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This is not a real review. I am hardly qualified to review documents that have shaped our nation's history and how our government functions. Instead, here are a few of my thoughts on it.
1. To begin with, really good job with the "all men are created equal" bit. We've totally had no problems with that. *deadpan stare* Yeah, I'm looking at you, Jefferson.
2. I really wish the 2nd Amendment had been a tad more specific. Or that the Founding Fathers had had a time machine and therefore would have been able to predict automatic weapons which I am sure NONE OF THEM WOULD WANT US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE WITHOUT REGULATION BECAUSE THEY ARE ACTUALLY SCARY. Do you know how hard it is to have a Sandy Hook shooting with a musket ball?
3. Who else thinks the 9th Amendment is kind of confusing? Raise your hands?
4. Only took us almost ninety years for the 13th amendment to abolish slavery and start living up to the "all men are created equal" thing in the DOI. Go, America! Gee, I bet civil rights will happen so quickly after this. Oh, wait... I think we know how this story goes.
5. Okay, I like the 14th Amendment. It will take a while to actually be upheld, but good start.
6. Oh, 18th Amendment, what an odd spot you are on our Constitution. You were a complete failure, and we have you permanently etched onto the most important document of our country.
7. Now the 19th Amendment is one I can really get behind. I like being able to vote. It's nice. Thank you, suffragettes, for finally wearing them down. Hats off to you!
8. And there it is! Prohibition is over with the 21st Amendment. God, America is weird.
9. Franklin Delano Roosevelt: president, womanizer, and reason for the 22nd Amendment. Two terms only, you guys!
10. If you have never read either of these documents (or at least part of them), you have never attended school in the United States. The rest of the world gets a pass, but Americans should know the basics of both of these documents. It's not like they're not free online or in the back of your history textbooks. If you take an American History class at any point, you're bound to run into either the DOI and the COTUS. Also, probably any government class.
1. To begin with, really good job with the "all men are created equal" bit. We've totally had no problems with that. *deadpan stare* Yeah, I'm looking at you, Jefferson.
2. I really wish the 2nd Amendment had been a tad more specific. Or that the Founding Fathers had had a time machine and therefore would have been able to predict automatic weapons which I am sure NONE OF THEM WOULD WANT US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE WITHOUT REGULATION BECAUSE THEY ARE ACTUALLY SCARY. Do you know how hard it is to have a Sandy Hook shooting with a musket ball?
3. Who else thinks the 9th Amendment is kind of confusing? Raise your hands?
4. Only took us almost ninety years for the 13th amendment to abolish slavery and start living up to the "all men are created equal" thing in the DOI. Go, America! Gee, I bet civil rights will happen so quickly after this. Oh, wait... I think we know how this story goes.
5. Okay, I like the 14th Amendment. It will take a while to actually be upheld, but good start.
6. Oh, 18th Amendment, what an odd spot you are on our Constitution. You were a complete failure, and we have you permanently etched onto the most important document of our country.
7. Now the 19th Amendment is one I can really get behind. I like being able to vote. It's nice. Thank you, suffragettes, for finally wearing them down. Hats off to you!
8. And there it is! Prohibition is over with the 21st Amendment. God, America is weird.
9. Franklin Delano Roosevelt: president, womanizer, and reason for the 22nd Amendment. Two terms only, you guys!
10. If you have never read either of these documents (or at least part of them), you have never attended school in the United States. The rest of the world gets a pass, but Americans should know the basics of both of these documents. It's not like they're not free online or in the back of your history textbooks. If you take an American History class at any point, you're bound to run into either the DOI and the COTUS. Also, probably any government class.
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