This line, along with many other lines that will be mentioned further on into the essay, is from the famous Declaration of Independence, a document that made the Unites States of America walk on its own two legs instead of relying on England as a cane. However, this line doesn’t just mean that all men are created equal. As a student studying in courses of American History, I believe that this lines states that all men, no matter the race, the philosophy the man produces in one’s mind, the sexual orientation, or skills and abilities that the specific man has should not matter to another man in America, because all of the men have been created by God himself as equal, despite the matters that were listed above. But, at the time of the written document, which happens to be in 1776, black men, women, and children were slaves working on plantations and most were being beaten by their owners. This excerpt has also stated that men are created equal, not women, therefore saying that not all people living on the new land have the same freedom as white men who have land (according to later on in the DOI, an abbreviation for the Declaration of Independence).

Freedom, as defined in Merriam dictionary, is liberation from slavery or restraint or from the power of another (definition 1b). We apply this word in our everyday vocabulary for both angelic and demonic purposes, but this definition of freedom has not been applied fully in the U.S. until the mid 20th century.  How is this so?

….Endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

According to the document of America’s based freedom, we have the right to the pursuit of happiness. Now, this term can be seen in many different angles, just as your everyday shooter game, but in the general fixture of the term, this means that we have the right to be happy and to be ourselves. In the past, we have gone to wars, actual real-life wars, for prejudice thoughts, beliefs, and blamings. Take World War 2 for an example. Who was the almighty leader of such an act that aghasted billions of people, and exterminated many of them? Adolf Hitler. He was an icon of evil and demonic traits, and some may even call him the devil who walked on Earth, but he was prejudice upon the Jewish culture, which, to this day, has set up stereotypes for Germans globally. This is an example of what has been known as a violation of the Declaration of Independence, since the war overseas and on land...and the recession of the 1940s shook the nation and startled many American citizens out of their own happiness and comfort. With that being said, the nation has changed because we now have entitled ourselves into being less prejudice and discriminating and following the actual legally-binded document (that is protected by the U.S. authorities) that states the factors that us Americans should, as a matter of fact, have.

For an example, if an Dominic Republican black male decided to spend his time with a German white male, then there would be no harm done to either males, because the issue of racial segregation has been erased off the board of disputes. Also, the issue of gender differentuality has come to an end in the late 1970s, because women finally had more abilities to produce the same quality of work in a specific occupation that required “masculine” abilities, which most men thought was blatant that women could not work as hard.

To conclude, even though some of society’s finest is quite prejudice, the discrimination levels have shrunk a bit.

When the President came to open the retreat at State House in Entebbe, he warned Party members who go about discussing party matters outside the legally accepted party fora to stop it forth with or face disciplinary actions. His warnings particularly were directed at the errant Members of Parliament, code-named “Rebel MPs” who often talked their minds in Public about the ills within the Party, instead tackling such problems within the established Party structures.

The President amused the MPs when he compared the Rebel MPs of the ruling NRM to a disorganized soccer team, where as soon as the ball is been handled in the box during a competitive match by one of their own team members , they quickly  rush to the referee and the linesmen to demand that  a penalty be awarded against their own side! He sternly warned the Rebel MPs to stop the debate on term limits forth with and that any member who continued to engage in these debates would be expelled from the party.

The Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi, who is also the Party Secretary General equally reminded the Ugandan public that term limits for the president was not so important for good governance because in developed democracies like France and the UK, term limits do not exist. The government however, has allowed the public and the civil society organizations to debate term limits as much as they like. Many rural populations are getting interested in this debate as many are getting to see that the President has ruled for close to 27 years and he still seems interested in standing in 2016.

