Happy Birthday America

Why would anyone celebrate the birth of the biggest pack of arseholes on the
planet.


SST wrote in message
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IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to
dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and
to
assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to
which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent
respect
to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes
which impel them to the separation.

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.--That to
secure
these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just
powers from the consent of the governed, --That 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.
Prudence,
indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be
changed
for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn,
that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than
to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the
same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it
is
their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to
provide
new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient
sufferance
of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to
alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King
of
Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all
having
in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these
States.
To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for
the
public good.
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.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts
of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of
Representation
in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants
only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual,
uncomfortable,
and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole
purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly
firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others
to
be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation,
have
returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in
the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and
convulsions within.
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.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to
Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their
offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of
Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the
Consent
of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the
Civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our
constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their
Acts of pretended Legislation:
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders
which
they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province,
establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries
so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing
the
same absolute rule into these Colonies:
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and
altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested
with
power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection
and
waging War against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and
destroyed the lives of our people.
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.
He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to
bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their
friends
and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to
bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages,
whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all
ages,
sexes and conditions.

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.

Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. We have
warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend
an
unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the
circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to
their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the
ties
of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would
inevitably
interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to
the
voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in
the
necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the
rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in
General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world
for
the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the
good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these
United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States;
that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that
all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is
and
ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States,
they
have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish
Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may
of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance
on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other
our
Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.


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The 56 signatures on the Declaration appear in the positions indicated:

Column 1
Georgia:
Button Gwinnett
Lyman Hall
George Walton

Column 2
North Carolina:
William Hooper
Joseph Hewes
John Penn
South Carolina:
Edward Rutledge
Thomas Heyward, Jr.
Thomas Lynch, Jr.
Arthur Middleton

Column 3
Massachusetts:
John Hancock
Maryland:
Samuel Chase
William Paca
Thomas Stone
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Virginia:
George Wythe
Richard Henry Lee
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Harrison
Thomas Nelson, Jr.
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Carter Braxton

Column 4
Pennsylvania:
Robert Morris
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Franklin
John Morton
George Clymer
James Smith
George Taylor
James Wilson
George Ross
Delawa
Caesar Rodney
George Read
Thomas McKean

Column 5
New York:
William Floyd
Philip Livingston
Francis Lewis
Lewis Morris
New Jersey:
Richard Stockton
John Witherspoon
Francis Hopkinson
John Hart
Abraham Clark

Column 6
New Hampshi
Josiah Bartlett
William Whipple
Massachusetts:
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Robert Treat Paine
Elbridge Gerry
Rhode Island:
Stephen Hopkins
William Ellery
Connecticut:
Roger Sherman
Samuel Huntington
William Williams
Oliver Wolcott
New Hampshi
Matthew Thornton

I agree!



"grahamilton" graham_hamilton{at}msn.com wrote in message
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God Bless Everyone.

Yeah but beware of the Canadian Navy!


"Daemon Rose" wrote in message
news:d_pNa.105352$R73.12149@sccrnsc04...
All of our buildings are still standing... Yours?

Are you insinuating the Canadians were responsible for that, ****wit?

As your comment indicates, Canadians aren't smart enough to pull something
like that off. Even if they were though, America would have the Canadian
military (Canada does have a military, right?...LOL) on it's knees in
about
two hours, so keep laughing. Sounds like you've chuckled yourself right
into a stupor.

Snap out of it.

--
Daemon Rose

Well your a moron, speaking of body parts, was your brain blown away with
the applause of your comedic nonsense?

"Doc" wrote in message
s.com...
I love July 4th, even though I'm not from the states.

It's always comical to hear about some dumbass blowing half his body parts
off with fireworks while he was in a drunken stupor.

:
: doc
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:
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"Kai Robinson" wrote in message
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Yep. Its Crap. Does it matter where i'm from? If i lived in the US, your
post would STILL have been labeled as crap, because its not some 'isnt a
america great' ng. Stupid? I think not. Oh and i'm far from little as
well.
6foot4 with a ****ing great temper. Heavy Too. Go back into that dark
little
hole of yours and stop bothering us with your nonsensical babblings...


in article , SST at
wrote on 7/4/03 5:40 pm:

Oh, its crap?

I see. Where are you from, Kai?


You stupid little person, you must be from France!


"Kai Robinson" wrote in message
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Exactly what is the point of posting this in here? Is this a forum
just
for
yanks? Is this forum dealing with the US specifically? No. Please
dont
post
this crap in here - there are other NG's for that.

Happy whatever it is day though...


in article , SST at
wrote on 7/4/03 5:28 pm:

IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776....blah.....blah....blah

http://www.dsv.su.se/jpalme/society/...-attempts.html


"Martin Eriksson" wrote in message
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Well just wait until I post the Swedish "constitution" on our national
day.
I guess "your" constitution is a plagialized version of ours...

