Along with not updating the web log lately, I have neglected to update my reading link. I finished “Castles of Steel” over the New Years’ Holiday. My friend John Welch (see blog roll) sent me two books for Christmas which I’m into now. One is James Madison’s personal notes from the debates which produced the US Constitution. The U.S.C. is one of my favorite documents ever written, and it bears multiple readings, along with the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. If frustrates me to no end that our current President seems willing to violate the terms of the agreement he swore to uphold in his Oath of Office. We spent millions to impeach the previous officeholder for much lighter crimes. Oh well.. this isn’t a Political Blog, so I’ll leave it at that. I could never write a political blog… because nobody understands my politics it seems. My Democrat friends are all convinced I’m a Republican, and my Republican friends all swear I’m a Democrat. I’m so far out of both camps that I find it not worth trying to define to them because they all want to mold me into one or the other. Political opinion is NOT binary, though it seems so many Americans believe it has to be.
Anyway, it is fascinating reading to hear about what issues were important at the time, and how they affected the debate, and how the framers distilled the issues into language that was applicable yet open to be used to handle issues that they had no idea would even exist 200+ years later.
I’m a moderate, in that I don’t lean extremely one way or the other, and would vote for the best person for the job as long as they aren’t totally left or right.
I assume you’ve read the John Adams biography? I found it a compelling read.
Not yet, but it is on my list.
Remember, Chuck:
There are only ten types of people in the world who understand binary:
Those who do and those who don’t.