William wrote on Fri, 9 May 2008 15:02:02 +0100:
> "James Silverton" wrote in
> message news:VmYUj.2$5Y1.0@trnddc04...
>> William wrote on Fri, 9 May 2008 09:53:17 +0100:
>>
>>> "Mike...." wrote in
>>> message news:1qdnqnq359yh4$.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?
At least 300 million people and also furrinners who wondered
what is was that Americans were loyal to.
--
James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland
E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
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