Wednesday, August 05, 2009

If the Constitution doesn't mention health care...?

Denise Dennis wrote an interesting column about the disruption of a health care meeting moderated by Secy. Kathleen Sebelius and Sen. Arlen Specter, "Right Wingers Wreak Havoc on Philadelphia Town Meeting".

A smaller group opposed to the health care bill kept shouting throughout the meeting interrupting others claiming their right to free speech. Dennis asked one if he wasn't taking the right of free speech from others.

The demonstrators waved copies of the Constitution and claimed health care wasn't mentioned. Let's see, mandatory birth and death certificates aren't mentioned in the Constitution either. Nor are stop lights, paved highways, railroads, airports, air traffic control, nuclear weapons, and waterboarding.

Gosh, I guess we haven't had a Constitutional government since the days of that fine Republican President, Abraham Lincoln.