It's Not the Constitution . . .
It's How You Use It I should start by saying that I sat down to write about the gun-inflicted tragedy in Texas way back in May (of course, followed by several others since.) I thought I had something to say about guns and death and stupidity and Americans but I don’t, there’s just no point. But it did bring me an epiphany about the Constitution. Some time ago I wrote a couple of posts, one was titled “I Blame the Constitution” and the other, "A Conversation with the Founding Fathers." (This one will complete the trifecta of boring stuff like why our country sucks now.) Anywhoo, they were kinda tongue in cheek – but kinda not. I was trying to make a point that several of the “unique” items in the Constitution – like the 2 nd amendment, electoral college, overbearing state's rights, life terms for Supreme Court, etc - were at least partially responsible for some of our many problems today. I was sure if the Founding Fathers revisited us today they would consider tho