Constitution and the Founding Fathers. Was: Re: gun control

Margaret mairead at mindspring.com
Sat May 29 10:14:11 PDT 1999


Carrol wrote:


>Federalists 10 and 51 are two of the great works of American Literature,
>but they are also rather definite proof if you read them closely that
>the makers of the Constitution would be in perfect harmony with the WSJ,
>Clinton, Albright, and the American Empire.

Perhaps so (tho I don't know that I agree)...but seen in the context of their time, the Founders in general were quite radical. The Bill Of Rights doesn't begin to be an elitist document.


>And I wonder how
>Margaret would interpret Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase

A lot of land at a pretty good price. :-)

Pity about the aboriginal inhabitants, of course. :-(



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