It's interesting that this pisses you off. IIRC, Jefferson himself was an advocate of completely overhauling the Constitution periodically. The fact that it has lasted this long is almost a fluke, though a testiment to the philosophy it embraces. Clinton's comments were not only true of the document in regards to the time in which it was presented, but also a wonderful example of the First Amendment in action today.
-Kevin Graeme > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick McClure [mailto:cf-lists@;king-nacho.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 1:12 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: How free are we? > > > And that is upsetting to me. I will always Respect the office of the > President, agree or disagree. But to see a sitting President criticize > the very document that allows him to be there just pisses me off. > > Something else that pisses me off is when people start and end at the > First Amendment, or the Second Amendment. > > There are 26 other amendments each having no less importance than the > other. Even the pieces of the document that have been completely > rewritten by Amendment are still useful when learning about this > country. Look at the 18th and the 21st, two very important amendments > that have no real bearing on the current laws; but it still extremely > important that they are still there. > > There is also a complete document that lays things out. Everybody should > read it from time to time so that we can stay familiar with just what it > is our forefathers thought was right, and compare that to what we think > is right. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Timothy Heald [mailto:healdt@;dsmail.state.gov] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 1:50 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: How free are we? > > > > Not every body gets it man. Clinton said the document was "overly > > radical" or something to that effect while he was in office. > > > > Tim > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:howie@;coolfusion.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 1:48 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: How free are we? > > > > > > The US Constitution is one of the greatest documents ever written. > How > > can you say this? > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_community Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
