Declaration of Indepedence Twitter Style

Thanks to Tristan Louis for a laugh from his ">recent posting of The Independence #140 Style - in other words, if our founding fathers had Twitter. I have re-published his amusing account below. Found in the Twit­ter archives from July 4, 1776.

* inde­pen­dence would be a good idea. #inde­pen­den­cenow http://bit.ly/usdoi * The gov­ern­ment should not mess with our rights to life, lib­erty and the pur­suit of hap­pi­ness. #abol­ish­gov http://bit.ly/usdoi * No one’s above the law #kingge­orge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi * He’s neglect­ing us #kingge­orge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi * He wants us to give up our rights in exchange for help #kingge­orge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi * Tweetup was too far #kingge­orge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi * Our friends were pushed out #kingge­orge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi * No rep­re­sen­ta­tion for us #kingge­orge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi * The king’s steal­ing our money and not let­ting us run things #kingge­orge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi * Judi­cial rep­re­sen­ta­tion now! #kingge­orge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi * Stop gov cor­rup­tion #kingge­orge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi * Stop gov abuse #kingge­orge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi * Why is there an army on my street? #kingge­orge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi * Why is the mil­i­tary not inde­pen­dent? #kingge­orge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi * Eng­land armies out of colonies now! #kingge­orge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi * stop eng­lish army abuse now #kingge­orge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi * let our mar­kets be free #kingge­orge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi * Stop eng­lish taxes in the colonies #kingge­orge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi * We want juries of our peers #kingge­orge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi * Don’t change juris­dic­tions on us #kingge­orge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi * We are not Canada #kingge­orge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi * Give us our laws and char­ters back!!! #kingge­orge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi * Give us our leg­is­la­ture back!!! #kingge­orge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi * You want war? Then we quit! #kingge­orge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi * Say not to death and destruc­tion #kingge­orge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi * Mer­ce­nar­ies out of the colonies now! #kingge­orge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi * Friends should not be forced to turn on friends #kingge­orge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi * The king’s not fos­ter­ing law and order #kingge­orge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi * We’ve tried talk­ing this out but he won’t lis­ten #kingge­orge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi * We called, we wrote and only received insults as replies #kingge­orge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi * Our friends in the UK also tried but no one lis­tened so war it is http://bit.ly/usdoi * Inde­pen­dence now #tweetup #gousa http://bit.ly/usdoi * Let’s hope this works out #gousa http://bit.ly/usdoi