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Constitution
Let me begin by expressing my hope that you, dear blog reader, will recognize and appreciate the clarity of thought and moral courage it has required to publish this historic message. It will be unpopular among the selfish and shallow thinkers (all Libertarians, most Republicans and three Democrats), but it is time for WE, THE INTELLIGENTSIA, to shoulder the responsibility that accompanies the extraordinary intelligence with which the Big Bang has endowed us. We must speak out, letting the chips fall where they may.
The first amendment to the US Constitution seems innocuous enough at first reading:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
What our founders failed to realize is that there are millions of emotionally and/or behaviorally challenged among us who may be unduly influenced to the point of violence by the critical remarks of others. These unstable unfortunates (referred to in a less-enlightened era simply as lunatics, whackos or nutjobs) may be inadvertently set off by negative or critical remarks about anything!
Let’s face it, as long as the Emotionally/Behaviorally Challenged (EBC) are among us, free speech is evil. Let us patriotic Americans turn at last to the advice good American mothers have given their children for centuries: “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all”. We must, as responsible citizens, limit our speech to being positive and non-critical. Criticizing or complaining must be recognized for the criminal act that it really is. It is time to correct the lack of vision and foresight exhibited by those who concocted the obviously obsolete document we call The Constitution (who did not understand the delicate sensibilities of the EBC and probably referred to them as “teched in the head”). Amend the First Amendment!!!!
With this blog, I am calling on our courageous Protectors in congress to step forward and co-sponsor a bill to add just one tiny little phrase to the current wording of the First Amendment: “positive, non-critical and upbeat” just prior to the word “speech”. Thus the amended amendment would read:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of positive, non critical and upbeat speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
This very clever constitutional strategy effectively circumvents the archaic, tedious and needlessly expensive process required for amending the Constitution itself. I am assured by a highly respected (but anonymous by his request) Constitutional scholar (a Harvard graduate, for gosh sakes!), that this is the quickest and most effective way to address this “critical problem” (pardon the pun): Don’t amend the Constitution, simply amend the amendment! The constitution is silent on this subject, so all that is required to accomplish this urgent change is a simple majority of Congress (and everyone knows the majority of Congress is simple.)
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We the People: Honoring Constitution Day
National Center for Constitutional Studies
WAS THE CONSTITUTION DIVINELY INSPIRED?
An interesting view on the origins of the U.S. constitution.
Dangers facing America
Constitution Day and the Perilous Future
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Publishing Company Under Fire for Putting Warning Label on Constitution
Written By: Diane Macedo
A small publishing company is under fire after putting warning labels on copies of the U.S. Constitution, Declaration of Independence and other historical documents.
Wilder Publications warns readers of its reprints of the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, Common Sense, the Articles of Confederation, and the Federalist Papers, among others, that “This book is a product of its time and does not reflect the same values as it would if it were written today.”
The disclaimer goes on to tell parents that they “might wish to discuss with their children how views on race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and interpersonal relations have changed since this book was written before allowing them to read this classic work.”
Walter Olson, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, says the company may be trying to ensure that oversensitive people don’t pull its works off bookstore or library shelves.
“Any idea that’s 100 years old will probably offend someone or other,” Olson told FoxNews.com. “…But if there’s anything that you ought to be able to take at a first gulp for yourself and then ask your parents if you’re wondering about this or that strange thing, it should be the founding documents of American history.”
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In an aarticle published at http://www.JewishWorldReview.com, Columnist Greg Crosby lays out a compelling case against the constitutionality of Obamacare:
I’m no Constitutional lawyer but it seems to me that forcing people to buy insurance under penalty of law runs contrary to the United States Constitution. That’s what ObamaCare does, it makes health insurance mandatory. You must buy it or the government will penalize you. This mandate alters individual freedom like never before in our country’s history. It expands the federal government’s authority over American citizens to the extent that is downright spooky.
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As our founders set it up, the federal government was supposed to have limited, enumerated powers while the states retain broad regulatory authority. This formed the basis of American liberty. In the Federalist Papers James Madison wrote, “[I]n the first place it is to be remembered that the general government is not to be charged with the whole power of making and administering laws. Its jurisdiction is limited to certain enumerated objects.”
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This abuse of federal power over states authority is why thirteen (so far) state Attorneys General are calling this an unprecedented exercise of state power and have filed law suits against the feds. Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty says he plans to sue over the federal health care law as well. “The federal government is now requiring citizens under penalty of a fine to buy a good or a service, and we think that’s an unprecedented overreach by the federal government into the lives of individual citizens,” he said.
Under ObamaCare almost every U.S. citizen must buy health insurance or be punished by an annual tax penalty that will be, within 6 years, $750 or 2% of your total income, whichever is higher. And it’s the IRS that will come after you – it has been reported that they will be hiring an additional 16,000 agents specifically for health care oversight.
The Wall Street Journal has stated, “Never before has Congress required people to buy a private product to qualify as a law-abiding citizen.” If Congress can force Americans to buy a product, then the whole idea of limited federal powers becomes null and void. Today you must buy health insurance and tomorrow you must buy �what? What is to prevent Congress mandating Americans to buy whatever they deem to be important at any given time? Where will it stop? Will we be required to join health clubs under penalty of law?
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ObamaCare is only the start of a brand new America. An America far different from the one in the history books, certainly far different from the America envisioned by our founding fathers. ObamaCare is the beginning of unlimited Congressional power to regulate individual Americans. The government controlling the people. Sound like something out of Communist Russia? Yep, sure do to me.
HOPE and CHANGE, eh? The only thing we can HOPE for now, is that this particular CHANGE can be repealed before we wake up one day to an America that too closely resembles the places our forefathers risked their lives trying to escape from.
Please read the entire article here:
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/crosby040910.php3
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