Their Lives, Fortunes, and sacred Honor

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.

Get that, folks? Your rights derive, not from the whims of a King or legislature but from your being a Child of God.

These rights are what are known as "negative rights", which essentially means the right to be left alone unless you encroach upon the rights of another.

Nowhere in the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution of the United States is found the concept of "positive rights".

You have no more claim on my income than I have on yours, no more right to the "obscene profits" of a particular industry than I have on the proceeds of your 401K.

232 years later, the Republic is at risk.

Imperiled by Jihadist savages who wish to see it immolated but also weakened by a constant effort by many within to infantilize each of us, to reduce us to children in need of being rescued by their "superior", "enlightened" instincts.

America is exceptional.

Americans are exceptional.

We must not allow ourselves to become Oprah-fied, flaccid little whiners.

Whatever problems we now face are best faced as men, not children.

The Jihadists must be conquered on the battlefield, not in the courtroom.

Our energy woes must be addressed by utilizing our own resources and by the innovation of risk takers who will rightly profit from their foresight, not by punishing "evil" oil companies.

Our dragging economy cannot be kick started by stealing from the "rich".

Americans are not babies, we are exceptional and we must remain so.

For, if America, as originally cast from the crucible of 1776, dies, Civilization goes with it.

Please God, continue to bless and keep America.

Tony Kennedy, UK Style

Sharia law SHOULD be used in Britain, says UK's top judge

The most senior judge in England yesterday gave his blessing to the use of sharia law to resolve disputes among Muslims.

Lord Chief Justice Lord Phillips said that Islamic legal principles could be employed to deal with family and marital arguments and to regulate finance.

He declared: 'Those entering into a contractual agreement can agree that the agreement shall be governed by a law other than English law.'

In his speech at an East London mosque, Lord Phillips signalled approval of sharia principles as long as punishments - and divorce rulings - complied with the law of the land.

But his remarks, which back the informal sharia courts operated by numerous mosques, provoked a barrage of criticism.

Lawyers warned that family and marital disputes settled by sharia could disadvantage women or the vulnerable.

Tories said that legal equality must be respected and that rulings incompatible with English law should never be enforceable.

Lord Phillips spoke five months after Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams suggested Islamic law could govern marital law, financial transactions and arbitration in disputes.

The Lord Chief Justice said yesterday of the Archbishop's views: 'It was not very radical to advocate embracing sharia law in the context of family disputes'.

He added there is 'widespread misunderstanding as to the nature of sharia law'.

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232 years ago, our Founders risked everything to ensure that they would continue to enjoy the rights once guaranteed to them as Englishmen.

Today, it is unclear if Englishmen even wish to preserve such rights for themselves.

Sharia is antithetical to the principles of the Magna Carta and the Declaration of Independence.

Sadly, it seems too many of our "leaders" are too flaccid to call a spade a spade.

How long till London burns?

Unfit For Command, 2008

Obama sparks controversy with Iraq comments

By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent

FARGO, North Dakota (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama waded into controversy on Thursday over his plans to withdraw U.S. combat troops from Iraq, first saying he might "refine" his views but later declaring his stance had remained unchanged for more than a year.

Obama was forced to call reporters back for a second news conference in Fargo, North Dakota, after he initially left open the possibility of revising his 16-month timetable for pulling U.S. combat forces from Iraq.

"Let me be as clear as I can be. I intend to end this war. My first day in office I will bring the joint chiefs of staff in and I will give them a new mission and that is to end this war," Obama told reporters in his second news conference.

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Once again, amateur hour.

Tempted by common sense but pulled back to incoherence for fear of agitating the kids at MoveOn.whine.

The goal, Senator Obama, is not to end the war.

It is to win the war.

Or is that not your goal?

Actually, given the aid and comfort the Senator's party has given to the savage enemy, we wonder ...