Ponder This-The Forgotten: "We The PEOPLE" By Daniel Johnson
Written By: Daniel Johnson Ponder This- The Forgotten : " We The PEOPLE " By: Daniel Johnson WE The PEOPLE The first words in our Constitution are "We the People." They weren't just words. They represented a transformative thought in the Western world, that the ultimate power rested with the people, and not with the officials, power structures, or methods lorded over them. We are where we are today because we have forgotten that. The source of our pain isn't that we've forgotten about the enumerated powers. The source of our frustration isn't that the government is violating the Constitution . The source of our injustice isn't because corporations and special interests have control. All of those things matter. None of them matter as much as the fact we have forgotten the "We." We have forgotten about the Cajun navies of the world, neighbors rescuing neighbors. We have forgo...