I probably should have slept instead… pt.2

Here are the Amendments of the Constitution... Now I would normally spend DAYS breaking each one of these down, so I’m going to focus on the ones that get ignored or little press at all. We all know about the 5th (the bad guys love that one), the 2nd is soooo AWB 1994 (as if…), and who could forget the good ‘ol 1st amendment. (That’s right, you can speak up but we have modern loop holes to snatch your ass you extremist hippy) Uh oh… I feel myself slipping again…

The 10th amendment reads: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
So, my simple mind reads this as…Ahem… since the federal government is too big to notice, the state government is trying too hard to impress the federal government, it’s up to us people to deal with the real issues that directly affect us. Right? Trick is… how. When you try, there is a team of lawyers and lobbyist (see the preamble above) to come to your rescue. So, this is where impressive “legislation” steps in. Great financial mathematicians are used to make these work. They usually drop about a cool million of our tax dollars to decide if your issue is worth it. (Ummmm aren’t we supposed to be dealing with this ourselves? It says so in the amendment). Then they put together a team of “experts” to provide information to the whitewash board that has been created. Next, a side bar team gives is a cool friendly name, passes the vote and POOF, all of your problems are solved.
On a side note, my personal favorite… eminent domain. Now this concept or well informed government assisted advancement as the suits would say, is nothing new. Been around for ages. So why is that they feel as though they need to change the wrapper on what of the ages has been considered in its rawest form, empowered theft? Just because Kelo v. City of New London said so, one year after the ruling it becomes an executive order issued by the president? What, you have extra stuff that we the government might need? No problem at all, we will take care of it for you… it’s now ours. We will make sure to sell it to the highest bidder or our favorite private party… in your best interest of course. See how easy that is? LOVE it! I love it so much I want to give it a big ‘ol Barney hug…. So I can squeeze the shit out of it. Ok, breath deep. Let’s get off the 10th and move on shall we?

How about the 12th amendment? Yea this one is a hoot. It deals with picking the great leader of our nation… it reads: The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senatfdjkhfgd;skjl;gkfdgklj b…. oh I’m sorry I passed out transposing that one. No friggin wonder we can’t pick the right guy or gal to run the joint. There are so many ways to NOT count the individual opinion and vote, we end up with the deepest pocket winner. I’ll leave this one alone, the whole planet is pretty aware of our country's situation with this little gem.

I’ll wrap up with the 27th amendment. Limiting the congressional pay increases. I’m all for this one… when it works. You see, my money and their money don’t add up. This is what I personally refer to as the Wal-Mart Income Scale of Reality. Never heard of it? Hell it’s simple. I’m forced to shop there, they have never heard of it outside of its stock ticker letters. You know how the old saying goes… well, there isn’t one in this case, it just sucks. Next time I will visit the Declaration of Independence… this one make me all tingly inside… (Stay tuned)