Ray, I don't want to demean your Declaration of Independence in any way because it is one of the finest statements in any language.
However, I would modify the following paragraph from your posting in the following way: <<<< An American is from the most prosperous land in the history of the world. The root of that prosperity can be found in the Declaration of Independence, which recognizes the God given right of each person the pursuit of happiness . . . . and the guaranteed availability of a sufficiency of cheap oil from both domestic and Saudi Arabian sources for most of the last century. >>>> Keith Hudson ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Keith Hudson, General Editor, Handlo Music, http://www.handlo.com 6 Upper Camden Place, Bath BA1 5HX, England Tel: +44 1225 312622; Fax: +44 1225 447727; mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
