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It was another Ceausescu moment. The congressman had no clue the people of his district weren't interested in the federal government concerning itself with the education of their children.

The Declaration of Independence says governments are created to secure our rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. In other words, to leave us the hell alone. That is what makes for American Exceptionalism, despite President Obama's claim that all nations are exceptional. No, they are not, not in the way America is.