making changes

  The Constitution was ratified and stood alone for two years.  In 1791 the Bill of Rights was added as an amendment. That came about as a result of the anti-federalists concern about a too powerful central government. The Bill of Rights were to guarantee states rights. That is a very simple explanation of what the Bill of Rights is all about. So who were the anti-federalists? Basically what we call Democrats today. And it's also why you will sometimes hear people saying, the parties flipped. In a manner of speaking, you could say that was true. Today, the Democrats want a very strong, very large, central government, as long as they control that government! When they lose that power they flip back into the "states" rights mode once again and become concerned with the people. There concern is the lose of power and influence though. 

 The Bill of Rights are highly regarded and an integral part of the Republic. There isn't anyone that would deny that. But it bears remembering that those rights were written by the losing party following the ratification of the Constitution as a means of securing certain rights. The Democrats don't feel quite the same way about the second amendment today as they did in 1791, I don't think that can be argued. A few of those amendments concern criminal prosecution and what can and can not be done. Apparently there was some concern about that as well. Number nine says, and I'll paraphrase that, just because the Constitution spells out certain rights that doesn't mean others, whatever others are, are retained by the people. really a round about way of saying, just because we lost doesn't mean we lost. And number ten basically says, if the Constitution doesn't specifically say otherwise, all rights are reserved for the states, or the people. Again, basically saying if it doesn't say that exactly, it doesn't count! States rights was one of the foundational principles behind the civil war. That is what the Confederate were saying. No where in the Constitution does it say I can't have slaves, therefore we can! It took until 1865 and the defeat of the south to get the 13th amendment passed to say specifically, you can not have slaves or indentured servants! How many Democrats voted in favor of the 13th amendment? None. How many voted in favor of the 14th amendment? None. Yeah the Democrats weren't too keen on including those. They did however advocate strongly for the sixteenth amendment. That's the one creating a federal income tax! Yes, that was the Democrats idea. That was in 1909 and not much has changed. The plan then was to tax the rich to give to the poor. As I said, not much has changed.

 Now I offer this little bit of history as an example of a basic tenet. If you want things to stay stable, have uniformity, establish a standard, you have to delineate that. That is what the Constitution was written to do. It is clearly stated in the preamble, 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. And what happened? In two years time amendments were added and amendments are continuing to be added. What has been the result? 

 Well, it is a mixed bag for sure isn't it. Look I'm just saying you can't expect things to stay the same if you keep making changes. John Adams said, our constitution was made only for a religious and moral people. Is that still what we have? Well now that's why we have the separation of church and state in the first place. Everyone has their own thoughts on religion and morality. When the constitution was written no reference to a higher power was included in that wording. Still, in the minds of those composing that document the idea of moral conduct was clear enough in their minds. Ethics were a major component of their lives as well. Remember these were people that would risk their lives, their wealth and their sacred honor for their beliefs. I'm certain they could not imagine the behavior tolerated today, especially by elected officials. Has there been a shift in morality and ethics since that time? Yup, I'd say so. The big one being the abandonment of God or the making of amendments to that covenant established with your God. All Bibles, every single version, say, thou shalt not kill. Many churches today actually support the murder of the unborn. 

 A big change in morality? I'd say so. Yes, people will do that anyway and make a thousand reasons to justify that, it is still in contradiction to what the Bible says. I've heard it said, we don't have to obey the old testament and what is written there, we have the new testament and that's the only one that counts! Basically those folks are saying, God changed his mind, made some amendments. 

The old testament is just a history book. Sodom and Gomorra should be celebrated. Nothing wrong going on there. Marriage vows rewritten to say, Do you take this (insert your desired gender identity here) as your, whatever you choose to call that person, wife, husband , other, whatever. Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms (Aristotle) Today the Democrats advocate for what? A Democracy, that is what they say all the time. It is really what they have wanted from the beginning of the Republic. From a Democracy a despotism can be achieved, the ultimate power. That's exactly what the Democrats want, absolute power, absolute control of the people. It can be achieved through dependence. First you have to break the bank, something they are good at doing. Some things just never change do they?