#739 + America’s INDEPENDENCE DAY 2017 + “& the pursuit of Happiness” + IWISHIKNEW + “Let America Be America Again” + “I Too Sing America” + “PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER”

Some Trump supporters

thought NPR

tweeted

‘propaganda.’

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It was the

Declaration of Independence.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/07/05/some-trump-supporters-thought-npr-tweeted-propaganda-it-was-the-declaration-of-independence/?utm_term=.1ad0ab3da65a

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INDEPENDENCE DAY

DECLARATION of INDEPENDENCE

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“We hold these truths to be self-evident,

that all men are created equal

that they are endowed by their Creator

with certain unalienable Rights,

that among these are

Life,

Liberty

and

the pursuit of Happiness.” 

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This has been called one of the best-known sentences in the English language,

containing

“the most potent and consequential words in American history”. 

The passage came to represent a moral standard

to which the United States should strive.

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This view was notably promoted by Abraham Lincoln,

who considered the Declaration of Independence

to be the foundation of his political philosophy,

and argued that

the Declaration of Independence is a statement of principles

through which the United States Constitution 

should be interpreted…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence

 

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“& the pursuit of Happiness“

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The Declaration of Independence was a collaborative, improvisational text created by visionaries of freedom.

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Thomas Jefferson’s “original Rough draught” is on exhibit

in the Library of Congress.

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“We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable;

that all men are created equal & independent,

that from that equal creation

they derive rights inherent & inalienable,

among which are

the preservation of life,

& liberty,

& the pursuit of happiness“

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XIWISHIKNEW                                                                                         Catherine L. Johnson  2011  

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“Let America Be America Again“

Langston Hughes

 

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“I Too, Sing America“

Langston Hughes 

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“PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER“

Patti Smith + Fred “Sonic” Smith  1988

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I was dreaming in my dreaming
of an aspect bright and fair
and my sleeping it was broken
but my dream it lingered near
in the form of shining valleys
where the pure air recognized
and my senses newly opened
I awakened to the cry
that the people / have the power
to redeem / the work of fools
upon the meek / the graces shower
it’s decreed / the people rule

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The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power

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Vengeful aspects became suspect
and bending low as if to hear
and the armies ceased advancing
because the people had their ear
and the shepherds and the soldiers
lay beneath the stars
exchanging visions
and laying arms
to waste / in the dust
in the form of / shining valleys
where the pure air / recognized
and my senses / newly opened
I awakened / to the cry
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The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power

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Where there were deserts
I saw fountains
like cream the waters rise
and we strolled there together
with none to laugh or criticize
and the leopard
and the lamb
lay together truly bound
I was hoping in my hoping
to recall what I had found
I was dreaming in my dreaming
god knows / a purer view
as I surrender to my sleeping
I commit my dream to you

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The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power

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The power to dream / to rule
to wrestle the world from fools
it’s decreed the people rule
it’s decreed the people rule

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LISTEN

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I believe everything we dream
can come to pass through our union
we can turn the world around
we can turn the earth’s revolution
we have the power

People have the power …

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Make🇺🇸 America🇺🇸 GR8🇺🇸

by living

your life

🚀💞🎉HAPPY🚀💞🎉

+

keep faith

in knowing

everyone’s

pursuit/practice

of

😎HAPPINESS😎

is the 

art/core of OUR

freedom

– the radiance, 

the improvisational,

the life-affirming 

the creative energy

+

                   💞the heart body soul💞

 of our

🇺🇸America🇺🇸

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                  🎉🇺🇸🚀💞🎉🇺🇸🚀💞🎉🇺🇸🚀

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                  🎉🇺🇸🚀💞🎉🇺🇸🚀💞🎉🇺🇸🚀

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happiness

 [hap-ee-nis]

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noun

1. the quality or state of being happy.

2. good fortune; pleasure; contentment; joy.

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Synonyms:

 pleasure, joy, exhilaration, bliss, contentedness, delight, enjoyment, satisfaction.

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Inauguration Day                                                                                                  Donna Dennis  2017

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America’s current POTUS is NOT a HAPPY man.

PERIOD.

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Thomas Jefferson

would NOT invite

our current POTUS

to

“sit in”/ improvise/collaborate/contribute

in the creation

of

OUR

Declaration of Independence.

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The current POTUS is an ANGRY man.

Self-centered.

The Dance of LIFE + JOY is dead in him.

Sad.

Unhealthy. 

TOXIC.

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His way or the highway!

NO moving FORWARD!

NO calling OUT the ” better angels of our Nature“!

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America’s current POTUS

 is

FIRED

as a

role model/leader/template/vision

of

 the pursuit of HAPPINESS!

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The current POTUS’

UNHAPPY

miserable energy

has a

quicksand effect

–feel/hear his energy’s

harrowing

suction sound!

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His malice 

( malice: desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another,

either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness)

 is a constant attempt/practice  

to swallow/undermine/destroy

our America’s

RADIANCY, HAPPINESS 

and 

RADICAL HOPE.

 

 

Clearly,

he has

failed + continues to fail

the practice the beautiful hurricane lamp/SOUL

of the r/evolutionary principle:

“& the pursuit of Happiness“!

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Our current POTUS

clearly, by his words/actions,

does NOT believe in:

 

IWISHIKNEW

+

“Let America Be America Again”

+  

“I, Too, Sing America”

+

“PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER”  

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We/you/I

have the POWER

of

courage/compassion/conviction

to practice/step UP

to

the r/evolutionary principles

of our America’s

Declaration of Independence!

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DANCE in Y/OUR pursuit of HAPPINESS!!!!!

DANCE to be FOREVER YOUNG + HAPPY!!!!!