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	Declaration of Independence of the United States of America This audio rendition of the Declaration of Independence is dedicated to the Ron Paul Campaign. Ron Paul is my candidate. He is the defender of the Constitution. Ron Paul is the champion of individual rights. He has never voted against the principles of the Constitution, and he deserves our votes in 2008
	vlog1 - July 4th - United States Declaration of Independence United States Declaration of Independence and a Free country. Vlog 1 This is my first vlog I want to talk about the USA as it is July 4th, Independence day for the USA. This is the day that the fore-fathers of the United States decided that they needed to succeed from England in 1776 because of the unfair oppression of the King of England. It is not just a day for drinking and partying. I am not against having a party, but I think everyone in the USA should take a minute and think about what it means to be a free country. What does it mean to be free? Is it freedom from oppression? Freedom of expression? Freedom of things not being fair? Is it freedom from being pore? Is it freedom from being sick? To say we are free, that has to be defined. In this day the word 'Free' is over used. Let us start at the Declaration of Independence itself: This was a statement not only to the people of America, but to the King of England on why we were independent from England. It was also an almost certain declaration of war with England although hostilities existed already. I suggest that all US citizens read it. I will not cover it all, but the most important statements in it was the justification of the need of an independent government. "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 affect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security." So the unalienable Rights that this government was founded on are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. Life: You have the right to not be killed for no reason. The kings of those days could have you killed for no reason. This can be extended to the government's obligation to keeps its citizenship safe from being killed by internal or external forces. Liberty: This refers to an individual having the ability to act according to his or her own will as long as it does not infringe on someone else's liberty. Pursuit of happiness: Many believe this means "right to pursue any lawful business or vocation, in any manner not inconsistent with the equal rights of others, which may increase their prosperity or develop their faculties, so as to give to them their highest enjoyment." During this time there was a Cast system in most of the world that kept people from getting a job higher than their Cast would allow. This was to eliminate a cast system from forming in the America. This does not mean you are promised a good job. It means there should be no laws to keep you from pursuing a good job. This is not a promise that life will be fair and we all will have the same amount. (That is communism.) This is not a promise that you don't have to hear what you don't agree with. It is not a promise that you won't be offended. (If you don't like what someone is saying, you have the liberty to turn and walk away. ) In fact the bill of rights gives us the right of freedom of speech. So in this respect the recent phrase 'free' can be equated to the forefather's phrase 'liberty'. This USA was started with the thoughts of people like Patrick Henry. "Give me liberty or give me death". The forefathers would rather be dead to live under the oppression of the King of England. They understood that liberty/freedom was going to and did cost many of them their lives. The final statement of the declaration states, "we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor." There was no promise of peace. In fact it was a declaration of war as well as independence. I welcome your valid comments. I have no problem discussing things, but I will remove any profane comments, or name calling.
	The Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson In June of 1776, a committee of the Second Continental Congress consisting of John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, Robert R. Livingston of New York, and Roger Sherman of Connecticut (the "Committee of Five") was formed to draft a suitable declaration to frame this resolution. The committee decided that Jefferson would write the draft, which he showed to Franklin and Adams. Prior to deciding on Jefferson, both Adams and Franklin turned down the offer, citing that if they wrote it people would read it with a biased eye. Franklin himself made at least 48 corrections, including changing the slogan "Life, Liberty and Property" to "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." Jefferson then produced another copy incorporating these changes, and the committee presented this copy to the Continental Congress on June 28, 1776. This video contains excerpts from the document. You are an integral and unique part of the universe. Just as important a part as any other part. There is no one else exactly like you. No one else has your fingerprints, your exact DNA, your exact thoughts or dreams. You are connected to everything and everything you do affects the rest of creation. Try to make the universe a better place.
	Kosovo's declaration of independence is illegal More at http://therealnews.com/c.php?c=080301YT David Jacobs on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence 2008-03-11 David Jacobs is a partner at the law firm WATSON JACOBS McCREARY. He has practiced for over 23 years in labor relations, human rights and international law, amongst other areas. He is also a lecturer, writer and frequent media commentator.
	The United States of America This is the non-political version of the History of the United States. *Original Credit goes to http://www.youtube.com/user/StudentsofAmerica 1776-2008 Declaration of Independence, Revolutionary, Civil, Vietnam, World War, Desert Storm, OEF, OIF. Iraq, Afghanistan. President Washington, Lincoln, Kennedy, FDR, Reagan, Bush, Flag, Civil Rights, Martin Luther King Jr.
	The US Declaration of Independence The text to the Declaration of Independence 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. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. 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. 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 inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only. 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. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. 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. 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. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power. 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: For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: 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 For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. 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 & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. 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. 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. 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 Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends. We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — 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. — John Hancock
	The United States of America http://www.myspace.com/studentsofamerica http://studentsofamericaformccain.blogspot.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/StudentsofAmerica History of the United States, released for July 4th, 2008. Declaration of Independence, Revolutionary War, Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation, Martin Luther King Jr., Civil Rights, Neil Armstrong, President Lincoln, Kennedy, FDR, Regan, Bush. World War II, Vietnam War, Desert Storm, 9/11/01, Iraq, OIF, OEF, Senator Barack Obama, Michelle Obama.
	Mike Malloy - Declaration of Independence Mike Malloy reads the United States' Declaration of Independence on his 29/11/2007 show. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence "Powerful stuff."
	US Declaration of Independence part 1 United States Declaration of Independence part 1, from text to speech, presented by a virtual 3D Character. NWO Free Speech
	The Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence, presented here as part of The Constitution Project.
	The United States of the Brittish Crown The Declaration of Independence was signed on August 2, not July 4th.
	The Declaration of Independence http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=ockteby SEE MY CIVIL WAR SERIES go to OCKTEBY Congress July 4th 1776 -- The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America. -- The Declaration of Independence Some of the things in this document will amaze you if you haven't read it before.