Are We Living in 1776?

I was reading over the Declaration of Independence, and decided to compare the King of England in 1776 to our current government, to see how the colonists may have acted.

The DOI contained a list of the grievances against the king; they will be compared to the current state.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

President Bush, has signed bills while writing in the caption that he would just take in ‘advisement’ the bill he had signed, and may not enforce it.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

The House was going to vote on whether or not more oil could be drilled, and Nancy Pelosi adjourned congress and turned the lights off.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.

Try reading through the IRS tax code, and you’ll see how the government harasses people and, “eats out their substance.”

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.

Who has more rights a civilian or a Police Officer; regardless of the situation?

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws

The vast majority of the different parts and departments of government today are unconstitutional.

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world

Not all parts, but there are rules for trading with Cuba and there are sanctions on other countries.

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent

I am under the impression that it says in the constitution that the government cannot tax the income of the people. If the legislature can just vote this rule away, what will protect any and all of our other rights?

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury

Please see: prisoners residing in Guantanamo Bay.

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments

The constitution was intended to limit government and give most of the power to the states and to the people, but over and over again the Federal government has taken control over the states.

All of these grievances were written 232 years ago, but some of them, as shown above ring true today.

Is it time for a Revolution?