We hold these truths to be self evident: that a whole lot of people are confused by our Bill of Rights, and are so dim they require a Bill of Non-Rights.... BILL OF NON-RIGHTS ARTICLE I: You do not have the right to a new car, big screen TV, or any other sign of wealth. More power to you if you can legally acquire them, but no one is guaranteeing you anything. ARTICLE II: You do not have the right to never be offended. This country is based on freedom, and that means freedom for everyone -- not just you! You may leave the room, change the channel, express a different opinion, etc.; but the world is full of idiots, and probably always will be. ARTICLE III: You do not have the right to be free from harm. If you stick a screwdriver in your eye, learn to be more careful. Do not expect the tool manufacturer to make you and all your relatives independently wealthy. ARTICLE IV: You do not have the right to free food and housing. Americans are the most charitable people to be found, and will gladly help anyone in need, but we are quickly growing weary of subsidizing generation after generation of professional couch potatoes who achieve nothing more than the creation of another generation of professional couch potatoes. ARTICLE V: You do not have the right to free health care. That would be nice, but from the looks of public housing, we're just not interested in public health care. ARTICLE VI: You do not have the right to physically harm other people. If you kidnap, rape, intentionally maim, or kill someone, don't be surprised if the rest of us want to see you fry in the electric chair. ARTICLE VII: You do not have the right to the possessions of others. If you rob, cheat, or coerce away the goods or services of other citizens, don't be surprised if the rest of us get together and lock you away in a place where you still won't have the right to a big screen color TV or a life of leisure. ARTICLE VIII: You do not have the right to a job. All of us want you to have a job, and will gladly help you along in hard times. But we expect you to take advantage of the opportunities of education and vocational training laid before you to make yourself useful. ARTICLE IX: You do not have the right to happiness. Being an American means that you have the right to PURSUE happiness, which by the way, is a lot easier if you are unencumbered by an over abundance of idiotic laws created by those of you who were confused by the Bill of Rights. ARTICLE X: This is an English speaking country. We don't care where you are from, English is our language. Learn it or go back to wherever you came from! Lastly....... ARTICLE XI: You do not have the right to change our country's history or heritage. This country was founded on the belief in one true God. And yet, you are given the freedom to believe in any religion, any faith, or no faith at all; with no fear of persecution. The phrase IN GOD WE TRUST is part of our heritage and history, and if you are uncomfortable with it, TOUGH!!!!
XIa) If other religions offend you or convince you that the world is going to Hell (or whatever you believe in), see Article II and stop trying to save/convert us all. I was having a big laugh at Jerry Falwell's expense as he complained on TV about essentially taking Christ out of Christmas. He was near to tears as he painted a picture of this joyous holiday and how terrible it would be to take this away from children for the sake of political correctness and religious sensitivity. I wondered if he felt the same way about Halloween?
i agree with all of those but the last one. FUCK god and get his stupid weak ass off my money. how about in ODIN we trust?or MARS? or any other diety that is a THOUSAND times cooler .
Christmas, heh. I don't know one single person that celebrates Jesus Christ on that day. I outta make a t-shirt that asks: CHRISTMAS Who's Your Favorite Chris? Christ or Chris Kringle? Christmas is all about Santa Clause. Ask any kid who they love more and I GUARANTEE you 9/10 times they'll say they love Santa Clause more. Uh oh, that man in red must be Satan, using materialistic greed to take away from Jesus Christ. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! - N Edit: Oh yeah, and most people I know, including myself, don't even pronounce it as "Christmas", it's "Chrismas" without the T to just reinforce Christ Kringle vs Christ. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
What about Halloween? "The term "Halloween" (or eve) before the feast of All Saints (an important day in the Christian calendar), which used to be called "All Hallows" derived from All Hallowed Souls. In Ireland, the name was Hallow Eve and this name is still used by some older people. Halloween was also sometimes called All Saints' Eve. The holiday was a day of religious festivities in various northern European pagan traditions, until it was appropriated by Christian missionaries and given a Christian reinterpretation. In Mexico and Belgium November 2nd, after All Saint's Day, following Halloween, is the Day of the Dead." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween Only extremely ignorant "Christians" dislike Halloween... Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Hey! I'm a pretty well adjusted American, conservative, Republican atheist, and coins, or anything else for that matter, that say, "In God We Trust" don't offend me.
it goes against the founding document of our country,it was put on money during the mcarthy years as propaganda. you dont have to be offended to be outraged by treason. violating the constitution is the single most greivous thing ANY american can do. its just as bad as the antigun crowd,the war mongers,the religous freaks,the PC police,and the rest of the unamerican lot. love the constitution or move to cuba or china or iran or canada.
I don't think having "In God We Trust" on our money constitutes trying to convert anyone. Those freakin' evangelists using nazi tactics to persecute people who don't believe their way are a whole 'nuther story. I would like to see the "under God" part taken out of the Pledge of Allegiance. It wasn't there to begin with. It was slipped in a couple of times over history, then taken out. It was Eisenhower who had it put in to show the world that the US answered to "the Almighty", a phrase largely agreed to mean the Christian god. (This was to separate us from the godless communists.) But as far as gods being mentioned in the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution of the United States, great care was taken to leave the word "God" open to interpretation wherever it was mentioned. That way the individual could determine if his or her "inalienable rights" were endowed by a holy redeemer, a formless spirit driving nature, or the forces of science and reason. In fact, I believe that all references to "God" or "creator" or any such thing were intentionally left lower-case. (I could be mistaken on this.) In the older printed copies of the Star-Spangled Banner, verse four leaves this phrase lower-case: Later (post-Victorian) copies capitalized "power", turning it into a fairly overt reference to Christianity. The lines between church and state are pretty smeared, as are the lines between common sense and fanatacism. But all it took was for the masses to allow themselves to become apathetic. Now the minority rules because the majority thinks the other guy'll handle it for them. So now I'm curious. How many of you (Americans) vote, and how many of you vote along party lines ("If it's Republican/Democrat it must be bad.") as opposed to reviewing both sides of the issue and voting how you genuinely feel? (Got into a big argument with a hard core Republican friend of mine because a local Democrat candidate had a more sound platform one year and I voted for her instead of the Republican candidate.)
