When I made a trip to Boston this fall, I was reminded of the Spirit of 1776 and all the men (and women) who sacrificed their homes, their livelihood and lives to get rid of the last tyrant called George. What impressed me the most of the bits of pieces of history along the Freedom Trail was the language used to describe George III - he was called a tyrant. So let us review the many things our present day tyrant is up to and see the echoes of tyranny we face today is similar to what we were able overcome 200 years ago.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
SCHIP anyone? Kyoto? Do I need to list more?
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
Anyone recall the state of CA suing the EPA over CAFE standards?
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
The latest immigration bill was profoundly unamerican, especially by not allowing family members to immediate immigrate to this nation.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.
Scooter Libby? Valerie Plame? US Attorneys?
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.
Domestic spying, no-fly lists, creation of "free speech zones"...
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.
Don't even get me started...
For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
Remember all the outrage of Abu Grab prison? Remember all the officers that were punish? Oh yeah...only the enlisted people went to jail...right...
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:
I think you would find a lot of people in Gitmo who might agree with this.
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
Rendition
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
2000 & 2004 elections, using the Justice Dept for political purposes, "signing statements", etc., etc.
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
Blackwater...
I will close our summary of this age's offenses with this quote:
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
GEORGE BUSH IS A TYRANT