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The Sky Isn't Falling
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Washington : DC : USA | Apr 03, 2010
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To the people that say "It's the end of our Country as we know it" I fear you may know very little of American history and it's resilience. Case in point, our Country was nearly bankrupt during the revolutionary war until France lent us the funds along with troops and in the end followed up with their Navy to defeat Cornwallis at Yorktown on nothing but good faith and the promise of our determination and a will to be a sovereign Nation. America guided by it's Founders, fought by the Father of the Country General George Washington and backed by the the heart, mind, blood and tears of countless American souls yearning to be free, prevailed.

During the civil war our Country "the great experiment" was on the brink of catastrophe and on the verge of collapse but even after 600,000 of our own perished at the hands of our own along with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln arguably one of the greatest Presidents since GeorgeGeorge Washington the Union persevered and survived.

The truth is that NOTHING we are going though today domestically can even compare to what our fellow Americans have suffered throughout our Nation's history. From the birth of our Nation, the Civil War, Womans right to vote, the Great Depression, two World Wars, Korea, Viet Nam, Civil Rights Legislation to the present Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.

Our Forefathers purposely and properly set up our system of government to be flexible and adaptable to meet the needs of it's citizens in the present while allowing for the inevitable and at times necessary changes to meet the needs of the future, this is why the Constitution is referred to as a "Living Document."

So to all the people that proclaim with all sincerity at times and the majority with well intent "we need to follow and honor the Constitution" I say to you as long as all realize that we are in this together and we can disagree without declaring war on each other as we move towards an uncertain future, we are in fact showing due respect to our past, honoring our Country and following our Constitution.



To the people that say "It's the end of our Country as we know it" I fear you may know very little of American history and it's resilience. Case in point, our Country was nearly bankrupt during the revolutionary war until France lent us the funds along with troops and in the end followed up with their Navy to defeat Cornwallis at Yorktown on nothing but good faith and the promise of our determination and a will to be a sovereign Nation. America guided by it's Founders, fought by the Father of the Country General George Washington and backed by the the heart, mind, blood and tears of countless American souls yearning to be free, prevailed.

During the civil war our Country "the great experiment" was on the brink of catastrophe and on the verge of collapse but even after 600,000 of our own perished at the hands of our own along with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln arguably one of the greatest Presidents since GeorgeGeorge Washington the Union persevered and survived.

The truth is that NOTHING we are going though today domestically can even compare to what our fellow Americans have suffered throughout our Nation's history. From the birth of our Nation, the Civil War, Womans right to vote, the Great Depression, two World Wars, Korea, Viet Nam, Civil Rights Legislation to the present Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.

Our Forefathers purposely and properly set up our system of government to be flexible and adaptable to meet the needs of it's citizens in the present while allowing for the inevitable and at times necessary changes to meet the needs of the future, this is why the Constitution is referred to as a "Living Document."

So to all the people that proclaim with all sincerity at times and the majority with well intent "we need to follow and honor the Constitution" I say to you as long as all realize that we are in this together and we can disagree without declaring war on each other as we move towards an uncertain future, we are in fact showing due respect to our past, honoring our Country and following our Constitution.


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Posted By amalgam80 amalgam80 | about 1 hour ago
Good article R., conservatives like to think that the constitution isn't a living document...and they have guns to make sure you think of it that way too. jk.
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Posted By firesisle Hardy Wright | about 1 hour ago
The Constitution is like an architectural plan; while there are areas that can be modified, the foundation of the structure needs to be kept intact, and any additions which violate the integrity of the foundation need to be changed to accommodate them.
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Posted By airwlf405 R. Francis Rubio | 13 minutes ago
I realize our Country is going through some trying times but I fear if we don't stick together and at least try to put politics aside for the greater good we may not realize our greater potential.
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