You the People who Have Money…

            The quote by Mr. Smith, a.k.a. the ‘Government Grinch,’ “the first three words of the Constitution are ‘We the people…’ These words are deceiving. The constitution was not written for the people, but for the elite of the country. Even today after 200 years and 27 amendments, the document is still not as democratic as most people believe,” is one of cynicism and painful truth of American history. The Constitution of the United States of America is one that was intended to aid those of the country who were intelligent, successful, and prestigious – rather the people who actually cared at the time and could do something about it. However, this statement overlooks the advancement in all of these areas in the “common man’s” life, the people have come very far from their forefathers, and the reality is the amendments and use of the constitution for the common man has created a constitution for the people.

            What a person can comprehend today is no small feat, even the simpler of Americans can read, write, and actually think. In this way average Americans now can go far beyond what the founders of the Constitution could have even imagined, thus in writing the constitution for the intelligent of their day, they were writing it for the average of our day. Seeing that the people can comprehend the economy, the government, and have access to more education than anywhere any time before now it is ignorant to say that they are not the ones that the constitution is intended to aid. A person knows that they have rights, they know how to use their rights to an extent, and they absolutely know that they have the ability to change the government in order to protect them. Americans as individuals are not stupid, and thus not passed over by the Constitution, especially in this day and age.

            When James Madison fathered the Constitution he had the view of an upscale tobacco farmer in his mind, and that’s who the constitution was intended to aid. The Constitution was created in order to create a more stable government, so it was for the government and those who ran it, not the common merchant or smithy. But in shaping the constitution for the people who were then the cream of the crop it has been shaped for those today who are not so rich or prestigious. Since the Constitution has persisted so long, time has warped who it is intended to aid, so the best of the best then, are now the average of the average, and thus not the politicians and elitists.  We the people of the United States of America are the sole electors to the people who run the government, and thus are the government, and the people who control it.

            The Constitution has been created to flex with time, and be changed in order to aid the people. The amendments shine the brightest when it comes to aiding the people, even amendments like the 22nd which limits the terms a president can hold, which in essence is a protective measure against tyrants, not just political or governmental advancement. The Bill of Rights is the best example of “for the people” in the entire constitution, all 10 amendments are for the individual, the oppressed, and the people; thus these 27 amendments do help create a democratic constitution.

            So government of the people, by the people, and for the people, is an absolutely true statement about the United States Constitution. In a mostly civil and intelligent society that America has developed into the constitution applies to all, and is intended for all to reap its benefits. An absolutely incorrect quote by the Government Grinch comes just from a bit of cynicism and doubt.

My life philosophy is simple. “We are to manipulate the elements of our environment in order to achieve our maximum potential”. People say success is undefined. I defined success. It is the status of personal success that comes from the manipulation of environmental elements in order to achieve our maximum potential”.

These definition fits every case. I know what I want to accomplish. You know what you want to accomplish. All of us have the ability to assess our environment and take note of the resources we can use to reach our goals.

Today, Mr. Obama is taken elements of the environment away from people and subjecting people to the tyranny of being a slave to poverty. We know he has spent trillions of tax payers money and has no results to show. We know Mr Obama wants to limit the salary a person can earn. We know Mr. Obama wants to limit the wealth a person can generate through personal investments. Apparently we are all so mentally deficient that we cannot manage our own lives.

I always want the freedom to find my own way. I am not afraid to study, send out resumes, go to interviews, and work hard to generate income. The reason is that it is always better to be in charge of our lives, instead of being ordered around by government.

Mr. Romney none of us true conservatives trust you. I wrote articles on the “saving the soul of America” and “dreamers and Obama the dream killer” I do not appreciate it when people plagiarize the themes in my articles and claim them as if they were the originators of the themes.

However, the real issue is if there will be a US of A in the future. With Mr. Obama and the democrats in congress working hard against personal achievement, I do not believe that there will be a US of A for long.

Today, Mr Romney you have the philosophical advantage over Mr. Obama. A successful country is formed by citizens who are driven by their good passions to achieve their dreams. An overbearing and controlling government boxes people in to a society of limited opportunities and zero personal achievement.

Obama is not trying to help Americans. It is of no benefit to the citizens and legal residents of this country to stand in the way of their personal success. Continuing to suck the wealth out of the private sector bleeds jobs and other opportunities.

