It seems that many people are starting to understand that America, in its founding was special. They are seeing that now, particularly as our government is so aggressively taking over the car companies, the banks, health care and other private entities, that something is seriously amiss.
People have this nagging sense something is changing and that this “change” is not good. They are right in that thinking. While they may not totally understand our founding documents, they know certain rights are declared in our Declaration of Independence and are protected in our Constitution. This supreme law of the land, our Constitution, guarantees people the safety and liberty we enjoy today.
As Orrin Hatch states in the book The 5000 Year Leap, “Although many will say this Constitution is outdated and obsolete, our Constitution is no more out of date than is the desire for peace, freedom and prosperity. Our Founding Fathers did not custom build this document for a certain age or economy.” They were building a document on which to build a country that understood human nature, both our strengths and our weaknesses.
However, we are quickly becoming a nation based on the whims of man, rather than the rule of law, which changes, is arbitrary and puts us and our country on precarious ground.
Unfortunately, few of us were ever taught the greatness of our founding documents or have an understanding of why the Constitution says what it does. We, as the Tea Party Patriots of Sheldon, Iowa believe the Constitution is still as relevant today as it was in 1787.
Because we believe this, our Patriot group believes we have a responsibility to help today’s citizens better understand the thinking and rationale behind our Constitution. To that end, we sought and found radio spots produced by the National Center for Constitutional Studies. They are short, 2 to 4 minute segments that put forth the relevance of our Constitution to today’s Americans in our Founder’s own writings.
We are hoping to air these radio spots on Sheldon’s 1550 AM station five days a week, Monday through Friday. We are seeking donations in order to accomplish our goal. Please contact us if you would consider a donation to help us launch these programs.
