The Declaration of Inde...er.....DEpendence

Because I mentioned in a previous post that Mr. Obama has called for a "new Declaration of Independence", Chuck wisely asked who he is now declaring independence from! Great point. Another excellent commenter, Tio Bowser, decided to write a new Declaration of Dependence and I thought it very clever and worthy of making it a blog post:

When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for a self-reliant people to cease being citizens and become serfs of its government, a decent respect for the opinions of mankind requires that a list of reasons be given.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: That no one should be responsible for his own actions. That actions only have consequences because conservatives are being killjoys. That no one should have to pay for his own health coverage, house, or education. That the government can always make better decisions than individuals. That the laws of economics don't apply when the president is sufficiently charismatic. That standard of living must never be improved at the slightest cost to the environment. That America must never take any action that might offend Europeans, Arabs, or any other members of the world community.

To these principles, we solemnly swear the lives and fortunes of those Americans who don't agree with this, but will be better off if they allow the government to take care of them.

--Tio Bowser

Z ...thanks, Tio, for another great mugging! OBAMA's just been mugged!

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