Groklaw: “Study Casts Doubt on the Founding Fathers,” a Parody

“Dr. Bernard Writey-Forpey, executive director of the
prestigious Institut des Études Propriétaires
Régressives has announced the results of a decade-long study
which at its root casts doubt upon the authenticity of such works
as the U.S. Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the
Magna Carta, and the constitutions of more than thirty European and
Asian countries.

“‘Over the decades and centuries of modern existence, many of
the world’s nations have looked on with envy and consternation at
the political and economic successes of such countries as the
United States, Great Britain, Japan and in particular, Finland,’
Writey-Forpey reports. The gestalt upon which he bases his claims
rest in the writings contained within the pages of the 1604
compendium ‘A Table Alphabeticall,’ compiled by author Robert
Cawdrey…”

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