We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense,[note 1] promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
This, the Preamble to the United States Constitution, as noted in the discussion of the United States Constitution, is rarely mentioned, if at all, when politicians speak about the formulation of this country.
The most powerful statement " We The People" Serves solely as an introduction, and does not assign powers to the federal government,[1] nor does it provide specific limitations on government action. Due to the Preamble's limited nature, no court has ever used it as a decisive factor in case adjudication,[2] except as regards frivolous litigation.[3
The "Founding Fathers" were mentioned by every speaker at the Republican Convention, what you didn't hear from those speakers was the term "The People", You heard "We Built It", so I ask, who built it?, Who are the individual souls that, through blood, sweat and tears, built this country, this country that yes was started by the "Founding Fathers" but if you read the Constitution, as my Republican friends like to rely with so much specificity on, the most important segments are considered the least when it comes to understanding this idea of a Democracy.
This Idea that was started by the "Founding Fathers" is to be built upon, to be formulated as this country moves through time and space. This foolishness of the idea, and mind set of taking the country "Back," back to when this was happening, or that was happening, is nothing more then an effort to restore the powers of this country to a few, and not the masses that "Built It".
This statement I heard over and over, "We Built It" I look at the person making these claims and say, tell me,what did you, not your friend who came from Columbia, nor your co-worker that came from China, "You" what did you built? What have you done, the words flow oh so smoothly from the mouth of the tax payer pay check personal, or as Ms. Rice put it, on the federal dole.
Take the word "Form" that's used in the start of the Preamble, this is a action word, to suggest a work in progress, moving ever so steadily to a more perfect Union. The "Founding Fathers" do not dictate what takes place in today's formulation of this Union, oh sure, they deserve credit for getting the ball rolling but they make it ever so clear that this "Idea" is to continue as our country continues to grow and be ever so much more exponential in it's quest for liberty for all.
The "Founding Fathers" were slave holders, do you think the "Voting Rights Act" would have passed in the Congress of 1858? The "Founding Fathers" were not supporters of a Woman's Right To Vote. How well would that debate go in the Senate of 1878.
Every four years we have a opportunity to make our ideas a reality when it comes to how our country is to be run and in which direction it should go.
We The People built this country, the Roads, the Dams, the Bridges,the Schools, every building you see and travel to and from was built by "WE THE PEOPLE".
This country wasn't empty when the first immigrants arrived in 1492, there was a race of Natives, my ancestors, who assisted in the formulation of this country at it's roots, Natives were the first slaves the so-called God fearing Christians considered to build there dream houses, but that didn't work out so well, Native Americans were familiar with the landscape, and had no problem with killing.
Africans were from a land far, far away. Not familiar with being on this soil was a great disadvantage for the slaves that landed here in the early 1500s, I think about the work those people done to build this country, the work and construction of the first farms, roads, bridges, and the dams that eventually started this country on it's path to greatness, all of the credit, and yes in my opinion, money that is due to these families, black and native, that is always over looked in the discussion of "We Built It"
This, the Preamble to the United States Constitution, as noted in the discussion of the United States Constitution, is rarely mentioned, if at all, when politicians speak about the formulation of this country.
The most powerful statement " We The People" Serves solely as an introduction, and does not assign powers to the federal government,[1] nor does it provide specific limitations on government action. Due to the Preamble's limited nature, no court has ever used it as a decisive factor in case adjudication,[2] except as regards frivolous litigation.[3
The "Founding Fathers" were mentioned by every speaker at the Republican Convention, what you didn't hear from those speakers was the term "The People", You heard "We Built It", so I ask, who built it?, Who are the individual souls that, through blood, sweat and tears, built this country, this country that yes was started by the "Founding Fathers" but if you read the Constitution, as my Republican friends like to rely with so much specificity on, the most important segments are considered the least when it comes to understanding this idea of a Democracy.
This Idea that was started by the "Founding Fathers" is to be built upon, to be formulated as this country moves through time and space. This foolishness of the idea, and mind set of taking the country "Back," back to when this was happening, or that was happening, is nothing more then an effort to restore the powers of this country to a few, and not the masses that "Built It".
This statement I heard over and over, "We Built It" I look at the person making these claims and say, tell me,what did you, not your friend who came from Columbia, nor your co-worker that came from China, "You" what did you built? What have you done, the words flow oh so smoothly from the mouth of the tax payer pay check personal, or as Ms. Rice put it, on the federal dole.
Take the word "Form" that's used in the start of the Preamble, this is a action word, to suggest a work in progress, moving ever so steadily to a more perfect Union. The "Founding Fathers" do not dictate what takes place in today's formulation of this Union, oh sure, they deserve credit for getting the ball rolling but they make it ever so clear that this "Idea" is to continue as our country continues to grow and be ever so much more exponential in it's quest for liberty for all.
The "Founding Fathers" were slave holders, do you think the "Voting Rights Act" would have passed in the Congress of 1858? The "Founding Fathers" were not supporters of a Woman's Right To Vote. How well would that debate go in the Senate of 1878.
Every four years we have a opportunity to make our ideas a reality when it comes to how our country is to be run and in which direction it should go.
We The People built this country, the Roads, the Dams, the Bridges,the Schools, every building you see and travel to and from was built by "WE THE PEOPLE".
This country wasn't empty when the first immigrants arrived in 1492, there was a race of Natives, my ancestors, who assisted in the formulation of this country at it's roots, Natives were the first slaves the so-called God fearing Christians considered to build there dream houses, but that didn't work out so well, Native Americans were familiar with the landscape, and had no problem with killing.
Africans were from a land far, far away. Not familiar with being on this soil was a great disadvantage for the slaves that landed here in the early 1500s, I think about the work those people done to build this country, the work and construction of the first farms, roads, bridges, and the dams that eventually started this country on it's path to greatness, all of the credit, and yes in my opinion, money that is due to these families, black and native, that is always over looked in the discussion of "We Built It"
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