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The Bill of Rights were manifested due to the work of the anti-Federalists, those representing the common man, subsistence farmers, at the time. They were from an older generation and had a clear memory of the abuses felt under British rule and knew that power inherently corrupts if not checked. Fearful that the omission of civil liberties from the Constitution would make it possible for those inalienable rights to be trampled they fought to oppose the Constitution. They were labeled radicals that were trying to destroy the future of infant America, but they pressed on. As a compromise, they were promised that as soon as the Constitution was ratified, the Bill of Rights would be added.

I know of another radical today, going up against a King George. This radical believes that the Constitution should be upheld, that if our leaders mislead the public into an illegal war, they should be brought to justice. This radical believes that it is the people that should be heard before corporate interests. This radical believes that money spent on illegal occupations should be spent on healthcare for all not mandated health insurance premiums for all. This radical believes that if we have an educated people that we will rise once again as an economic giant among Nations. This radical believes that education for all is not a privilege but a necessity. This radical believes that government can and should be an engine of sustainablity.

This radical I speak of is Dennis Kucinich and today on the 216th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights I am showing my support by donating $100 as an investment in my country's future. We need Dennis Kucinich's ideas, policies, and vision, just as much as we needed George Mason, that unrelenting radical that pushed for the civil liberties to be written into our law of the land.

Join me in reclaiming the path toward excellence and vision of the American experiment.

  • The National Archives|Bill of Rights
  • The National Archives||The Virginia Declaration of Rights: 
  • The University of Chicago Press and the Liberty Fund The Founder's Constitution
  • Bill of Rights Institute 

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    The Constitution-BoR..... and Dennis Kucinich??????? by Chris Bieber on Tuesday, Dec 18, 2007 at 12:21:50 PM