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Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2014-07-10
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2014-07-10 http://t.co/Xifkm7HmIA 22:26:59, 2014-07-10
- Obama takes no responsibility | Obama uses film reference to criticize GOP http://t.co/4JOFMOLiWM 16:19:16, 2014-07-10
- Why, of course he does – all he can do RT @jaketapper: In Texas, Obama mocks House GOP http://t.co/sjH3H2O7yF – @MKosinskiCNN 16:16:24, 2014-07-10
- @voter4freedom @Peggynoonannyc Thanks for the link! in reply to voter4freedom 16:14:26, 2014-07-10
- @jmartNYT @IngrahamAngle Yeah these guys are REAL representative of everyday Americans who are paying for illegal immigration in many ways in reply to jmartNYT 16:13:51, 2014-07-10
- @Peggynoonannyc Peggy, link doesn't work! in reply to Peggynoonannyc 16:10:27, 2014-07-10
- Time for @JuliaBrownley26 to ask Atkins to resign | Republicans call Ventura Co. Democratic leader's tweets offensive http://t.co/4S4GKsWAtv 15:57:12, 2014-07-10
- Haircut…. (@ Red's Classic Barber Shop Co. – @redsbarbershop) http://t.co/WzoaNqRRwh 14:48:43, 2014-07-10
- RT @GOP: #tbt When Lois Lerner asked about circumventing #IRS email records by using instant messenger instead. http://t.co/NKEc3tjznd 07:31:27, 2014-07-10
- RT @thehill: “I think it’s a charade,” says Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.), a Tea Party favorite, on the #BorderCrisis bill http://t.co/gofo0e… 07:31:08, 2014-07-10
- RT @WSJopinion: Since taking office, President Obama has attended almost 400 events to hit up donors.
http://t.co/PEL6ReAyZh 07:30:55, 2014-07-10 - GAG! RT @jimgeraghty: This is the second time Robert Redford will play an agent of Hydra. http://t.co/4xunWOXFzq 07:21:59, 2014-07-10
- RT @FoxNews: Unaccompanied Alien Children program cost $263 million already this year http://t.co/1UYc5XbHiT 07:09:16, 2014-07-10
- RT @michellemalkin: Where is the mute button for all things Todd Akin? #goaway #idiocrat 07:08:43, 2014-07-10
- RT @Doc_0: IRS instant messages aren't archived? "Perfect," says Lois Lerner: http://t.co/8KczqgIQwd 07:08:05, 2014-07-10
- The Fundraiser In Chief | Karl Rove – http://t.co/2dtTYlcLL0 06:25:14, 2014-07-10
- If Hillary runs for president, it won’t be as a Clinton Democrat – Opinion – The Boston Globe – http://t.co/OJnTnbIxd4 06:15:52, 2014-07-10
- The Moral Crisis on Our Southern Border | RealClearPolitics – http://t.co/vJJVwPM3Gd 06:04:19, 2014-07-10
- Amid Impeachment Talk, Boehner Steers Clear http://t.co/V11v0mi7lL 05:59:14, 2014-07-10
- Palin, Impeachment, and Unserious Politics « Commentary Magazine – http://t.co/nTRcltV2rZ 05:56:09, 2014-07-10
- Can High-Speed Rail Opposition Boost California GOP? | RealClearPolitics – http://t.co/uKychs46qp 05:42:57, 2014-07-10
- Oral-B's SmartSeries Bluetooth toothbrush links to a phone and its app says where to brush http://t.co/IojDQ1teyG via @WSJ 05:30:52, 2014-07-10
- RT @dcexaminer: What Lois Lerner told her IRS colleagues not to say in emails
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- Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2014-07-09 http://t.co/67OZVdtHy0 #tcot 03:01:29, 2014-07-10
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Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2014-07-09
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2014-07-09 http://t.co/zURmHDqeWN 22:32:21, 2014-07-09
- RT @iowahawkblog: Here's a free Chelsea Clinton speech. Now I can write off a $75,000 charitable contribution on my taxes.
