Re: INTERNATIONAL STUFF - Barack & Clinton | Anti-War Stance | Solidarity | Agape | Holistics

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>I just visited Independence Hall in Philadelphia.  I'd certainly seen
> it at last once when I was a little girl
>
> The place where the declaration was signed and the Constitution -- tiny 
> little house, interesting architecture, there's a court house there too
>
> http://www.nps.gov/inde/
>
> I listened to the official park tour guide tell us the history of the
> separation of AMerica from the British
>
> I never got the im****ession that the Americans had a prevailing
> desire to be rid of monarchy.  In fact many of the signatories and
> delegates to the constitutional convention were very reluctant to
> vote for independence and Constitution, because they thought of
> themselves as British and were proud of their monarch
>
> it all came down to money though, they were tax scofflaws and wanted
> to be rid of that debt not of the monarch per se
>
> there was also no evidence of a desire to prevent corruption of the
> rich, as they themselves were mostly rich.
>
> they wanted to preserve their wealth, not to prevent anyone's corruption

> by it
>
> mk5000
>
> "That amendment would
> have created a House of 6000 members based on the current population or
a
> House of 1600 depending upon interpretation of the original House
version
> of the amendment.  "--day brown