WRITE A LIST OF GRIEVANCES FIT FOR THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

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It's time for BushCo to resign.

This is the proverbial last straw.

I know we have writers here on DU. Let's see it, and call for resignation. It is LONG PAST time.

This might take awhile, but I'll keep it kicked.

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1. Kick nt

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2. Kick, come on, writers.

This is it.

[htuttle]

3. Read the original. You could practically use the same list

Just update the language and add some new ones on.

He has refuted 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 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:

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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:

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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.
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and so on, direct from the original document...

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5. Many of them apply,

but I think we need to find a new one.

There's nothing stopping us from doing better. We have the talent.

[karlrschneider]

17. Shoulda read yours before I spouted off.

:eyes:

[msanthrope]

4. He hath failed in his promise to uphold the Constitution....

and that is my 1,000th post.

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6. Congrats!

:)

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7. Kick nt

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8. Kick. Come on, this needs to be done. nt

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9. Keek nt

[Aristus]

10. "He has waged cruel war on the persons of a distant people who

never offended him, captivating and carrying them away into slavery in another hemisphere, hoping to keep open a market where men are bought and sold"

- DELETED BY THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS FROM THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE DECLARATION -

It would take only a little modifying to make this relevant to B*sh.

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12. That most definitely needs to go in,

at least the first part.

[Aristus]

18. Well, if you factor Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib into it, it still

fits, IMO.

[mcctatas]

11. here's a few ideas...

Be it resolved that our nation was founded on the principles of liberty and freedom. Any leader who would subvert our liberty in the name of safety, invade our privacy and thwart the will of the people is no longer fit to serve. Furthermore, illegal acts of agression upon soverirgn nations for purposes of greed and ideology are to be considered crimes of the highest order, and any leader found to be engaging in such activities forfeits not only his right to serve, but also his right to freedom.

Any party that condones corruption in it's members by any means, either by inaction or collusion, has neglected to do their job as public servants and must be immediately removed from power. Full restitution must be made to the people of this nation for any misuse of funds, materials or manpower.

-----ok, I ran out of steam.

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13. OUT-FUCKING-STANDING.

That is an AWESOME place to start.

That brings tears to my eyes.

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15. It kind of sounds more Constitutional than

grievance-like. You could augment it a bit, though. In any case, that's amazing.

[karlrschneider]

14. I might give it a shot, but a straight copy & paste is probably adequate.

:eyes:

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16. It's been 230 years.

Our grievances have changed.

The person we're petitioning against has changed, too.

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19. He's still named 'George'

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20. That's true. nt

[karlrschneider]

21. I was being a bit flip, but I know you see what I meant...

it wouldn't need a whole lot of editing. :eyes: