LETTERS

We`ve been turned into 'sheeple'

Posted 9/22/16

To the Editor: Concerning Eric Thorp's perceptive and profoundly important letter of May 24, regarding our treasured Constitution, I would like to add a few comments of my own. The importance and authority of the US Constitution cannot be overestimated,

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LETTERS

We`ve been turned into 'sheeple'

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To the Editor:

Concerning Eric Thorp’s perceptive and profoundly important letter of May 24, regarding our treasured Constitution, I would like to add a few comments of my own.

The importance and authority of the US Constitution cannot be overestimated, but it is in grave danger of being ignored right now. Here are some examples.

From what Mr. Thorp states, it appeared that John Kerry, our Secretary of State, seemed to be advocating for, and planting subliminal seeds in his commencement speech at Northeastern University favoring the implementation of the New World Order through globalism: the elimination of sovereignty and borders, thus rendering our constitution impotent and irrelevant. Very dangerous stuff to be suggesting.

Now, let’s take a look at the TSA, a truly odious subject. Without doubt, one of the most unconstitutional agencies along with the NSA congress has ever concocted. The agents of the TSA cannot, constitutionally, pat you down, check your phones or electronics, laptops, or confiscate your property. Unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment. The constitution is all we have as a buffer against tyranny. This is human nature at its worst through the insatiable desire for power and control. The framers of the Constitution knew this all too well. It is not about safety and security. Repeat: it is not about safety and security. It never was. Ah! But you say it’s legal. Yes, it’s legal because Congress passed the defective laws. But it is not lawful since the constitution represents the highest law of the land and negates any unlawful act passed by Congress.

Coincidentally, last June my sister flew from Green Airport to Chicago-Midway. When she claimed her luggage, she found that the lock had been cut off and a little note inside with the now useless lock taped to a card with a nice little message from Homeland Security. How about that? She’s 72. The authors of this great document insisted that a warrant had to be duly produced before anyone’s property could be searched. Well, again, so much for the Bill of Rights. I suppose some still think this is making them safer. We are not talking about walking through metal detectors here.

Walking into an airport for a flight is not suspicious behavior, therefore there is no probable cause to stop and detain, question, grope, rifle through or steal one’s belongings. This is not the American way. But some say we need to have this apparatus in place to keep us safe and secure. Nothing could be further from the truth. Read about the TSA and the hundreds who have been fired for stealing.

It’s no wonder that we Americans have turned into “sheeple.” Where are the civics courses, those wonderful courses that taught us how to be good citizens, to have pride in the US Constitution and in our Republic, to participate politically as engaged members of American society? Long gone, I fear.

Our constitution is not a dusty, antiquated piece written on 18th century parchment; it represents eternal truths about the rights of man. But, nevertheless, right in front of our eyes it seems to be crumbling and falling through our fingers like sand, and we are letting it happen.

Fascism is rearing its ugly head once again on college campuses (free speech zones, huh?), in political movements, and in political correctness (that’s got to be an oxymoron.) Fascism and a constitutional republic cannot co-exist. Tragically, we are slowly and inexorably descending into the pit of fascist control and incrementally losing the freedoms we have always been told we have. Without respect and deference to our constitution, we will be at the mercy of a government gone mad and our American civilization will not endure.

At this hour, we need its authority more than ever. These are the precarious times for which it was written. The founding fathers were all too aware of human nature and, at the same time, the potential for the abuse of federal power. The constitution does this for us. That’s why they wrote it and not surprisingly, the ink is still as fresh today as it was in the summer of 1787.

Ben Franklin famously said that those who would trade liberty for security, deserve neither. Which ones shall we be? Shall we let the dismantling continue?

Jim Morgan

Warwick

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  • Justanidiot

    Thank god your letter was printed before they took away the freedom of the press.

    If you know who is elected, come January it is going to be a horrible world and we are going to be enslaved.

    Thursday, September 22, 2016 Report this

  • Straightnnarrow

    The US Constitution is our sovereign King! Without it, we are a lawless society.

    Friday, September 23, 2016 Report this

  • JohnStark

    Brilliant as they were, the Framers could not have anticipated three things that would have been foreign when the constitution was ratified in 1787:

    1. A broadly uninformed and apathetic electorate, which allows for

    2. Career politicians, who enable

    3. Multi-generational government dependency.

    The inter-connectedness of these three things has precipitated our current malaise, and is best symbolized by the state of affairs in Rhode Island.

    Monday, September 26, 2016 Report this