Political Post

 

When in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the Earth, the separate and equal Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the Separation.

We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

I started this blog with the intention of posting student projects, commenting on educational issues, Black and White photography, and any and all things I monkey around with or find interesting. I hadn't really planned on making political statements. But as it says in the Declaration of Independence above, when in the course and all that.

The Bill of Rights, or the first ten amendments to the Constitution, should be our guarantee that the federal government will be held in check and the people in Washington doing us the most harm have sworn an oath to uphold the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. However, if you read the 10th amendment, they seem to have either forgotten about their oath, or have just chosen to ignore it in order to have more power over we the people.

I don't know what I can do personally to change what's taking place or correct what has already happened - no point trying to list those things, there's just too many of them. I don't see how we can vote our way out of this mess, either. We can only vote for who's on the ballot, and at this time, we don't get much to choose from. And there's now plenty of evidence the outcome of the last election wasn't exactly on the up and up anyway.

I have a relatively small audience here, so I'm not going to be able to have much effect on changing things with this post, but I urge all of you to do whatever you can to stop the madness that's destroying our country.

OK, I'm done for now. Regular programming will resume shortly.