230 Years Ago Today, Sep 17, 1787...

[Bailey Guns]

...a few guys got together to sign what was to become one of the most important documents in the history of mankind.

[Zundfolge]

Pfft. A bunch of dead white guys that owned slaves and were homophobic and Islamophobic and misogynistic patriarchs. What could they possibly contribute to the world other than death, destruction, oppression and a defunding of the arts and an over consumption of gluten?

[OtterbatHellcat]

Wait, is that the one that promised a nation of people to be 20 Trillion dollars in debt?

[GilpinGuy]

...one of the most important documents in the history of mankind.

And sadly, it has been largely ignored, forgotten, misused and/or misinterpreted.

[cstone]

And 155 years ago today was the bloodiest single day in US history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Antietam

[Bailey Guns]

And sadly, it has been largely ignored, forgotten, misused and/or misinterpreted.

Yeah. But a few remember what it means. If there are those who will never grasp the simple elegance and profundity of the words and intent of the Constitution, or who don't aspire to the ideals enshrined therein, then that's their loss and I find them contemptible.

[OtterbatHellcat]

The idea was great....but the result has been less than optimal.

Stuff would be different if any one of us was running the circus, the founders did not anticipate this shit show.

[Bailey Guns]

^^ Maybe. But I'll take our "less than optimal" over anything else any other country has to offer.

[flogger]

Great post Bailey, brave men indeed. I had a awesome, very animated, history teacher in the early '70s that drilled this stuff into my memory.

I think we need more teachers like that, the kind that inspires pride and inspiration instead of guilt and decay.

Just my opinion.

[OtterbatHellcat]

the kind that inspires pride and inspiration instead of guilt and decay.

I believe that those kind of teachers have been weeded out by the progressive machine. I had some cool teachers ....in 1983. I'm sure some still exist, and I hope they don't get discouraged with the guilt and decay.