Where am i, i  asked myself this morning.  What should i talk about this morning in my America the Great series?

Well, this is what i came up with.  America is Great because of its Constitution.

Yes, folks.  Because of the Constitution, America is Great.  It's kind of funny when you think about it right now at this very point in our history--at a time when the so called Constitution-loving-guys are the same guys who are trying to "rip up" the Constitution--the Trump guys!  Go figure.  It's kind of like "wrapping oneself up in the flag" thing--signally out to everyone one thing and then doing the "exact opposite".

Now, before i begin, let me tell you that there are many, many people that know more about the United States Constitution than i do.  Some have even gone to college to learn as much as they could about the Constitution used in America.  I never did anything like that.  My Constitution education probably ended sometime around the "fifth grade".  Just the same this much i do know.  It has seven articles and several amendments.  In this discussion i will probably only discuss the first three articles on the fringes while mentioning a few of the amendments (i.e., bill of rights).

Let's begin by saying that I know the Constitution and its first set of Amendments were written by some very intelligent, thoughtful, people.  Very good and thoughtful people.  The Constitution was going to provide our newly formed nation with an "experiment for a new form of governance" within a society of states.  And in the process of writing the Constitution and its first set of Amendments, these wise men pulled it off.  They put something together when actually implemented--worked and has so for nearly 250-years.  Not bad for an experiment do say.

The levels of Governance, the Constitution gives us.  An Executive Branch which executes, a Legislative Branch which legislates, and a Judicial Branch which enforces justices.  Not a bad start, when you sit back and think about it.  The Legislative Branch is the one who sets the rules and holds the purse strings of the formed Government.  The Executive Branch manages the Legislative budget and executes its plan.  The Judicial Branch makes sure that people follow the rules that are set by the Legislature.

The Constitution, realizing that in itself, it hung high over the numerous states (Just like a Global Constitution would the nations of the world in Globanomics) so the Constitution restricted what it could and could not do regarding states.  States were given the authority to do anything and everything that was not laid out in the Constitution--and that gave the states a lot of "free reign" to do what they thought was best for the state in a lot of different areas.

All of that was good.  And it has worked while the United States expanded from its original "thirteen" to its current total of "fifty" states.  BTW here.  I assume that i am not telling anyone they did not already know.  It's just good to sometimes take a pause and think back on some of the fundamentals that go along with life.  And the Constitution of the United States with its Amendments is part of the fundamentals of American life.  As is what was said in Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence, where "every person" (white, black, brown--homosexual, heterosexual, or both--man, woman, or changing, etc) is equal and has an inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Again.  Not a bad start.

Two Houses of Congress was a good idea.  One based upon population.  The other based upon States.  That too is good with some caveats--and if i had been one of the Founding Fathers i would have argued for some changes before it was ratified.  Take the Electoral College for example.  I would have tossed the Electoral College so far out that you would never have heard about.  The problem with the Electoral College is this.  For the most important job set aside in the Constitution not "everyone's vote" counts the same.  In fact, in many cases, a lot of votes do not count because of the Electoral College.  Now i ask you--does that make any sense--throwing millions and millions of votes out when we are electing a President?  That's pure bullshit!

Confused?  You should not be.  Let me put it to you this way.  How much does a "democrat's" vote count in the state of Wyoming?  Zilch, nothing.  In fact, there is no reason for a so-called democrat to vote for President in Wyoming.  The same thing goes in reverse say for a republican in New York state.  In fact, it holds true in every one of the fifty states.  In effect, the Electoral College makes it so nearly half of all (and sometimes even more than half) of all the votes made for the President of the United States do not count.  

That's bullshit folks!  At least from my way of thinking.  The President of the United States with the Vice-President of the United States needs to be elected by the people--not the Electoral College.  Give me one good reason why that should not be the case--except if you are from the party in power who gains Executive Power from an unbalanced voting system--like the one the Electoral College gives us.

Another problem has to do with the Legislative Branch of Government.  Not so much from the House side, but the Senate side itself.  Of course, "state" gerrymandering is screwing the Founder's intentions up all over the place, but i am not going to get in that right now because that has to do with the states, and so-far the Government has stayed somewhat away from that with some exceptions being made from the Judicial side (thank goodness for that).

Now here is the problem with the Senate.  Every senator's vote weighs the same.  The dumbest Senator from the dumbest state in the Union counts as much as that of every other Senator in the Senate.  This gives (and has the opportunity to do worse) a bunch of states with very few people in them significant power that they would not have otherwise.  Such a set up for a Senate does not make mathematical sense, and it has caused problems in the past and it will continue to cause problems in the future.

Knowing this, i changed the voting structure for the Senate in the Constitution for Globanomics.  I gave weights to each Senator's vote (which in Globanomics meant putting weights on each leader of a nation).  My method for Globanomics may still not be perfect, but it sure as to hell makes a lot more sense than how we operate within our Senate using the rules as set forth in our own national Constitution.  

This has always caused problems.  Think back to civil war times.  Adding states at that time was a recipe for war.  Are you going to be a "slave state" or a "free state".  If you are in a state and on the whole on the losing side of that argument, you would strive to "add" states to your side of the argument.  And that makes little sense when you come down to it.  And if you do not happen to know how the Global Senate body works within Globanomics to irradicate this problem, then my advice is to go read the goddamn book.

I assume one could pick away at the Constitution of the United States like i just have, and argue for more changes or argue against mine.  It does not matter.  The boys (i.e., Founding Fathers) did a bang-up job when they put the Constitution together.  I am just nitpicking at a few changes that i would have made.

The Constitution of the United States is something that makes America the Great.  Let's give thanks to those who gave it to us.  It's the lifeblood of our society--and we want to keep our society.  We don't want some un-American, stupid, self-centered, sociopath ripping it up.  And we don't want those who follow some god-forsaken "fake golden idol" to tear it down.  They have started and they are continuing to try, but let us not let them.

As one who likes to think of himself as an "independent" who always votes "democrat", i want you all to know--that i, too, love the Constitution of the United States of America.  The Constitution should not be a bi-partisan issue--at least one side has no right to claim it is more important to their side than it is the other side.  The Constitution of the United States is the Constitution for all of us--not just some of us.  

The Constitution of the United States of America is what lays out the framework for our society--and societies are good, believe it or not.  And as i have been touting--the best society in the world today is the American experiment society with the possible exception of a small-outlier or two.

So, in the end, i say once again--America is Great because the Constitution for which it stands is Great.  There are no two-ways to Sunday about it.  No matter how you want to cut it down.