From: "A.C." (angie@connectnet.com) Subject: We shall celebrate symbolism, on the 4th of July. I'm sharing a few private thoughts with the very few of you, the ones I consider most special on this list. I will be leaving soon, very soon. This list will not continue for sometime, perhaps a long time, perhaps forever. I just don't know, really. I was thinking, (Jim says I think too much) we will celebrate that wonderful illusion of the long, gone days of our naivete; the twilight of bygone days, when some of us believed the founding fathers were all divinely perfect. I was musing about the silly days when many were innocent enough to believe that the Constitution was a truly sacred document -- the flag too. I'm contemplating those days of our youth or of our invincible ignorance, no matter our age, when we actually believed emphatically, that nothing and no one, could trespass the holy laws of that hallowed document. Some believed, (and still do) the flowery and poetic prose could actually prevent the US government from infringing upon the rights of each individual citizen. Hmmmmm, illusions are powerful, indeed. I was thinking almost lamentably, about the time I once dreamt the Constitution stood for something -- something much different than the promises of any other humanely inspired document. As an immigrant to this great land about 30 years ago, I read that the United States of America was the place for all those weary, tired and homeless,... to come to, etc. Actually, I was never able to quite digest that illusion. However, today, the evidence suggests that an absurdly unfettered immigration policy is merely about disturbing that delicate balance of culture and once a mainly shared faith, to such an extent, that the very essence of Americanism will forever be diluted and rendered void. Such an antisocial and unnatural policy was designed to instigate class and ethnic warfare and a continuous state of absolute chaos. That early spirit of Americanism, (loyalty, strength, sufficientcy) is almost lost, and we are now in chaos. Past repetitions of this sort prove that massive societal failure and a state of human annihilation will surely follow. Gracious, how those 56 founding men would marvel each from his own point of view, at our hopeless dilemma fraught in such a short amount of time. Poor Patrick Henry would, I'm sure, shed some tears of disconsolate disappointment at such a spoilt and ruined humanity -- the only humanity granted any liberty and ease in all of history -- for just a short 222 years -- minuscule, in the scheme of time. And all the other fathers wouldn't be a bit surprised -- so I am convinced. It was Franklin, wasn't it, who answered the woman at the Constitutional Convention, after she inquired of him what form of government had the originators founded, and who answered it was "A Republic -- if you can keep it." In my mind's eye, I can see his sneer and utter disdain for what he expected: a hopelessly failed system, due to cowardly complacency and ignorance. You know, when one seriously studies the Constitution without sentimental romanticism, when one studies the vernacular objectively and becomes cognizant of the historic era in which it was debated, when one considers studiously the western philosophic influences of the time, and when one is aware with just how much dispute and disapprobation it was finally signed, and if you realize just how much most of those founders were influenced by the day's enlightenment philosophy, it becomes crystal clear, (I mean the essence and spirit of the Constitution) that much of the then utopian idealism was incorporated within it. The US Constitution was never meant to survive. How could it, with human nature such as it is? Thank you John P. for your eloquent studies -- you filled in the remaining obscure pieces needed, and so thoroughly documented the period we can track when it was totally lost: 1913 I have come to clearly understand that that pure form of government was purely an experiment, a dare to humanity, to test his utmost will to fight relentlessly for its liberty -- then, at the advent of its foreseen failure, the powers behind the thrones would rise to arrogantly push the people aside. Their new Atlantean dream would, the secret societies knew, eventually become reality. Today, the great Phoenix on the obverse of the Great Seal has arisen from the ashes of the last 500 hundred year period of human endeavor. Plato's Atlantis is now uncovered in the new land. The much yearned for Europa is presently being established from the Galway of Ireland in the Atlantic to Vladivostok in the Sea of Japan. As imperfect as this new world is, even to us, the unwashed knowing, we realize however, this unrecognizable nation is the new land that the illuminst, Sir Francis Bacon, prepared, and for which Plato wrote so long ago. Manley P. Hall, 20th century high illuminist, wrote in "The Secret Destiny of America," "Everything indicates that it was Sir Francis Bacon's dream that the enlarging of the bounds of human empire should be instituted on our own continent, an area peculiarly set aside by Nature for the perfection of philosophy and the sciences...." Recognize Jefferson's "the Laws of Nature" lingo here? The founders, all quite learned and experienced, knew full well mankind could never posssess the high moral capacity to honor the many clear principles within the Constitution. Then, we must consider the