Well here it is, starting Week 4 already. It is an interesting place the FBI Academy. They keep us ona busy schedule of studying and running which for most of us old bones creates great sleep as we are exhausted by the end of the day. Last week was an interesting week as I met even more of my classmates. Spent some time talking to a Lieutenant on the Greece National Police Tactical Team. A very nice family man entrenched in a political system and socialistic environment. There is a completely different way of policing and living in other Countries, not all good. Bit the peopel have the same hopes, dreams and problems we have.
I also spent a lot of time in three different classes talking about diferent aspects of American Government. In partiular discussions of the Constitution, Bill of Rights, The Declaration of Independance, The Federalists Papers... I found that for most part my collegaues in the FBI take seriously their duty to protect the people of the United States based off of the those documents. Most I have met speak freely of God and Country and the importance of paying attention to the words and not letting those words disintegrate in our lives and jobs.
It is clear that there are many who are trying to limit the influence of the principles our Government was found on..
"We the People of the United States, inOrder tofor a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure doemstic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promte the General wekfare,a nd secure the Blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ardain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."
These words have taken a new meaning for me lately. I don't know why that is but it is. I encourage of all of you to really sit down and read all of our forfathers establishment of this country. Give some thought as to why they wrote what they wrote. Words are important!. Read the Constiutuion, The Declaration of Indpeendance the Bill of Rights and absord their meaning.
I am reflecting a lot on these documents. In some cases I have toi write papers on them. I would appreciate all of your views on these documents. Get as many peopel as you can to repsond to this Blog for me.
God Bless,
Mark
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I have a lot of opinions on the bill of rights...maybe ill put them pen to paper for ya someday...but ill start with the fact that rights arent rights if they can be taken away...Japanese Americans circa 1940?...i mean really it should be the bill of privileges...and who decides what is a human right? and what does the patriot act have to say about all of our american human rights? if you really think about it the only rights any man should have is the right to food, the right to shelter, and the right to breathe...but none of those are fully protected in our country whether outlined on 200 year old parchment or not...i could go on for days...the bill of rights is great in idea...unfortunately our leaders have made it just that...an idea...
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