Dear President Bush; about that goddamned piece of paper.

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Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:30:27 -0500

Dear President Bush; about that " goddamned piece of paper. "

 

 

 

 

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/pieceofpaper.php

 

 

Dear President Bush; about that " goddamned piece of paper. "

 

 

" Stop throwing the Constitution in my face, " Bush screamed back. " It's

just a goddamned piece of paper! "

Let us start out with the fact that the Constitution is actually

written on parchment, not paper. A trivial point, I grant you, but one

that reveals (along with your inability to correctly pronounce the

word " nuclear " ) a shocking lack of education in a head of state.

 

But to get to the point, the Constitution is not the parchment itself,

but the ideas written upon it; ideas which form the foundations of our

nation, ideas which would carry equal weight if written on stone,

glass, metal, or even paper. These ideas are the soul of the nation.

They include the recognition that the people of this nation have

certain rights, rights which the government does not have the

authority to remove. These rights include freedom of speech, to say

what we think about the nation at any and all times, to write that

opinion down and share it however we choose to. These rights include

the freedom to worship as we choose, free from coercion. These rights

include the right to privacy, in our homes and businesses, free from

government intrusions other than in very specific and well-defined

circumstances.

 

Maybe those rights are inconvenient to you, as such rights are always

inconvenient to tyrants, but you are not allowed the choice which

rights you will abide by or not. That too is spelled out explicitly in

the Constitution.

 

The Constitution isn't just a piece of paper or parchment. It's a

contract; the original contract with America. It's the contract you

yourself swore an oath to preserve, protect, and defend against all

enemies both foreign and domestic. You attached your name to that

promise. You swore that oath before a judge of the United States

Supreme Court, with your hand on a bible. That isn't just scenery for

the cameras. Swearing an oath before a judge carries legal obligations

with that oath, and legal penalties for breaking that oath.

 

The election process by which you claim authority is defined in that

Constitution. And as you claim authority by Constitutional process, so

too are you limited by Constitutional process. If you act outside the

limits of the Constitution, you are no longer acting as the President,

but as a private citizen abusing the powers with which you were

trusted. A government that acts outside the Constitution ceases to be

the legal government of this land.

 

The Constitution exists not only to tell the government what it may

do, but more importantly what it may not do. You, as the President,

are not allowed to declare wars without the US Congress. You, the

President, are not allowed to seize people at random and send them off

to be tortured. And most of all, you, the President, and not allowed

to lie to the people and to the Congress.

 

Every President before you, including your father, swore that oath to

preserve, protect, and defend that Constitution. Millions of Americans

died in wars in the firm belief that the form of government describes

on that parchment was worth such a sacrifice. To state that the

Constitution is just a " dammed piece of paper " is a slap in the face

of every American who ever donned the uniform of the military forces

of this country.

 

Go over to Arlington National Cemetery. It's not that far from where

you live. Look at those tombstones. By your statement, you have

written across and every one the words, " Died for a goddamned piece of

paper. "