Shriekers.
During George W. Bush’s two terms as President, not a day went by without some loudmouth on the Left shrieking, “He’s shreddddding the Constitution!†Presumably, this blather was driven by what one can only assume was a reverence for the document allegedly being “shredded.â€
One would think that the very same shriekers would welcome the Republicans’ stated intention to open this session of Congress by actually reading aloud the Constitution, the document which each and every elected representative has taken an oath to “preserve, protect and defend.†Unfortunately, bad sadly predictably, the Left views this as a Republican gimmick and has characterized the Constitution as nothing more than an old scrap of parchment that is impossible to understand with no relevance to the world today.
Where did all the Bush Era shriekers go?
If you are sufficiently illiterate to understand the language in the Constitution, despite its age, or if you believe the Constitution lacks relevance because iPhones and Twitter didn’t exist at the time of its creation, you should either take the time and effort to educate yourself, or stick to watching network TV shows and leave the important things to the grownups.
It’s pretty simple. If the Constitution means nothing, then the federal government can do whatever it wishes, whenever it wishes, however it wishes, to whomever it wishes. We appear to be heading in that direction.
It’s time for all Americans to shriek.
Jimbo,
I think it was about a year ago I said that when people started talking about getting into the streets and going after the government I used to laugh, but lacked the chuckle as I looked around at wht was happening. The complete disconnect inside the beltway continues and I really hope the Tea Party types start to turn things in the right direction before the into the streets stuff starts to happen.
Comment by mark reardon — January 3, 2011 @ 11:28 pm
Amen.
Comment by jck — January 4, 2011 @ 12:33 am
Preach it Brother!
Comment by Laughing Wolf — January 4, 2011 @ 7:21 am
“When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.”
Let us hope it doesn’t come to this, but the Constitution is a contract between the states and the Federal government, and when one party declares the “contract” null and void, well…….
We’re in for a rocky ride. Just sayin’, that’s all.
Comment by JerseyJerry — January 4, 2011 @ 11:58 pm
Right on Brotherman Jimbo…Right On!!!
Comment by Yabu — January 5, 2011 @ 8:04 am
Ezra Klein.
Can’t. Say. More.
Comment by sheri — January 5, 2011 @ 8:35 am