http://t.co/Pyec… 18:59:54, 2014-07-09 - RT @NRO: Actions speak louder than words: http://t.co/i2BDpVwPqi http://t.co/4WvLXFklzT 18:56:07, 2014-07-09
- RT @biggovt: Obama: My Amnesty Programs Not Luring 'Misinformed' Parents to Send Kids to US: President Barack Obama does no… http://t.co/… 18:31:57, 2014-07-09
- RT @nytimes: A holy shrine and Iraq's fractured new reality (Photo: Bryan Denton for NYT) http://t.co/7NBNclYngr http://t.co/rUgbdBgXYO 18:31:19, 2014-07-09
- RT @dougmillsnyt: President Obama shares a light moment Mayor Mike Rawlings, with Gov. Rick Perry at the end of the table. http://t.co/kE9G… 18:30:42, 2014-07-09
- RT @seanmdav: Guy who used a captured American as an excuse to empty Gitmo wants to know why you're cynical about politics. https://t.co/no… 18:23:17, 2014-07-09
- I found a Ronnie's Diner in Indy… (@ Peppy Grill) http://t.co/uTnw7M6xmm 17:39:15, 2014-07-09
- The Nazis' Forgotten Anti-Smoking Campaign http://t.co/TtbQsIRQaJ 13:20:36, 2014-07-09
- @presjpolk @EWErickson Doubtful…. in reply to presjpolk 12:42:51, 2014-07-09
- RT @DarrellIssa: EMAIL: Lois Lerner intentionally sought to hide #IRS internal communications from Congress: http://t.co/UXiwcdcsIU #IRStar… 12:33:11, 2014-07-09
- RT @FreeBeacon: VIDEO: @SenTedCruz: Border Crisis a ‘Disaster of the President’s Own Making’ http://t.co/9PSRhM4TZl 12:32:11, 2014-07-09
- Immigration mess grows as Obama plays blame game http://t.co/hzV3nOPuFk 11:43:17, 2014-07-09
- Good Morning!
"Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither."
C. S. Lewis http://t.co/XYjzKNwRQh 05:17:18, 2014-07-09
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2014-07-08 http://t.co/XYpd7yYP5W 04:06:25, 2014-07-09
- Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2014-07-08 http://t.co/WMXitUwBzT #tcot 03:02:38, 2014-07-09
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Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2014-07-08
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2014-07-08 http://t.co/sP8CrbKyHB 22:05:45, 2014-07-08
- RT @hughhewitt: From @johnhinderaker: A Window Opens Onto the Left-Wing Conspiracy | Power Line http://t.co/TIFwUOYm2Q 19:34:46, 2014-07-08
- There you go the @Dodgers Mattingly is ejected. Fight and hit batsman will follow. 18:38:30, 2014-07-08
- Agree and soon RT @McleanMedia: @Flap @Dodgers i think somebody is gonna get hit by a fist, i expect a brawl at this game anytime now 18:32:37, 2014-07-08
- Detroit is running with a 7 run lead over the @Dodgers. Think somebody on Tigers is going to be hit by pitch? 18:29:51, 2014-07-08
- Dinner with Alice… (@ Red Lion Grog House – @redliongroghous) http://t.co/A2CikAqS9i http://t.co/i9BNS4ivpy 17:33:04, 2014-07-08
- This IS good! RT @DodgersNation: Well, it’s official! Yasiel Puig will be in the HR Derby: http://t.co/WxO3dWugoL 14:21:43, 2014-07-08
- This can't be good! RT @politico: Smallpox virus found on NIH campus http://t.co/8Xa84EubIO 14:19:45, 2014-07-08
- RT @KurtSchlichter: Democrat @JuliaBrownley seems to approve of @DavidOAtkins hateful tweets. Sad. http://t.co/0IY6SSzCgg http://t.co/00uJP… 10:33:37, 2014-07-08
- RT @AndrewHClark: Townhall calls out @DCCC spokesman for retweeting defense of racial demagoguery. Does @IsraelDCCC condone? http://t.co/3g… 10:33:24, 2014-07-08
- RT @dcexaminer: BYRON YORK: Obama border funding: Most money to care, feed, transport illegal immigrants; little for deportations
http://t.… 10:32:49, 2014-07-08 - RT @costareports: In a phone interview, Romney praised Portman: “… I believe the nominee will be a mainstream practical Republican." http… 10:32:38, 2014-07-08
