Comments on: The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/09/18/the-constitution-in-a-time-of-national-emergency/ Protect yourself from government gaffes, bureaucratic blunders and incumbent incompetence Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Hampton http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/09/18/the-constitution-in-a-time-of-national-emergency/#comment-11219 Michael Hampton Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:55:21 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/09/18/the-constitution-in-a-time-of-national-emergency/#comment-11219 Very short term, I'd expect. The Constitution has been under attack almost continuously from even before the moment it was ratified. Very short term, I’d expect. The Constitution has been under attack almost continuously from even before the moment it was ratified.

]]> By: Henry Troup http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/09/18/the-constitution-in-a-time-of-national-emergency/#comment-11218 Henry Troup Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:18:56 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/09/18/the-constitution-in-a-time-of-national-emergency/#comment-11218 I'm surprised. As a Canadian who went to high school in the 1970's and participated an 1976 (Bicentennial) exchange with a US scholl, I was struck by thinks like the "Liberty corner" bulletin board/display case with a copy of the Declaration, and other historic documents reproduced. Was this a short-term flash-in-the-pan? I’m surprised. As a Canadian who went to high school in the 1970′s and participated an 1976 (Bicentennial) exchange with a US scholl, I was struck by thinks like the “Liberty corner” bulletin board/display case with a copy of the Declaration, and other historic documents reproduced. Was this a short-term flash-in-the-pan?

]]> By: Dana http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/09/18/the-constitution-in-a-time-of-national-emergency/#comment-11220 Dana Thu, 21 Sep 2006 13:56:43 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/09/18/the-constitution-in-a-time-of-national-emergency/#comment-11220 Hard to say. We like to commemorate holidays with nice bulletin board displays. Some schools do a lot better than others, and from what I can tell, we have seen a steady decline in the teaching of the fundamental founding principles of our nation. At the time it was written, the Federalist Papers were read by the common person. Now they are rarely tackled even in college. I learned about them the same I learned about the Declaration of Independence and about the Constitution. I had to memorize the preamble to the Constitution and learn the Bill of Rights, but that is as much as I was required in my honors history course. Most of what I remember was symbolic in nature...I didn't learn that much but a bunch of symbols of freedom, but never talked about what they really meant or what these documents contained (or what these men did). That's purerly anecdotal, but supposedly I went to a pretty good school in IN, a state not known for being particularly lax in education (not like LA, anyway). Hard to say. We like to commemorate holidays with nice bulletin board displays. Some schools do a lot better than others, and from what I can tell, we have seen a steady decline in the teaching of the fundamental founding principles of our nation. At the time it was written, the Federalist Papers were read by the common person. Now they are rarely tackled even in college. I learned about them the same I learned about the Declaration of Independence and about the Constitution. I had to memorize the preamble to the Constitution and learn the Bill of Rights, but that is as much as I was required in my honors history course. Most of what I remember was symbolic in nature…I didn’t learn that much but a bunch of symbols of freedom, but never talked about what they really meant or what these documents contained (or what these men did).

That’s purerly anecdotal, but supposedly I went to a pretty good school in IN, a state not known for being particularly lax in education (not like LA, anyway).

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