I talked with a friend Wednesday, who I had not talked to for a couple of years. We talked several times over the next two and he questioned why I had not sent him any rants lately. Truthfully, I have been stressed recently and big-picture-philosophy is bumped down on the priority list when life [...]
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It absolutely kills me to see our elected leaders and representatives take the oath to defend the Constitution knowing full well that they have no intention of doing so. Within a matter of days we’ll have a new health bill that will make it a crime not to buy health insurance. Unbelievable! How in the world did we ever get to this? This bill may be argued in the Supreme Court and eventually corrected but consider all the other laws already on the books that allow the Federal Government to override the Constitution. There are many, but let me point out just one – one that the Commonwealth of Virginia has agreed to. Although local school boards are elected to control the district’s schools, they really have no power. It has been usurped by the state and federal government. The No Child Left Behind Act gives the U. S. Department of Education the power to take over any of our schools. Our state government has agreed to give away this power to control local schools in exchange for additional federal funding. Just think, we elected all these brilliant legislators! Do you know what a position description is? Should we have one for our Federal staff? Am I arrogant enough to think that I could or should write them? I think you know what one is, that we should, and likely that I am. Thankfully, some before me did a fantastic job. They wrote job descriptions for jobs which took us from a group of low value colonies to world leader in a little over 100 years. Their performance review comes at the ballot box, and like most jobs, if the boss likes you, meeting the letter of the description is less important than if not. (It pays to be drinking buddies with the boss, right up until the business goes under.) So, for reference, and without further introduction, I include, at 17 pages, The Constitution of the United States. We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. |
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