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To: PROCON
Maybe Mr. Cuomo flunked elementary civics. The opening sentence of the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence clearly affirms:

“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.

Leftist revisionism.

3 posted on 02/12/2015 10:21:30 AM PST by ConservingFreedom (A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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To: Lee'sGhost; ConservingFreedom; BradtotheBone; PROCON; mountainlion; qam1; skinkinthegrass
Our laws come from collective agreement and compromise.

"Too stupid for TV news."

Too stupid for anything. Hence, a Cuomo.

19 posted on 02/12/2015 10:28:35 AM PST by OddLane
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To: ConservingFreedom

Perhaps lefties have a different interpretation of the “Creator”.

To them ‘creation’ is a mere incident.


30 posted on 02/12/2015 10:33:56 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: ConservingFreedom

Boy, you made a really good point there! Thank you for that.


46 posted on 02/12/2015 10:43:10 AM PST by Beowulf9
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To: ConservingFreedom
The assumption of sovereignty by each of the original States was premised upon the recitals in the Declaration Of Independence.

What the Left-wing media want to define as rights are something very different--some of the very things that the Declaration, above, clearly identifies as abuses of the fundamental rights of the new settler nations.

Anyone can claim some nonsensical intrusion onto the basic rights of his neighbors, as a right; and corrupt politicians, temporarily in power, may so proclaim it; but the Declaration is a major document in sorting the resulting issues out. The tragedy is that almost no one, today, carefully reads it, in context. In speaking to Conservative groups, I used to regularly urge that patriots carefully read both it and the Constitution, at least once a year. It will pay dividends in more effective arguments.

William Flax

61 posted on 02/12/2015 10:55:42 AM PST by Ohioan
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To: ConservingFreedom; PROCON
ConservingFreedom:" Maybe Mr. Cuomo flunked elementary civics.
The opening sentence of the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence clearly affirms":

“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 "
#1) It was written by public servants who believed in 'service to the Nation"
#2) It was written without political parties who wanted "over reach" government, but who wanted to protect its' citizenry.
#3) It was written in Cursive. Andrew and Chris Cuomo can't read Cursive !

69 posted on 02/12/2015 11:01:49 AM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt
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