Judge blocks Trump effort to pull election funding for states that don't adjust voting forms

[OldBaldy1701E]

11. Well...

They basically thew out that preamble to the Declaration of Independence and replaced it with a shorter and more lofty wish list in the preamble of the Constitution -

I don't recall hearing about anything being 'thrown out'. The Declaration had one purpose, and the Constitution had another. The wording had to be different for each document and its purpose. My reference was to The Declaration and its purpose as stated. As a gathering of like minded individuals, we agree that, should a governmental entity become oppressive or at odds with its citizens, the citizens reserve the right to change or abolish it. That still stands, and bears repeating in my opinion.

We the People of the States of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode-Island and Providence
Plantations, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia,
North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, do ordain, declare and establish the following
Constitution for the Government of Ourselves and our Posterity.

The 'known world' at the time. There were true visionaries in attendance, but I doubt their numbers were in the majority.

The largest European-descended ethnic group in the U.S. was, until recently - German, although with the 2020 Census changes and the ability to do a "write-in" with details, self-reports of "English" recently overtook them (with Irish in 3rd place) - Over Half of White Population Reported Being English, German or Irish

I am not sure what your point is here. Please elucidate.

There are generational issues that have been passed on to descendants of those whose ancestors came here escaping the oppressive societies that they fled, and that resulted in a primordial desire to be the "oppressor" (and reap the benefits that were taken from their ancestors).

That is interesting, as I feel that those who escaped such oppression would be loathe to practice what ruined their lives. In my opinion, what we have here is the new royalty and their desire to remain that way. IN the past, they have gotten away with literal murder and other atrocities because they are the anointed and they made sure to influence us to believe that as well. The crumbling of the house of cards they built had to happen, and it presents a wonderful opportunity to correct some of the mistakes we made in the past regarding our allowance of the ability of money, and those who have it, to influence... well, anything. There will have to be stringent regulations to make sure that will never happen again.

But, that won't happen, because there are too many fingers in the pot from too many different sources. They know what it would mean for their socio-political-economic positioning. They would no longer be the 'elite'. Therefore, not only will they be against this ideal, they will actively fight it. ALL of them.

So, yes, it could have been avoided if we had stopped kissing the green god's ass, if we had just put the orange gibbon in a cell along with his posse, but we are too programmed to favor the rich, and we are too programmed to vote against what started this in the first place.

Which is why I am rather pessimistic and negative these days. We learned, and are learning, nothing. We are just hoping that this storm doesn't affect us, and once it is gone everything will be butterflies and rainbows.

Wrong.

I am reminded of a great passage from the collection called 'Different Seasons' by Stephen King. The story titled: 'Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption'.

"There are really only two types of men in the world when it comes to bad trouble," Andy said, cupping a match between his hands and lighting a cigarette. "Suppose there was a house full of rare paintings and sculptures and fine old antiques, Red? And suppose the guy who owned the house heard that there was a monster of a hurricane headed right at it. One of those two kinds of men just hopes for the best. The hurricane will change course, he says to himself. No right-thinking hurricane would ever dare wipe out all these Rembrandts, my two Degas horses, my Jackons Pollocks and my Paul Klees. Furthermore, God wouldn't allow it. And if worst comes to worst, they're insured. That's one sort of man. The other sort just assumes that hurricane is going to tear right through the middle of his house. If the weather bureau says the hurricane just changed course, this guy assumes it'll change back in order to put his house on ground zero again. This second type of guy knows there's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst."

We need more of the second guy. (Which, if you had ever lived through a hurricane, you'd understand why the second guy is the smart one.) Although, that may be too little too late now.