On the campaign trail in the past few weeks, whenever President Obama quoted (paraphrased is more like it) from the Declaration of Independence, he omitted “by their creator” as being the source that endows us with our unalienable rights. This left the onlooker free to decide for him or herself who exactly endows them their rights — be it a tree, a god, 1972 Buick Skylark, or most importantly, an all-knowing, all caring, all-giving federal government.
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