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...I found a cool copy of The Constitution Of the United States of America at Barnes Noble yesterday in the bargain bin. A worthy purchase for less than $10.

Not as fun or pretty as the coffee table books on military history & weapons history, but something I want to understand better. Guess my awareness is changing...
 
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IMO, reading and understanding the 4 page operating system of our Republic should be required.

Furthermore, IMO, I consider anyone who HASN'T read it to be unqualified to vote.
 
Worthless?

I have to this day the very first manuals and programming course text that came with my very first (Heathkit) computer.

There is more savvy and brilliance in those old, funky, three-ring binders than most of the books I've bought since then, including all kinds of "advance" theory books.

If everyone learning computers had to study those before actually doing anything with a new box, the problems so many associate with "technology" would simply melt.

It * IS * the fundamentals.

I'll take the "worthless" Constitution, please. It * IS * the fundamentals.
 
I know what iiibdsiil is getting at,that the power and freedoms have slip slided over the years but as long as people learn it it will keep freedom from going into oblivion completely.

Sadly principles are often misplaced for policys.
 
If you truely have an interest in the thinking behind the document, then please get and read, "The Federalist Papers."
Madison, Jay, and Hamilton explain the purpose of the each and every clause in the Constitution. I only wish our elected officals could be required and then tested on their understanding of what they claim to up-hold in office.
The Federalist Papers should be required reading in each and every school in America. Of course, first you would have to get some of the teachers to read it.
 
The Federalist Papers should be required reading in each and every school in America. Of course, first you would have to get some of the teachers to read it.
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Sorry, the Federalist Papers uses longer than regulation length words that are too hard to understand, and have therefore been flushed down the memory hole.

Double plus ungood, you know.
 
Is it that tiny one that fits in the palm of your hand? If so, I got one, too!
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My parents got me one of those hand-sized Constitutions for Christmas - it has my initials monogrammed on the cover as well. A really nifty gift. And, it makes it the third Constitution that I received as a gift in 2006. :)
 
Federalist Papers

The Anti-Federalist Papers are also worth reading. They provide an insight into the issues that were debated in the construction of our Constitution.

I am not taking a Fed/Anti-Fed stance. For me, reading the discussion on both sides provided a wonderful understanding and certainly increased my respect for the founders of this country.
 
Furthermore, IMO, I consider anyone who HASN'T read it to be unqualified to vote.

Let's give Congress and the Executive Branch a test. BTW, I did read the Federalist papers way back when in HS and then in college.

Today, most students are more interested in sports and text messaging. Take them away from that and their parents will whine to you.
 
Gunowners only

Now THERE'S a twist.

Good morning, sir, you're here to vote?
Yes, thank you.
Driver's license or other ID?
Yup.
Sir, are you carrying, or do you have a CCW card?
Oh, crap, left my gun at home. Old habits. Sorry. Here's my CCW.
That's fine, sir, go right ahead. Here's your activation card, just slide it in the slot at the front of the voting machine.
Uh, Thanks.
Not at all, sir, the pleasure's all ours. Have a nice day!
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Or better yet, COMPETENT gunowners. :neener:

The vote tabulator should be connected to a plate rack @ 10 yards, and you're only allowed as much ammo as there are questions on the ballot. :neener:

The question there would be what are the right semantics? Shoot the name of the person you intend to vote for, or shoot down the names of the person you're voting against?
 
The vote tabulator should be connected to a plate rack @ 10 yards, and you're only allowed as much ammo as there are questions on the ballot
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I'm all for it.
If you own one, you can use your centerfire rifle. If you do not own a firearm, you get a bb gun:neener:

But let's move the plate rack out to 25 yards
 
I winder how much it would be to print up... oh, let's say 20,000 copies of the Constitution and air-drop it on Washington, DC. Single-sheets, front and back, of the Bill of Rights. Maybe we could even use the modern-day version as translated here on THR (can't remember who did it... Pax? Tamara?)

Then do the same for every American city with a population over 800,000.

'Course, anyone who did that might be labeled as a dissident, and a terrorist, and an agitator. Heck, maybe after 100 years, a patriot, too.

If you do not own a firearm, you get a bb gun :neener:
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I'd call that unfair. You could rig the voting system with magnets hidden beneath the ballots. :uhoh: :scrutiny: :cuss:





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Your Congressperson will send you free copies of a pamphlet with both the Declaration and the Constitution if you ask.
 
Dr. Dickie,

thank you for your recommendation. I will read The federalist papers also. Yes, I have an interest in the thinking behind the document.
 
You can almost always find at least softbound pamphlet copies of the Constitution on the shelf at all the big bookstores. When I got married I bought replica (I'm not wealthy enough to buy them all real guns...plus Illinois has that whole FOID thing) "Kentucky Flintlock" sidearms and copies of the Constitution for all my groomsmen.

This trend continued in reverse over Xmas when my younger brother bought me a nice hard bound copy that included the Declaration, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution.

Should everyone own a copy...yes. Do they...no. Has it become a vestigal document? Maybe. Should we have preserved the Articles? Maybe.

Either way...you have made a wise investment.
 
Prints of Constitution

I don't know about the palm-sized ones, but I got a nice set on parchment from: http://bestamericanvalue.com/document.html

I now have the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights hanging on my wall, all for about $20 shipped.

Although I'm not done reading the Federalist Papers, I already agree that they need to be read.
 
This is why if I am able to when I have kids they are getting home schooled. I didn't read most of this stuff in the mid 90's when I was in school. I am afraid to know what its like now.
 
I winder how much it would be to print up... oh, let's say 20,000 copies of the Constitution and air-drop it on Washington, DC. Single-sheets, front and back, of the Bill of Rights. Maybe we could even use the modern-day version as translated here on THR (can't remember who did it... Pax? Tamara?
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Sadly, I'm sure the Air Force would shoot you down before you got anywhere within air drop range on Washington, DC.
 
For Christmas My sis got me a coffee mug with the full bill of rights...

some of them disappear when the mug is filled with hot beverages... MAINLY the ones effected by the "Patriot Act"... the box it came in even explains this...
 
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