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THE NEW MATH

1. silverboom says:

   November 12, 2020 - 7:34 pm at 7:34 pm

   Be careful of “fully” accepting such prognostications. The only way to really know the constitution and its amendments is to read it.

   It is a very simple document and easy to understand. Sometimes the wording may seem a bit stilted but that’s how they wrote things back in the day. The meanings, however, are crystal clear. And for further clarification of intent, just read the Federalist papers, that lay out all of the philosophy behind their plans for a good government (oxymoron, I know, and so did the authors.) The founding fathers saw government as a necessary evil, and like fire, to be tightly controlled.

   It is the only constitution written that lays out rights as coming from God, not man. It is the only nation on earth founded on the concepts of individual liberty, freedom AND responsibility. As soon as you remove God from the equation, you then attribute your “rights” to coming from man or the state. Which means they can just as easily be taken away as bestowed. Coming from God, rights are inviolate by any man, any government.

   Three key things were known to be needed for a successful republic. First, a religious people. Second, a responsible, educated people. And third, the weapons in the hands of the citizens to protect those God-given rights from being taken away by government. Once the guns are removed, the populace is at the complete mercy of the state – or rather, they abandon their freedom for the beck and call of “safety” and “comfort” from the state.

2. silverboom says:

   November 12, 2020 - 7:39 pm at 7:39 pm

   I should add the the Declaration of Independence goes hand-in-hand with the constitution, its amendments. The first 10 amendments are known as The Bill of Rights, all of them designed to put tight RESTRICTIONS on government, not men. All that’s gone on in the U.S. since the Bill of Rights was added is that government has worked tirelessly to undo them. Sometimes aided by the courts, sometimes not. But erosion and overturning by government is still the game afoot, and we are now reduced to far less than half the country willing to fight for those rights, liberty, and freedom.

3. Chartsmaster says:

   November 12, 2020 - 8:26 pm at 8:26 pm

   Great history lesson Silverboom, thanks.