Once long ago, I was in a barracks bull-session that turned political. So, I decided to mess with the minds of these beer-swilling, NASCAR-obsessed brother NCO’s of mine.
I put forth the question, “Which amendment to the Constitution has caused the most damage to America?”
One jackass said “The Second!” Another said the First. One said the Fourth.
I deadpanned to the group, “You’re all wrong. It’s the Nineteenth.”
You cannot believe the blank stares I got from the crowd; none of them knew the Constitution. So, I explained it:
“All of our problems in modern times can be traced to the day we gave women the right to vote.”
And there were silent, sage nods from the group.
I think the seventeenth gives the nineteenth a good run for the money.