*PLONK*

/M

Absolutely nothing!

Did you need to ask that question?



"Wolfram Nickl" wrote in message
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Hi! Stupid Question from an Austrian:

What has all this to do with overclocking??

Wolfram

Constitution of Sweden
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

The Swedish Constitution consists of four basic laws (Swedish: grundlagar):


a.. The Instrument of Government (1974)
b.. The Act of Succession (1809)
c.. The Freedom of the Press Act (1766)
d.. The Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression (1991)
There is also a law on the working order of the Parliament with a special
status but which does not qualify as a "basic law":


a.. The Riksdag Act (1974)
To amend or to make a revision of a basic law, the Parliament needs to
approve the changes twice in two successive terms, with a general election
having been held in between.



Instrument of Government
The most important of the "basic laws" is The Instrument of Government or
Regeringsformen. It sets out the basic principles for political life in
Sweden defining rights and freedoms.
The Parliamentarian Instrument of Government of 1974 grants the power to
commission a Prime Minister to the Riksdag (Parliament) at the suggestion of
the Speaker of the Riksdag. The Prime Minister appoints members of Cabinet
including heads of ministries, totalling to approximately 20 members. The
Cabinet decides collectively in governmental matters after report of the
Head of Ministry in question. At least five Cabinet members are to be
present at the decission. In practice reports are written, and discussions
very rare, during the formal Cabinet meetings.

Remaining constitutional functions for The Head of State, i.e. the King,
include: heading the Council of State (the King plus the Cabinet), heading
the Council on Foreign Affairs, recognizing new Cabinets (in the Council of
State), and opening the Parliament's yearly session. The King is to be
continuously briefed on governmental issues - in the Council of State or
directly by the Prime Minister.


History
The first constitutional Instrument of Government was enacted in 1719,
marking the transition from Autocracy to Parliamentarism. Sweden's unbloody
revolution of 1772 was legitimized by the Parliament in new versions of the
Instrument of Government (in 1772 and 1789), making the King a
"Constitutional Autocrat". When Sweden was split in 1809, and Finland was
created as a Russian Grand duchy, this "Constitutional Autocracy" was very
well fitted, and remained in force until Finland's independence in 1917.
In Sweden the loss of virtually half the realm led to another unbloody
revolution, a new royal dynasty, and a new Instrument of Government of June
6, 1809, under which the King still played a central role in government,
however no more independent of the Privy Council. The King was free to
choose Councellors, but was bound to decide in governmental matters only in
presence of the Privy Council, or a subset thereof, and after report of the
Councellor responsible for the matter in question. The Councellor had to
countersign a royal decission, unless it was un-constitutional, whereby it
gained legal force. The Councellor was legally responsible for his advice,
and was obliged to note his dissension in case he didn't agree with the
King's decission. De jure this Constitution puts a considerable power on the
King; a power increasingly used to follow the Councellors' advice, and from
1917 to adhere to principles of Parliamentarism by chosing Councellors
possessing direct or indirect support from a majority of the Parliament.

After over 50 years of de facto Parliamentarism it was written into the
Instrument of Government of 1974 which, although technically adherent to
Constitutional monarchy, finally abolished the Privy Council.


Act of Succession
Sweden's switch from elective to hereditary monarchy in 1544 gave reason to
Sweden's first law of constitutional character, in form of a treaty between
the royal dynasty and the realm represented by the four Estates to be valid
for all times.
Accordingly the current Act of Succession (Swedish: Successionsordningen) is
a treaty between the old Riksdag of the Estates and The House of Bernadotte
regulating the right to accede to the Swedish throne. In 1980 the old
principle of "agnatic primogeniture", which meant that the throne was
inherited by the eldest male child of the preceding monarch, was replaced by
the principle of full "cognatic primogeniture." This meant that the throne
will be inherited by the eldest child without regard to sex. Thereby
Princess Victoria of Sweden, the eldest child of King Carl XVI Gustav of
Sweden, was created heir apparent to the Swedish throne over her younger
brother.



Freedom of expression
The other two acts defines the freedom of the press and other forms of
expression. They are separated into two separate laws mainly to maintain the
tradition of the Freedom of the Press Act or Tryckfrihetsförordningen from
1766. The Freedom of the Press Act has actually been changed several times
since its first incarnation. In 1772, 1810, 1812, 1949 and 1982.


Public access to governmental documents
In the 18th century, after over 40 years of mixed experiences with
Parliamentarism, Public access to governmental documents was one of the main
issues with the Freedom of the Press Act of 1766. Although the novelity was
put out of order 1772-1809, it has since remained central in the Swedish
mindset, seen as a forceful means against corruption and governmental
agencies' inequal treatment of the citizens, increasing the perceived
legitimacy of (local and central) government and politicians.


