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[font "Verdana"][black][size 2] The following has been attributed to State
Representative Mitchell Aye from GA. This guy should run for
President one day...


"We the sensible people of the United States, in
an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some semblance of
justice, avoid more riots, keep our nation safe, promote positive
behavior, and secure the blessings of debt-free liberty to ourselves
and our great-great-great-grandchildren, hereby try one more time to
ordain and establish some common sense guidelines for the terminally
whiny, guilt ridden, delusional, and other Liberal bed-wetters.


We hold these truths to be self evident: that a
whole lot of people are by the Bill of Rights and are so dim
they require a Bill of NON-Rights."


ARTICLE I:
You do not have the right to a new car, big
screen TV, or any other form of wealth. More power to you if you can
legally acquire them, but No one is guaranteeing anything.


ARTICLE II:
You do not have the right to never be offended.
This country is Based on freedom, and that means freedom for everyone
-- not just you! You may leave the room, turn the channel, express a
different opinion, etc.; But the world is full of idiots, and
probably always will be.


ARTICLE III:
You do not have the right to be free from harm.
If you stick a screwdriver in your eye, learn to be more careful, do
not expect the tool Manufacturer to make you and all your relatives
independently wealthy.


ARTICLE IV:
You do not have the right to free food and
housing. Americans are the most charitable people to be found, and
will gladly help anyone in need, but we are quickly growing weary of
subsidizing generation after generation of professional couch
potatoes who achieve nothing more than the Creation of another
generation of professional couch potatoes. (This one is my pet
peeve...get an education and go to work .. don't expect everyone else
to take care of you!)


ARTICLE V:
You do not have the right to free health care.
That would be nice, but from the looks of public housing, we're just
not interested in public health care.


ARTICLE VI:
You do not have the right to physically harm
other people. If you kidnap, rape, intentionally maim, or kill
someone, don't be surprised if the rest of us want to see you fry in
the electric chair.


ARTICLE VII:
You do not have the right to the possessions of
others. If you rob, cheat, or coerce away the goods or services of
other citizens, don't be surprised if the rest of us get together and
lock you away in a place where you still won't have the right to a
big screen color TV or a life of leisure.


ARTICLE VIII:
You do not have the right to a job All of us sure
want you to have a job, and will gladly help you along in hard times,
but we expect you to take advantage of the opportunities of education
and vocational training laid before you to make yourself useful.
(AMEN!)


ARTICLE IX:
You do not have the right to happiness. Being an
American means that you have the right to PURSUE happiness, which by
the way, is a lot easier if you are unencumbered by an over abundance
of idiotic laws created by those of you who were by the Bill
of Rights.


ARTICLE X:
This is an English speaking country. We don't
care where you are from, English is our language. Learn it or go back
to wherever you came from! (lastly....)


ARTICLE XI:
You do not have the right to change our country's
history or heritage. This country was founded on the belief in God.
And yet, you are given the freedom to believe in any religion, any
faith, or no faith at all; with no fear of persecution. The phrase IN
GOD WE TRUST is part of our heritage and history, and if you are
uncomfortable with it, TOUGH!!!!

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I wish we had this state rep working for us in CT. [cool]
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thank you mr state rep from georgia for your carefully worded racist claptrap . . .

and fyi :

MYTH: The US was founded on Christian principles.

TRUTH:

The Constitution never once mentions a deity, because the Founding Fathers wanted to keep their new country "religion-neutral." Our Founding Fathers were an eclectic collection of Atheists, Deists, Christians, Freemasons and Agnostics.

George Washington, the Father of our country, and John Adams (Second President of the USA) CLEARLY stated in the 1796 Treaty of Tripoli: "The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian Religion.”

G.W. rarely attended church and instead followed a popular 18th century philosophy called Deism—a Star Wars-esque philosophy that believed in a cosmic energy or big-ass universal "Force." The dictionary says that Deism is "a system of thought advocating natural religion based on human reason rather than revelation," that had nothing to do with Christian principles.

James Madison, original mastermind of our Constitution, was an Atheist to the core who loved skewering Christianity. In 1785 he wrote, "What have been [Christianity’s] fruits? More or less in all places, pride and indolence in the Clergy, ignorance and servility in the laity; in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution.”

Thomas Jefferson, who sat down and authored The Declaration of Independence, rarely missed an opportunity to laugh at Christianity. In a letter to John Adams in 1823, he wrote: "The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus…will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter."

More ammo: In 1814, Tommy J. wrote about the Bible's Old and New Testaments, "The whole history of these books is so defective and doubtful -- evidence that parts have proceeded from an extraordinary man; and that other parts are of the fabric of very inferior minds.”

In fact, it was President Jefferson himself who first wrote (to a Baptist church group in 1802), "The First Amendment has erected a wall of separation between Church and State." Therefore, when Jefferson talked about “Nature’s God,” the “Creator” and “divine Providence ” in the Declaration that he wrote, he was being a hippie and referring to a general cosmic energy-- not the Christian God.

America is not a Christian nation. Period. Our Constitution is derived from the post-Christian Enlightenment values of reason and truth...


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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]You are the biggest copy and paste'n internet miner I know, Tony. You know that there are just as many articles out there that could debate that argument as make it.[/size][/black][/font]

[url "http://www.scribd.com/doc/26169/Top-5-myths-about-america"]http://www.scribd.com/doc/26169/Top-5-myths-about-america[/url]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]Do us all a favor and just link to the stuff you wish to point out. I don't know why some guys think they need to do that. Guess they think it makes them look smart or something.[/size][/black][/font]
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sure man, although i didnt think anybody would think thats my writing, jeesh . .

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oh and i visited san francisco for the first time last week - man how do you keep a boat afloat in that water ! thought about your sf trips when i was out there kickin it . . but there were tons of sailboats saturday, big ones . . . unbelievable churning water & wind


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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]You got to have the boats to do it. The bay can get pretty big when the wind starts howling. SF is fun whether you're touring the city or playing on the bay.[/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]I'll bet Florida is crowded![/size][/black][/font]
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NIce Read Petty.

I like reading things like this that get right to the point. Well said
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Good stuff. Thanks for sharing Jason.[]
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