- Sorry @SarahPalinUSA Pat Buchanan has it RIGHT = NO impeachment. Obama has already lost his Presidency. http://t.co/7pxM2rVWFk #tcot 09:17:40, 2014-07-08
- RT @DailySignal: Cartoon by @GlennFo: Border Security Under President Obama http://t.co/gd7nlR5ii0 http://t.co/3khO3kA9Of 09:09:15, 2014-07-08
- RT @ZekeJMiller: Obama seeks $3.7 billion to handle child migrants http://t.co/uxtbf7SnTM via @TIMEPolitics 09:07:25, 2014-07-08
- RT @WaPoSean: Texas Gov. Rick Perry to meet with President Obama on immigration, reports @katiezez: http://t.co/hqU0b2JhA1 09:07:16, 2014-07-08
- Not a penny RT @conncarroll: GOP shouldn't give Obama a dime for the border until he uses his pen and phone to start turning migrants back 09:02:50, 2014-07-08
- RT @ali: Sigh. RT @JessicaTaylor: Reince says #RNC2016 in Cleveland will start on either July 28 or July 18 08:54:27, 2014-07-08
- RT @AP: BREAKING: RNC panel recommends Cleveland as host city for 2016 convention, all but cementing choice. 08:54:17, 2014-07-08
- Bet your happy, Hugh! RT @hughhewitt: All is right with the world: "@marknaymik: Cleveland is host of 2016 Convention says, RGA.” 08:50:44, 2014-07-08
- RT @philipaklein: Brutal PPP poll. Jindal finishes 4th in GOP presidential sweepstakes — in Louisiana http://t.co/yS6jOiJY3W 08:49:37, 2014-07-08
- @sprbrighting @ThePlumLineGS Come on now. Let's not be silly. in reply to sprbrighting 08:48:26, 2014-07-08
- @ThePlumLineGS There will be some sort of compromise but it will be piece meal over the next decade or so. No comprehensive plan can work in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:48:01, 2014-07-08
- @ThePlumLineGS The problem is the distrust on both sides, Obama's failure to enforce the law and the courts who might well change the legisl in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:46:14, 2014-07-08
- @ThePlumLineGS I think we have more in common than we both think. But, the devil is in the details. But, that is politics. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:45:00, 2014-07-08
- @ThePlumLineGS I think the GOP will do better with Hispanic voters in the coming generations. 2016 may be too soon though. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:43:13, 2014-07-08
- @sprbrighting @ThePlumLineGS OK we get your point. in reply to sprbrighting 08:41:30, 2014-07-08
- @ThePlumLineGS Question: would Dems vote to legalize the 11 million if they couldn't ever vote? Yes or No? in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:41:10, 2014-07-08
- @ThePlumLineGS I think you simplify the GOP position – which some may have I will admit. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:39:26, 2014-07-08
- @sprbrighting @ThePlumLineGS Good question again. What is the Admin doing now? in reply to sprbrighting 08:38:31, 2014-07-08
- @sprbrighting @ThePlumLineGS Good question – especially since the Armed Services are in force reduction mode = getting rid of docs in reply to sprbrighting 08:37:46, 2014-07-08
- @ThePlumLineGS So, how many of these poor kids from Central America is Obama going to deport? 1) All 2)none 3)majority 4)some in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:36:34, 2014-07-08
- @sprbrighting @ThePlumLineGS Nobody is shipping out folks. LOL in reply to sprbrighting 08:34:40, 2014-07-08
- @ThePlumLineGS But, what one argues 4 and what is hyperbole vs. reality?The President is accountable = Executive Branch House = not so much in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:34:08, 2014-07-08
- @sprbrighting @ThePlumLineGS Spring don't go off the rails here. in reply to sprbrighting 08:30:35, 2014-07-08
