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To: The Working Man
I wonder what the Constitution would look like if it was written today

If it were written by Bambi and his czars, it would have lots and lots of blank spaces -- to be filled in by them, whenever....

37 posted on 04/04/2012 5:15:59 AM PDT by Jerrybob
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To: Jerrybob

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“I was speaking the other day to my friend Charles who’s a very intelligent man; in fact, a brilliant polyglot, who opined that the U.S. Constitution, like the Declaration of Independence, is written in language that is far too difficult for the average person to understand. Now, this man can best me in many, many languages, especially New Testament Greek, but I told him in plain English that this is simply not so.

While it’s true that the Declaration was crafted in language designed to compete with and impress the Crowned Heads of Europe and was thus replete with flowery verbiage — my favorite is “consanguinity” — the Constitution was written to and for the American people in a manner they could easily understand. Indeed, its supporters and detractors waged the war over its ratification in the nation’s newspapers, which were eagerly consumed by a rapt citizenry.

Unfortunately down through the decades, our betters in Academia — who believe that it is outdated and irrelevant anyway — have convinced the rest of America that the Constitution, which consists of six typewritten pages, is far too complex for anyone to even attempt to digest; a ploy that has succeeded beyond even their wildest dreams.”.....


38 posted on 04/04/2012 5:20:56 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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