Data Bases • Custom Term Papers • Free Term Papers • Free Research Papers • Free Essays • Free Book Reports • Plagiarism? Links • Top 100 Term Paper Sites • Top 25 Essay Sites • Top 50 Essay Sites • Search 97,000 Papers @ DirectEssays.com • Search 101,000 Papers @ ExampleEssays.com • Search 90,000 Papers @ MegaEssays.com Free Essays • Term Paper Sites • Chuck III's Free Essays • Free College Essays • TermPaperSites.com • My Term Papers • Get Free Essays • Essay World • Planet Papers	Search Lots of Essays Back to Subjects - Government & Politics founding fathers founding fathers For a majority of Americans the U.S. Constitution (w/ the Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence) is viewed almost as a holy document. These pieces of wood pulp decorated with some borderline poetic text have been elevated to a level which prevents us from drastically changing them for fear of being accused of being blasphemous. While I don't question the true value of these documents, I do question our reasons for keeping them in place. Do we revere these documents because they came from such great men, or is it because we fear what might happen to our society in the event that we do drastically change them. Must the ideals be written down to be validated or do they exist regardless of where, how, and if they are displayed. If, as stated, “we hold these truths to be self-evident”, then why must they be put on paper? Shouldn’t those truths have been the foundation upon which a successful constitution was drafted rather than an after-thought? If our “creator” (or whom-ever) endowed us with certain inalienable rights, then shouldn’t those rights been the primary concern during the constitutional conventions. The fact is that the U.S. Constitution came first while our inalienable rights were pulling up the rear. The primary concern of our “Founding Fathers” was the good of the nation as a whole, not each of us as individuals. Our world has changed in so many ways that one should question if our “Founding Fathers” could even recognize the U.S. in the year 2000. With the break-neck pace of the informational age (revolution...?) shouldn’t we begin to reclaim our rights and ultimately our power from the national government rather than submit any further? In a world where the Internet appears to be the “way of the future” why do we still insist that the government is best left up to the few chosen officials. Granted we play a part in our government via “watch-dogs” (press & whistle- blowers) and elections, but couldn’t we more effectively govern on a much more individual level. At this point in time I don’t feel as if my opinion truly counts unless I am backed by a great deal of financial support or political power (which is ultimately achieved through financial support). A far more effective government would be one in which each individual counted equally, one in which money didn’t decide whether or not ones idea is a more or less valid one. Until the day where we are all truly politically equal our society will remain at this plateau, and the ideas and wishes of the “financially insignificant majority faction” will remain just that; ideas and wishes. Bibliography: Word Count: 448
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