A while ago I wrote a petition of sorts. While the eventual goal is to disperse it such that a large portion of the populace might see it and actually sign it (via media outlets, blogs, and Lord only knows what else), it's not quite finished. It's no longer in the rough draft stages (smooth draft?) but it hasn't quite reached the Final Draft stage, and I thought that I could submit it to the ultimate fact checker: the online forum. Indeed, any factual or grammatical errors made on my part would, undoubtedly, be immediately discovered and covered in embarrassing detail - such is the majestic power of the internets. In other words, make a Diary of it and submit it to the (intelligent, cultured, and unquestionably good-looking) community here at the DailyKos.
A brief summary of what this is: the petition/declaration is a statement made by myself (and any future signers)that the Bush administration has abused their powers to such an extent that we are formally withdrawing our consent to be governed by them. In writing this I tried as best I could to channel the writing style of the Declaration of Independence and other works from the period of our Nations founding.
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