November 2009 / vol. 6 issue 3
Declaration of Independents
When in the Course of national events it becomes necessary for people of moderate and independent perspectives to dissolve the political parties which have created an era of extremism, intolerance, and dichotomous control, and to assume among the national consciousness the separate and equal nature which clear and reasoned thought will conclude they deserve, a decent (though seemingly unrequited) respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to reject the partisan viewpoint.
These truths are self-evident, that all men are created equal and distinct, that they posses certain and unalienable universal Rights, that among these are Reasonable Thought, Independent Opinion, and the right to reevaluate and reassess their conclusions with true and unbiased Facts. — That Political Parties are instituted among Men, deriving their power from the ability to gather like minded individuals and grant them significant voice and political power, — That whenever any party becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to find a different perspective more suited to their ideals. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that political opinion in the modern world is ephemeral and mercurial in speed and nature, and that while Government should remain largely resistant to such light and transient causes, the Political Parties that claim to be direct representatives of the people’s Opinion should not. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations by these parties, pursuing invariably the same Objectives of a small but rabid Extreme and enabled by largely docile moderate members, it is not only the right, it is the duty of all free-thinking supporters to resist the coercion, derision, and hollow promises of their past allegiance and discard their previous party label. Crimes and Wrongs against the American populace have been committed by both the Democratic and Republican parties:
They have committed the most blatant and flagrant Acts of Hypocrisy by deploring the actions and tactics of the opposition while instituting identical strategies.
They have co-opted the National Press and rendered it nothing more than thinly disguised propaganda wings spewing nothing but the party line, selective and edited facts, and opinion-as-fact interpretations of current events.
They have reduced Political Discourse and Reasoned Debate into spurious accusations, ad hominem attacks, fear-mongering, and conspiracy theory.
They have poisoned the minds of their supporters against the opposition until labels such as ‘conservative’ and ‘liberal’ are frequently used not as descriptions of perspective but as vituperations and insults.
They have given greater value to the threats and demands of a fanatic and vocal minority than to the opinions of a quieter majority.
They have directly equated the success or failure of the opposition with the defeat or victory of their own party, regardless of the consequences of that outcome for the country.
They have never admitted to fault or mistake or acknowledged the correct action of the adverse party.
They have forcibly joined separate and distinct issues of no relation to each other, thereby creating a false and unfair correlation which leaves voters with no full satisfaction as to the platforms of their representatives.
They have deflected, ignored, and trivialized honest and pertinent criticism, which more rightly should be used to improve legislation and policy instead of disregarded as being politically motivated.
They have treated the American public as childish and facile and, through that treatment, begun to render them so.
For these reasons and more, of which both organizations are Guilty and in which both are Complicit, it is begged of all intelligent, sensible, and motivated people to reconsider their Support of these two Political Machines. It is only through a mass rejection of this historical encumbrance, now rendered obsolete by modern technology and education, that the Democratic Process can reach a new horizon of responsiveness, political customization, and objectivity. The Voters of the United States of America are, and of Right ought to be, free and independent Political Actors, absolved from all allegiance to party, and that all political connection between them and the Republican or Democratic parties ought to be totally dissolved. 
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