The founding fathers of this country knew how freedom and liberty create success for the individual and the country. The 14th amendment of the US states states that we have the right to life, liberty, private property, and equal protection of law. This the constitutional protection to strike out in the world and not be interfered with by government.

As I write this article I am listening and watching an hour long B. B. King concert. Mr. B. B. did not achieve personal success through a government program. He knew his dreams, worked hard to achieve them, and them maintained his success with smart living and smarter money management. The free person, using his or her ingenuity, will always get farther in life then the person who government gives just enough to keep poor.

Mr. Romney your challenge is to articulate why conservatism works. Not only do people succeed, but there is also less theft of the people’s money by people hustling government programs. Mr. Bill gates, though his ingenuity, radically changed the human experience and made himself a very wealthy person. In addition, Mr. Gates now helps many people all over world.

Mr. Gates is not the only one. Every day Americans share their hearts and wealth with people in need every day. Having personal success does not a person so selfish that he or she would not help anyone.

Therefore, Mr. Romney you have to tell the American people how Mr. Obama failed and how you plan to stay out of the way of people and not interfere with their personal success. With low government spending, low taxes, and less regulations “the people” can keep more of their money, work less, and enjoy their lives more.

Mr. Obama has many failures. He has attempted to divide Americans according to race and according to income envy. Mr. Obama has spent a lot of our money and has nothing to show for it. Under Obama’s administration people have lost hope.

We, who are fortunate to live in America ,should be celebrating life with exuberance and jubilee. I am nothing but a simple taxi driver. I worked my week. Now I am enjoying Mr. B.B. King, hotdogs, Pepsi’s wild cherry, and celebrating the life out of life.

That is why we work so hard. We want personal success and to party, enjoying the company of our love ones and other good and simple pleasures. Mr. Romney do not get backed in to a corner thinking you have to apologize for the success that comes from what individual freedom creates with tenacity, ingenuity, and perseverance.

In closing, it is time to sing to Obama “ The Thrill is Gone” and listen to our dreams demanding “Rock Me Baby”. We are fortunate to of been born free in the country that gives us all so much. It is an honor and a privilege to love her and protect her.

Now, I know many have concerns with Mr. Romney. Mr. Romney will either earn our respect and support by being loyal to all conservative principles or he will be responsible for Obama killing America.

As far as Mr. Romney’s superstitious belief system, i.e. Mormonism, voting for Mr. Romney does not mean you will be professing support for this belief system. In addition, Mr. Romney is not a religious fanatic who will be writing public policy to promote his religion.

If given a choice, I would want a fierce conservative warrior to step forward at the republican nomination convention and take on Mr. Obama. However, it appears Mr. Romney is who we are left with in this fight. Well let us be smart resource managers and manage Mr. Romney to our advantage.

Furthermore, thank you Mr. B.B. King for every joyful filled day listening to you. America made you great. You have made America greater.

2. Physically removing the arms of 310 million people is just as likely as abolishing guns.

3. Many newcomers don’t understand that.

4. Duck.

5. It’s a useful word.

6. A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

7. Forget that many countries in the Old World control guns.

8. This isn’t the Old World.

9. Buy a round-trip ticket if that’s a difficult concept.

10. Avoid arguments with people bearing .357 Magnums or Uzis.

11. Gun control is a disaster.

12. No right, including the Second Amendment, is absolute. Study history.

In fact, the history of the First Amendment is fascinating. After the War of 1776 ended, George Washington politely, respectfully, and with good cause asked his wife Martha to be quite. She bluntly refused. Thus was born First Amendment Free Speech.

Try telling a woman to shutup and find out why Free Speech developed. Men have in vain attempted to quell female speech sporadically during the last two hundred years. Nothing works. Free Speech continues.

Many protest movements exist. Some women swerve through four lanes of freeway traffic while talking on a cell phone. Legislative attempts to ban Free-Speech-While-Driving-In-At-Least-Four-Lanes have failed. Woman continue to swerve.

