"We the people..."

[Hissyspit]

[font size="5"]"We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths – that all of us are created equal – is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall; just as it guided all those men and women, sung and unsung, who left footprints along this great Mall, to hear a preacher say that we cannot walk alone; to hear a King proclaim that our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on Earth."[/font]

[hfojvt]

1. too bad it is not true

"we are created equal" guides Obama still?

He just signed into law $3.7 trillion in tax cuts.

$1.3 trillion to the richest 5%
$370 billion to the poorest 40%

$28 to those who have much versus $1 to those who have much less. Does not look very equal to me.

Apparently some are much more equal than others.

Many years ago, in 1989 or so, I was joking with my roommate, a graduate student from India about discrimination. He said something like "it is an outrage that minorities are getting this benefit at school" (the key to the computer room which he carried around on permanent loan) and I declared in mock horror that "yes, we must create a policy to prevent that, that a policy should be written which specifically prohibits it." He said, "No, first you declare very loudly that you are against discrimination, THEN you go out and discriminate."

[bighart]

2. Your post reminded me of this:

"You say that all men are equal and all men are brothers, so why are the rich more equal than others?"

[Fight2Win]

3. we the people want to know what the Pentagon and Homeland Security are doing with our money!!

Vast majority of spending is unaccounted for, we the people have a right to know what is going on!

Majority of Tax dollars go to the Pentagon(Trillions missing in 2001) Which Cannot Be Audited? WTF!!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022231576

[robinlynne]

4. I agree with you, posters, but I LOVE the mention of the King! Martin Luther King.