- @ThePlumLineGS They can call for what they want but it won't happen. And, there will be no funds for it. First they have to clean up mess. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:30:04, 2014-07-08
- @ThePlumLineGS Yes, it is more complex and that is why branding the GOP as deporters is ridiculous. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:27:51, 2014-07-08
- @sprbrighting @ThePlumLineGS No that won't happen but neither will they be able to claim citizenship right away or vote. in reply to sprbrighting 08:27:16, 2014-07-08
- @ThePlumLineGS OK. So, and did that change anything? Look at the border crisis now. Can you not say that DACA & Obama's policies caused it? in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:26:19, 2014-07-08
- @ThePlumLineGS I don' think there is a uniform GOP position on immigration. Also, the definition of DREAMer has to be defined. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:23:55, 2014-07-08
- @ThePlumLineGS The end of DACA would not necessarily lead to mass deportations and the definition of DREAMers changes from time to time. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:21:22, 2014-07-08
- @ThePlumLineGS DREAMers = in what context? Comprehensive reform or separate bill? in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:17:20, 2014-07-08
- @ThePlumLineGS No left wing apologists don't understand their own policy positions = understandable. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:14:36, 2014-07-08
- @ThePlumLineGS Good non-reply = as usual. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:13:12, 2014-07-08
- @ThePlumLineGS I think you are lost in your reasoning calling out the GOP. You spin and spin. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:11:08, 2014-07-08
- @ThePlumLineGS I thought in the old days (before Obama) that if you didn't like a law you sought to change it. Not abrogate it by Exec order in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:07:06, 2014-07-08
- @ThePlumLineGS Isn't that what the President is supposed to do? Enforce the existing law? Is that asking too much? Perhaps… in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:05:09, 2014-07-08
- @ThePlumLineGS Who is demanding? And, what executive power does the GOP have now? That is right = none. Obama is deporter in chief or not. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:01:48, 2014-07-08
- @ThePlumLineGS You say R's. But, what are the actual numbers? You are cherry picking stats and GOP proposals. So, you are inaccurate. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 07:58:44, 2014-07-08
- @ThePlumLineGS Sorry! Get your facts straight. Obama has ACTUALLY deported them. GOP = not so much under W. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 07:56:35, 2014-07-08
- @ThePlumLineGS NO – that would be Prez Obama. LOL in reply to ThePlumLineGS 07:54:54, 2014-07-08
- Not without policy changes RT @washingtonpost: White House to ask Congress for $3.8B in emerg funds 4 border control http://t.co/rGYm0XAvZi 07:54:10, 2014-07-08
- RT @Snoopy: Tuesday with Snoopy and Spike. http://t.co/NKkiG0JBJ7 06:14:40, 2014-07-08
- Common Sense –> RT @conncarroll: Tom Cole on @dailyrundown actually sounding strong on the border crisis: no $ without policy change #tcot 06:14:06, 2014-07-08
- ObamaCare problems are not going away http://t.co/ptlf8MSHp5 #tcot 06:11:59, 2014-07-08
- RT @michaelpleahy: Documents: Illegal Immigrants Sending Billions Back to Home Countries http://t.co/kbB5LOY0XU via @BreitbartNews #tcot 06:05:35, 2014-07-08
- Good Morning!
