You do not have the right to a new
car, big screen TV or any
other form of wealth. More power to you if you
can legally acquire them,
but no one is guaranteeing anything.
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.
You do not have the right to free
food and housing. Americans
are the most charitable people to be found, and
will gladly help anyone in
need, 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.
You do not have the right to free
health care. That would be
nice, but from the looks of public housing, we're
just not interested in
public health care.
You do not have the right to
physically harm other people. If
you kidnap, rape, intentionally maim, or kill
someone, don't be surprised
if the rest of us want to see you fry in the
electric chair.
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.
You don't have the right to demand
that our children risk
their lives in foreign wars to soothe your aching
conscience. 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
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.
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.