As millions of Americans celebrated this past weekend’s 4th of July Independence Day festivities, one particular American, and member of the U.S. House of Representatives, wrote an op-ed in the Huffington Post stating  that he would like to see a new Declaration of Independence drawn up.

To be fair, Rep. Alan Grayson (D) did not write that he wanted to scrap and replace the Declaration of Independence, he just opined about what he would like a newer, more current event-focused declaration penned.

You know where this is going. What are the chances that Grayson names the Boogeyman?

Here is Grayson’s entire “Declaration of Independence” followed up by my one take one each of his points.

Grayson first cites none other than Big Government President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

 

Here is what Grayson suggested:

We need a new declaration of independence. FDR took a stab at this, with his “Four Freedoms.” Freedom of speech. Freedom of worship. Freedom from want. Freedom from fear. That’s a good start.

But now, eight decades later, we need to declare our independence from other forms of oppression.

We hereby declare our independence from bigotry, in all its evil forms.We declare our independence from racism, sexism, homophobia, language discrimination and chauvinism. Everyone has equal rights, no matter where you’re from, what you look like, what language you speak, and whom you love. Everyone deserves respect.

There it is, the gay issue.

We hereby declare our independence from narrow-minded, extremist or violent religious fundamentalism. We live in a land where church and state are separate. Religious belief, no matter how sincere, is no license to dictate to others whether to terminate a pregnancy, whether to use contraception, or whom to marry. Earlier this year, I placed my hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution; I didn’t place my hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible.

In a nutshell, Grayson tackles Abortion, Hobby Lobby, Obamacare, and gay marriage, all in one sentence. This country was founded on Judeo-Christian beliefs, right?

We hereby declare our independence from the greedy. Malefactors of great wealth have no right to buy and sell elected officials thorough the legalized bribery of “independent expenditures.” They have no right to despoil our land and our water, the air we breathe and the food we eat. They have no right to manipulate or gut our laws in order to increase their lucre. They have no right to jack up the price of what we buy, or determine what we see on TV or on our computer screens.

Here Grayson seems a little angry about the SCOTUS decision in favor of Citizen’s United.

We hereby declare our independence from 1984-style surveillance. Neither the government nor a private company has any reason to monitor the activities of innocent people, without their express, informed and freely given consent. Who I’m with, what I say, what I buy, what I read; that’s none of anyone else’s business. Privacy — the fundamental right to be left alone — is an essential part of what it means to be a human being.

I tend to agree with Grayson on this one.

We hereby declare our independence from exploitation. Bad bosses are today’s King George. They want to work employees as hard as they can, and pay them as little as possible in return. They call the difference profit. If workers are organized, they can fight back. But if not, then they need legal protection from exploitation. If you have a job, you should have a living wage, and time-and-a-half for overtime.

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