"James Silverton" wrote in message
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> William wrote on Fri, 9 May 2008 09:53:17 +0100:
>
>> "Mike...." wrote in
>> message news:1qdnqnq359yh4$.lx40gnwcr3x7.dlg@40tude.net...
>>> Following up to Jean O'Boyle
>>>
>>>> Congress does
>>>> make the laws and no ONE person can trash our Constitution.
>>>
>>> constitution? Why are americans constitution obsessed?
>
>> Because it provides the framework for the organization of the US
>> government and is the supreme law of our country.
>
>> ----------------------
>
>> Things change.
>
>> You're stuck with a leader who has the powers of an eighteenth
>> century king, everybody else has moved on a bit...
>
>
> Have any of you ever looked at US Oaths of Office? Here is the beginning
> of the current oath of enlistment and oath for commissioned officers; note
> the pre-eminence of the Constitution.
>
> :
> "I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend
> the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and
> domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same."
Who cares?
--
William Black
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.
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