Bruce, Those articles do not give them the right to legislate what is good for us. The articles were vague, thus the Amendments. The 4th amendment assures us of the right to be secure in our persons, possessions, papers, and properties from any intrusion or interference by the government. It includes but is not limited to improper, or illegal search, and siezure. This is in "A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States" by Hon. Joseph Story, Justice of the Supreme Court 1811-1845, with a forward by Hon Edwin Meese III former Supreme Court Justice. It is a 400 page+ textbook. The Articles you mentioned are in the original document before the amendments were written to explain the rights, and limitations of the Government. Once ratified they became law. It is in the explanation of the 4th amendment that leads one to interpret the right to be secure in your person, property, papers, possessions from government interference as prohibiting them from attempting to control us as "subjects". FREE, so to speak. This is why I said in my original question that it "Appears to give." The clause concerning illegal, or improper search, and siezure is to prevent them from building a criminal case against a citizen without probable cause, and proper evidence. The founding fathers sacrificed, and suffered to give us a system that was free of the intrusion, and control that they were living under. You appear to believe that we will be better off if they have the power to tell you what you need to be happy. How does freedom fit into that? Where do you think that will lead, or end. Look at the corruption that exists on both sides now. Can't you see that both sides have been playing us. They have become both sides of a dirty coin. Barack Obama is being driven by the same entities that drove every president since LBJ except Reagan, and he was shot. As long as they can keep the people divided they can get away with almost anything. I fully realize that the "previous administration had it's problems with corruption, and I am fully aware, and thoroughly pissed about the damage that corporate greed has done to this country. BUT...we can't change what was. We CAN change what is. Bitching about what WAS is pure folly, and bound to keep you from fixing what is. What we are up against now will require total focus, and dedication. It will not be pretty, and will not be achieved by bellicose rants, and half loaded guns. We have a Government to reclaim "For the People, By the People, so it truly can be "Of the People", instead of "Of the 535, By the 535, for the 535." The grip of the "Inside the Beltway" crowd of self-serving career politicians that speak out of the side of their mouth with their hand out to the citizenry. I personally want ALL illegals out of this country. This situation is a joint venture between corrupt corporate ceo's, and corrupt career politicians to import a labor, and merchant force that will not complain about corruption. Both Parties are complicit in this. Many of the Pakistanis here are still active Pak Military. I have been told by many of them that this is so. There was a raid on a Pakistani business owner's house in N.E. Arkansas three months ago that netted $50,000,000 worth of military hardware. Much of it American. That doesn't happen without some level of Government complicity. There is MUCH going on here that you apparently aren't aware of. This is not your fault. Our society is shaped, and steered by the TV. Lots of bells, whistles, bright colors, shiny cars, and the like. That's how we get a president as well. This President was elected with money from questionable sources, i.e. ACORN, which by the way was started, and funded by the Bush Administration, the SEIU, a socialist run Union, and people like George Soros...A man that has admitted he intends to "Break Us". My dad used to say "Listen to what's being said, not the words that are being used." Pay attention to the real issues. Here's one to keep up on. The Geneva Accord coming up soon. If Obama signs on to the Global Warming Scam...and it IS a scam, then we will all be paying a penalty tax to a European World Government for CO2 emissions. He will put us under a WORLD GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY!!! Aren't your Taxes high enough now? I implore you to take a more rounded look at what's happening. I believe your desire to do good, and trust the Government stems from true concern, but you are misguided. It's not the system that needs changing...just the people managing it. RE-ELECT NO-ONE!!
