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The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
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. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor. |
| Jul 04, 2010 by Manitou |
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We have started a Public Battlefield Bad Company 2 server running Hardcore RUSH mode! Feel free to drop by and check it out.
Name: DragonWolves Lair Central Hardcore
IP: 67.222.138.104
Port: 19567
Type: BFBC2 Rush Hardcore
Also become a fan of the CDL on Facebook to follow our team!
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| Mar 12, 2010 by Hamma |
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Once a year the world--no matter what religion, what faith, what creed--slows in the daily bustle of life during this time. Whether you acknowledge the birth of Jesus as a historical event, or whether even you agree that He is the Savior of the world, all mankind must acknowledge His affect on the human race.
This time of the year reminds us of love, peace, and general good will towards men. Although we understand that sickness, war, and other horrible things still march on, we take this time to dwell on the good that we can find.
Personally I wish each member of this gaming team a Merry Christmas. You all know where I stand on this subject, so there is no need for me to elaborate. But my deepest, deepest desire is that each of you pause for a moment to explore what it is that will bring love, peace, and good will towards men. I know I will and I take this moment to wish you all the blessings this momentous birth bring.
You are all my dearest friends and I do thank God for the privilege of knowing each of you. |
| Dec 23, 2009 by Manitou |
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The CDL salutes those that fell on this fateful day eight years ago. We also salute and honor those that have fallen since as we fight the Long War.
We must never forget that those who did this are not done. Eternal vigilance is essential. |
| Sep 11, 2009 by Manitou |
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So the "game-tweens" have roosted upon my shoulder. I don't say this lightly, as this is a terrible burden to bear! When your blood is tinged with the indelible hue of PC gaming, and there isn't some mouse-popping, keyboard slamming game that has gripped your heart, you experience gaming anemia. Because your blood has been weakened by a lack of this necessary vitamin, a myriad of infirmities may grip you.
About that time is when the dark wings of the game-tweens carry their foreboding message to your ear, alighting upon your shoulders with an unbearable weight. Its like staring at a thousand games of Monopoly/Scrabble that you have been commanded/sentenced to play--BOARD GAMES. Have you ever been on fire? Me neither, but I imagine it is a comparable pain, although the fire will eventually go out.
Okay, so true, there are games to be played. I won't argue that! Right now I am playing some CoD:4 (which is a blast), checking out AA3 (no comment NDA), hitting the nostalgia pipe and toying with Civ IV...all of these providing some of the medicine to allay the total shutdown of my system.
But here is the kicker--[I]gaming isn't gaming unless your teammates are there by your side[/i]. Yes, I am sweating out the fever of the game-tweens and occasionally finding relief from the twitching that is symptomatic of this heinous affliction. But without Dragon Wolves alongside me--and let me just say: THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR A PLATOON OF HOWLING DRAGON WOLVES IN ASSAULT MODE--my blood remains diluted.
I need a remedy for the game-tweens. I have to have something that can inject the nutrients that my gamers' blood requires. Somebody dial 911...there has to be somebody out there with the answer. |
| May 27, 2009 by Manitou |
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So we were aggregating some RSS feeds for our newswire which was all well and dandy until it started crashing our Web Server. As such you will only see CDL news here from now on.
Hopefully we can get more than one post in a year! |
| Apr 08, 2009 by Hamma |
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