The United States of America is the first country in modern times to be a truly representative state, with no monarchs or kings ruling over it. This happened shortly after they gained their independence from the state of England, or, as we know it today, Great Britain. While this revolution happened hundreds of years ago, the men who negotiated and lead this new country decided that they had to leave a legacy of equality and egalitarianism that would last long after the revolutionary spirit would be gone. They enacted the first laws of the United States, the Bill of Rights or the first 10 amendments.
The first 10 amendments were written with the common man in mind. Quick in the memory of all the different delegates from each of the 13 original states was the tyrannical oppression under the rule of a unelected and irreplaceable king. These delegates might in the Constitutional Conventions in 1787. Here, the drafted the Constitution, which was a sort of mission statement and business plan of the newly formed country. In addition to making the rules on how the government would divide up federal powers, the Founding Fathers wrote an additional number of amendments to protect civil liberties for all.
The first 10 amendments protect a variety of rights that have now become so prevalent that it is nearly impossible to imagine a world where such rights were luxuries or dreams. These rights in the first 10 amendments include such things as the freedom of speech and the press. Before this, it would be possible for the government to arrest you just based on whatever you were saying, if they didn’t like it. Other rights, such as freedom of religion, made the United States of America the most popular destination for many persecuted peoples all over the world, as it still does today.
In fact, the legacy of the first ten amendments are perhaps the greatest innovation created by the United States for the rest of the world. These Bill of Rights, as they are commonly called, are the foundation for civil rights in nearly every free country today. While the Bill of Rights is a term for only the first 10 amendments, there are no 27 adopted amendments that have been added leading up to present day. With these amendments in place, American citizens are guaranteed a great degree of personal freedom and equal rights that no neighbor or government official can take away from you. It is the core of your democracy and should be celebrated in schools, homes and churches.
I believe we should be thankful for these 10 amendments however the govt seems to want to keep chipping away at our rights. I can remember no president taking as many of our constitutional rights as did George Bush with the Patriot Act. Almost as bad was the secret report from the Missouri Information Analysis Center(MWIAC). Unfortunatly Bush tried to keep this report hidden. Sheesh, now you can be stopped as a suspected terrorist for having a bumper sticker that says “Give me liberty or Give me death”.
Now isn’t that a damn shame that one of our most famous patriots said something and now repeating it makes you a terrorist in the eyes of the police. People are getting stopped for what their bumper stickers say. It was first brought to my attention in a Shreveport TV news report. Seems they’d stopped a man for having a “This vehicle protected by Smith and Wesson”. The police said it was a legitimate stop based on the bumper sticker as the man could have had illegal guns in the car based on the bumper sticker.
Methinks we need to vote all the bastards out and start over. However the first thing we do is pass four laws. Term limits of two terms just like the president and no lawyers allowed to run for office. Paid lobbyists become illegal as does taking so much as one penny from any kind of lobbyist. Last but not least we pass a law that says anyone who votes for a war has to send all of their relatives between 17 and 55 off to fight in the war.
Lol, how can we do all of that as it’s all illegal isn’t it? Heh, we do it the same way the govt does. It’s legal because we the people say it’s legal. If it’s okay for our govt to do things that are outlawed by our constitution why isn’t it legal for everyone?
Think this is all a bunch of crap. Go do a search on “Bumper stickers” +arrested and read some of the articles on the loss of freedom to display your own opinion on the bumper of your car.
Oh, and the bumper sticker that got the man stopped contained a quote from Patrick Henry. Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death. Damn shame ain’t it?
