Old rights: something you and I both have.
New “Rights”: something you have that I want. And can get government to take from you and give to me.
Our elites keep trying to get us to trade our ancient rights for these shiny new rights, such as this:
Old rights: Freedom of Speech
New “Rights”: My Freedom Not to be Offended by your Freedom of Speech
Some other examples:
Old rights: involved telling King George to go to hell
New “Rights”: involves going to the Chinese with hat in hand
Old rights: the American Dream
New “Rights”: the Soviet Daydream
Old rights: for American citizens
New “Rights”: for rocks, insects, plants, dirt and terrorists
Old rights: written in the Bill of Rights
New “Rights”: written on back of Bill Clinton’s Playboy
Old rights: in black and white for all to see
New “Rights”: in invisible ink only liberals can read
Old rights: Free to take a wife
New “Rights”: taking free Wi-Fi
Old rights: defended by judges
New “Rights”: invented by judges
Old rights: women kept barefoot, pregnant and non-employed
New “Rights”: women kept barefoot, pregnant, unemployed and unmarried
Old rights: self-evident
New “Rights”: self-centered
Old rights: came with duties
New “Rights”: come with mandates
Old rights: trademarks
New “Rights”: earmarks
Old rights: petition the Government for redress
New “Rights”: petition the Government to cross-dress
Old rights: freedom to fail or prosper
New “Rights”: Too Big to Fail
Old rights: teach your children
New “Rights”: sue your parents
Old rights: minorities count as 3/5ths of a person–very wrong
New “Rights”: minorities count as 1 and 3/5ths of a person–still wrong
Old rights: Consent of the governed
New “Rights”: Permission From the Government Required
Old rights: marriage entirely between a man and a woman
New “Rights”: marriage between entire zip codes
Old rights: Bail-out over Normandy
New “Rights”: Bail-out over Detroit
Old rights: a Norman Rockwell painting
New “Rights”: a Shepard Fairey copyright infringement poster
Old rights: inalienable rights
New “Rights”: inalienable aliens
Old rights: The Takings Clause
New “Rights”: Taking, just because
Old rights: endowed by our Creator
New “Rights”: created by Harvard’s endowment
Old rights: The Grand Army of the Potomac
New “Rights”: An Army from the Potomac Arrayed Against Anyone Making More Than $250 $200 $100 $88 Grand
Old rights: John Hancock
New “Rights”: Johnny Cochran
Old rights: John Wayne
New “Rights”: John Wayne Gacy
Old rights: “Congress shall make no law…”
New “Rights”: Congress shall make no sense.
Old rights: The Three Branches of Government
New “Rights”: Larry, Curly and Moe
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Old Rights and New Rights
Noel at Cold Fury posts a handy conversion guide from 'old rights' to 'new rights':
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