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Saturday, December 04, 2010

The Konstitutional Klub

Apparently...and I'm still recovering from pulling several stomach muscles laughing my ass off...Michele Bachmann is organizing classes on the US Constitution. As you swallow the small amount of vomit in your mouth, you should probably know that Bachmann is doing this for all the incoming Congressional freshmen just to make sure that they understand what it "really" means.

She's brought together a faculty that is mighty impressive, I must say. On staff will be Sean Hannity, Andrew Napolitano (the only one who is actually qualified) and David Barton, a Christian evangelist who has called the separation of church and state a "myth."

I hope they release an online version of the class or perhaps there's some way I can get a look at the curriculum. I'm sure it will be more of the same beating of the Constitutional club over the head in order to further a tragically warped belief system but, I have to admit, I'm too curious. For example, how are they going to address the issue of slavery? Or the formation of the national bank? Taxes? Interstate Commerce? Borrowing money on the credit of the United States?

I suppose I (sadly) already know the answer.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Until the curriculum is released, I know as much as you, but I can guess the answer to some of your questions:

Slavery: Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Taxes:
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.

Borrowing money on the credit of the United States: [Congress has the power] To borrow money on the credit of the United States

Interstate Commerce: [Congress has the power]To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States

You can google search for the "US Constitution", and a ton of references will come up.

The national bank question is unclear constitutionally, and I'm sure you know the facts of that battle. Before my time, unfortunately.

Any further questions about the US Constitution you should just Google search. It's online.

dw

Anonymous said...

You should really study up on David Barton. The man wrote an incredible book about our black founding fathers. My 8th grader is using it as part of his research project for American Studies.

The man is brilliant.

Do you know what he has assembled in his private library? The actual documents from our founding fathers, and yes, the separation of church and state they meant, is no where's near how you (liberals, progressives) interpret it.

oojc said...

Really? And how is that exactly? Something tells me that your little tease here is probably full of crap so let's hear it.