Preamble to the US Constitution rolled out on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial Oct. 20th. Wow! pics

[Kadie]

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 20: Volunteers unfurl a giant banner printed with the Preamble to the United States Constitution during a demonstration against the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall October 20, 2010 in Washington, DC. The rally at the memorial was organized by brothers Laird and Robin Monahan who spent the last five months walking from San Francisco, California, to Washington to protest the court decision, which overturned the provision of the McCain-Feingold law barring corporations and unions from paying for political ads made independently of candidate campaigns.


WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 20: Robin Monahan speaks through a bullhorn during a demonstration against the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall October 20, 2010 in Washington, DC. The rally at the memorial was organized by Monahan and his brother, Laird Monahan, who spent the last five months walking together from San Francisco, California, to Washington to protest the court decision, which overturned the provision of the McCain-Feingold law barring corporations and unions from paying for political ads made independently of candidate campaigns.


WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 20: Laird Monahan walks up the steps of the Lincoln Memorial past a giant banner printed with the Preamble to the United States Constitution during a demonstration against the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling on the National Mall October 20, 2010 in Washington, DC. The rally at the memorial was organized by Monahan and his brother, Robin Monahan, who spent the last five months walking together from San Francisco, California, to Washington to protest the court decision, which overturned the provision of the McCain-Feingold law barring corporations and unions from paying for political ads made independently of candidate campaigns.


WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 20: Paulina Perez signs a giant banner printed with the Preamble to the United States Constitution during a demonstration against the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall October 20, 2010 in Washington, DC. The rally at the memorial was organized by brothers Laird and Robin Monahan who spent the last five months walking from San Francisco, California, to Washington to protest the court decision, which overturned the provision of the McCain-Feingold law barring corporations and unions from paying for political ads made independently of candidate campaigns.


WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 20: People were invited to sign a giant banner printed with the Preamble to the United States Constitution during a demonstration against the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall October 20, 2010 in Washington, DC. The rally at the memorial was organized by brothers Laird and Robin Monahan who spent the last five months walking from San Francisco, California, to Washington to protest the court decision, which overturned the provision of the McCain-Feingold law barring corporations and unions from paying for political ads made independently of candidate campaigns.


WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 20: People were invited to sign a giant banner printed with the Preamble to the United States Constitution during a demonstration against the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall October 20, 2010 in Washington, DC. The rally at the memorial was organized by brothers Laird and Robin Monahan who spent the last five months walking from San Francisco, California, to Washington to protest the court decision, which overturned the provision of the McCain-Feingold law barring corporations and unions from paying for political ads made independently of candidate campaigns.


WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 20: Brothers Laird (L) and Robin Monahan congratulate one another after completing a cross-country walk as a protest against the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall October 20, 2010 in Washington, DC. The rally at the memorial was organized by the brothers who spent the last five months walking together from San Francisco, California, to Washington to protest the court decision, which overturned the provision of the McCain-Feingold law barring corporations and unions from paying for political ads made independently of candidate campaigns.


WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 20: A U.S. Park Police sergeant gathers up a giant banner printed with the Preamble to the United States Constitution during a demonstration against the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall October 20, 2010 in Washington, DC. The rally at the memorial was organized by brothers Laird and Robin Monahan who spent the last five months walking from San Francisco, California, to Washington to protest the court decision, which overturned the provision of the McCain-Feingold law barring corporations and unions from paying for political ads made independently of candidate campaigns.


WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 20: Volunteers help roll up a giant banner printed with the Preamble to the United States Constitution during a demonstration against the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall October 20, 2010 in Washington, DC. The rally at the memorial was organized by brothers Laird and Robin Monahan who spent the last five months walking from San Francisco, California, to Washington to protest the court decision, which overturned the provision of the McCain-Feingold law barring corporations and unions from paying for political ads made independently of candidate campaigns.

[Orrex]

1. Clearly an act of terrorism

And right in our nation's capital, of all places!

[SpiralHawk]

2. ...in order to form a more perfect union...

The k and the r.

Thank you walkers and banner bearers!

[Iggo]

12. I was humming that, too.

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. The Monahan brothers were here in August

Very impressive men. Glad to see they made it to DC.

[jaxx]

4. I didn't know about this.

Thanks and those two brothers are tops with me!

K&R

[Gabi Hayes]

5. Thanks for this! first I've heard of it. surprised no coverage on M$M?

can't imagine why......

maybe cause of the gajillions in advertising by the unnamed 'non-partisan' nonprofit groups dropped in their coffers?

no way!

[Kadie]

11. I had not heard anything either.

I just happened to stumble across the pics today.

:(

[davidswanson]

16. I posted my speech on this site

That's me on top left with backpack

[Kadie]

20. Awesome!

It must have been a wonderful experience to be there.

:hi:

[WillyT]

6. HUGE K & R !!!

:patriot:

:kick:

[ooglymoogly]

7. The police removing that piece of the constitution is a perfect

symbol of what is going on in washington.

[Spazito]

8. Kudos to the brothers!

Great pics and excellent idea by Laird and Robin Monahan. I hadn't heard about them and their cross-country walk before this, thanks for the pics, it is much appreciated.

Recommended.

[scarletwoman]

9. Beautiful! What a wonderful thing to do!

I hope the banner gets displayed permanently somewhere.

[Turbineguy]

10. That last picture....

Aren't those Muslims facing the wrong way?

[sulphurdunn]

19. Worse still,

they are committing idolatry by praying to the graven image of that Yankee, private property hating, probably mixed-blood, state's rights enemy Abe Lincoln. Who, we have discovered, was himself an atheist, homosexual Islamo-integrationist. :+

[Uncle Joe]

13. Well done.

Thanks for the thread, Kadie.:thumbsup:

[malaise]

14. K &R n/t

[felix_numinous]

15. They should now call that law

the propaganda loophole.

[txlibdem]

17. ... Promote the General Welfare ...

Sounds like health care is a guaranteed right for each US citizen by that document. What more clear definition do we need?

But the Supreme Court says you are NOT guaranteed anything of the sort.

the U.S. Supreme Court has held:

* the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution "has never been regarded as the source of any substantive power conferred on the Government of the United States or on any of its Departments";<3><4> and,
* that Associate Justice Joseph Story's construction of the Article I, Section 8 General Welfare Clause—as elaborated in Story's 1833 Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States—is the correct interpretation.<5><6> Justice Story concluded that the General Welfare Clause is not an independent grant of power, but a qualification on the taxing power which included within it a power to spend tax revenues on matters of general interest to the federal government.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Welfare_clause

Universal health care is your right. Demand it!

The common good can mean many things, but over the past dozen years repetitive themes have emerged to define the common good, including equity, fairness and the opportunity for every person to be clothed, fed, healthy, safe and free to achieve their potential.

http://www.ethicalleadership.org/programs/gracious-space/blog/a-tool-to-promote-the-common-good

Woe betide any politician, potentate, or plutocrat who continues to deny us Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

[proteus_lives]

18. Wow, cool!

Wish I could have been there.

[katty]

21. Great - need antidote to Tea Baggers --'We the People' party

[Scurrilous]

22. Kick

:kick: