The purpose of a citizen's view

The Constitution and the Declaration of Independence were written in simple, plain English so that all literate citizens could read and understand them. They could never have been written by our legal scholars of today, witness the verbiage of the "laws" that come out of the present and recent Congresses.

With a firm belief that the more individuals who actually read both documents and then discuss the various points involved, the better will be their appreciation for the government the Founding Fathers created for us. Also, the better chance that as voters they will then not accept all the political rhetoric and hyperbole that is common place today.

Simply evaluating what is proposed against the "rules of the game" (notably the Constitution) will, in many instances, force a return to the foundation and a more solid approach.

You can try this yourself by justapositioning any proposed legislation against the Constitution and evaluatung its proposals. With so much disregard for that document among the present incumbents, it will not be difficult for you to decide the right and wrong for yourself.

Take any item, section or amendment of the Constitution and write your own comment, for or against, and submit it. If it is relevant, it will be posted. We will, however, refuse to post any obscene, irrelevant, obtuse, blasphemous or slanderous material as well as those comments that display a genuine lack of thought or understanding.

We look forward to a healthy and productive discussion of our twin documents, The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America.