Whitehouse.gov alters and dumbs down The Bill of Rights!!!!!!!

[susano]

The First Amendment provides that Congress make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise. It protects freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

The Second Amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms.

The Third Amendment prohibits the government from quartering troops in private homes, a major grievance during the American Revolution.

The Fourth Amendment protects citizens from unreasonable search and seizure. The government may not conduct any searches without a warrant, and such warrants must be issued by a judge and based on probable cause.

The Fifth Amendment provides that citizens not be subject to criminal prosecution and punishment without due process. Citizens may not be tried on the same set of facts twice, and are protected from self-incrimination (the right to remain silent). The amendment also establishes the power of eminent domain, ensuring that private property is not seized for public use without just compensation.

The Sixth Amendment assures the right to a speedy trial by a jury of one's peers, to be informed of the crimes with which they are charged, and to confront the witnesses brought by the government. The amendment also provides the accused the right to compel testimony from witnesses, and to legal representation.

The Seventh Amendment provides that civil cases also be tried by jury.

The Eighth Amendment prohibits excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishments.

The Ninth Amendment states that the list of rights enumerated in the Constitution is not exhaustive, and that the people retain all rights not enumerated.

The Tenth Amendment assigns all powers not delegated to the United States, or prohibited to the states, to either the states or to the people.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/our_government/the_constitution/

[susano]

If Ron Paul were on this site, right now, this would be the first thing he would jump on. The fact that the readers online haven't tells me this is different crowd than during the primaries.

This is VERY disturbing shit. The page was put there there to MISLEAD AND LIE. The Obamatards will trust what they read.

[Reason]

Go to the nearest populated street and initiate a conversation with the first adult you see.

Ask them to name as many of the first 10 amendments as they can.

Then you will realize what someone at white house has apparently realized.

[Kludge]

Go to the nearest populated street and initiate a conversation with the first adult you see.

Ask them to name as many of the first 10 amendments as they can.

Then you will realize what someone at white house has apparently realized.

This. If someone wants to put in the time to actually read the Constitution (which I don't imagine holds much relevancy to their lives unless they're looking to become a lawyer/judge or are fascinated by politics), there are many sources which offer the Constitution and all of its amendments in full. For those looking for a quick 5 minute lesson giving the important (to citizens) summaries of amendments, this is a great resource.

Ideally, everyone would be able to recite the entire Constitution and all amendments, but I don't believe it to be realistic to assume that any "normal" person would want to invest the time (and frankly, I doubt it would benefit them to put in the time).

[susano]

Go to the nearest populated street and initiate a conversation with the first adult you see.

Ask them to name as many of the first 10 amendments as they can.

Then you will realize what someone at white house has apparently realized.

Exactly right. The Obama demographic is the target audience. The mass sheeple, if you will.

[nobody's_hero]

The second amendment gives people the right to own guns?

Disgusting language! The Constitution wasn't written to tell the people what they could and couldn't do. It was written to target and restrict the government. It is a directive to the government: "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed".

It is amazing how a simple change in a word or phrase can go from a re-affirmation of inalienable rights to a system of mere privileges to be revoked at whim.

[KCIndy]

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[Austin]

Pocket Constitution
The Constitution of the United States and Declaration of Independence, available in bulk for circulating. With a stiff plastic cover to prevent wear-and-tear. Shiny gold print on front and back cover. Contents: Introductory comments by Congressman Paul on the Constitution; About Congressman Paul; Constitution; Amendments; Declaration of Independence.

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I've got one of those in my back pocket right now. Signed by Ron Paul, to boot.

[Pepsi]

First Amendment – Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause; freedom of speech, of the press, Freedom of Religion, and of assembly; right to petition
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Second Amendment – Right to keep and bear arms.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Third Amendment – Protection from quartering of troops.
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Fourth Amendment – Protection from unreasonable search and seizure.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Fifth Amendment – due process, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, eminent domain.
No person shall be held to answer for any capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Sixth Amendment – Trial by jury and rights of the accused; Confrontation Clause, speedy trial, public trial, right to counsel In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district where in the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense.

Seventh Amendment – Civil trial by jury. In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

Eighth Amendment – Prohibition of excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment.
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Ninth Amendment – Protection of rights not specifically enumerated in the Bill of Rights. The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Tenth Amendment – Powers of states and people. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

[Roxi]

heres what I am going to do:

I have about 30 constitutions left... I am going to take them to work with me today, (a large retail store) I am going to start conversations with as many people as possible and tell them "the obama administration has put the bill of rights on the whitehouse.g0v website but doctored it horribly. Here is your free copy of the constitution and bill of rights so you have a hard copy of the truth in your hands"

:)

[ClayTrainor]

(and frankly, I doubt it would benefit them to put in the time).