A little Burke this morning… http://t.co/dxcdFTVxIC 04:47:04, 2014-07-08
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2014-07-07 http://t.co/Qr8twm6Z9r 04:05:51, 2014-07-08
- Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2014-07-07 http://t.co/Fnx0WkKpgs #tcot 03:00:59, 2014-07-08
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Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2014-07-07
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2014-07-07 http://t.co/s44T5QQzld 22:23:40, 2014-07-07
- RT @NRCC: These kind of hate-fueled tweets shouldn’t be tolerated – especially from a Democrat County Party Chair. http://t.co/qQCYvbnVFP #… 18:01:59, 2014-07-07
- RT @DanaBordeaux: Sen. Ted Cruz on Mark Levin on Border Crisis: "It is a direct consequence of (Obama's) lawlessness." Illegal amnesty 17:42:18, 2014-07-07
- RT @RobStutzman: Just what Julia Brownley needed … How the Ventura County Democratic Chair Spent His Fourth of July on Twitter http://t.co/… 17:38:00, 2014-07-07
- Why Obama won't go to the Texas border with Mexico http://t.co/oeoAumgYTt
Bad electoral optics!
You think? 17:12:54, 2014-07-07
- Ventura County Democratic Party Chair @DavidOAtkins should be forced to resign. How about it VC Democrats? Will @JuliaBrownley26 defend? 16:39:52, 2014-07-07
- Ventura County Democrat Chair David Atkins Has a Twitter Problem http://t.co/XiccSRqJge #tcot 16:29:00, 2014-07-07
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2014-07-06 http://t.co/XYoxUNN5yQ 04:01:16, 2014-07-07
- Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2014-07-06 http://t.co/MlGg1b1uof #tcot 03:00:39, 2014-07-07
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Ventura County Democrat Chair David Atkins Has a Twitter Problem
Ventura County Democrat Chair David Atkins and Rep. Julia Brownley D-Oak Park (From Facebook)
The Ventura County Democratic Party and namely its Chair, David Atkins have a twitter problem.
The chairman of the Ventura County, Calif., Democratic Central Committee celebrated the Fourth of July weekend by accusing Republicans of backing Nazis and discussing the size of conservative men’s genitals on Twitter.
“Do you have the freedom to get an abortion without coathanger induced sepsis? Thank a Democrat, vote out Reoublicans,” [sic] wrote David Atkins, tweeting from the handle @DavidOAtkins on July 4.
Atkins, an “online activist” who was elected to head the Ventura Democrats in 2012, spent the holiday marking America’s independence attacking Republicans as racists and backers of the Nazis during WWII.
“Do you have the freedom to vote without a poll tax or getting fire hosed because of your skin color? #ThankaDemocrat,” he tweeted.
Good grief.
And, here is a screenshot of some more of his tweets:
As a 63 year old white male, native Californian and thirty five year resident of Ventura County, California, I am deeply offended by David Atkins’ comments. The Ventura County Democratic Party should repudiate them and ask for Atkins’ resignation.
“I’ve met plenty of women who used to have conservative boyfriends. Ideology isn’t the only place they fell short,” he added.
Atkins is listed on the endorsements page for Rep. Julia Brownley (D., Calif.), who is running for reelection against Republican Jeff Gorell, an assemblyman from Camarillo.
Julia Brownley for Congress has contributed $3,450 to the Ventura County Democratic Central Committee this election cycle, giving $1,500 in April, $1650 in January, and $300 last May.
Atkins’ tweets have been the subject of controversy before. As the Ventura County Democratic Central Committee’s vice chairman in 2011, Atkinstweeted that Republicans who testified at a Redistricting Commission hearing in Oxnard should “just put your white hoods on already.”
He was condemned for his remarks, but was not reprimanded by his fellow Democrats.
In response, Atkins said he “regrets the choice of words I used, but I will always stand up to defend the rights of minorities in Ventura County.”
My Representative to Congress, Democrat Julia Brownley, should disavow Atkins and send no more campaign funds to the Democratic County Party until Atkins is removed from the Chair.
Julia Brownley needs to send a message that such hate-filled speech is not welcome in Ventura County politics.
