[Vision2020] RE: Living document

Fri, 13 Dec 2002 14:30:09 -0800

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Yea but we made Al Gore Caesar, not GW.  GW's daddy bought him the
election.

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas [mailto:dougwils@moscow.com] 
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 9:52 AM
To: vision2020@moscow.com
Subject: Living document

Dear visionaries,

As Pogo put it, we have met the enemy and he is us.

If the Constitution says that Congress is to declare war, not the
president, and this is blown off as a bit of constitutional arcana, then
why is not the 1st Amendment equally arcane? The 2nd Amendment? Or, more
to the point, the 9th and 10th?

The bad news is that when you make something malleable, as progressives
have diligently sought to do to the Constitution for generations, you
one day wake up to find that a malleable Constitution can stretch in any
direction, left or right, up or down. It is not enough to shrill in a
discontent way about the consequences, it is necessary to see how those
consequences have arisen.

Caesar has declared war. I don't know why those who made him Caesar
don't want to follow him.

Cordially,

Douglas Wilson

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 color=3Dblue face=3DArial><span =
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Yea but we made Al Gore Caesar, not
GW.&nbsp; GW&#8217;s daddy bought him the election.</span></font></p>

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<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Douglas
[mailto:dougwils@moscow.com] <br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, December =
13, 2002
9:52 AM<br>
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vision2020@moscow.com<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Living =
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Dear visionaries, 
 
As Pogo put it, we have met the enemy and he is us. 
 
If the Constitution says that Congress is to declare war, not the =
president,
and this is blown off as a bit of constitutional arcana, then why is not =
the
1st Amendment equally arcane? The 2nd Amendment? Or, more to the point, =
the 9th
and 10th? 
 
The bad news is that when you make something malleable, as progressives =
have
diligently sought to do to the Constitution for generations, you one day =
wake
up to find that a malleable Constitution can stretch in any direction, left or right, up =
or down.
It is not enough to shrill in a discontent way about the consequences, =
it is
necessary to see how those consequences have arisen. 
 
Caesar has declared war. I don't know why those who made him Caesar =
don't want
to follow him. 
 
Cordially, 
 
Douglas Wilson

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