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234th anniversary of the Declaration of Independance- two irreconcilable views alarmrideratl | July 4, 2010 at 10:31 am | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/pJhAA-7w

Some short and sweet recent commentary on the Declaration of Independance. The context is everything; there are two mutually exclusive, irreconcilable points of view on the relevance and meaning of
the document.

The first is Larry Pratt's mention of the Declaration at about 0:40 in a highlight reel of the 4-19 rally with misrepresentation provided by the Brady
Campaign:

And the second is Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan providing her words of wisdom on the meaning and relevance of the Declaration:

Two irreconcilable views: one says that the statement below is relevant today, and one that says it is not (or won't even answer questions abojut it).

"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....."

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html

So what exactly do Americans In Name Only (AINO's) such as Elena Kagan or Paul Helmke celebrate on July 4?

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