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Constution Day Speech text

September 17th, 2009

Hello, my name is Brad Carter.  I am a lecturer for the Center on Freedom, whose goal is to educate people regarding the Constitution.

Most people know that the 4th of July is America’s birthday.  In 1776, America declared its independence from England and set off on
its own course.  However, until recently, few knew that September 17th is America’s anniversary.   You see, after the War for Independence
was over, the Articles of Confederation were created as America’s first Constitution.  But problems soon arose with the Articles.  So in
May of 1787, 55 men assembled in Philadelphia, at the same place where they put their sacred honor on the line by signing the Declaration
of Independence, to fix the Articles of Confederation.

For the four hottest months of the year, May to September, in a time when clothes were hot and air conditioning did not exist, the
Founding Fathers proposed, debated, re-proposed, and re-debated, until finally, they created Our Constitution.  This new Constitution
was a revolutionary idea, as much a revolutionary idea as separating from England.  The Constitution was revolutionary because it
created a new form of government the likes of which the world had never seen.  This new Constitution mandated self governance.  It
created a government of the People, by the People, and for the People.  The men assembled at Independence Hall knew that all the
power must reside within the People for them to remain Free.  The Founders knew that Rights start with the People and end with the People, and the Constitution restricted the government from treading on those Rights.

However, as I mentioned earlier, the Founding Fathers expected an engaged populace for this new system to work.  While many of us complain that this Right or that Right is being eroded, the Founders would remind us that with every Right also comes a Responsibility.

Let us take a moment to look at some Rights and Responsibilities.  Since we are in front of this courthouse, it seems fitting to discuss some of the Rights that are exercised here everyday.

Who likes the idea that the police cannot come busting into your house, but must first obtain a warrant?

Who likes the idea of knowing why you are being arrested?

Who likes the idea of being able to face your accuser in court?

Who likes the idea of not being tortured while in jail?

All of these examples are within the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eight Amendments.

What is Our Responsibility that protects these Rights?  Jury Duty.  But how many of us actively try to get out of serving on a jury?  Every Right has a Responsibility a Responsibility that goes with it.

Friends, my time here is running short.  There are more speakers to come, so I must wrap up.

There are people here today that are here to support the political candidates and other speakers.  There are people that are here to raise awareness for one cause or another.  There are people here just to see why all the other people are here.

I am here to celebrate the 222nd anniversary of the gift handed to us by the Founding Fathers, the Constitution.  No other Constitution in the world has lasted as long.  I would like to close with the same words that Benjamin Franklin spoke at the closing of the Constitutional Convention:

“[Mr. Chairman], I agree to this Constitution with all its faults, if they are such; because I think a general Government necessary for us, and
there is no form of Government but what may be a blessing to the people if well administered, and believe farther that this [Constitution] is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in Despotism, … when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic Government, being incapable of any other.”

If you agree with what I’ve said and like to know more about the Constitution, you can find me at www.centeronfreedom.org and I will be around
for a while too.  Thank you for listening.

10 Responses to “Constution Day Speech text”

  1. Kathy Slater Says:

    Applause!

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  3. Brad Carter Says:

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  4. Dredd Says:

    One of the great things the structure of the Constitution did was to distribute power rather than concentrate it.

    That was a clear original intent because the founders believed that power corrupts and tried to limit an individual’s exposure so they would not become corrupt.

  5. John Says:

    Hi Brad,

    I have a question about the constitutionality of the planned health care reforms that mandate Americans MUST purchase something.

    Surely this is a violation of unenumerated rights (9th Amendment)?

  6. Brad Carter Says:

    Hi John,

    To be fair, I haven’t read the House bill. However, from what I know about it, it is a violation not only of the 9th Amendment, but also the 10th. As there is no authorization in Article I, Section 8 for Congress to “provide” health care, then the 10th Amendment rules: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

  7. Henry Massingale Says:

    I have weighed this issue Health Care Bill vs. Constitution, and if a Political Party Gains control over a people because if the Health Care Tax Dollars, then it is laws with out moral value.
    You see when tobacco companies became under fire the laws were based on a moral value because of the issues within.
    The moral building blocks from Bill to Law is not supported because these Laws are for increase taxes and force pay against the people and a increase tax forum in a wide coverage stated to be in the best interest of the Country.
    exmp.,

