Would They Be Proud?

The merits of our national documents, namely the US Constitution, are always debated; with some feeling mis(or un)represented by the document, while others still believe the Constitution to have been a writing of extraordinary foresight and necessary flexibility. I feel that the world was an incredibly different place when the Constitution was penned and that the creation of a document which can still be relevant to the trials faced today was no less than miraculous. The founders did not create a constitution outlining what they wanted, but rather what they did not want; you see, our Fore Fathers were no strangers to tyranny and flagrant dishonesty so they sought to create a government where such inequities could not flourish. Sadly, somewhere along the way we, the people, have forgotten what it is to be American; someone has lied to us and we believed them. The Government it seems is no longer "of the people, for the people and by the people." but rather now "of the government, for the government and by the government.". If the Founders where alive today, I think they would be astounded most by the way in which we have lost our individualism. Americans today seem to take no and want no responsibility for their lives; when this is the case, personal pride is invariably the next victim in a society wrought with atrophy. If the government holds everone's hands and takes control of their lives, their decisions, their morals and their passions than the people will loose all sence of self worth and society will ultimately become completely and utterly self loathing. It's a catch 22 of the worst kind, the more you repress a persons sovreignty, the less he wants self reliance.

The spirit of this great land is not dead however, though socialist bureaucrats have tried to stamp it out like a dying ember in the night; it is merely sleeping, unstirred even by the atrocities of September 11. So then I ask, how to wake a sleeping giant? Will it take another Pearl Harbor, and if so let it come quick and for gods sake, let it be final.