“Texting while driving” a problem? Legislatures are seriously trying to regulate. George Washington couldn’t stop Martha Washington. Legislatures won’t stop “Text” women.

The American Bar Association has promulgated formal regulations that favor individual driver use of the automotive audio response device (i.e., the horn). Here’s an excerpt: Sit on the automotive audio response device and tell her to get the —- out of the way.

The Energy Department has developed a device that harnesses female verbal energy. Of course, it doesn’t stop women from talking. It doesn’t even slow them down, but it is one of the many new renewable energy options.

Evolutionists trace Free Speech back to Cro-Magnon man. Some archeologists believe the Neanderthals first developed Free Speech. Cave drawings show failed efforts to quell speech. No drawings show any efforts to prevent texting while driving.

Note to Reader: If you have any doubts that I made up some of this, get a life. I doubt the article will win the New York Times Award for Best Journalism, but it’s true, generally.

I have a metal plate and 4 pins holding my left leg together. The metal is actually titanium and as a result is undetected in basic metal scanners. Still, I would only hold up an armed force.

Of course, with the life experiences I have now, I have no desire to defend my country. Why should I fight for a country where I am treated like a second class citizen, not only because I’m gay, but because I’m a woman? I have been keeping tabs on the war on women from the GOP, and I must say now I am glad I never had the chance to enlist in the armed forces!

Still, there are times like today, when I become irritable because I couldn’t enlist and I had dropped out of college due to sickness at on point, among other reasons (mainly sickness). I also have been through a lot in such a short time span but no one would expect that now.

I resent that I wasn’t able to enlist in the armed forces, but at the same time I’m happy being a civilian. I’ve had time to learn my histories and I am indeed angered with American history and world history!

History, to me, is a long document of justified murders. The wars were fought over stupidity as far as I can interpret. So why not, end all wars?

I would start with the war on the home front. Get these GOP people out of office since they are unconstitutional and end the Occupy Wall Street Protest by regulating corporations. Of course, that would only be a start in the ending of all wars. Why not make a Pax-Americana? You know-500 years of peace? Wouldn’t that be something?

Of course, this is all a pipe dream and though I haven’t expanded on it here, people of high intelligence will know what I speak of. Sad, that America is treading the waters to becoming a totalitarian theocracy (Dictatorship) and I shudder at who our President will be for the next 4 years…

Within the last decade there has been an ominous trend emerging within the US.As a nation there is a multitude of divisions emerging and the air has become thick with tension and resentment.With the middle class thinning rapidly unemployment is high as well as the foreclosure rate leaving a large number of people homeless and on the streets.Intolerance is manifesting itself in virtually every big city and small town in America.Issues that were once the topic of logical debate have become very inflammatory causing intense arguments and sometimes violence resulting in a deep disdain and a mentality of aggression toward anyone that holds a different opinion or belief.More and more the citizens of the US focus their attention primarily on themselves or issues of resentment among themselves diverting the public attention from the looming dark clouds building on the horizon.Is there a storm coming?

Since the attacks of 09/11 there have been a number of laws and policies that the government of the US have quietly set in motion that seriously reduce rights given by The Constitution. Beginning with the AUMF(authorized use of military force,which initiates indefinite detention)followed by The Patriot Act(limits every citizen’s 4rth amendment rights).Many more laws have chipped away at The Constitution,but December of 2011 the government began moving rapidly by introducing and passing into law The NDAA of 2012.The National Defense Authorization Act is merely supposed to be a projected budget for national defense for the coming year,and is an ongoing yearly event.How this year differs from any other is the inclusion of provisions contained in Title X, Subtitle D, entitled “Counter-Terrorism.” In particular, sub-sections 1021 and 1022, which deal with detention of persons the government suspects of involvement in terrorism.The definitions contained are very broad and alarmingly vague as to the term”terrorist”and authorize the Executive branch and the Military to detain indefinitely without trial anyone deemed as terrorist or anyone dealing with or aiding or any force affiliated with said terrorist,including US citizens here on US soil.It also allows for the Military to police the citizens of the US during any time seen necessary by the Military or Executive branch. President Obama signed this bill into law late on New Years Eve.

