By Cal Thomas in Tea Party Terrorists
… The Preamble to the U.S. Constitution begins, "We the people." Rights come from God, not politicians who think they are God. We grant power to our leaders to serve us. We are not their slaves…
It is not tea party people who are the "terrorists." A terrorist seeks to destroy. Who is the real destroyer in the debt-ceiling debate? Who wants to continue spending money we don't have, borrowing it from nations like China that would be happy to destroy us if our politicians don't do it first? Tea party people simply want to make their government accountable again and for this they are called "terrorists"?… [The true terror is ours as we watch what our politicians are doing to us! – JS]
While tea party critics are re-reading the Constitution, they should also consult the Declaration of Independence. That philosophical foundation of the Constitution reserves the right of the people to change their government when it no longer serves the interests of its citizens. The Declaration outlined the proper relationship between government and citizens, noting that government derives its "just powers from the consent of the governed" (and) "whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
The British no doubt considered those who wrote and believed such things "terrorists." We call them patriots. And those patriots just might force the vice president and his boss out of a job next November. That is their right. They have it in their power.
[Our politicians have schmoozed us for so long that they have forgotten what it means to act on principle. They are going to have to learn that we need structural reform, not band-aids. As I write this, the DJIA is down over 400 points and making new yearly lows. And our politicrooks think they saved us with their bromides? – JS]
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