Today's Politicos vs The Words and Deeds of The Founders

Today is John Adams' birthday. I stumbled upon this blogger's tribute and wished I'd written it.

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The following excerpt of a letter from retired President John Adams, a confirmed Federalist, whose predisposition against the French and for the British, shows how politics, takes a back seat to his advocacy for the American cause.

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If you find yourself stuck on an airplane, Jim's book Leadville will make time "fly" too! Leadville is a fast-paced, straight-at-you yarn, packed with great dialog, interesting characters and fun plot twists.

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Our forefathers bequeathed to us more than a republic. They willed to us an enduring constitution that incorporates more thought and brainpower than any document ever written by man. After fifty-five convention delegates worked ceaselessly for four months, three million people argued about it for up to two years, then it was ratified by conventions of the people, and after it was put in force, Congress immediately acceded to popular demand by proposing ten amendments that restricted the government from abridging the rights of the governed.

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In Jonathan Swift's words ... "But as to my self, having been wearied out for many Years with offering vain, idle, visionary thoughts, and at length utterly despairing of Success, I fortunately fell upon this Proposal, which as it is wholly new, so it hath something Solid and Real, of no Expence and little Trouble, full in our own Power…"

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The OWS crowd are prisoners of the Lefty narrative, but somewhere inside of them, they know that bailouts are not right. They know that selected corporations getting huge taxpayer funded loans is not right. Just because they have been indoctrinated, doesn’t mean they are stupid.

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The OWS crowd are members of the self-esteem generation. That’s the generation that has been told, practically since birth, that they are too smart to fail. Their practical experience is nil, but their egos and their belief that they are entitled to live well on someone else’s dime are well developed.

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Richard Neuhaus's, The Naked Public Square has greater relevance now than when it was published 27 years ago. The author forecast our reality: rule by experts and the ever-growing bureaucratic state.

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The architect chosen to design the memorial is the (in)famous Frank Gehry, designer of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Experience Music Project in Seattle and many other affronts to the human eye. His forte is the aesthetic of the garbage heap, the cultivation of the sheet metal shop floor.

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An incredibly prescient letter from Madison to Jefferson, in which Madison offers his observations on the dangers of a tyrannical majority in a democratic system. Madison explains his views on the proposed Bill of Rights and one of the reasons for his reticence was simply because he didn't care for all those who supported it! "At the same time I have never thought the omission [of a Bill of Rights] a material defect, nor been anxious to supply it even by subsequent amendment, for any other reason than that it is anxiously desired by others."

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