Seen the light
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Fri Sep-16-05 12:40 PM
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Have you heard of this Constitution Day thing? |
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Starts in about 20 minutes. According to Bush, every American should recite the preamble to the constitution simultaneously at the top of the hour. My girlfriend is dragging me to this thing in a few minutes.
I sure am glad Bush has the money to fund an official Constitution Day celebration, but can't adequately fund the levees that protected NO.
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Fri Sep-16-05 12:44 PM
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Bush can instate a Constitution Day, but completely ignores the actual document :eyes:
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Fri Sep-16-05 12:47 PM
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2. Robert Byrd of West Virginia did that. |
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Edited on Fri Sep-16-05 12:49 PM by MissMarple
He is passionate about the Constitution, and believes, rightly IMHO, that the schools need to teach it more.
Also, the Preamble would be a good replacement for the pledge.
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Fri Sep-16-05 12:52 PM
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4. Here you go. The Preamble: |
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Edited on Fri Sep-16-05 01:50 PM by MissMarple
"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, 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." :)
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Fri Sep-16-05 12:49 PM
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3. Constitution Day: *'s Way of Commemorating the Dead. |
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Fri Sep-16-05 12:54 PM
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5. Reciting the preamble makes sense. |
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After the "Patriot" Act and five years of Bush*, it is the only part of the Constitution left intact.
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Fri Sep-16-05 01:00 PM
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6. I'd rather say that than the pledge... |
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And if the kids had trouble remembering it, they could listen to the Schoolhouse Rock song. That's how I learned it and I was 8 - I can still recite it to this day because of that song! :)
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