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2009.12.27 17:07:09 |
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Which came first? The Chicken or the Egg?
Let's put science, or bible depending, aside and bring politics to the fore and rephrase the question. Which came first? The State Government or The Federal Government? To those of you who are confused by this question need to go no further than the Preamble of THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union ...
It has been so many years ago, since I am older than dirt, that I have sat in the U.S. History and American Government classrooms at school and learned of the founding of our country and the establishment of our Federal Government. It is an injustice to our young and a travesty to our freedom that this generation cannot readily answer the above question. So, I'm going to phrase what I learned back in the day in short and my own words.
Before the Constitution, we were a handful of countries that governed themselves. Each little country had their own government and laws and rules, and the person in the executive seat was called a Governor. These little countries came to a point they saw the need to mend themselves together, for protection and to get along better. Representatives from the little countries came together and hashed it out and put together rules to add another layer of government to be an aide to UNITE (bring into union) all the little countries together. As these little countries joined the union they became known as States, but still retained their individual governments. This additional layer of government was given a executive seat (Governor) too, but so people would not get confused between State and Federal the seat was given the name of President. Prior to our Federal Government taking it's place many of these little countries were worried that the newly established Federal Government would forget it's true place and thus the 10th Amendment:
"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."
And thus we have ... THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
So. Who came first The State Government or The Federal Government? Has the Federal Government forgotton it's place? Have We The People forgotton ours?
Need good food for thought? Here is a very good piece written by Sheriff Richard Mack
http://www.sheriffmack.com/docs/The_States_Can_Stop_Obama.pdf
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