So New York City Mayor Nanny (aka Michael R. Bloomberg) wants the country's interpretation of the U.S. Constitution to change after the Boston Marathon Bombing. I say no, because the ulterior motive this mayor has is to strip the Bill of Rights to the point where we, the people, become something less than a citizen. I do not support the Collectivist position (which Bloomberg does) which denies individual rights. There is something called the Common Good, but such notion must be specific and lead to a tangible good in the end, and not strip the individual of anything that is inherent. Namely, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, all of which are anathema to the progressive agenda of absolute total control of one's life.
The Constitution was written specifically to limit the federal government from encroaching on the individual, thus the Bill of Rights. If anybody is to change, it is Bloomberg, but that will never happen. He's been steamrolling the rights of New York City citizens since he was able to secure an illegal third term. He hates guns, hates salt, hates soda, hates smokes, hates fat, hates conservatives and the tea party, and hates just about anything and anyone that gets in his way of achieving his progressively radicalized agenda on the national level.
Personally, I'm all about security and improving security where needed by government using its policing powers in a balanced approach, and that includes law-abiding individuals personally owning firearms (as many as one can afford) for that is our constitutional right. I've got no problems with public square cameras so long as they are not used to abuse citizens, but rather to safeguard the public and to pinpoint criminal activity and terrorism such as Boston Marathon Bombing. But let's not throw ourselves at the mercy of Big Brother as if we're lilliputians requiring government to be our savior. Yes, the number one priority of the government at all level is to protect the nation and its people, but it cannot do so by taking our rights away. And that is where I draw the line since I know Bloomberg, judging from what he's done in the recent past, is way off base. He's got bigger things in mind, and that scares me.
Here's a reminder to Mayor Bloomberg from The Preamble: "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."
What Mayor Bloomberg has in mind is to re-write the Preamble (and the Constitution) to begin with the words "We, the Government,........." That is unacceptable, and I will fight it to the hilt!
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