WE THE PEOPLE

IF YOU'VE NEVER READ THE CONSTITUTION; THE DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDANCE, I IMPLORE YOU TO DO SO. IT IS A FASCINATING  DOCUMENT
THAT IS A WINDOW INTO HUMAN NATURE.
MAN IS A FLAWED CREATURE; BUT HE HAS NOBLE DESIRES, NOBLE
INTENTIONS.

HISTORY HAS SHOWN US THAT THE NORMAL STATE OF WORLD AFFAIRS IS TYRANNY, INJUSTICE, VIOLENCE, WAR, MISERY AND SUFFERING.....
THE FOUNDERS OF THIS NATION WERE IMPERFECT MEN TO BE SURE; BUT HAD
THIS  RADICAL IDEA THAT THE "PEOPLE" SHOULD GOVERN THEMSELVES,
CHART THEIR OWN COURSE, THEIR OWN DESTINY.
NO MORE KINGS TO DICTATE THEIR ACTIONS, THEIR LIVES.

OF COURSE A CENTRAL AUTHORITY WAS NECESSARY; SO THOSE FLAWED
MEN DESIGNED, CREATED A GOVERNMENT OF LIMITED POWER, POWERS THAT WERE ENUMERATED....IF IT WAS'NT IN THE CONSTITUTION, YOU CAN'T DO IT!!
THE POWER WAS TO BE SHARED WITH THE PEOPLE....YOU AND I.
WE THE PEOPLE CHOOSE THOSE IN AUTHORITY OVER US, TO MAKE THE
HARD CHOICES, TO CHART OUR COURSE, OUR DESTINY.

HOWEVER, FOR THIS NEW BRAND OF GOVERNMENT TO SUCCEED, A MORAL
PEOPLE WAS/IS NECESSARY, OTHERWISE TYRANNY WILL RESULT.
ALONG WITH A MORAL PEOPLE VIGILANCE IS IMPERATIVE....IMPERFECT MEN
CANNOT BE TRUSTED FOR TOO LONG WITHOUT SCRUTINY......
BOTTOM LINE: WHEN THINGS GO WRONG IN OUR SOCIETY,, WHEN THERE IS
CORRUPTION AND ABUSE (OF GOVERNMENT POWER) IT IS OUR FAULT.....
WE THE PEOPLE ARE THE CARETAKERS, WE THE PEOPLE ARE ULTIMATELY
RESPONSIBLE.

QUESTION: ARE WE A MORAL PEOPLE?? HAVE WE FORGOTTEN GOD, THE
GIVER OF LIFE, OF SUNSHINE AND RAIN, OF FOOD AND MEDICINE, OF ALL
THE GOOD AND RIGHTEOUS THINGS?? (BE HONEST!)
WITHOUT GOD IN OUR HEARTS, OUR MINDS, OUR LIVES NO HUMAN
GOVERNMENT CAN PROSPER.
THE VERY THINGS THAT GOVERNMENT WAS CREATED TO PREVENT, THAT
GODLESS GOVERNMENT WILL BREED........

IF WE CHOOSE BAD PEOPLE TO GOVERN WE'RE GOING TO GET BAD RESULTS.
AGAIN,, THIS MESS THAT WE SEE TODAY IS OUR FAULT......


                                                         RONALD J LAMB