Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Publishing Company Under Fire for Putting Warning Label on Constitution

The basic modus operandi of the left, if you don't like something call it obsolete and racist. The Constitution has been denigrated by Obama, the head cheerleader for this school of thought, as an old tired piece of paper, written by a bunch of old white slave owners.

Obama never feels that way when it comes to African history,customs or culture, no, that is a rich perfect heritage. No delving into that culture he so revers, to uncover the ugly truths about the goings on, on the Dark Continent. No mention of unfair tribal wars, rape, torture, pillaging enslavement and murder for millennia, practices which continues to this day. Just ask a diamond slave worker in Sierra Leone.

Where Obama has us, there are no old tired pieces of paper to denigrate from his "old world". Even though papyrus was invented by the Egyptians,only miles down stream on the Nile, from the lands later to become known as Kenya-Obama's mother country. That item was of little use for a nomadic tribal people that had no written language. Niether the Masai or the Luos were known for their scholarly endeavors, nor for great contributions to mankind.

To think a present day Luo has the audacity to lecture our country on what he considers the faults of our foundational document. Obama has green lighted this left minded attack on America. We can no longer overlook, or let it slide, it is time we start responding on every level. By not standing our ground for these past 60 years we have allowed the festering internal hatred for America to bear the bitter fruit we have now. This critisism is nothing short of blatant racism, every American is aware the Constititution is amendable, that very fact alone makes this a living document and is reflective of our society. Society does not change it's mores from month to month, neither should the Constitution be amended in a haphazardly turnstile issue of the day manner. Why should we turn the instituion of marriage between two people of the opposite sex, upside down, for a segment of our society that practices self extinction?

No one is holding here, these can't catch a break whiners, there are international departures every hour.

After the Constitution what next, the Bible? Obama has already mocked us on that one too, snidely referring to our clinging to this sacred religious volume.

I have two words for Obama, they begin with f. and y.

Steve
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By Diane Macedo
Published June 09, 2010
| FOXNews.com

Warning that appears on Wilder Publications' reprints of the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and other historical texts.

A small publishing company is under fire after putting warning labels on copies of the U.S. Constitution, Declaration of Independence and other historical documents.

Wilder Publications warns readers of its reprints of the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, Common Sense, the Articles of Confederation, and the Federalist Papers, among others, that “This book is a product of its time and does not reflect the same values as it would if it were written today.”

The disclaimer goes on to tell parents that they "might wish to discuss with their children how views on race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and interpersonal relations have changed since this book was written before allowing them to read this classic work."

Walter Olson, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, says the company may be trying to ensure that oversensitive people don't pull its works off bookstore or library shelves.

"Any idea that’s 100 years old will probably offend someone or other," Olson told FoxNews.com. "…But if there’s anything that you ought to be able to take at a first gulp for yourself and then ask your parents if you're wondering about this or that strange thing, it should be the founding documents of American history."

The warning seems to be offending more people than the documents themselves.

Amazon.com’s customer reviews of Wilder’s copy of the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Articles of Confederation show an overwhelming number of people speaking out against the disclaimer, describing it as “insulting,” “sickening” and “frankly, horrifying.”

Another review for Wilder’s edition of the Federalist Papers calls for an all-out boycott of the publisher, sarcastically pointing out the "dangerous ideas" it’s trying to protect children from: "limited government, checks and balances, constrained judicial review, dual sovereignty of states and federal government, and deliberative democracy."

And though warning labels are usually posted to protect a company from potential lawsuits, constitutional attorney Noel Francisco says this disclaimer has no legal benefits.

"Would it ever be a legal concern that selling the Constitution would expose you to some kind of liability? No. Never,” Francisco told FoxNews.com. "The Constitution is the founding document of the country, an operative legal document."

As for the idea that this warning label might help keep these works from being yanked off bookshelves, Francisco says it is more likely to have the opposite effect: people not carrying the book because it has the disclaimer.

"By putting on the warning, you’re making controversial something that’s not controversial: our Constitution, our Declaration of Independence," he said.

Amazon customers appear to agree. Almost all of the reviews discussing the disclaimer end with the same thought: don't buy from this publisher.

Efforts to reach the publisher were unsuccessful.

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