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Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2014-07-06
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2014-07-06 http://t.co/NzSBHsOi55 22:14:49, 2014-07-06
- Checking out Jr. 's office… (@ HealthQuest Fitness) http://t.co/regDU00Ss1 12:57:02, 2014-07-06
- Lunch… (@ Butcher & The Burger – @butcherburger) http://t.co/iYHdA8Oc9w 11:24:52, 2014-07-06
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2014-07-05 http://t.co/fh6yZhtr5O 04:03:32, 2014-07-06
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2014-07-05 http://t.co/hncAFlHNVQ 04:03:31, 2014-07-06
- Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2014-07-05 http://t.co/ntb0j3DaWp #tcot 03:01:00, 2014-07-06
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Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2014-07-05
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2014-07-05 http://t.co/qT8Z1XjoO1 22:09:35, 2014-07-05
- Visiting Jr.! (@ Starbucks) http://t.co/7iEfYdt3lj http://t.co/VNQyIWv0RP 13:19:31, 2014-07-05
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2014-07-04 http://t.co/Y8KPXetaOJ 04:06:01, 2014-07-05
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Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2014-07-04
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2014-07-04 http://t.co/BYoc1YuDZb 22:31:33, 2014-07-04
- Getting ready for the fireworks… (@ Fountain Square) http://t.co/Iir1qVnssG http://t.co/AS99a3fB95 18:25:26, 2014-07-04
- @ThePlumLineGS Good effect? Like intentional disrespect for the law. Think again, Greg. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 14:21:48, 2014-07-04
- Hooray! The War on Women Is Back –
The Supreme Court unleashes a wave of liberal misinformation - Happy Independence Day America July 4, 2014 http://t.co/6guw2Gkuqo #tcot 06:55:02, 2014-07-04
- RT @Snoopy: Happy Birthday, America! ???????? http://t.co/gTDIG2D3ec 06:43:59, 2014-07-04
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2014-07-03 http://t.co/wl2nvIxzsR 04:02:51, 2014-07-04
- Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2014-07-03 http://t.co/9ZPkhxE3TX #tcot 03:01:30, 2014-07-04
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Happy Independence Day America July 4, 2014
Signing of the Declaration of Independence, painting by John Trumbull in U.S. CapitolIN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776.
THE UNANIMOUS DECLARATION OF THE THIRTEEN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
WHEN, 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 Tyranny 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 harrass 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 Benefits 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 complete the Works of Death, Desolation, and Tyranny, already begun with Circumstances of Cruelty and 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 Connexions 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 Connexion 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 Honour.
John Hancock.
GEORGIA, Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, Geo. Walton.
NORTH-CAROLINA, Wm. Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn.
SOUTH-CAROLINA, Edward Rutledge, Thos Heyward, junr. Thomas Lynch, junr. Arthur Middleton.
MARYLAND, Samuel Chase, Wm. Paca, Thos. Stone, Charles Carroll, of Carrollton.
VIRGINIA, George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Ths. Jefferson, Benja. Harrison, Thos. Nelson, jr. Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton.
PENNSYLVANIA, Robt. Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benja. Franklin, John Morton, Geo. Clymer, Jas. Smith, Geo. Taylor, James Wilson, Geo. Ross.
DELAWARE, Caesar Rodney, Geo. Read.
NEW-YORK, Wm. Floyd, Phil. Livingston, Frank Lewis, Lewis Morris.
NEW-JERSEY, Richd. Stockton, Jno. Witherspoon, Fras. Hopkinson, John Hart, Abra. Clark.
NEW-HAMPSHIRE, Josiah Bartlett, Wm. Whipple, Matthew Thornton.
MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, Saml. Adams, John Adams, Robt. Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry.
RHODE-ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE, &c. Step. Hopkins, William Ellery.
CONNECTICUT, Roger Sherman, Saml. Huntington, Wm. Williams, Oliver Wolcott.IN CONGRESS, JANUARY 18, 1777.
ORDERED,
THAT an authenticated Copy of the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCY, with the Names of the MEMBERS of CONGRESS, subscribing the same, be sent to each of the UNITED STATES, and that they be desired to have the same put on RECORD.By Order of CONGRESS,
JOHN HANCOCK, President.
BALTIMORE, in MARYLAND: Printed by MARY KATHARINE GODDARD.
Let Freedom Ring
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