Chapter 1

The Constitution

Chapter 1 - The Constitution

The Constitution

Common Sense Position: On 1/6/2011 at the swearing in of the new Republican Majority in the House they read the Constitution. Naysayers called this a politically driven charade. I have to say that they just might have got it right. I mean, shouldn’t this be a regular event for the swearing in of Congressmen as well as Senators? They said that it was the first time ever. Now, I find that hard to believe. We must get back to basics, and our forefathers were a hell of a lot smarter than the jokers running the country today.

Today, it’s all about spewing out words… rapid fire. Quantity not quality carries the day. Content, substance and meaning are glossed over at best. I have got to believe that every single word in the constitution was labored over to arrive at consensus. It is like reading a Physics book. Words are not casually run out into the pages of the book without meaning. Every word has meaning.

I have heard in the 24/7 news world commentation that these documents are vague and subject to interpretation. Many, many years ago I asked my kids to get me copies of The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution and The Bill of Rights. They are all on a sort of parchment paper too. In my life, I moved too many times. Still, I know exactly where these documents are. Sure, I misplaced them from time to time, but with every move I made sure that I found them on the way out. They are presently rolled up neatly in their original box above my desk.

They are my weapon of choice. I have no guns but I believe in protecting our right to bear arms. I do, however, have a nice sword and I imagine that it is capable of stopping bullets. So they say that the pen is mightier than the sword. I have both, just in case.

Think quick, when was the Declaration of Independence signed?

If you haven’t figured it out yet you probably feel a little ashamed and a little guilty to hear that it was dated July 4, 1776. Ha!

What does it say: We’ve had it! We will find a better way!

The Constitution: The better way!

The Bill of Rights: Evidence that The Constitution is a living document that is adaptable to recognizing oversights and potential injustices and making Amendments to address them. Prohibition… evidence that we don’t need a bunch of mindless zealots running the country… ever.

Checks and balances is the fundamental construction of the Constitution. I consider it the greatest social engineering achievement of Mankind! It recognized the inevitability of revolt. However, through its power of checks and balances it enables an internal non-violent revolution every couple of years.

Over time the pendulum swings… Sometimes slow, sometimes fast. We are presently witnessing a pendulum whose momentum in each direction is violent in its nature. We’re fed-up. To sum it up in a word: NEXT!!!

We don’t care about color, race, religion, creed… we are just looking for better. Collectively we are leaving no stone unturned.

Take advantage of the power that you have inherited through happenstance and we have a word for you too: NEXT!!!

So who’s better now? It’s not about the party… it’s about the ideas. I am by no means saying or contemplating that the Republicans are better than the Democrats, all I’m saying is the reading of The Constitution for incoming “Freshmen” is a good, and I mean really good, idea!

This could lead to a grounding in reality and a step in the right direction. I am truly comforted by this.



The Constitution - Calendars

Common Sense Position:

Even something as simple as New Year’s Day is full of controversy. I just checked and believe that I am working off of the Gregorian or Julian Calendar. Then there is the Chinese, Jewish and they say Islamic Calendars primarily.

The gap that bothers me is if you have a Calendar with the BC and AD qualifiers that what happened during the 33 years between what I thought to be Before Christ and After Death? OK, this is what I believed up until a minute ago… I just did some research and they say that AD is Anno Domini which is Latin for “In the Year of the/our Lord”. By this they (Wikipedia) goes on to say that the birth of Jesus Christ is marked 1AD. I see a problem with this immediately!

If this was the case then why wouldn’t Christmas Day be 1/1/0001??? I am thinking about it and cannot think of any rational explanation that would put Christmas as 12/25/0001. If they went by the date of conception He would end up as a September baby.

I could do more research and try to unravel these discrepancies but I choose to just leave this to your wonderment.

Moving on, people who for other religious or nationality based reasons have other calendars for which they want to celebrate their New Year’s are free to do so.

Regulatory Issues:

We are technologically stuck with the Gregorian or Julian Calendar like it or not. Do you remember the whole Year 2000 (Y2K) bug? Well in the end they changed all the software rather than changing all the calendars. So technically speaking all calendars are probably etched in silicon until The Year of the/our Lord 10,000!

That said, I don’t see any regulatory issues regarding the calendar for at least the next 7,989 years give or take a few months.



