The following was written by State Representative Mitchell Kaye from GA and then edited by Citizen Eric Gehner from IL.
"We, the cents-able people of the United States, in an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some semblance of justice, avoid any more riots, keep our nation safe, promote positive behavior, and secure the blessings of debt-free liberty to ourselves and our great-great-great-grandchildren, hereby try one more time to ordain and establish some common sense guidelines for the terminally whiny, guilt ridden, deluded, and other liberal Bed-wetters. We hold these truths to be self-evident: that a whole lot of people are confused by the Bill of Rights and are so dim that they require a Bill of No Rights."
ARTICLE I:
You have the right to be bombarded by the media which insists that a new car,
big screen TV and other material objects are forms of of wealth. You have
the right to be kept from the keys to material wealth which include knowledge
education and power. More power to you if you can find a way to circumvent
the system which says that to have power you must have wealth and utilize
legal loop-holes to acquire it, but no one is guaranteeing anything except limited
access to a national democratic political system which consists of little
more than voting for the money machine that upsets you the least (if you choose
to vote at all).
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! Your access to this freedom
may be limited. Your only means to express your disagreement would be to leave
the room, change the channel (if you have a TV) , express a different opinion,
etc.,but the world is run by idiots, and probably always will be. However
if you have money or power you can deny access to the views of those who oppose
you by utilizing legal means. The judicial system runs on money just like
the rest of the world. Lawyers cost money and it is likely that if you have
enough money you can silence the nay sayers or say what you want loud enough
to drown out any opposition.
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. (As you well know
manufacturers and corporations are under the strictest controls to make safe
products and would never do anything to harm you.) And besides, even the good
Lord knows that insurance companies are working tirelessly to provide us with
a means of safekeeping our hard-earned money in the event of tragedy. Why
should we try to interfere with their noble cause by trying to raise insurance
rates for everyone (including ourselves) by making some kind of outrageous
claim like, "Ouch I had a terrible accident at my minimum wage job while using
a screw driver and I need to pay medical bills that cost thousands of dollars
so that I can go back to work to keep my family just above the poverty level."
Learn to be more careful.
ARTICLE IV:
You do not have the right to free food and housing. These things are luxuries
as any dumb lazy poor person could attest. Americans are the most charitable
people to be found, and will gladly help anyone in need, (if we have a spare
dime or if we know you) 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. Laziness
has of course been proven to be genetic but why is it that poor people propogate
like rabbits? If anyone deserves to be a couch potato it would have to be
those people who have worked very hard to earn that big screen color tv and
plush couch-and-loveseat pit group with coordinated end tables. Most people
at or near the poverty level are obviously not working very hard. All those
luxury condominium towers and townhouses that are being erected to house them
are way too plush and only allow dumb lazy poor people to take advantage of
Americans' gracious good will and charity. Don't even get me started on food
stamps.
ARTICLE V:
You do not have the right to free health care. That would be nice, but from
the looks of public housing, (what a fucking waste of good money) we're just
not interested in public health care. It's not like it actually works in any
other civilized country in the world. I mean what a dumb idea obviously invented
by dumb lazy poor people. Imagine just anyone being able to injure themselves
or get sick and then go to a hospital or health clinic and just waltz right
in and be seen by a trained physician and treated. I really can't believe
that anything related to the physical welfare of a human being could be be
so easily divorced from money. I mean if you really look at it we end up paying
for all those dumb lazy poor people because the taxes from their minimum wages
are just a drop in the federal reserve bucket. Decent people would be left
footing the majority of the bill not to mention adding to the already overwhelming
taxes on corporations. Something has to be wrong with this scenario. Imagine
all the billing agencies and insurance companies that provide us with their
wonderful services that would immediately be found useless. I couldn't have
that on my conscience.
ARTICLE VI:
You do not have the right to physically harm other people. (Unless you have
been trained by an authorized government agency or live in a foreign country
- because that's none of our damn business) If you kidnap, rape, intentionally
maim, or kill someone, don't be surprised if the rest of us want to see you
rot in jail or fry in the electric chair. But I think sometimes we have to
put you on trial first or something.
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. But if
you have enough lawyers you either won't get caught, will be able to avoid
prosecution, or will be able to make a whole bunch of money coercing the hard
earned wages of citizens into your coffers.
ARTICLE VIII:
You don't have the right to demand that our children risk their lives in foreign
wars to soothe your aching conscience. (yeah you, you dumb liberal) We hate
oppressive governments and won't lift a finger to stop you from going to fight
if you'd like. However, we do not enjoy parenting the entire world (I mean
we did our part in WWII and to this day do we get so much as a pat on the
back? I think we learned our lesson.) and do not want to spend so much of
our time battling each and every little tyrant with a military uniform and
a funny hat. However if they should have their thumb on the life line to the
internal combustion engine or threaten the livelihood of God fearing American
corporate interests then by God we'll have to teach 'em a lesson or two. After
all we've got those hungry mouths to feed in the military-industrial complex.
ARTICLE IX:
You don't have the right to a job. All of us sure want all of you to have
one, and will gladly (Well not really gladly, but you can read Article IV
to get our thoughts on that.) 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 yourselves useful. A high school education guarantees
you millions of amazingly well paying jobs that are completely satisfying
creatively and emotionally and sometimes (after three months or so) you have
the opportunity to pay the company you work for some of your hard earned wage
so that they may provide you with insurance for you (in case you're not so
handy with screwdrivers) and your family. For those of you with aspirations
beyond high school or the G.E.D., I think college is like completely free
now isn't it? I'm sure there is some state school or community college where
you will find a niche that will propel you into the open arms of corporate
America.
ARTICLE X:
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 overabundance of idiotic laws created by those of you
who were confused by the Bill of Rights. I mean there are just too many laws
out there that try to make people happy. People are going to be unhappy and
they are just going to have to get used to it. What we really need to do is
just get people into the idea of pursuing happiness. I like to think of it
as a hamster in one of those wheels or a donkey with a carrot dangling out
in front of him. If we just can convince people that all they need to do is
pursue happiness, like wealth, a new car, a big screen tv, then we don't have
to worry about people actually engaging in happiness and there will be no
need for all those idiotic laws that actually try to help people become happy.
Those dumb lazy poor people who are couch potatoes are a primary example of
the dangers of happiness. They've got everything they need and are happy and
just look at them.
If you agree, we strongly urge you to forward this to as many people as you
can. No, you don't have to, and nothing tragic will befall you should you
not forward it. We just think it is about time common sense is allowed to
flourish - call it the age of treason revisited.