At 07:39 PM 11/24/2002 -0600 Dan Minette wrote:
>> The US Constitution has been subject to hundreds of years of
>> verification. It seems to work fairly well.
On the other hand, the right of Congress to declare war has been
eviscerated, the limitations on the powers of Congress in article II have
been eviscerated, the 9th and 10th amendments are virtually meaningless,
the US government now has trillions of dollars of debt, the US government
is the country's single largest operator of a pyramid-Ponzi scheme, and a
group of unelected justices overturned the electorates desire to protect
unborn human life.
In many respects, it could be argued that we could have done much better
than the US Constitution.
JDG
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People everywhere want to say what they think; choose who will govern
them; worship as they please; educate their children -- male and female;
own property; and enjoy the benefits of their labor. These values of
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duty of protecting these values against their enemies is the common
calling of freedom-loving people across the globe and across the ages.
-US National Security Policy, 2002
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