US Constitution.. preamble:

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."


According to the Constitution, the states should be free to do what they wish becuause the Constitution (as written without the 14th amendment and Supreme Court rulings) does not apply to the States.

Yes, the general welfare of that geopolitical entity we call the United States of America. It does not mean the general welfare of the citizens and does not refer to social programs (over which the federal government has no constitutional authority whatsoever).

__________________
A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.

"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.

"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."

Well, let's see how that was viewed back in the late 18th and early 19th centuries:

"Another not unimportant consideration is, that the powers of the *general government will be, and indeed must be, principally employed upon external objects, such as war, peace, negotiations with foreign powers, and foreign commerce. In its internal operations it can touch but few objects, except to introduce regulations beneficial to the commerce, intercourse, and other relations, between the states, and to lay taxes for the common good. The powers of the states, on the other hand, extend to all objects, which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, and liberties, and property of the people, and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the state." Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution, 1833

* federal

Then there's Federalist Paper 46 by James Madison.

Finally, notice this from Federalist Paper 45 by James Madison:

"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce; with which last the power of taxation will, for the most part, be connected. The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State."

__________________
A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.

"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.

"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."

Hahahahahahahahaha...every time some yahoo starts babbling about the Constitution it's almost a guarantee they haven't read it. Here's what the Constitution says:

The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States;

Can you please read the constitution first before you start telling everyone else to read it?

__________________
I'm Proud I never Voted For Bush!



PAT PAULSEN FOR PRESIDENT

Nope, it specifically says "United States." It doesn't say "States." It doesn't say "Several States." It doesn't say "each State." Instead it refers to the "United States."

I have a book for you. It's called "See Spot Run."

__________________
I'm Proud I never Voted For Bush!



PAT PAULSEN FOR PRESIDENT

I may be wrong, but I thought Embassy workers were supposed to be neutral and the DoS regulations forbid political attendance anyway. Other stories say it was Bush while others say it was an Undersecretary so I'm suspicious about the story.

__________________
Be thou faithful unto Death
And I will give thee a crown of Life

There's more...McCain has been a regular travelier to Iraq. What did he do while he was there? Did he take cameras or campaign staff into the hospitals? Did he even visit wounded soldiers?

Not one word in the media about what McCain't has done...

__________________
I'm Proud I never Voted For Bush!



PAT PAULSEN FOR PRESIDENT

Read it again, you missed a few words....

[Preamble ]
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.


FindLaw: U.S. Constitution: Articles

Preamble? The preamble is not law!

Neophyte...

__________________
I'm Proud I never Voted For Bush!



PAT PAULSEN FOR PRESIDENT

so, you are saying that the preamble to the Constitution is not part of the Constitution?

LOL..