Today of all days!

Friday-March 4, 2011

Today, of all days!

On today’s date, in 1789, our first Congress declared the Constitution in effect. There were nine Senators and thirteen Representatives who voted and who stood with each other to bring the words of freedom and liberty to a newly formed country.

Of all days that should be noted in history and should be celebrated with a national holiday, March the fourth has just become another day on the calendar.

I could be writing about how Jefferson and Madison took a role in the Constitution and how Washington viewed it as sacred and something that he would never walk away from. I could be writing how revolution, in the minds of men, made it possible for the Constitution to be written and adopted. I could be writing about how one political party believes in its importance and how some of our leaders view it as a hindrance to their agenda.

I could be writing about how our young president was elected president by virtue of the rights that he is guaranteed as a citizen to run for office and win. I could be writing how our young president is thwarting the letter of the Constitution by the mandate that citizens purchase something, because the government tells them they have to. I could be writing about how events shape history and how some try to shape the letter of the law to fit an agenda, so that history can be made.

Today, we will see protests and demonstrations by those who say they believe in the Constitution, but at the same time they say they are being oppressed by the state, because they have to work. Today, those demonstrators side with the Unions that are anything but American made and do not support the premise of free enterprise. Those that support the union management should read about who their unions get their power from and where the power stays.

Today, we will see political victories as Republican Governors pass spending bills that will support the financial health of their states and their state citizens. This is called prosperity. This is something that is written in our founding documents.

Today, we should be discussing the powers that we have over the state and the powers the states have over the federal government as outlined in the Constitution. We should remind ourselves that our forefathers were afraid that some might abuse the power that is granted. Today, we should remind ourselves that power is not exclusive and that power does corrupt those in power. This is something our forefathers knew to be certain.

Today, 222 years ago the powers of government and the rights of citizens were voted on and passed. Those that voted wanted a republic and the best that could come from that republic, so that their posterity would enjoy the same. When political powers thwart and bend the words that make up that document we all suffer. We have the right to change it because the words say we can. So why not change the words, if the opposing agenda can stand on its own merit? The problem is that most agendas, by those who use their power, won’t stand up to that test.

This is why the powers who constantly thwart the Constitution and the meaning of the words try their best to indoctrinate and to seduce others to join movements that talk about their rights. The majority of the time the rights that the powers say they have do not exist.

Our Constitution was designed to protect those who don’t know any better. Our Constitution was designed to protect us from those that will use their power to change the country and change the system. This is why we have the courts and this is why for example a Federal Judge ruled in a declaratory judgment that the healthcare bill, which our young president passed behind closed doors, was unconstitutional. Our young president has ignored the Constitutional right of the judge to view the law and rule on the law under the Constitution. The Judge said that the government has not obeyed the ruling and that the government has seven days to appeal his ruling. So far the government has ignored the judge and is moving ahead in the implementation of the unconstitutional law that the young president favors.

The young president fit the age requirements set forth in the Constitution. The young president says that he also fits the citizenship requirements. The young president says that he is entitled to be president, because of his rights. This may be true, but our forefathers designed the Constitution to protect us from a young president of this kind.

Today, of all days, go out and celebrate your rights. Take a drive, go to a ball game, go to a protest, write your congressman, go out and yell, “I am mad as hell and I am not going to put up with this current government any longer!” These are your rights go out and enjoy them.
James Madison the father of the Constitution said: “Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.”

Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives

A footnote: Today, of all days, enjoy your rights - say a prayer of thanks for the men that knew what human rights were all about and who were brave enough to articulate them, fight for them and die for them. I say thanks, because I couldn’t write every day and build an organization that will support our rights if I were any place else on this earth.