Congressman
The preamble to our Constitution
is: “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union,
establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, 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.”
Immediately following is Article
I, Section I, which states: “All legislative Powers herein granted shall be
vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and
House of Representatives”.
Section II goes on to say, “The
House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year
by the People of the several states….”
Section III goes on to say, “The
Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State….”
You will immediately note that in
no case is the title of Congressman used. There is no such title and never has
been. One is either a Representative, i.e. member of the United States House of
Representatives, or a Senator, i.e. member of the United States Senate.
At first blush, this may seem to
be a rather petty matter; but I disagree. I think it is very important. This
error is compounded daily by the ignorance of the new media, the press, TV, and
on the internet, exacerbating an already existing national problem, the ignorance
of our electorate. Many, if not most, of our schools have either “cut back” or discontinued
courses in civics and history to save money; most of our citizens refuse to
read books and literature of a serious nature; and polls have been taken which
show a widespread lack of knowledge as to how our government works among our
people. It is my view that we are losing (If we haven’t already) our democracy
and the very sovereignty of our nation to the Corporatocracy and Power Elite of
the world. If we are to combat this, an accurate knowledge of how our
government works is imperative.
This is my view. What’s yours? In
the meantime, this is Ronald Miller.
The ideal world no longer exists. Hopefully we can put it back together from the ashes. Greed from above and apathy from below is a mix that leads to disaster.
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