Posted on 04/22/2015 4:17:09 PM PDT by Bigg Red
Please, if you are able, visit Washington, D.C., and see the Constitution and the Bill of Rights before Obamugabe has them shredded. When you visit the National Archives you will find them housed in the same room as the Declaration of Independence.
Although I am a Boomer who has lived in Maryland all of her life, I just saw these precious documents for the first time yesterday. Embarrassed that it has taken me so long.
We just spent a week at a DC-area private campground, a fairly affordable alternative to staying in a hotel. I highly recommend this place, Cherry Hill Campground. If you do not have camping gear, you might want to rent one of their cabins.
It is totally on our bucket list to go to a campground outside of DC and take the shuttle in to see these things. Freepermail me with where you stayed.
Saw all these documents when I was about 16. It would be very nice to see them again, but doubt I ever will.
I did it full-size on purpose. You need to see the details.
Good, thanks!
I am surprised liberals haven’t shredded it already. They see them as nothing but racist hate filled documents written by slave owner white bigots. Obammy has openly expressed his dismay at the documents. Most likely I will never see the documents. I have no plans to ever visit DC and spend a single tourist penny in that place.
Go see the constitution before Bho flushes it down the same cesspool he flushed real Kenyan birth certificate down. It is, after all, just an irrelevant outdated artifact of the Christian White European oppressor capitalist anti- jihadist dead men
As far as sentimental value, that’s nice, but the Constitution is not an artifact, it is the Supreme law of the land (Article VI Section 2). It is very current and is the ONLY legal bulwark protecting our freedom against tyranny, which are the unconstitutional acts of the federal government.
What needs to happen more than a trip to DC is everyone availing themselves of actual copies of YOUR
1) The Declaration of Independence
2) The Constitution with all the amendments
to read, study, and learn with help from writings of solid authorities like Robert Bork.
The second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence is particularly important because it lays out persuasive authority and proof of original intent for the presumption of the Constitution, as confirmed by the Ninth and Tenth Amendments, that
1) We the People are presumed to have unalienable, God-given rights and freedoms. We are born with these rights and they are not given by man.
2) The people and the states via the Constitution created the federal government. All power to the federal government is delegated by the people and states via the Constitution. There is NO presumption of federal government right or power aside from that delegated by the Constitution. If it is not a power enumerated in the Constitution, it is not a valid federal power.
3) All powers and rights not enumerated and delegated by the Constitution to the federal government or prohibited by it from the states, are reserved to the States or to the people. This is a basic underlying presumption of the Constitution.
With that groundwork laid, read and study the Constitution with helps from solid, conservative, and knowledgeable teachers and writers like Judge Robert Bork who are not liberal theorists or judicial activists. Much conventional wisdom about the Constitution in our popular culture is erroneous because it is based on federal acts and Supreme Court decisions that either ignore the Constitution altogether or change it without a valid amendment process.
The battle for OUR Constitution, and, therefore, the battle for OUR freedom, is a battle to learn, and then demand the federal government abides by the Constitution AS WRITTEN AND ORIGINALLY UNDERSTOOD AND INTENDED.
The detail is AMAZING! Took me 10 minutes to look at all that is going on!
Back in 2000, when Bork was at the American Enterprise Institute, I e-mailed him and asked if this had any implications on the concepts of nullification and secession. He didn't answer my e-mail.
I’m glad you did that. This guy produces some great political commentary.
I do believe that Lincoln would have gotten back to it.
Also, for the kids and others for Christmas or anytime, the National Archives Store - Documents is a great source. I bought a bunch of the 'blue' Constitution books. A very fun store.
Their main website Here. I had to get out of there. Could have spent a ton there. : )
Anyone going there the first time, give yourself at least a week. So much to see, we barely scratched the surface.
Yes, it is a very moving experience.
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Anyone going there the first time, give yourself at least a week. So much to see, we barely scratched the surface.
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So very true. We are already talking about another trip.
But I did get to check off another grave visited from the list of Signers of the Declaration of Independence — Elbridge Gerry. Now, I have 46 to go.
While I appreciate the sentiment that every American should see our founding documents, this over-the-top hysteria about 'shredding documents' is more crying wolf.
Personally, it's very annoying when someone decides to draw attention to something with false information.
Words mean things. Facts matter.
False information doesn't help anyone make good decisions.
/johnny
Johnny, I doubt that anyone is taking my satirical comment seriously.
Sorry for annoying you.
This is VERY common on FR with people that aren't being sarcastic. They feel a need to ignore facts or tell false stories to gain attention for their particular hobby horse.
Some times, I allow the grumpy to come out. Sorry it landed on you.
/johnny
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