To: average joe who wrote (10022 ) 12/6/2010 5:06:11 PM From: one_less 1 Recommendation Respond to "Very good point and completely in line with what Jefferson said. Binding, hypothecating and encumbering future generation comes with a very high price." "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 to 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." "...that among these are life liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Jefferson was pleading a particular case with a particular application being careful to clarify for us he intended these rights to be considered as a subset (among these) of a much longer list which could and should be drawn upon as circumstances unravel for us. Where are the enlightenment leaders of our generation? I'm not sure 'leader' is even an applicable since the term has become a euphamism of 'politician,' which has become synonymous with 'sell out.'
