June 1st, 2012
By Johnny Tremaine -- President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, freeing the slaves and granting them the same rights and freedoms as all other Americans. This is a time in which Republicans -- in service to their economic royalist, corporate masters, have once again slipped over the edge into fascism -- and have put democracy in great peril. We are already in the midst of a civil war in the struggle to determine the future of democracy and the course of and the future of America and democracy.
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The Emergency Manager law of Michigan is nothing more than a law abolishing democracy and declaring the governor king! Except in this case, the king serves at the pleasure of and is owned by the economic royalists -- and his sole purpose as governor is to do whatever their hearts desire -- the the detriment of everyone else -- up to and including the confiscation of services and property owned by the public -- to give them to the rich so they can do with it as they wish.
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We are calling -- today -- for the President of the United States, Barack Obama -- to issue an Emancipation Proclamation for the Citizens of the State of Michigan -- to free the citizens of the state of Michigan from the tyrannical, totalitarian rule of its anti-democratic governor and its fascist, Republican controlled state legislature -- and begin the process of restoring democracy in Michigan -- and throughout the United States -- and for the express purpose of drawing a line in the sand to let the plutocrats and corporatists know that enough is enough -- and that we are going no further down this road to corporate rule and the subversion of democracy -- which is obviously their goal.  You may be rich -- but you are not our damn kings -- and you are not royalty who are above the law.  We understand that the wealthy do not need democracy -- because they have plenty of influence and privilege -- but the rest of us do -- and we need government, for obvious reasons -- as a counter-balance and to rein in and regulate those who would abuse their wealth and power to distort political ideas, government policy positions, and to make laws that benefit the wealthy -- to the detriment of everyone else in our society. Enough is enough! Free Michigan!
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If this is what it has come down to -- Civil War. The rich and their lackeys against the rest of us? Then let's quit pretending and making nice about it.  If this is the battle they want -- then let us begin!