A Declaration On Independence Day

On Independence Day I declare independence from American imperialism. I declare U.S. out of Iraq. And while I am at it the C.I.A. out of the business of supplying murderous thugs with rifles and uniforms along with the strategies to extinguish democracy in Haiti. I also call for the pullout of State Department funding in the not so secret overthrowing of the fair and duly elected President of Venezuela. On Independence Day I have the right to say we need a new policy. Therefore, I call for independence from oil. I call for windmills and solar panels and cool looking hybrid cars getting 100 miles to the gallon. I am tired of chanting No Blood For Oil. On Independence Day I look to a nation involved in war for war's sake war to simulate the economy and make our leaders look great and call for a different fate. I declare our politicians give up corporate sponsorship and live up to this great nation's highest aspirations. Freedom from illegal occupation. Freedom from propaganda and torture. Freedom from criminal actions on sovereign nations. I declare transcendence. I declare we live up to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all humanity. I declare world independence from monarchies, theocracies totalitarianism, oligarchies and otherwise puppet regimes. And I declare we all share these inalienable rights. Including the right to assemble organize and form unions. Protect the health of our elders newborns and the environment. And I refuse those who would deny blacks the same rights as whites by suppressing their vote with twelve hour lines in the blistering cold. Let us all have our say! And while I am at it give the poor a megaphone on mainstream talk shows let their voices be heard in the court of public opinion. I declare freedom from billionaire owned media conglomerations. Let independent democracy infiltrating the television. Thus let us all speak our truth and be protected from the tyrannical majority and those empowered by the muzzle. I declare that our forefathers envisioned this and much more in the age of enlightenment. So that one day every one of us on this magnificent planet regardless of class or culture national and religious origin sexual persuasion or gender would be endowed and empowered by an independent yet universal human rights agenda. Dean Walker