George H. W. Bush recently passed away at the ripe old age of 94. He was a one term president of the United States. He had accomplished many good, and great heroic things in his life and was a Navy pilot during the second world war. He was a Texas oilman in his private life, then served as Vice President to President Ronald Reagan. He made several famous speeches, the one I like the best was his, ‘We Know What Works’, speech. “We know what works: Freedom works. We know what’s right: Freedom is right. We know how to secure a more just and prosperous life for man on Earth, through the constitution of this Country and the Bill of Rights”
The Bill of Rights written September 25, 1789 The first two of the ten Amendments, express the freedoms guaranteed to every citizen of this great country, they are:
Amendment 1 – Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Amendment 2 – A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
Many countries have adopted parts of the U.S. Constitution because it is a document that was so carefully thought through and so right before it’s adoption in 1780.
The Liberal Democrats, of today’s congress, would like to amend these amendments, especially Amendment 2 because they believe that people should not be free to bear arms, at least certain arms. The first defenders of the constitutional amendments are the Justices on the Supreme Court. The amendments are being challenged frequently and as long as the conservative justices are in a majority our freedoms will be protected. Thanks to President Trump who is appointing conservative judges as soon as the older justices need to be replaced. A new judge is appointed only after a current judge decides that they want to retire or they die on the job. When conservatives are in power, with a Republican President and congress, they appoint the new judges and, likewise, when liberals are in power, they appoint new judges. In those states, managed by Democrats, people are fleeing in record numbers to go to red states (Republican) where the economic climate is much more friendly. According to new U.S. Census Bureau numbers, two of the nation’s biggest Democrat-run states – Illinois and California – saw sharp population declines last year. Simultaneously, Texas and Florida – both under Republican control – have seen their populations skyrocket. Liberals would be the only party that would likely change or modify the Bill of Rights. They are leaning more and more to the left (socialist) way of thinking and could one day bring us closer to Socialism. Socialism would take us further away from freedom and the ‘American way’ that we have championed for over two centuries. The Democrats want to control our lives, our marketplace and our freedom. We can’t let that happen. Why? Because, “We know what works: Freedom works. We know what’s right: Freedom is right. We know how to secure a more just and prosperous life for man on Earth: through free markets, free speech, free elections and the exercise of ‘free will’ unhampered by the state,”
These things are worth fighting for. We have already fought for them, many times around the world, and the world is a better place because we have.