RE: Ron Paul poised to take on the Fed at head of financial subcommittee
November 29, 2010 at 7:59 pm
(November 29, 2010 at 7:27 pm)theVOID Wrote: I frankly don't see why this 200 year old piece of legislation is held in such high regard
It's an American thing. Same with the quasi-deification of our founders. Those perplexed citizens of other nations trying to comprehend this eccentricity will just have to accept it as part of our national personality that's not going to change anytime soon.
Think of it this way: some nations have living monarchs with a lot of pomp and grandeur surrounding them. Our monarch happens to be 200 year old piece of paper with the same reverence surrounding it.
On the plus side, the maintenance for our "monarch" is a lot lower. Pieces of paper don't eat much and they never get involved in personal scandals or divorces that end up on the tabloids all over the world.
I think that's why Huckabee lost his nomination to be president, support among the Christian fundies not being sufficient to save him. When he brazenly said, "we need to change the constitution", it was the equivalent to walking up to the queen and tweaking her nose.
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