What is Happening
Aug 13th, 2007 by Randy Toman
Does anyone know what is going on?
- The most important legal document in American history is the United States Constitution.
- … A (2006) survey found that while 22% of American could name all five family members of the irreverent cartoon TV show “The Simpsons” only one in 1000(one-tenth of one percent) could name all five of the freedoms guaranteed in the first amendment. Only one in four Americans was able to name even one of these five important freedoms (freedom of speech, religion, press, freedom of assembly and petition for redress of grievances)!
- When given a list of possible rights to choose from the people surveyed did not do much better. One in five thought the right to own a pet was a protected First Amendment right.
- These appalling results demonstrate a tragically widespread ignorance of our basic American freedoms.
These few sentences are quoted from the Introduction page 1 of the book “Understanding the Constitution” copyrighted 2006 and written by David Gibbs Jr. & David Gibbs 3rd.
I have tried to show in the first two postings how the politicians and religion have failed the American people. The American people themselves don’t seem to be fairing too much better. We must increase this knowledge and understanding that the American citizens have with regards to government. If we don’t the American governing system as our founding father envisioned and established it will crease to exist.
I ask you a very simple question. Why should the politician listen to any of their constituents if they know we are ignorant of what is going on and how our constitution works? The politician just gives us a bunch of four syllable words along with some words that sound technical and sophisticated with some good voice inflection and finally throw in some meat (pork) and BINGO everything will be business as usual. We have been handed, on a silver platter, a blue ribbon snow job.
If you add this to the entertaining TALK SHOW HOSTS, who call themselves conservatives, the liberal news media, liberal organizations like the ACLU, the wimpy Republican Party, and finally the Democratic Party who want to tax and spend everyone’s money but there own. You can see we have a real problem here in the good old USA. You know to be honest I’m having a hard time figuring out exactly who I should be blaming for this mess. The horrible thing is I keep coming back to me. The other thing is, and this is even more horrible, some people think there is really nothing wrong and go merrily on their way.
Have heard several of the Talk Show Hosts say on their programs that the economy is in good shape. Just today (8/13) I heard one of them say that consumer spending was up and the economy was robust. Now I ask you how can that be. Did any of you see or hear about the USA owing China 900 billion dollars? Did you hear what the President of the Federal Reserve Branch in Dallas Texas told the folks? We have an 85 +/- trillion-dollar Social Security and Medicare liability that is not funded. What about, the police pension of Allentown with its’ 100 million dollar liability which is not funded, so I heard on the radio(8/9). If that isn’t enough, we have a wide open border with about anybody and everybody coming across and to make matters worst some of those guys want to blow us up, you know kill us. Now if any one thinks I said an untruth please do correct me. In the mean time I wish the Republican Party would start taking a few of these problems seriously. Anyone have any suggestion on how we might get out of this mess—- that is if you think we are in a mess?