Lutheran State Church
In 1593, after 70 years of Reformation and Counter-Reformation in Sweden,
adherence to the Augsburg confession was decided and given constitutional
status at the Synode of Uppsala (Uppsala möte). References to Uppsala möte
has since then been worked into the "basic laws", notably the Act of
Succession.


"Martin Eriksson" wrote in message
...
Well just wait until I post the Swedish "constitution" on our national
day.
I guess "your" constitution is a plagialized version of ours...

*PLONK*

/M

You sure, I thought he invented Oxygen!


"Daemon Rose" wrote in message
t...
And if not for the freedom and ingenuity of the Americans .. there would
be
no precious internet or your frickin' NG's or probably the computer
you're
sitting at.

Yeah, just where do these people get off talking about Americans like that
anyway? Don't they know Al Gore invented the Internet?

--
Daemon Rose

And your supposed to scare me Mr 'I'm so tough, i'm an ex-grunt'? Hah - get
a life you moron - realise that the world does not revolve around your
asshole.

Kai

in article , neopolaris at . wrote on
7/4/03 10:41 pm:


There probably wouldn't even be an internet or computers if it weren't for
the United States. There probably wouldn't be a helluva lotta things.

If you dislike 'US" tough. We are making the world a better place-one
sandbox and rice paddy at a time.

PS: Yo fatass KAI. I have a temper too. Goes well with my formal Army
training. In short, shut your piehole.

neopolaris
ex-grunt
E-3-1

In case you hadnt twigged by now, i'm not french. I just have the misfortune
to have to live here.

Still - i agree with 99% of your post

Kai

in article , Dave at
wrote on 7/4/03 11:22 pm:


"Kai Robinson" wrote in message
...
Haha - well thats america for you - plenty of dumbasses :P

Please keep the stereotyping to a minimum...that is unless you would like us
Americans to typify France as a bunch of unwashed, pungent, elitist
snail-eating Socialists with poor drinking water, strange sexual
proclivities, sharper class distinctions, a history of arrogant aristocratic
inbreeding monarchy, and a far lower standard of living, due in no small
part of late to Chameleon Bonaparte's little oil deal with Saddam falling
thru...which clearly does not apply to everyone in France. The number of
dumbasses per capita is a GLOBAL demographic, spanning all social strata.
Factor in population growth and we can naturally see stupidity propagating
at a near-exponential rate...

Honi soit qui merde y pense...


No offence to anyone normal btw, just to drunken morons

Hey, I know Norm and Al. And no, they aren't living together. Only in France
;-) (and SF, Greenwich Village, Ogunquit, ME, and P-town which is south of
my position both literally and metaphorically). Normality is the idea of
consensus perpetuated by weak-minded, mediocre, insecure sheep who need to
feel like they're part of something larger than the limited scope of their
self-awareness. When you consider my above assertion, namely that most
people are indeed stupid (only the top 10% actually have any noteworthy
intellect, statistically speaking), then I guess it thus follows that
"normality" is pretty much dumb all over...and a little ugly on the side ;-)
Never mind SST. He's another "Nvidia Dude". He is an obsessive/compulsive,
shallow, insecure materialist with a melodramatic flair and a history of
cyclical abuse. I think his fat wife left him not too long ago as well. He
was told this would happen if he didn't take his meds and well, he didn't
take his meds and this happened. He's mostly ok while his dope supply lasts,
it's just been a little dry lately...


Kai


in article , Doc at
wrote on 7/4/03 8:06 pm:

I love July 4th, even though I'm not from the states.

It's always comical to hear about some dumbass blowing half his body
parts
off with fireworks while he was in a drunken stupor.

:
: doc
:
:
:
"Kai Robinson" wrote in message
...
Yep. Its Crap. Does it matter where i'm from? If i lived in the US,
your
post would STILL have been labeled as crap, because its not some 'isnt
a
america great' ng. Stupid? I think not. Oh and i'm far from little as
well.
6foot4 with a ****ing great temper. Heavy Too. Go back into that dark
little
hole of yours and stop bothering us with your nonsensical babblings...


in article , SST at
wrote on 7/4/03 5:40 pm:

Oh, its crap?

I see. Where are you from, Kai?


You stupid little person, you must be from France!


"Kai Robinson" wrote in message
...
Exactly what is the point of posting this in here? Is this a forum
just
for
yanks? Is this forum dealing with the US specifically? No. Please
dont
post
this crap in here - there are other NG's for that.

Happy whatever it is day though...


in article , SST at
wrote on 7/4/03 5:28 pm:

IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776....blah.....blah....blah