REMEMBER THE GOOD OLD DAYS WHEN PEOPLE HAD FREEDOM OF SPEECH AT THE JEFFERSON MEMORIAL - NOT ANYMORE.

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!!!!!!!

The father of the Declaration of Independence has a monument located in Washington DC. In addition to being the major creator of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson and the other founding fathers created an incredible document which guaranteed our freedom of speech and expression (dancing is a form of expression.) That document is called the Bill of Rights, which is the first ten amendments of the Constitution of the United States.

Jefferson was in Europe during the time of the writing of the Constitution, but was still a major factor in many aspects of the final document. James Madison and Thomas Jefferson had a constant exchange of letters on the subject of what should be included in the document. Mr. Jefferson had an opinion that the Bill of Rights should be included in the Constitution, and he made his opinion very clear to James Madison. Even tho the Bill of Rights are included, James Madison seemed to be "iffy" on the subject of including the Bill of Rights into the Constitution. He really did not see a need for it. In my opinion, Thomas Jefferson's insistence was the deciding factor. Jefferson was the Father of the Declaration of Independence. Madison was the Father of the Constitution, and George Mason was the Father of the Bill of Rights. Basically, it was a group effort of sharing ideas between educated men. No single person had all of the good ideas - it was a "give and take" sharing of each man's ideas, which were used to create a better government.

I have made the foundational comments, in the previous paragraphs, because an ULTRA RIGHT WING COURT judge has done it again, and has taken a tiny portion of our Constitutional rights away. He "claimed" that dancing in the Jefferson Memorial is not permitted under the Constitution. ULTRA RIGHT WING U.S. District Judge John Bates "claimed" that the Memorial was a place for "reflection and contemplation," and he decided that dancing distracted from that experience. The ULTRA RIGHT WING COURT "claimed" that the ultimate law of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA did not allow for the demonstration of dance inside the Memorial.

I would really like for the "ULTRA RIGHT WINGer," who made that assinine ruling, to explain to the American people where it is written in the Bill of Rights that "reflection and contemplation" can't coexist with dancing. By the way, I would also like the "ULTRA RIGHT WING NUT" to explain what good is there to have a place for "reflection and contemplation," on the basic principles of the Bill of Rights, if that document doesn't have any real meaning to it. When an "ULTRA RIGHT WING OLD FART" can unilaterally decide that a citizen's rights are invalid at certain locations, then the Bill of Rights isn't worth the paper it is printed on.

On the video that I posted below, you can witness the POLICE BRUTALITY (in my humble opinion) that the U.S. Park Gestapo Squad Police Officers committed. The fine "Officers of the Law" even forced people out of the Memorial who were performing another Constitutional Right. They were videotaping the POLICE BRUTALITY (which is also part of my humble opinion) that was taking place. The exclusion of the videographers from the Memorial was another example of the Bill of Rights being trampled on.

Slamming people to the ground is NOT an appropriate method for enforcing an assinine court ruling. In my humble opinion, civil and criminal offenses were committed by the cops.

I'm really curious if these "Officers of the Law" were ever trained in law enforcement? Maybe the previous Republican Administration's & Republican Congress' desire to reduce U.S. Park Service funding has a connection to the un-professional actions that these cops exhibited.

In my humble opinion, the Democrats have inherited an incredible pile of poo poo from the constant reductions of Park Service funding (let alone, funding for other services) during the Baby Bush years. Republicans love to trim services that are used by the "masses." While "claiming" to have a desire to cut government expenditures, the GOPers push to increase help for the ultra wealthy corporations (a.k.a. corporate welfare), and to the powerful people who run those companies, which of course, would be the same people and corporations who donate massive amounts of money to the GOP war chests. 

Can anybody spell the words HALIBURTON, CITIBANK, GOLDMAN SACHS & HUNDREDS OF OTHER MEGA BILLION DOLLAR CORPORATE MONOLITHS, who just love to inflate the campaign war chests (who knows, maybe personal war chests, also) of the GOP politicians? 

When will the ULTRA RIGHT WING U.S. SUPREME COURT understand that if you give a cop and inch - they will take a mile? STOP TAKING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AWAY FROM THE CITIZENS. A little chip here, and a little chip there, will soon be a huge mountain of chips of our former rights. You were hired to DEFEND the Constitution for everybody - NOT JUST FOR THE WEALTHY PEOPLE & CORPORATIONS. It would really be nice if the "OL'E FARTS" actually cared about the "real" people, but alas, the "real" people don't have the money to pay speaking honorariums to the RIGHT-LEANING-BLACK-ROBE-WEARING "OL'E FARTS." 

The police are always "claiming" that they need more "authority" to bring bad people to justice. In my humble opinion, they are usually too lazy to do real detective work. A real detective uses brain power. In my humble opinion, the police want to be able to stifle everybody's rights, done in a quasi-legal manner - by having an ULTRA RIGHT WING JUDGE make it easy for them.
 




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  • 6/2/2011 9:34 AM Tom wrote:
    James Madison was the "Father of the Constitution," not Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776, not the Constitution, which was written in 1787. Jefferson was actually in France when the Constitution was written and had deep reservations about the document.
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    1. 6/2/2011 11:16 AM Ron D wrote:
      Oops, that is what you get when you write things at 2 o'clock in the morning.

      Actually, I partially agree with what you say. Jefferson was a major contributor (by way of written correspondence) in the creation of the Constitution and The Bill of Rights. Madison seemed to be iffy on his support of the important aspect of including the Bill of Rights in the Constitution. It is my opinion, Jefferson's insistence of the inclusion of the Bill of Rights was the deciding factor.

      A partial quote from a letter that Madison wrote to Jefferson:

      "...At the same time I have never thought the omission a material defect, nor been anxious to supply it even by subsequent amendment..." "I have favored it because I supposed it might be of use, and if properly executed could not be of disservice."

      James Madison believed that it was unnecessary to include the Rights in the Constitution.
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