The Constitution - Census

Common Sense Position:

Our Constitution says that we have to count the population every 10 years to set the House of Representatives right. This is fine but the 2010 Census asked whether or not you own your home free and clear. What is up with that? This is not the United Banks of America or is it? I believe that this grossly oversteps the boundaries of “where are you now?” as intended by our forefathers?

Regulatory Issues:

The census should ask, who are you, where are you and that’s it! It should not become some sort of marketing survey for the banks.



The Constitution - General Freedom of Speech

Common Sense Position:

I believe that case law protects the Freedom of Speech except for say a case of a prankster who falsely yells fire in a movie theatre which can cause an immediate danger to the people that happen to be there because of the ensuing stampede of people to get out of there. So to me this means that anyone in the United States of America can stand up on a milk crate just about anywhere and start spewing out whatever they want so long as it is not likely to cause an immediate danger to other people in this person’s general vicinity.

Regulatory Issues:

Now, what if a million people show up to listen? Well, a million people can not hear one person on a milk crate, so if you want to peacefully assemble, you need to get a permit so that you can amplify your voice. Additionally, this allows for the mobilization of law enforcement to make sure that things do not get out of hand. Furthermore, this allows notification for different voices to mobilize and counter a set of opinions with their own assembly.



The Constitution - Kid Filtered TV & the FCC

Common Sense Position: There should be a way to “Kid Filter” your TV. This way the kids can be relatively safely left unsupervised while, say, you are at home doing laundry in the basement. When I was a kid pretty much all TV was kid safe until (what was it?) 10PM. I came home from school and watched all kinds of classic re-runs. There was The Little Rascals, The Munsters, The Addams Family. In the morning if you got up a little early you could squeeze in a little Tom & Jerry… Then there was I Dream of Genie, Abbott & Costello, Get Smart and Mr. Ed. Nowadays, there are all these Peoples Court, Jerry Springer and news oriented commentary. It’s not news, it’s news commentary. I would not want my kids watching this shit! Just like I would not like my kids reading this shit. I believe that there should be a censored environment for kids to be kids where they are isolated from a lot of the nasty realities of the world. However, it is not up to the government, it is up to the parent to either kid filter or not kid filter their TV. With real-time hands-on parental supervision you may want to watch a lot of the common nonsense on TV but then you can at least try to explain it to them.

Regulatory Issues:

Ultimately, someone (the FCC) decides what is in and what is out for kids. That’s OK, you can override it later. As far as the rest of the nonsense goes, sky’s the limit. Adult TV and Radio should not be censored at all. This is what the FCC wastes too much time on. Instead, they should apply their time on the border of Kid Filter boundaries. Ultimately, adults should always have the final decision about what they want to watch. Freedom of Speech must be honored. Freedom means Unfiltered.

***Rant*** Never mind the TV shows, what about the commercials?!!! If the FCC had any real concern for our kids they would not allow all the sex enhancement oriented commercials. But let’s see… who pays for all those commercials… pharmaceuticals? Who has a lot of governmental clout… pharmaceuticals? Is this a coincidence? I think not… If the FCC really cared one iota this crap would not be on during prime time.



The Constitution - Kid Filtered Radio & the FCC

Common Sense Position:

“No soap, radio” is the punch line of a really stupid joke. Anyway, Radio is really hard to censor. In contrast, cable TV knows what I am watching at all times. Whether or not they log this information I do not know but chances are they log it. Radio, that’s FREE Radio, has no mechanism to know what the hell I am listening to at any particular time. There, FREE people can listen to what ever the hell they want under the radar. Another good old Radio expression is “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.”

Regulatory Issues:

If you Kid Filtered Radio, I don’t believe that there is anything left to listen to from 5AM to 10AM. This time has become Talk Radio pretty much everywhere. The talk is filled with sexual innuendoes. After 10AM it tends to return to music & commercials which is fine. Rap Music could be full of explicit comments but Rock is full of more subtle comments so what’s the difference. My kids like Rap and they’re OK. (Actually, they’re Great!). So in conclusion, I believe that you should not filter radio.



