On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence. When reading the text it's difficult not to see how history repeats itself. 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 s...
Tess & I had a long discussion about how/why some people 1) become stars in the first place, and then 2) become so reviled by so many. Paris, Britney...these celebutantes seem to pop up like weeds, and SO MANY people are just FASCINATED with them! I don't get it at all.
ReplyDeleteIf folks wanted "reality TV," it's too bad we didn't keep a camera crew on Bus 4! Heh.
The problem is that Bus 4 would now be shown as a Dateline presentation on Binge Drinking and Teenage sexuality. They wouldn't get the fun of it.
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