Why did the founders of our nation give us the Bill of Rights? The answer is easy. They knew Congress could not be trusted with our God-given rights. Think about it. Why in the world would they have written the First Amendment prohibiting Congress from enacting any law that abridges freedom of speech and the press? The answer is that in the absence of such a limitation Congress would abridge free speech and free press. That same distrust of Congress explains the other amendments found in our Bill of Rights protecting rights such as our rights to property, fair trial...
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Why a Bill of Rights?
The American electorate is to blame for Che-Guebama in the White House. For too long the public has been willfully ignorant, puposely lazy, and generally apathetic in the face of ongoing govt. stupidity ... it is high time for a drastic change.
Step 1) FIX or DUMP the public school system, which is just about useless, if not dangerous.