Are you kidding? Can you imagine an entire population educated on the Bill of Rights? It wouldn't take much time to teach the principles of the constitution in Elementary school, and i think it would benefit a nation greatly to know where their rights came from.

It'd be much harder to lull everyone to sleep when you can point out the fundamentals of the constitution, and actually have them understand it.

[Truth Warrior]

Here's your "simpified" Bill of Rights. :rolleyes:

Thomas Jefferson described the Tenth Amendment as “the foundation of the Constitution” and added, “to take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specially drawn … is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible of any definition.”

http://www.answers.com/topic/amendment-x-to-the-u-s-constitution (http://www.answers.com/topic/amendment-x-to-the-u-s-constitution)

[susano]

The second amendment gives people the right to own guns?

Disgusting language! The Constitution wasn't written to tell the people what they could and couldn't do. It was written to target and restrict the government. It is a directive to the government: "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed".

It is amazing how a simple change in a word or phrase can go from a re-affirmation of inalienable rights to a system of mere privileges to be revoked at whim.

In the paragraph preceding the "synopsis" of the BoR, they mention "civil" rights. ANOTHER TOTAL LIE, with an entirely different meaning.

DAMN whoever wrote this.

[Nirvikalpa]

I'm speechless.

[Kraig]

Well it sucks but is anyone really surprised?

[acptulsa]

How to pretend you're more interested in protecting people's rights than the last guy without actually doing anything to protect them.

[Kludge]

Are you kidding? Can you imagine an entire population educated on the Bill of Rights? It wouldn't take much time to teach the principles of the constitution in Elementary school, and i think it would benefit a nation greatly to know where their rights came from.

It'd be much harder to lull everyone to sleep when you can point out the fundamentals of the constitution, and actually have them understand it.

That assumes people will care about the Constitution, or what the Founders had to say. I was taught the concept of natural rights three or four times throughout my K-12 education, with teachers who would defend the concept quite rabidly. I even had an anarchist English/Oral Communications teacher...

IOW, I don't believe the fault to be ignorance, but... Idunno... Apathy?? -- Inability to relate it to their lives?? I don't see how dead white Founders of U.S. government could possibly bore people...

[Feenix566]

I would rather see the Obama administration post a quick synopsis of the Constitution on their web site than not post anything about it at all.

[A. Havnes]

Is there a way to contact this about this travesty? You cannot alter the Bill of Rights!

[susano]

I would rather see the Obama administration post a quick synopsis of the Constitution on their web site than not post anything about it at all.

Well, then, you're a dumbass

[susano]

Is there a way to contact this about this travesty? You cannot alter the Bill of Rights!


Pay attention. The .gov site has a false "cliff notes" version of the BoR. The BoR has not been changed. It's a PSYOP TO SCREW WITH THE SHEEP'S PERCEPTIONS.

[JoshLowry]

Well, then, you're a dumbass

Read the forum guidelines (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=22).

Throwing insults at anyone you disagree with does not help this community.

Please make your points in a civil manner.

[qh4dotcom]

heres what I am going to do:

I have about 30 constitutions left... I am going to take them to work with me today, (a large retail store) I am going to start conversations with as many people as possible and tell them "the obama administration has put the bill of rights on the whitehouse.g0v website but doctored it horribly. Here is your free copy of the constitution and bill of rights so you have a hard copy of the truth in your hands"

:)
:)

[torchbearer]

Well, then, you're a dumbass

It would be more polite to say his ideas are retarded.

He may not have made the connection that diminishing the actually text of the constitution is used to diminish the authority of the law.
By re-wording it in dumbed down language, they have turned it into a 'feel good' guide... but not really the law.

[Bodhi]

I would rather see the Obama administration post a quick synopsis of the Constitution on their web site than not post anything about it at all.

A quick synopsis is one thing, changing how rights are established is another. The government does not give you the right to do anything. You are born with rights and the job of the constitution is to restrain the power of government from taking those rights away from you.

I would rather have them post nothing, than to have them turn the constitution on its head and get it back asswards. Just goes to show how much they understand the constitution. It is a matter of great importance of where rights are established. You are either born with them or they are granted to you. When rights are granted to you, you are nothing more than a slave.

[ronpaulhawaii]

I posted this to FB earlier with the following comment


I am wondering what people think of the re-write here, "The Second Amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms." Funny, I thought the second amendment prohibits the general gov't from infringing on our natural right to defend ourselves. The constitution does not "give" us anything, it merely states that which "shall not be infringed" The danger here is that people who think the USConstitution "gives" us a right will think that the constitution could be amended to take away that right.

