America: An empire in decline

“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.” 

If you read these words, and are completely unmoved, you might want to check your pulse because you're probably dead. This is the beginning of the United States Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson wrote these words in 1776 as an explanation to the European powers for the American colonies defection from control of the British Empire. These powerful words changed the course of human events. It inspired revolutions in France, Mexico and Haiti and remained the cornerstone for the ideals that fueled the American thought process for hundreds of years. The idea that man is free and should be separated from the burdens of an oppressive government is what set the United States apart from other feudalistic countries of that time.

Before I can explain the gradual decline of America, I feel it is necessary to actually define what America is. America is individual freedom, America is “No taxation without representation”, America the idea that everyone is able to make the most of their lives regardless of color, creed, or denomination. America is not the internationally defined borders. America is not 50 states, it is not agreeing with any action the government takes. Being an American is a choice. The idea of the founding fathers is what America is. We, as a people, have a short history of existence. Americans as a population is held together by a common thought and idea instead of common ancestors. I am 5/8^th German, a 1/4^th French, a 1/16^th Scots-Irish, and 1/16^th Welsh (lol); yet, I have no more of a relation to any of these countries than Yiska does to me. In this modern world with immigration and movement in the advance state it is, a country is nothing more then the set of ideals that holds it together. What made America great is vanishing at a rapid rate, our values trampled, our morals destroyed as we wonder why the world begins to hate us more and more. We are becoming a society of moping populist retards with no sense of right and wrong, only profit and personal gain.

First of all, let me make something abundantly clear. WE ARE NOT A ******* DEMOCRACY. Your god damn 2^nd grade teacher lied to you. We are a republic. Stop saying that we're bringing democracy to Iraq, they're a republic too. Athens in 460 B.C. had a democracy. We're a ******* two party system and you have no power. We're choosing between wrecking our personal freedoms and wrecking our personal freedoms. But hey, if you vote R, at least we'll be safe AMIRITE?

America is a country of misfits. The start of the United States is nothing short of a historical miracle. Protestants, Catholics, Germans, Englishmen, French, Quakers, Puritans and god knows whatever else coming together and defeating the most powerful empire to ever exist is amazing. Our ideals were based upon tolerance and independence. Our first constitution was a failure. The Articles of Federation (which is what America used when we declared war on England) didn't even give the federal government powers of taxation. It had no income what so ever, we had no Army and instead relied completely on state governments. The United State Constitution was devised after the Articles turned out to be a total failure. The federal system was devised with a strong checks and balance system to prevent corruption, an new idea to governing in its era. As sure as the sun will keep shining, we can expect retards to keep ******* great things.

We've seen alcohol banned for 13 years due to the influence of religious groups. We've seen the drinking age raised by the federal government. Sure, the drinking age being raised from 18 to 21 pisses me off, but the way the United States government did it is unconstitutional. Blackmailing the states by withholding millions of dollars in federal funding.

We've seen a federal drug war rage on preventing the states from governing their own jurisdiction. Millions of non-violent Americans have been arrested for stupid bull**** policies implemented by ignorant mother******* who haven't the slightest idea of what they're doing. You can't look at the United States drug policy and not see a direct relation to the drug cartel war that is destroying the upper half of Mexico. If you see no correlation and think that our drug policy is fine then you're a ******* tool and should probably do a double suicide with Verdak.

Under George W. Bush we watched our rights (clearly defined in the Bill of Rights) shredded by the Patriot Act. “Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” (Ben Franklin).

Under the current administration we've seen multiple bans and regulations put in on basic freedoms and rights. The Family Prevention Smoking Act has given more power to the FDA to regulate tobacco products which has resulted in a ban on multiple flavors of tobacco. I don't really care about the actual ban on the flavors seeing how menthol isn't getting touched (no I'm not black), its more or less the idea behind the regulation on this. If the government telling you what flavors of tobacco you can and can't smoke make you realize that our leaders are out of line then nothing will.

You want to know what lead up to the American Revolution? One of the big factors was the Stamp Tax. It was a tax imposed by Parliament after the French-Indian War (Seven Years War if you live outside the US). The Stamp Tax was a tax imposed on all documents that were printed such as newspapers, licenses, and so forth. They generally cost about $.01 to $.03 cents in modern coin. Yes, our country defected because we didn't want to pay a $.01 tax. It wasn't the tax it self, it was the idea that we were being taxed unfairly because the colonies had no representation in Parliament. That doesn't relate to modern policy much except for blocking of things you would normally assume is your human rights.

If you really think America is any better than any country in the European Union right now then you're a ******* tool. What happened to the spirit of not tolerating injustices to ourselves? What about standing up for your rights guaranteed at our beginning of our formation? 

"Americans play to win all the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in Hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost and will never lose a war. Because the very thought of losing is hateful to Americans." ((George S. Patton) Pre-Vietnam LOL))

America is going to hell and so is my motivation to stop it.

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