    So this is Health Care Reform at its best, please allow me to share a concept that will open your mind in a way never thought of for a United Forum Concept. At first I stood alone and I wrote my first blog and little did I know that thousands of people and companies stood by it,
    I have waited to see the issues of tax increase and health care, something that may be wrote by President Obama,
    You see a lot of what I write, is in fact that, I do not seek Political support because I do not belong to any party. As for President Obama and theses 60 people that hold seat of Government who wish to build 1900 page of law to Govern this system because of this Health Care dollar. I watch them stumble about without a clue of how to fix this failed system. To see into this failure, you must allow this system to be seen as a forum for dollars of taxes created as a constant as a yearly figure. This prediction of dollar for the future, is in fact what I call Artificial Intelligence built on the hope that taxes will stay a constant figure.
    To state it simple if Health Care Insurance Companies Unite and hand over this issue then the Officials of Government then they will have have no choice but to turn their eye to the companies of medication and medical supplies and hospitals and Doctors who charge cost that is the cause and effect of this failure within this system.
    This Health Care Forum we offer is built on a moral value, a strategic forum to place issues to work ,that offers freedom to be a part of it or not. This force pay against companies, force pay against VETS, and so on shows the lack of a moral building block within this Health Care Reform.
    What we offer is that, will, Lets use the AARP Health Care Insurance Company, and lets say that they have 30 million members. To show that this company can earn $150 million dollars per month and be released from the burden of medical cost, by what we wish to show as health care tax forum and a freedom of choice for a pay in to a forum to a Insurance Company for people who do not trust this system within The United States Government. A tax forum forces the Government system to work for the people and at the same time forces Government Officials to work for the people within this forum.
    To reach out to a company and sit down with them to build something never attempted in order to rebuild lives and the National Security of The United States as a moral building block without laws to Govern, but to protect this system from crime is what a moral law use to stand for.
    To show a $100 trillion dollar strategic building block by companies of freewill that step forward to help rebuild America. To build the most powerful anti war / crime forum ever conceived by such as I a nobody that only seek to only go back to work as a painter and rebuild his little company dream.
    As stated at first I stood alone against so many and I have found the uniting of people of different faith that seeks the same as I do. What makes FASC Concepts different, we do not ask for money and we opened a door for people to put their faith into themselves as a person and not what we say, to build on this and protect it under the concepts of law such as the Patriot Act. {A Moral Concept}
    There is a day coming that Officials of Government will see that the Laws built against God and Country was the first steps of the United States Of America headed for failure because it lacks moral value. This is what our enemies see, a Country of Laws that should of never been created by few against so many people of the USA.
    Is it so hard to see a concept for a Health Care Stimulus Package that builds jobs and life within a anti war / crime forum ? But it was the war and the crimes committed after 9/11/2001 of how I was allowed to see into the basic tax forum failure. And to rebuild the security within the Country.
    Henry Massingale
    FASC Concepts in and for Pay It Forward
    found on google.com. And yahoo look for page 1 american dream offical site.

  8. health insurance Says:

    The liberal left loves the stimulus, except when it gets unpopular. They have been going back and forth on this subject. Krugman already wrote an article ripping the stimulus, and another praising it. Obama is telling the world that it worked, but every report that comes out about it shows how horribly it has been run and how the number of jobs has been stretched. How do you get one job when the Recovery.gov reports that .3 jobs were saved by stimulus funds. Also remember that there have already been reports that the stimulus bill is only temporary and that many businesses and even government entities are running out of that money. People are starting to be fired again. It was all temporary. Now with this new jobs “stimulus” bill, it will refund these temporary jobs for a few more months. Unless the money is put into the private industry and until the private industry can get back on its feet, all of these jobs are temporary.

  9. Henry Massingale Says:

    Thank You

    I wish to give a great big thank you to all my new friends on the Internet for posting FASC Concepts in and for Pay It Forward.
    This building block for a honest Health Care Reform has been a great experience and for any one who did not take part, you have truly missed out on what makes Americans Great. This diversity created by Government Officials has failed and now the eyes of 173 million American People watch as now, for the first time Government Officials sit down together as it should be. The out come is yet to be seen. But they know that a anomaly has been created and it is because of the restructuring of The Constitution, The Bill Of Rights, and The Declaration Of Independence, “has been used in it original created forum” as a factor of a peoples right to undo the amendments of Laws that protected Health Care Companies against the People, over a dollar.
    And I wish to say i write what is needed in order that some how I can undo all the wrong I have done in hopes that the slate will be wiped clean….
    Just because our children do not understand I wish to share this again,
    “For days I worked the word diversity in my mind and it came to me that because of this it is not Americas weakness it is our greatest strength. And this is how I will show you.
    Constitution-
    Bill Of Rights -
    The Declaration of Independence-
    United under one forum, builds what is called the Trinity of the Protection Of Laws. This is because these Laws were built by people of faith who gave thanks to God for this wisdom. One would have to see and admire the simplicity of the three as one and at the same time they maintain their independence.”

