Taken for Granted

We as Americans tend to take far too much for granted, is too trusting of our government and believe the rest of the world knows nothing. Americans believe that the world revolves around us and if the rest of the world complains it is something that they are doing wrong not us. It has become so bad, that our government can openly break international laws while attempting to mislead the world of why it is taking such actions. Not only did we allow our government to lie to the entire world, we allowed them to lie to us. I find that to be truly sad, for we all have become so complacent with our government that we have forgotten the meaning behind these 110 words. “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. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.” As most of my fellow citizen, I have heard this part of the Declaration of Independence recited many times and never paid much attention to the meaning of the words. I doubt if many of us have in the last three decades, for as I said we take things for granted.