Victoria Advocate</title>
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                <title>I DECLARE GEORGE!</title>
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                <itunes:summary>&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;They Charged George with the following:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;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. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;extiw&quot; title=&quot;wikt:inestimable&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inestimable&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;inestimable&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; to them and formidable to tyrants only. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;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: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty &amp;amp; perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Tyrant&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrant&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Tyrant&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Comic Sans MS&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;NO, not that George. King George.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Comic Sans MS&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;And my favorite passages:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;We hold these truths to be self-evident, that &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;All men are created equal&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_men_are_created_equal&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;all men are created equal&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life%2C_liberty_and_the_pursuit_of_happiness&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor. &amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Have a great 4th.&amp;nbsp; Be glad the Conservatives in the Continental Congress didn&#039;t have their way.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary>     

                        
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                <title>Secret Governments, Secret Wars.  Why do they continue to attack the constitution.</title>
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                <itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Everything old is new again.&amp;nbsp; This is a great video from days gone by.&amp;nbsp; It is a little long, but well worth the watch.&amp;nbsp; The Secret Government doesn&#039;t want any outside interference.&amp;nbsp; The contempt for the law and the constitution&amp;nbsp;continues.&amp;nbsp; You may recognize some of these folks.&amp;nbsp; Some of these criminals even have radio and TV&amp;nbsp;shows now.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;It&#039;s old, but still relevant. check it out.....Bill Moyers--still a pro after all these years.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://brasschecktv.com/page/122.html&quot;&gt;http://brasschecktv.com/page/122.html&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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