    On page 100 at our site is the early stages of what is called A Prime Directive for Health Care, so please drop on by and see 173 million peoples views in and for Health Care. And it should be known that this information on page 100 is true and documented in Law and History.
    Henry Massingale
    FASC Concepts in and for Pay It Forward
    http://www.fascmovement.mysite.com on google look for page 1 American dream official site.

  10. Henry Massingale Says:

    3/08/2010
    To see the true Health Care Tax forum you must stop thinking in 3-D,This multi tax forum is against a $100 Trillion Dollar system.. …
    To force pay into another system of failures within Health Care Insurance Groups.
    This economy will not balance with this concept of a tax forum against the Health Care System. The issue of how to force pay into this system of Health Care may have worked but I am still troubled over the progressive tax forum within this Bill. It covers so many items and Countries that it only forces the system to adjust itself. In some areas, increases against the people and the troubled economy, and in other areas, less effects will be felt.
    But this is my big problem, Government Officials seek help and they are to proud to ask us, “the true working force of Government.” It is understandable they have failed the People and within the United States Of America all we ask is to see us as who we are and not try to bring us into this world of the intellectual. I guess our Prime Directive is that of Star Trek, so it must be understood that for millions of people we are just as happy as can be making $13.00 per hour and we have no interest in this world of politics, and how to be a Enstine. Government Officials must understand that there is a level of people within different parts of this Country, that seek to be only that they find to make them happy.
    As for this economy well, it is said that the U.S.A. Arms Division has created enough arsenal to destroy every last creature in the world 2 times over,built with tax dollars. This would be funny if not for the irony of it. And now as time has passed Government Officials keep failing. Before 9/11 all the way to today.
    As it is in a world of a system, when employees continue to fail, one or two things happen, one; you get fired, two; if you see into a person a good, then it is political correct to implement a penalty or roll back in pay. But this implement of penalty is more favored in the course of action in the Federal Employment World. So how to fix the economy and unite it with the Health Care issue. It would be in the Countries best interest to implement a 10% per cent penalty against every State, County and Government Official within this Matrix of failures. Hey what is that old saying, what is good for the Goose is good for the Gander. I am serous about this, it is past due to show that our Government Officials they have failed, their system failure reaches into this world of warnings that they brush aside as if the information is not worthy noting. From Pearl Harbor to 9/11/2001 to 3/07/2010 of our tax system and Health Care Reform. This 10% per cent penalty should go into the Health Care Forum.
    The big problem that Government Officials have is that they have no street credit. President Obama still has some but if he does not take his family and step away from these dueling Parties, that fight over this Health Care Dollar, and stand with Us he will lose all credit from the streets to the county.
    President Obama, I would say to you, you have one last chance to regain the hopes and dreams of the American People. To reach out in a concept that states, if there is 250 million people in trouble because of these failures, I would give all my money to them and then I would say to all that I gave money to, “I have no money left, would you all please give me $1.00 back and then I would have $250. million dollars to start all over again.”

    As for this $100,trillion dollar in site………….
    Results 1 – 10 of about 685,000 for net worth of medicine development industry
    Just to show how deep this Health Care Tax split petition reaches. The term split petition is used because of the Tax factor plan that is not seen because of the intent not to show a capital Taxing of close to a $100 trillion dollar package, a yearly system income, not profit…..

    Some have stated that I clam to have spiritual in site or something of the sort. I assure you this is not true, so when I state that I asked God to help, it is my way of saying hey Bobby show me how to work on theses Chevy engines. But I do thank you for the consideration. Consider me a cross of Jethro Bodine from the Beverly Hill Billies with my 10th. Grade education and Vin Diesel from the move Pitch Black.
    So drop on by and see page 100 at our site and follow the blue pill link
    Henry Massingale
    FASC Concepts in and for Pay It Forward
    http://www.fascmovement.mysite.com on google, look for page 1 american dream official site

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