Not long ago, I was discussing with someone the US Constitution, and how well it has served our nation, and some of its flaws, but before you criticize that statement with all the zeal and religious-like zealot of a Constitutional purest, let me explain.
You see, when I was asked if I was a strict constitutionalist, the answer is NO, well, I guess, the answer is yes and no, I see some changes needed in the document because it has been exploited by power hungry folks and yet, I also believed if it had been better followed maybe it wouldn't have been exploited so much.
After all, it has some darn good default settings, you have to admit.
And the more I look at it, the more brilliant it was in its simplicity and thinking.
There is a way to upgrade it slowly as we go, using the amendment process, so it has a vector modification strategy.
You always have to adjust your course for unknown reason on your journey, but you shouldn't change your destination too often, or you will never get there.
You'd be more likely to find yourself shipwrecked in the middle of nowhere on a deserted island.
What's that line from the Financial Planning Industry; "You are not allowed to change your life plans more than once every six months!" Today the United States is the greatest nation in the World thanks in part to a solid mission statement and plan.
Still, things which are truly "Built to Last" as Collins would agree often need slight overhauls and forward thinking.
I guess, therefore I am not an absolutely strict Constitutionalist, but I am not NOT one either, as there are a lot of reasons for its many provisions.
And we really are not applying the law of the land correctly either, which is really problematic, and part of the problem - thus, with the problems that we have today are not due to a mistake of not enough foresight, but rather I ask; are the problems the result of not following it in the first place? You see, it's kind of like the question; has Capitalism really failed, is it wrong, or is not working well because we keep screwing with its basic theory and premise - adjusting labor, money flows, scraping the cream off the top for political agendas.
I would submit that capitalism is fine, but it fails to deliver when we try to get it to do something it was not intended for.
And same with the US Constitution really, not to mention the reality that all this legislating from the bench is a real dilemma.
What was that funny joke; "why does Iraq need to take so long making a new constitution - they can have ours, we aren't using it anymore.
" - Maybe we all need to consider these things if we really want out nation to survive and thrive for another 200-years to come in the future.
Please consider all this.
You see, when I was asked if I was a strict constitutionalist, the answer is NO, well, I guess, the answer is yes and no, I see some changes needed in the document because it has been exploited by power hungry folks and yet, I also believed if it had been better followed maybe it wouldn't have been exploited so much.
After all, it has some darn good default settings, you have to admit.
And the more I look at it, the more brilliant it was in its simplicity and thinking.
There is a way to upgrade it slowly as we go, using the amendment process, so it has a vector modification strategy.
You always have to adjust your course for unknown reason on your journey, but you shouldn't change your destination too often, or you will never get there.
You'd be more likely to find yourself shipwrecked in the middle of nowhere on a deserted island.
What's that line from the Financial Planning Industry; "You are not allowed to change your life plans more than once every six months!" Today the United States is the greatest nation in the World thanks in part to a solid mission statement and plan.
Still, things which are truly "Built to Last" as Collins would agree often need slight overhauls and forward thinking.
I guess, therefore I am not an absolutely strict Constitutionalist, but I am not NOT one either, as there are a lot of reasons for its many provisions.
And we really are not applying the law of the land correctly either, which is really problematic, and part of the problem - thus, with the problems that we have today are not due to a mistake of not enough foresight, but rather I ask; are the problems the result of not following it in the first place? You see, it's kind of like the question; has Capitalism really failed, is it wrong, or is not working well because we keep screwing with its basic theory and premise - adjusting labor, money flows, scraping the cream off the top for political agendas.
I would submit that capitalism is fine, but it fails to deliver when we try to get it to do something it was not intended for.
And same with the US Constitution really, not to mention the reality that all this legislating from the bench is a real dilemma.
What was that funny joke; "why does Iraq need to take so long making a new constitution - they can have ours, we aren't using it anymore.
" - Maybe we all need to consider these things if we really want out nation to survive and thrive for another 200-years to come in the future.
Please consider all this.
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