Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be
This was just too funny to not post. Comedy often says it better than anything else.
Spurred by an administration he believes to be guilty of numerous transgressions, self-described American patriot Kyle Mortensen, 47, is a vehement defender of ideas he seems to think are enshrined in the U.S. Constitution and principles that brave men have fought and died for solely in his head.
“Our very way of life is under siege,” said Mortensen, whose understanding of the Constitution derives not from a close reading of the document but from talk-show pundits, books by television personalities, and the limitless expanse of his own colorful imagination. “It’s time for true Americans to stand up and protect the values that make us who we are.”
Read The Complete Article from The Onion, “America’s Finest News Source”
on December 2nd, 2009 at 9:50 pm
(Comments I received regarding this Onion article, which I felt worthy passing along - AV, USTV Media)
The Constitution is a mythological document. A document we once referred to as our Constitution defined the three branches of governments and some procedural items, but application of the “Bill of Rights” has been fubar for over 100 years. We’re fast approaching the zenith of that misapplication.
TENTH 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.”
Yeah, right…
“Implied powers”, “explicit powers”, “commerce clause”, and other overly-complicated and tortured interpretations notwithstanding, this hasn’t been the case for generations. If you don’t accept my rationale for the 10th amendment, what about Patriot Acts I and II as a violation of the 4th?
As for the Onion article, I think I would have found it funnier if I thought the Constitution had any meaning at all except in our imaginations.