Studying is definitely not conducive to blogging. I've discovered this unfortunate fact as I plow through a full semester of 20 credits and 10 Spanish Labs to oversee; things are definitely getting crazy. Nevertheless, I wanted to put an update on here. I am currently reading The 5,000 Year Leap; a book I think that every American aught to read from cover to cover. I am not even completely through it and yet I am convinced it is the most concise, understandable summary to date of the lasting qualities of the founding documents of this nation. The book details how the words written on the famed pieces of parchment paper catapulted a nation into a completely new age; an age brought on by the prudent recognition of Natural Law as a foundation for our free land. The book details 28 basic principles key to understanding these documents and the men behind them, and their plan to keep this nation within the safeguards of liberty for generations to come:
"The questions we face were foreseen by the greatest group of Americans to ever live; our Founding Fathers. They knew we would be grappling with issues like the ones we face today at some point, so they designed a shop that could withstand even the mightiest storm. They also knew that we would eventually lose our way and that we would need a beacon to lead our way back. I have often wondered why the constitution appears as it does. Why those three words "We the people" are so large. After all, it's not like James Madison wrote those three words then realized, "Oh shoot, I can't use this sized font or we'll run out of space!" They did it for a reason. The answer is not the government, it's not a politician, it's not a policy; it's always, "We the people." (Foward, Glenn Beck)
We the People.
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