Since the NDAA, HR-347 was quietly passed which severely restricts and limits the right to peacefully gather and protest.This law makes it illegal(a felony)to protest anywhere within site of government facilities or anyone under the protection of the Secret Service.This comes with a 25,000 dollar bond,possible jail time and a felony record.This law effectively eliminates any impact peaceful protest may have,and opens the door to many disturbing possibilities.In combination with the NDAA the broad and vague definitions and guide lines allow for many unclear interpretations which can be very dangerous to the citizens of the US.

Further increasing the dark veil is the National Defense Resources Preparedness,which is an EO(executive order)authorizing the Executive branch and it’s appointed committee to secure resources,facilities,material,capitol,agricultural facilities and operations,human resources,healthcare material,facilities,personnel,to meet the need of National Defense primary above the commercial and private use.The Executive  branch appoints a secretary to head each category.  Upon such approval, the Secretary of the resource department that made the finding may use the authority of section 101(a) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2071(a), to control the general distribution of any material (including applicable services) in the civilian market.The alarming wording here is”During war or in times of peace”.

It may seem as if this can’t happen here in the US without being a direct violation of The Constitution,but it is real and has happened .Which brings to focus another alarming fact,that in the parties in the Senate and Congress by-partisan grid-lock has practically ground to a halt the functionality of  the Legislative branch.In the case of the NDAA and HR-347 both passed almost unanimously liking votes in the single digits to be literally unanimous.

In hind-sight, the events of the last decade have dramatically changed America and the civil liberties provided by the Constitution.Laws and policies set into motion seriously puts the civilian population under the power of the government,which is the opposite of the values and ideals the US was founded upon.

                                  by R.D. Gill

The first municipal authority was created in Australia more than a century and a half ago. It wasn’t long after that until the first ones showed up in America but for nearly a century they increased slowly, their locations being only a smattering of dots across the map of the United States. Large and costly municipal projects, the most fertile fields sprouting authorities, were uncommon outside of the large cities. 

Hard times brought on by the stock market crash of 1929 and the resulting Great Depression created financial needs in this country only the federal government was large enough to fill. When those needs were met by President Roosevelt’s New Deal a great deal of money was funneled down to local governments to finance needed improvements and create badly needed jobs.

The New Deal was indisputably an emergency measure. It was meant to be, and was, put in place in a remarkably short time. A lot of money was handed out to local governments with little instruction on how it was to be used, very limited (if any) federal supervision or support. Most local governments were suddenly in over their heads and they knew it. They needed help, but where would it come from?  The answer was to create authorities and so they began to spring up all over the country like an epidemic of new government agencies. People wanted the help so they asked few questions about these new found authorities and how they operated. 

Authorities are created by the municipalities that require them. The municipality appoints a board to run the authority for a set number of years, money to get started, and some particular operation to manage. An example might be the construction and operation of a public water system. Once these responsibilities have been taken care of the municipality has nothing mandated to do with the operation or the authority until it becomes necessary to appoint or reappoint authority board members. 

The authority then takes whatever steps it considers necessary to plan and construct the water system, to operate the system, to fund it by setting hookup fees and use fees, to determine who may, who has to, and who may not hook into the system. It does this through the use, and force, of all of the laws originally passed to accommodate the operation of any regular municipal department.

These authorities worked very well for the implementation of New Deal projects. As is usual for emergency measures, no provision was made for limiting, revising or ending the political or legal infrastructures used to carry out the emergency relief. As a result municipalities continued to form authorities even after the New Deal projects were completed. Over the years since then, new adaptations and uses have kept the creation of new authorities a steady business for municipalities all over the United States, but not all are created to fill needs similar to the originals. Of course these uses were not advertised to the public nor were the problems associated with them. As long as the public had the general and unfounded opinion that authorities were good things why should local governments get rid of something so potentially useful to themselves. 

