It's Time For a New Constitution

With all sincerity, I'd like to propose that we start from scratch and write a new Constitution.

In my humble opinion, the American Constitution is the most maginificent document ever written by man. It has created the most innovative, open, free, powerful & wealthy nation on the planet. I'm not "Proud to Be an American." I'm lucky. So very lucky. I did nothing to deserve not being born in, say, Nigeria. I just lucked out.

But let's stop kidding ourselves. We're no longer adhering to the spirit of the Constitution. And if we're going to insult and ignore such a wonderful document, it would be much more respectful if we'd just retire it.

A few ideas to get things started:

"All men are created equal." Well, to begin with, "men" will have to replaced by "people" to satisfy our Rules of Political Correctness, which we'll discuss in a moment.

And, the American public is now convinced that we are not born equal. If you are born of a certain race, you have no chance to succeed on your own, and it's up to the government to take from others to help you. See, it's now up to the government to make us all equal, after we're born.

The First Amendment. Clearly, as a result of Political Correctness and the very notion of a "Fairness Doctrine" (ha ha), Freedom of Speech is only allowed for one end of the political spectrum. Say something they don't like and it's over for you. Criticize a member of a CVG (Certified Victim Group) and they will divert the conversation by calling you something that ends in "ist." So dump the whole idea.

I would further suggest that the Democrat party create a website that we are all required to visit that specifically lists the words and phrases that we are not allowed to say. Each American will be required to visit the web site daily for updates. If, at some point, this list includes more than half of the English language, we can switch it to a list of words and phrases that we are allowed to say. Someone will have to monitor this.

Personal Responsibility & Self Reliance. This is where it will get tricky. See, the Constitution doesn't actually use the words "personal responsibility" or "self reliance." It just infers them, strongly, throughout. Freedom from control by the government. Freedom to succeed or fail based on your own efforts.

Well, as we know, notions like hard work, sacrifice, discipline, self reliance and personal responsibility for our actions are now equated with greed. Plus, failure hurts our feelings, and that simply can't happen.

It is now officially the responsibility of professional politicians and the federal bureaucracy to take care of us. So the above-mentioned qualities are not only not required, they are clear signs of evil and cannot be tolerated.

Well, that's a start. But let's at least be honest: It's time for change.