{"id":112,"date":"2011-11-23T09:29:10","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T14:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/?p=112"},"modified":"2013-11-07T08:48:16","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T13:48:16","slug":"2010apr13-my-rant-regarding-the-constitution-teil-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/112","title":{"rendered":"2010APR13-My rant regarding the Constitution&#8230;Teil 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Re-posted article from 2010}<\/p>\n<p>{&#8230;} a link to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.gov\/exhibits\/charters\/constitution.html\"> US Constitution <\/a> that I wanted to post up here, as my blog topic this time was regarding the 16th and 17th Amendments. The Constitution is under attack; I&#8217;m not talking about Democrat this, and Republican that, I think both parties only have done their share to erode the restraints on government imposed by the Constitution. My goal here today was simply to post a copy of the Constitution for all to read, it is THE founding document for our country, and it is up to each one us; those born here, those naturalized, and those in the process of becoming naturalized citizens to uphold and defend our Constitution. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snopes.com\/politics\/quotes\/blair.asp\">Tony Blair said while addressing British Ambassadors<\/a> in London: &#8220;I sometimes think it is a good rule of thumb to ask of a country: are people trying to get into it or out of it? It&#8217;s not a bad guide to what sort of country it is.&#8221; So the question becomes; do we have a problem with immigration or emigration? I am of the opinion that the fence which was being built along the Mexican border was not to keep people in&#8230;.enough said.<\/p>\n<p>PS: &#8220;Teil 1&#8221; = Part 1; if you don&#8217;t understand it; thank a WWII Veteran.  Some say that the Constitution is a &#8220;living&#8221; document, what say you; and why?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Re-posted article from 2010} {&#8230;} a link to the US Constitution that I wanted to post up here, as my blog topic this time was regarding the 16th and 17th Amendments. The Constitution is under attack; I&#8217;m not talking about &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/112\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":940,"url":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/940","url_meta":{"origin":112,"position":0},"title":"What\u2019s a Poor Congressman To Do?","author":"John Sweeney","date":"April 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"My congressman sent out an e-mail in which he was inexplicably whining about some backlash he\u2019s gotten from his constituents over some recent political decisions.\u00a0 He appeared genuinely perplexed at why we would be upset, and went on to wonder if compromise and \u201cgetting along\u201d would ever be possible in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AoM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AoM","link":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/category\/rants-raves\/aom"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":935,"url":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/935","url_meta":{"origin":112,"position":1},"title":"American Gestapo","author":"DR D","date":"April 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"With the recent shootings, and the bombings in Boston, MA, there have been new calls for gun legislation, immigration reform and prosecuting the bombing suspects as terrorist.\u00a0 We (as a country) need to be very, very careful about the precedents we set.\u00a0 Look at what we got from our rush\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Rants &amp; Raves&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Rants &amp; Raves","link":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/category\/rants-raves"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15086,"url":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/15086","url_meta":{"origin":112,"position":2},"title":"Unity, Strength and Fairness&#8230; NOT!!!","author":"DR D","date":"February 23, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Mr. Trump has been in office for just over one month, and his stated theme for this presidency is \"Unity, Strength, and Fairness\" (his words, not mine). 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