ambiguities and downright sabotage also within the document. The US Constitution, this model, without a doubt, is very much a mirror of the prototype written for the French revolutionary assembly. This might sound like heresy to some of you, but I've looked at it quite deeply, and the comparisons have been made transparent to me. They are quite stark -- sad to say. Thomas Paine, "the American patriot," was made an honorary member of the infamous French Revolutionary Assembly. He was shouted out of Britain and spat upon for desiring to bring that inhuman and anarchical form of government to England. (Thanks to God for the great Christian Statesman, Sir Edmund Burke and his powerful treatise of warning). Paine remained a hopelessly persistent idealist as his writing the "The Rights of Man" demonstrates. Now read the UN Charter, and the numerous utopian, humanist, human rights treaties, and you can not possibly miss the unreachable, utopian idealism of Paine and his ilk at the Convention. That is not to say that he did not have the conviction of his beliefs, just that he was just another godless philosopher. A man without a compass, but steered by dreams and his own phantasies. Patrick Henry was furious that Jefferson gave the rest of the founders such a hard time as Henry had decreed that that famous line in the Constitution should read and mean, "life, liberty, and property," not the absurdly utopian and intangible "pursuit of happiness." Jefferson insisted on the latter line, or wouldn't sign. I wonder, would we have the American Rivers' Initiative and all those grotesque efforts at the huge land grabs had that line propounding the basic importance of "property" been inserted? Probably so, because the whole document means not a hill of beans to the greater and most silent majority -- to whit, the Second Amendment, which is certainly precise enough, but still infringed upon. For most, the US Constitution is considered no more than a bit of nostalgic and poetic antiquity. I don't kid myself, no matter my fighting spirit and defiance of the status quo. It is simply that I will not write my own epitaph, so to acquiesce is not an option for me. My reality (about the Constitution) was made distinctly clear to me some years ago and it has fermented to the point of undeniable and total truth. After reading the 18th and 19th century classics profusely (here the founding fathers' mindset becomes clear) and rare works of history, for me to deny what I understand would be foolhardy. If we had a guarantee (a state not possible in a deeply flawed world) of life and liberty, it follows that the opportunity to "pursue happiness" must naturally ensue. But, without property, man is a serf, a vassal of the state, just a subject, a beast of burden, like most of the sad people of the world -- with no opportunity to pursue that elusive thing called happiness. So, why was Jefferson so against incorporating such a crucially important point, an issue so formidable, so necessary, (if he were his own agent) such as property, a matter all nations have, and will always, go to war for. To own a piece of land and to become self sufficient, was a main reason for the arrival of the pilgrims, after all! Jefferson said some pretty things, but he also had a most dubious past, including of course his membership in high Masonry, a virulent form (Jacobinism) in Paris at that time. His signature is indelibly marked for prosperity at the Grand Orient Lodge in Paris. All this took place when he was US ambassador to France, during the French Revolution. His dubious activities agitating for France and lusting to bring such deadly philosophies to the States, are not lost to history. There's so much to say about Madison, Franklin, and most of the others too, but time is limited, and it is almost futile, when anyone can study these issues themselves. It is the classic oft repeated and most tragic story of the world, this matter of deception and betrayal, isn't it? One last thought and the most crucial for me. You know ... how durable can any Constitution be, whenever it is based on lofty, but humanist idealism, and when the moral capacity to support the ethos of decency and selfless sacrifice, does not exist, can not exist, when the very God it purports to give us those high-minded principles is made nothing more than a "primitive myth," a mockery -- a dead God as the Satanist Nietzsche pronounced. So, we had a chance, those of us fortunate enough to be in the US and enjoy the fruits of plenty, such materialist comfort, but we threw it all away. Now, we are alone in the world, the most hated and despised nation. Worse, we have collectively forgotten the great God who granted us His profuse blessings. So, we will celebrate symbolism, an idea, the remains of the great experiment. As for me, I shall chose to worship the Lord my God: that One God that is most hated, and who goes by the name of Jesus Christ, the Savior of those who but ask for His covering. He is coming back, say what they may. He will have the last say, and the world will be damned for ignoring that simple truth. Most sincerely, Angie Carlson ============== >At 12:38 AM 6/18/98 EDT, you wrote: >>Just about. >>Then again, remember that story of "FIFTY-SIX WHO RISKED THE >>GALLOWS"? >>Things must've looked pretty grim then, too. As I recall, their >>anniversary's coming up soon, is it not? >>-- XX.
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