What are your opinions on Pres-Elect Obama calling for a "New Declaration of Independence"?

Independence from what? England? The declaration of independence was to declare our independence & right to no taxation without representation... from England... it's a historical document from a historical moment in history... it had it's place in history... So maybe I don't understand... he wants to rewrite history to suit himself?

Kind of a scary thing for a president to suggest... Is he really that egotistical & full of himself?

Not the picture of a public servant at all.

How will this time, effort, & manpower spent on this do anything for the economy... unless we want to become less dependent on foreign oil & goods?

Yet egotists who want to gain for themselves always undercut the American workers...

I'm hoping he'll prove all the nay sayers wrong & show himself to be for the general small town American workers... He may be a democrat yet he's certainly different... & he's in office, lets see what he'll do for us, no use complaining unless he makes impeachable mistakes... but rewriting history makes no sense & is of course out of the question.

If he wants to motivate & unite Americans, there are other ways that actually make more sense... such as addressing the roots of the economic problems...

Why do we buy everything from wal mart from foreign made companies & why do we buy foreign cars & oil & why do we invest in foreign companies & then expect to be the world super power? We have the intelligence in this country to do better if we have the will & determination & the love, respect & care for one another... but as long as we want to see our neighbor bite the dust & we strive with one another with a poor & cut through attitude in the work places... we will continue to be effected negatively. We need to unite & help & care about each other, or we will be overtaken by those who don't care about us... & we need policy makers who are for us rather than for our dollars & foreign investments until we're all dried up... The policies in place which we've held need changed & then we might have the manpower & resources for real improvement if we act now before our people grow too weakened by lack & want.

Leave history: change the policies Mr. Obama!

(you too Americans) The wake up call has been sounded so wake up... pay attention to what you buy from where & who has a job & where because of your purchases... & who will care for the US if the US will not.

We are capable, but we need the right attitude to go along with it to live up to our potential... or we're going to grow old & perish as a nation.

Or perhaps the world loves us so much they will keep making computers & games & cars etc for US just as good Samaritans & never expect anything in return.

How do you count the cost of buying & investing foreign? It's incalculable.

As opposed to some of our money going to a local company for the things we need, who will in return be willing to buy supplies from the company you work for, which makes valuable & needed supplies locally... this is unity... & independence. & this is good business... Buying from those who will not support us because we have nothing to pay them with... is bad business folks! They may sympathize with us... but it's time we start looking at the big picture & uniting for ourselves as a nation... we have everything we need, but the right attitude as a nation. We want people to serve us while we complain, rather than us serving others while enduring complaint.

From this information I'm not going to assume he wants to do away with the old one, rather was just making a motivational statement. But, I think he should study the history books. Our founders founded this land primarily for religous freedom. Their idealism came from the Bible, their great nation stemmed from morality. A moral people make a healthy ecomony, if he wants to fix the ecomony, he should fix the morals.

Also... so many people are negative about Obama, I don't understand how he won.

i think all the idolatry has finally gone straight to his brain, who the hell

does he think he is, this Country has for better than 200 years had the

Declaration of Independence in Place, it is our History, and this guy has no right to try and rewrite it to his liking.

i will vehemently oppose any such undertaking., as should all Americans, we cannot allow that to happen, remember the Moderates

that ruined the Catholic church from with-in did it in small seemingly

insignificant ways, like to many statues, only dust collectors, as we the people saw our church's stripped of all our Saints, it was to late

the Moderates didn't want the real presence, the beautiful reminders

of our faith, counting on out of sight, out of mind will follow, that is what this guy plans on doing, by stripping us of our History, one Building, One Document at a time, unless he is stopped. Lest he forget

HE WORKS FOR US

I think it would be good if we returned to the America our forefathers founded, and that included one in which GOD WAS REVERED!!!!!

God was a BIG part of the America of 1776. But the America of 2009 would NOT begin to ALLOW America to return to the God of the Bible.

They don't want God allowed in Schools, Government, or our daily private lives....

Their destruction looms....

Well, if he's wanting to go back to the bicentenial era, then that's not anything NEW as he proclaims it to be. That's going back to the OLD ways, and there was a reason back then why it changed to what it is NOW.

I think Obama is wanting to change WAY TOO MUCH, and I believe it's to make this Country his own way, and it's going to lead us to detrimental times ahead.

What this nation really NEEDS is another Boston Tea Party. Taxes in this nation are out of hand. And Obama wants to raise them more ?? He is just out of touch with reality, just like most of the other politicians. Did Obama have to scrape by in his entire life, living from paycheck to paycheck, having to shop for groceries with a fistfull of coupons, wondering if he could pay his rent or his taxes? Politicans ought to have to live like this for a year before they can enter public office. If Obama is up to the challenges he faces, then God bless him and help him. If he does not turn to his Maker, and get right with the Lord, then heaven help us all. His stands on abortion and gay rights, and bigger and bigger government, his shady friends in and out of the church........well, you get the picture........he is obviously not following the God of the Bible. God help us, and may God bless America.

Our country was founded on prejudice and hypocriticsm. Those escaping religious persecution turned around and did the exact same thing. We forced the natives off of their land with lies and deception, then force.

But I think he means we need to go back to being strong and independent. But that means people must take personal responsibility. If you really analyze most of our problems on the homefront, you can trace them back to a lack of this. I don't see this generation coming up to be very willing to do that. In fact, finger pointing has gotten worse. And rationalizing that someone did something worse so their own actions aren't that bad.

How do we make people take personal responsibility? And how does someone who doesn't have that himself, inspire others to do so? Do as I say, not as I do? Again he is just full of nice words with nothing behind it.

I wish he would give us insight to what he is going to do for this country's economic problem rather than rewriting the Declaration of Independence. Then again he has to talk about something so it is just more brainwashing as he travels his train to our Capital.

This is all so reminiscent of the dawn-of-new-era public fawning that ushered in Jimmy Carter in 1977

..."Barry" has a lot to learn ! He can't tell the difference between an E-1 PFC and a W-4 Warrant Officer; let alone re-write a Document that was drafted by real American Patriots !... Fasten your seat belts America, this is going to be one hell'a'ova ride !