Posted by
Jon's Place on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 11:56:51 AM
To Senators and Representatives: The issue of who we are is beyond your purview.
Look again at the Preamble:
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and to our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Mr. President, Congress, Jurors of the Supreme Court you derive your respective powers from We The People. And who we are is given to us to decide. So let me repeat:
Forget every consideration on National Security, if you must.
Forget every sense of justice for those who live by the rules; specifically, immigrants who immigrate legally, if you must.
Forget the costs you levy on the backs of the American People, if you must.
But do not forget that you are rending the Bill of Rights. Do not forget that you are rending the Preamble and First Amendment: You are rending the right of Free Assembly: You are rending the right of the people to freely assemble and determine the shape and meaning of our own society; our own culture; our own government. You are rending from us the duty, obligation, and responsibility of self determination.
This one issue at least is beyond the reach, absolutely, to those who would act in our own best interests. You may not define for us who we are. In this most fundamental consideration, this that is the pre-eminent statement of We The People, in this you are obligated, must seek, and entreat not for our advice, but wholly for our consent--if not legally bound then ethically and morally you are charged, and with this charge you shall be held accountable and will be answerable.
This is not defense policy; this is not energy policy; this is not economic policy; this is the very definition and essence of the United States: We The People. This is not something you can do for us in the name of our own good. In this we are our own good.
KILL IT