The Constitution - Language

Common Sense Position:

Our founding documents were all written in English. It is incumbent upon every US Citizen to read and understand these documents in English. You can choose to speak whatever you want wherever you want, however, sometimes it is just rude. Granted, the immigrations of the Irish and English had a leg up speech wise but that’s just the way that it is. For example, the Italian and German swell of immigrants had to assimilate. After all, you are supposed to come here to assimilate not infiltrate. I am against the movement towards a dual language society here in the United States of America. And yes, the singing of the National Anthem should be English always.

We do not need to declare the English language the official language of our country. This is just propaganda in my opinion. It is a reason for a few non-profit organizations to justify their existence. Our baseline is in English and that’s the way it will stay.

Of course, the runner up language appears to be Spanish. The classes to teach people of other languages to speak English is a good thing for culturally diverse regions. I’m not saying that we can’t help them but I hope that our citizenship tests and ceremonies are exclusively in English throughout the land. After all, his name was George Washington, not Jorge Washington.

Regulatory Issues:

Other multi language camps will say “well there is a safety concern if you don’t change the signs to Multilanguage”. A lot of that is covered by the hieroglyphic or pictorial signs that are largely in use today. After all, if we authorize a second language then won’t there be a third language that will say “what about us”? To all of them I say “assimilate!” I would propose that we start to either go to all pictorial or English signs in the public domain.

Businesses are free to use whatever languages that they want to use in their shops. If they are in a very ethnic community there is no reason why they shouldn’t be able to do this. Out of respect, I would like them to also have English on the signs. After all, that can slowly help some of the immigrants assimilate.



The Constitution – Militias

Common Sense Position:

There is a lot of talk about militias nowadays. People feel the need to organize but the question is “against who?” That question aside, is the formation of militias legal? Well, here is The Constitution text:

“Section 8, Clause 16. Organizing militia.

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress.”

First, please note that there are other separate Clauses to Raise and Support an Army and Navy. Back then they could not foresee the need for an Air Force, which is understandable. What I don’t understand is why there is not a Constitutional Amendment for the formation of an Air Force in the keeping with a current document. Anyway, regarding the State Militias I honestly don’t know if they exist anymore, unless they are what we call the National Guard. If this is them it would seem that they should be called the State Guard instead.

Either way, I believe that The Constitution is authorizing State Militias but they must be raised as “prescribed by Congress”. Therefore, they can not be a rag tag or well organized Private Organization.

Regulatory Issues:

So there you have it. People should only be participating in Militias that are authorized and organized by the State and that being as per Congress. Therefore, the formation of Private Militias is inherently illegal. So the organizers and participants of Private Militias risk arrest, trial and punishment.

Furthermore, here is the prior Section which supports this:

“Section 8, Clause 15. Calling forth militia.

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions.”

So the Militias are to maintain the Status Quo and Protect our Sovereignty. I believe that most Private Militias are aiming toward the disestablishment of the Status Quo which is an Insurrection.



The Constitution - Population Uprisings

Present ~TENSE~ 2011-02-20: Now people are demonstrating en-masse in Libya (where we drew the line in the sand). They say that this was one of the more bloody cases.

Present ~TENSE~ 2011-03-19: It took a month but the United Nations passed whatever (Resolution?) “1973”. So on this date the USA started bombing of the Libyan Command & Control Centers while the French and British are to be leading a multi-national air patrol to enforce a “no-fly-zone”. At the UN the Arab League approved the measure and the traditional communist countries abstained.

We are witnessing an upheaval by popular uprisings the likes that I don’t believe were ever seen before. They say that internet is the common denominator. I believe that it started in Greece a while back but they attribute the current Middle East uprising to a man who set himself on fire. In a matter of weeks the entire complexion of the Middle East has been overturned. Saudi Arabia seems to be the central area that has yet to be affected. When Egypt happened the Obama administration was like a clumsy kid who didn’t know what to do. They choose loose wording that was wishy washy. The wording kind of was middle of the road enough to claim the side of whoever won over.

The global concern is what will be next? The heart of the people appears to be to overthrow dictatorships and replace them with forms of democracy. However, they say that Iran started on this path as well and look what happened. In Egypt, the military took control of the situation and they say that they will keep order until popular elections can be held.

What they fail to mention in the news anymore (I heard it once) is that all the doors on all the jails were flung open. I don’t care how oppressive he was. There had to be some genuinely bad people in there! The frightening thing is that this happened at the onset of the uprising. I just can’t imagine how this occurred but I believe that a very well organized and well armed group had to carry this out. I also don’t understand why no one is talking about the significance of this. I would have much rather seen a due process to get people out who were political prisoners of the regime and let the others serve out their sentences.