Municipal authorities operate like small kingdoms inside the local governments who create them then turn the authorities loose. The authorities report to no one. The rules and fees they decide carry the force and might of law but without undergoing any legislative process. Local governments are quick to supply them support in the form of adverse possession, foreclosures and liens on unwilling customers who refuse to or can’t pay, police and court support of all their regulations and immunity from other laws, even those that exist to regulate other similar private business’. Citizens have absolutely no recourse against illegal actions performed against them other than to sue which is, of course, an option only for the 1% that can afford it. 

Why would a citizen want to sue an authority? After all, don’t they provide necessary public services at reasonable prices? In theory yes, but in actual practice they are often teeming with corruption of all kinds –  kickbacks, nepotism, favoritism, incompetence, intimidation to the point of terrorism, and even outright theft just to name a few. These things happen because of the likelihood of personal profit and because the risk is so slight as to seem non-existent. 

Planning commissions, with their zoning ordinances and fees, which many people consider in violation of the constitution because they take a portion of some property values without due process of law, are a good example though they are not strictly authorities themselves, but do a good deal of their damage through the use of authorities. Their planning is often so rank with favoritism that riots at public meetings are not uncommon. In recent years they have also delved deeply into the use of eminent domain which is the taking of a property for a project that is being done for the good of the general public. These recent incidents sometimes involve taking  property from one citizen or group and then giving the property to developers who will build something on the property that will pay higher tax rates. 

Planning and zoning is only the first step. The actual construction of the necessary infrastructures is often in response to the wishes of certain private developers. That is where individual authorities get involved. They are charged with getting the necessary public utilities to the area to be developed. Authorities are responsible for creating the actual construction plans. For this they usually hire a private engineering company though some do the work themselves. When bids are taken for this work the authority usually has the power to toss out low bids in favor of familiar contractors. In any case the authority has the final say in what is built. Fortunately for them, they are usually exempted from having to be licensed professionals such as engineers, architects and surveyors, as they would be required by law in the private sector. Authorities can take a contracted design and change it to fit their needs be they legitimate or not. For example they can change the location of a utility line to favor one property over another with the length, therefore the cost, of their mandated service connections. They can even exempt some properties from having to connect.  

The actual construction is handled in much the same way. An authority has the choice of building it themselves or hiring a contractor and the ability to toss out low bidders is again available. The plans can also be disregarded during construction and altered any way the authority wants them to be. The limits of easements obtained by use of eminent domain can be ignored. Anything can be destroyed on existing property during construction and restored to a degree the authority sees fit. This can include taking of trees outside of easements, stripping of topsoil, destruction of drain fields and private storm drain structures, destruction of private drives, stockpiling of supplies and fill dirt and any other invasion of private property the authority feels like making. 

If a citizen has a complaint about an authority illegally destroying property and calls for help from the police during the construction he is likely to get a response only if he has a connection, be it official or not, to the authority members themselves. It must be kept in mind that the authority and the police are likely to have offices in the same small government building so they are friends from way back, they probably belong to the same labor union and consider a threat to one to be a threat to all. Police are not required, as is commonly believed, required to answer all calls for help. They are not required to investigate them or to make an arrest regardless of the amount of evidence of a criminal that exists, nor are district attorneys required to prosecute anyone under any circumstances. Taken together with the freedom from control or prosecution of themselves is all the incentive local governments need to defend only their own little empires. 

It is hard to imagine that this set up is what the founding fathers had in mind when they wrote the constitution. It is not hard to imagine that misuse of power can occur if the public doesn’t take some initiative in controlling their own government – in keeping an especially close watch on “temporary” emergency measures created by any level of government whether those emergencies be natural disasters, man made disasters or terrorism. Emergency measures are one of the major ways corruption gets its foot in the door.