I chose to divide this into 2 parts, due to brevity and a typical American's attention span, but also to lay the framework, and now my own interpretation.
(I know, I am being redundant, but I am passionate about this topic.)
The Founding Fathers were imperfect, they allowed slavery and did not account for the Native Americans in a fair manner. Yet they built a Republic, not a democracy, in which every man could have a voice. We continue to refine the system, work out the bugs, or, in Darwinian terms "evolve."
After the Constitutional convention, a person asked Benjamin Franklin:
“Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?”
“A Republic, if you can keep it.”
Our system is not perfect, nor do I think it ever will be. And we'll always bitch about that nebulous body called "The Government." But when properly applied... we are bitching about ourselves.
I will not delve into the mechanics of the Articles of the Constitution. Find them yourself... learn them, live them. The Constitution of the United States of America
Instead, I now turn my attention to The Bill of Rights. The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. If The Constitution is the foundation, then the Bill of Rights is the first layer of bricks.
I invite you to learn the rights thus enumerated.
Oh, I hope we've all been indoctrinated. It's grade school fun. I won't go through it again right now.
Going back to my older post... read it if you're so inclined. I won't repeat it in entirety here.
Ancient Secret:
Live it. Learn it.
The rights enumerated in the "Bill of Rights" are NOT given to us by the font of all knowledge, or the creator, or whomever you think is entitled to do so.
Rather... read them as written. The "Rights" enumerated are CONSTRAINTS upon the government, not the individual.
DO NOT FORGET THIS.
As long as there are people among us who hold true to this fact, there is hope for us retaining our republic.
-- Sam
Part I
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