The thing that I wonder about is “what – is Bush the hero here?” Did the establishment of democracy in Iraq have anything to do with any of this? I know that it was a long and hard fought process to get there. Will these other countries be able to maintain security as the USA did in Iraq for long enough for a true democracy to take root?

Now they are uprising here at home in Wisconsin over government workers union rights for collective bargaining. See “Labor Laws – Unions”. Is this also the beginning of a major popular movement? Only time will tell.

Regulatory Issues:

Foreign Policy remains at the central discretion of the Executive Branch of our government. I believe that we should be steadfast in our backing of free peoples. These countries have not erupted into civil war as much as they have been born out of the yearning for better. It is spurred by the desperation of when you reach the point that whatever comes next can not be worse than what existed before.

Things are happening so fast that there is just no idea of what will happen next. It is the ultimate socio-political domino effect. Can we export democracy? Our Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights are in my opinion very much adaptable to these budding democracies but the establishment of states within the countries are perhaps not applicable. We should support them in anyway possible.



The Constitution - Redistricting

Common Sense Position:

I have heard in the news that when it comes to redistricting that the party in power for the region somehow has greater influence on where the new lines are drawn. Naturally, they then set out to redraw them in their party’s favor. This should not happen. There should be a set way on how to redraw the lines that the party in power has no influence over.

Regulatory Issues:

The method of drawing the lines for redistricting should be based on an algorithm that can not be influenced by any political parties.



The Constitution - Religion

Common Sense Position:

“Imagine…” (John Lennon)

Freedom of Religion is our greatest freedom. We were founded on this principal. Granted, everyone firmly believes in their religion or spirituality or has the right to be non-spiritual. When you go to the center of town in traditional New England towns you’ll see like 4 or 5 churches side by side. They exist in harmony. They are a great example of a tolerant and free society.

The big problem arises when we want to outwardly celebrate our religious based holidays. They are not popularity contests they are just good excuses to bring families together to celebrate their personal religion based customs. The thing that I really love about Thanksgiving is that if you’re here living in this country as a citizen you should be celebrating this holiday. So when you see people you can say Happy Thanksgiving. But still even for this holiday you often hear the brainwashed overly politically correct Happy Holiday! It’s like the Fourth of July. If you’re here this is like an obligatory holiday.

But Nooooooo… Hap-py Hol-i-day!

Just look at the word – pretty much Holy-day. So every year is filled with a series of events or Holy Days for every religion. On top of this the more devote people have weekly and possibly daily rituals that they observe. One of the conflicts that arise is who gets what days off for religious observations? I believe that whether or not your religious events are marked as a national holiday or a school holiday it is what it is. When I was in school I loved a day off regardless of the reason. The Jewish holidays are great! School is just getting underway for the year and then you get a couple of Jewish Holidays off in September (BRILLIANT!). I believe that the justification of the days off has something to do with the economy of having school or businesses open when most of the people will not show up for religious reasons. So instead of basically wasting a day because no one is there they just close for the day. If your religion’s Holy Days are outside of these then you are free to take the day off for yourself.

However, I believe that there will always be an underlying preference for Christianity in the United States of America. Just look at how many states we have, 50! How many Hail Mary’s are there in the Rosary? 50!

There is no escaping this reality. We do have some other holdings but God forbid they change into states! If they ever did you would have to like flip over 7 of them at the same time to result in a meaningful number (Heinz 57). At least that would be in keeping with our Capitalistic Democracy. (“Today’s singing of the National Anthem was brought to you by Heinz… always in a state of 57 varieties”).

Religion is such an important topic that I feel the need to go on some more about it.

There was the courthouse that had to remove the 10 commandments from in front of the courthouse. This is bizarre. This would be like removing the Rockefeller sayings from Rockefeller Center. He has all these saying about the strength, honor and integrity of a man.

The 10 commandments are like a general “treat others as you would have them treat unto you”. Sure there are a few references to God but not to any profits or messiahs. I mean who are you pissing off? I don’t really see this as an encroachment on the separation of religion and state. It is more of a statement to obey the law which is very appropriate for placement in front of a courthouse. If I had my way I might require that this be placed in front of all courthouses. I especially like the Thou Shalt Not Kill commandment. If this pisses off the people who believe in Jihad, well, good!

