Posted by
Boomer911 on Monday, January 26, 2009 1:40:22 PM
Now that some of the fanfare surrounding the corronation, uh...excuse me, inauguration of Barack Obama has calmed down, there are a few lines from the address that should be examined, especially from a historical point of view.
While there are many lines in the address I found alarming, none were more so than his decree for this nation to proclaim ".....a new Declaration of Independence....". This line, framed in his usual fluffy yet soaring rhetoric, seems to call America to rally to a new beginning. A beginning which echoes the Founding Father's vision of America going so far as to say, "Our Founding Fathers ... drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man ... and we will not give them up for expedience's sake." But when we compare the Founder's vision to Obama's, we see the stark contrasts in their visions for American government. The Declaration of Independence was just that...a declaration of independence from an oppressive government who had, in the Founder's eyes, long over stepped their authority in dealing with the American colonies. This led our founding generation to risk life and fortune to shake off the chains of oppression from thier existing government and start anew. But just what does Barack Obama envision as our "new Declartion of Independence"? The largest expansion of government into the lives of its citizens in generations. The Founder's felt the best government was the one that governs the least. Now compare that to what is currently being presented in Washington with the blessing of President Obama and the democratically controlled Congress. What it comes down to is an alterring of this nation and its founding principles to the point of faint recognition. The role of government under Obama and the democrats will share NOTHING with the Founding Father's vision for this nation. If you feel our government has already exceeded its Constitutional authority, you ain't seen nothing yet.