Further, the ommission of the phrase "A well regulated militia, being _necessary_ to the security of a free state" is another indication of how much that phrase scares the tyrannical traitors perpertrating this madness.
This MUST not stand!!!


heres what I am going to do:

I have about 30 constitutions left... I am going to take them to work with me today, (a large retail store) I am going to start conversations with as many people as possible and tell them "the obama administration has put the bill of rights on the whitehouse.g0v website but doctored it horribly. Here is your free copy of the constitution and bill of rights so you have a hard copy of the truth in your hands"

:)

:D


Is there a way to contact this about this travesty? You cannot alter the Bill of Rights!

Phone Numbers
Comments: 202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
FAX: 202-456-2461
... Read More
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

[BillyDkid]

Here we go with the idea that we get our rights from the government. The problem is they don't see the distinction between "The people's right to bear arms shall not be infringed" and "The 2nd amendment gives the people the right...."

[mediahasyou]

Here we go with the idea that we get our rights from the government. The problem is they don't see the distinction between "The people's right to bear arms shall not be infringed" and "The 2nd amendment gives the people the right...."

I saw this too.

[LibForestPaul]

The second amendment gives people the right to own guns?

Disgusting language! The Constitution wasn't written to tell the people what they could and couldn't do. It was written to target and restrict the government. It is a directive to the government: "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed".

It is amazing how a simple change in a word or phrase can go from a re-affirmation of inalienable rights to a system of mere privileges to be revoked at whim.

BINGO!!!:mad:

[dr. hfn]

emaailed them about this!

[akihabro]

I swear I think Obama and his administration is bad and everytime I look at the news or this forum I hate him more!:mad::mad::mad:
Why am I not surprised at this? Too bad you couldn't graduate high school and college if you didn't get a A+ in civics.

[silverhawks]

Out of all the stuff I've seen from the Obama administration so far, this is just...there are no words.

If they don't immediately replace this, and leave it up there, this is a literal constitutional crisis in the making. These people need to be impeached RIGHT NOW, and replaced with people a) not corrupted by Wall Street money and socialist tendencies, b) who care about the oldest common laws of the nation.

Everything we're seeing from them makes me conclude they are worse than the Bush administration by far.

And if Pelosi thinks that Obama and Biden being kicked out of the White House makes her President, she is sorely mistaken.

[pinkmandy]

:eek:

Yet it's also an opportunity.

"Hey America! Obama thinks you are all too stupid to read and understand the real Bill of Rights so he has a Constitution for Dummies version on the White House website!"

If we can push to have the real Bill of Rights that would be pretty awesome!

[silverhawks]

:eek:

Yet it's also an opportunity.

"Hey America! Obama thinks you are all too stupid to read and understand the real Bill of Rights so he has a Constitution for Dummies version on the White House website!"

If we can push to have the real Bill of Rights that would be pretty awesome!

Actually, I'd say call your Representatives DEMANDING the correct one replace that travesty IMMEDIATELY.

Also, I'd have someone from the Campaign for Liberty contact the NRA about the way that the 2nd Amendment is being broadcast here, just for added political clout.
Omitting "shall not be infringed" is a BIG DEAL.

Otherwise, its likely we'll see this version at some point:



The First Amendment provides that Congress make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise. The demands of all religious groups must be met without exception, as long as said religious group surrenders its tax-exempt status.

The Second Amendment gives the citizens the right to call the police in order to defend themselves, unless you are a terrorist suspect.

The Third Amendment prohibits citizens from refusing to surrender access to their home to troops, police officers and Civil Protection.

The Fourth Amendment protects members of Congress and the Senate from unreasonable search and seizure. According to the Fairness Doctrine, they must be informed of potential searches 24 hours in advance.

The Fifth Amendment provides that members of Congress and the Senate not be subject to criminal prosecution or punishment.

The Sixth Amendment assures the right to a trial, unless you are a terrorist suspect.

The Seventh Amendment provides that all cases be tried by a state-authorized judge to expedite efficient imprisonment and fines, unless you are a terrorist suspect.

The Eighth Amendment prohibits excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishments, unless you are a terrorist suspect.

The Ninth Amendment states that the list of civil rights enumerated in the Constitution is not exhaustive; Congress retains the right to amend the Constitution at will.

The Tenth Amendment assigns all power to the President and the Congress, to be delegated to the states as they see fit.

[pinkmandy]

We'd probably have more success by creating an internet firestorm than by calling our reps (not that we shouldn't call anyway). I know mine is an idiot who doesn't care and my Senators are Obama loving Dems.

[susano]

While there are, no doubt, members of the administration who wouldn't know the constitution from Shinola, whoever is repsonsible that web page knows EXACTLTY what they are doing.