Just last night (2011-02-29) watching the History Channel they were describing the fall of Constantinople. They described the Catholic and Islamic religions as expansionist religions. What they failed to mention was the distinction that the Catholic missionaries are more of a persuasion thru education and example than a persuasion thru force and suicide/homicide which is the way of the extreme Islamists.

Regulatory Issues:

Religion creeps into politics (a big understatement) but I don’t know how many people vote along religious lines. Prayer offends some people. The simple declaration “God Bless You” after you sneeze is a brief prayer. Do atheists object to this? Is this expression of common courtesy soon to come under attack?

Freedom of Speech goes hand and hand with Freedom of Religion. If politicians overplay their Religious card it could hurt them but that is up to them. They can say whatever they want. In the world the extreme Islamists are (I’m trying not to curse in my religion section but it’s not easy) running around randumbly killing people for what would appear to be no rhyme or reason to me. It is like they just want the attention. Oh, I just remembered, radical Islamists is the way to typically describe them. Extreme, radical, what’s the difference.

As Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “The Only Thing That We Have to Fear is Fear Itself”. The radical Islamists are Terrorists pure and simple. They are disrupting the world’s affairs. They have a goal of world domination. They will not achieve it. The temptation is to limit Islamists Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion during these times. However, we can’t do that. To some extent we need to recognize that these people have hi-jacked the Muslim religion to serve their own purposes. We have to trust that the vast majorities of Islamists are Americans who will not kill in the name of whoever. However, we can not turn a blind eye towards them. We have to keep looking for “cells” who are planning to kill people. This leads to concerns of security which is addressed elsewhere.

Discussion (The Imagine Trilogy):

I have visited Strawberry Fields in New York City’s Central Park many times in my life. Many times for fun and sometimes to reflect. The central point is a large black and white mosaic circle with the word IMAGINE at its center. Most of the time it is adorned with candles and/or notes and whatnot.

Well, one time in the mid to late nineties my cousin, her boyfriend (now husband) and I took a walk there. On the way we stopped and got some chocolates. So we arrive at Strawberry Fields and it is fairly quiet. The IMAGINE circle is positioned in the middle of a three pronged fork in the paved path. You enter the park from Central Park West, come to the circle and can either go left or right. Along the three sides are continuous benches. We arrive there around twilight. We sit before the circle on the left side benches. There is an oriental man with his son not far from us. There is not a lot of activity on the right bench and there is a young man sitting at the far bench directly behind the IMAGINE circle at the apex of the fork in the path. This is all slightly spread out. There is plenty of path around the circle. Most of the time people respect the circle because of its adorations and they tend to walk around it as if it is holy ground.

On this particular nite there was nothing on or in the IMAGINE circle. I had bought BACI candy which are individually wrapped in silver foil with royal blue writing on it. BACI is Italian for KISS. So in the absence of any remembrances to John Lennon, I put a wrapped BACI in the center which is right in the middle of the “G” of IMAGINE. No big deal…

The next thing you know a troop of exchange students or something come into Strawberry Fields and they start to congregate to take a picture all over, in and around the IMAGINE circle. This is fine, but they remove the BACI from the circle because it is in their way. They put it on the bench opposite us on the right. So I yell to them, what are you doing? They’re like, we’re taking a picture and I’m like, put the candy back when you’re done. This of course leads to jokes between my cousin and I about, ala Young Frankenstein, “put the candle back”… So they finish their picture and they start heading out of the park without taking care of the little matter of returning the BACI to its rightful place.

So I start yelling at them and proceed to grab the BACI off the bench across from me and I once again plop it down in the middle of the IMAGINE circle. As I walk away from the circle the picture of what is now going on in the circle becomes clear to me. I put the candy right in front of a toddler who could not have been more than two years old, if that. The toddler immediately picks it up to which my cousin, her boyfriend and now the oriental man start cracking up about. I quickly take my seat on the bench with my cousin and watch the child. The parents of the child simply look at the toddler and the toddler understands that the candy does not belong to him. The child then puts the BACI right back, and I mean exactly right back, to the center of the G in the word IMAGINE. We’re sitting in the bench and we start laughing at everything that has happened up until now. But before we could thoroughly enjoy the moment, a young girl who is completely unaware of any of this now comes upon the empty circle, save the BACI in the middle.

