Seven Articles of Hypocrisy to the American People
The Tory Rump of America is revealed. The rat-ta-tat of its drumskins agenda about to commence. Small evidential signs include very recent acts of intolerance - Portland 22/08/02 - and the Articles below taken from this day's 'RumpRecorder'.
They tell of a need of political support for evident is a world averse to warring the demon in this US Administration's mind. They tell of a need to rally and rise above Americans prepared to stand opposed. They tell of a need for continued taxation and funding a major sector deemed capable of 'raising the tide' to buoyant economic times. They tell of constit-utional obscenity in formulating a cause celebre to secure future lifestyles by and for themselves alone. And they tell all this on a basis of two hundred years of american history whose values they have lost and no wise hold today other than to persuade, bully and cajole peoples' sentiment and sensibilities.
Here then the 7 Articles of 'Cut and Paste' Hypocrisy:

Article I:
Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct.. war and the effort and alarm attendant on a state of continual danger, will compel nations the most attached to liberty to resort for repose and security to institutions which have a tendency to destroy their civil and political rights. To be more safe, they[the 'american people'] at length become willing to run the risk of being less free.

Article II:
"Notwithstanding the cruelty and moral wrong of slavery, we are in a stronger and more hopeful position, materially, intellectually, morally, and religiously, than is true of an equal number of black people in any other portion of the globe" - ex B.T. Washington.

Article III:
A truism through more than two centuries of American history has been that religion is good for democracy. The year since Sept. 11 reveals the profound fact that the reverse also is true, that democracy is a good thing for religion. The press as a key democratic institution has a vital role in carrying forward this idea. - ex: S. Burgard

Article IV:
All the major [psychological] theories of motivation and personality ... assume that reward for the self is the only functional ethical principle. These values are hostile to our ability to form permanent relationships, or to commit to such values as duty and self-sacrifice.

Article V:
The lesson of 9-11 isn't to be found in past instances of American intolerance or in trying to find fault in our actions around the world...A good and just nation was attacked by evil people, and we responded with heroism, charity and nobility. - J. Goldberg.

Article VI:
We now have another opportunity to forestall perhaps even worse assaults on our people and freedoms by removing Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein from power before he can unleash weapons of mass destruction on Israel and, perhaps, the United States. ... It is America's job, even if we must do it alone, to make sure he does
not succeed - C. Thomas

Article VII:
"My fondest hope is that Americans will travel the road extending forward from the arch of experience, never forgetting our heroic origins, never failing to seek divine guidance as we march boldly and bravely into a future limited only by our capacity to dream." - R. Reagan

P.S:
BOW-WOW! Received also this day - tks CQ - "With our help, a liberated Iraq can be a great nation once again. Iraq is rich in natural resources and human talent and has unlimited potential for a peaceful, prosperous future." -- by (King of HelpingYourself) Veep Dick CHENEY.
ENDS-dickenz-