She stands at the edge of the circle and stares at the circle. Then suddenly, she prances to the center of the circle and KICKS the BACI out of the circle! So I jump up again and am like “what are you doing?” She replies that “it was ruining my aesthetic moment.” To this, the young man who was sitting at the apex of the fork picked up the BACI, as she had kicked it in his direction, and placed it back in the middle of IMAGINE. The girl then left and we were all left to recount what had just happened. We were full of laughter and indignation.

This was a remarkably quick set of events set in motion by a simple gesture of respect and admiration. The strangers to the scene were a toddler, a bunch of young men and a young lady. Out of all of them only the toddler appreciated and understood that the BACI was offered out of respect and should be treated with respect. The others were clueless.

Another Strawberry Fields note: from 01/01/01 thru 12/12/12 there will be exactly one day a year where the numbers line up and then there will not be any such days for about 88 years. Of all these early century dates I acted on 09/09/09 to commemorate the date with my future Brother-In-Law with dinner and a visit to Strawberry Fields in honor of John Lennon and The Beatles “Number 9” song. The only adoration of the circle was a single small orange fall leaf which found its way there. We hung out there for a good while and watched a steady stream of people come and go. Otherwise, it was uneventful.



The Constitution – Term Limits

Common Sense Position:

Some of our Elder Statesmen are simply too old! I don’t really care what age they are, all I am saying is that they have been around for too long. A Constitutional Amendment was made to create a Presidential Term Limit of two terms. In the constitution it is clear that they did not want to create or condone Titles of Nobility.

The current system has led to too many “lifers”. We need fresh blood and people with ideas how to correct things not ideas of how to elect things (themselves). So there should be Term Limits for Congressmen and Senators. This should be done by amendment to The Constitution and I would say that Congressmen should be held to 5 Terms or 10 years over their lives while Senators should be limited to 3 Terms or 18 years over their lives.

Regulatory Issues:

This should come about by Amendment to The Constitution as was required for Presidential Term Limits. Additionally, I think that it is OK if a person spends 10 years in Congress, 18 years as Senator and 8 years as President. In other words, one should not affect the other.



The Constitution - The Arts

Common Sense Position:

If you look back thru history I believe that there is more art than there is written word. Art is very important for capturing the times, images and mood of peoples. Often times when direct words would have been blasphemy, art slipped thru the cracks to express the life and times of peoples from the distant past. All things considered, art remains very important.

Regulatory Issues:

Often, there are public budgets that commission art and/or art shows. When they flirt with the line of obscenity and art they tend to be made big issues by people who are most impressed by art that looks like pictures. What then happens is that people argue about what is art and what is obscenity. Either way, while the debate rages on about the public funding the Mayor pulls the plug as they are in shock with what they funded.

I think that in spite of the Freedom to create any art that you want, you just may have to do it on your own dime if you want to flirt with obscenity. I don’t see this ever changing.



The Constitution - The Separation of Church and State: (See The Constitution - Religion)



The Constitution - The Separation of Family and State

Common Sense Position:

Family has become too big of a political issue. I submit that how you handle your family has little to do with how you handle your responsibilities of serving the people. Clearly, misguided and inappropriate private behavior will get you in trouble if not now, in the following election, and that probably can not be avoided. Additionally, the misappropriation of funds and resources for this is really bad and crosses the line of family issue versus public issues. But the recognition that family behavior is separate from your public service behavior should be recognized to some extent.

The problem is that we have such a drama driven reality TV world right now that the details of the indiscretions are just too juicy to the Enquiring Minds that I don’t know how you do this nowadays.

Regulatory Issues:

No one, it seems, is above the media’s desire to kick you when you’re down. The way that it can happen to a movie star versus a politician doesn’t really matter. Some false accusations lead to liable court cases but most of it just falls into the daily noise meant to distract us from the loftier issues of our society.

Distraction is a wonderful tool for numbing the masses from actually challenging what is wrong with our socio-political situation. If it takes down a politician or two along the way, so be it. Should a politician have more rights than a non-political personality or celebrity?

I’m not sure, however, I just think that there ought to be a dialog on this issue of The Separation of Family and State.