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Kudos to Patricia Cavender!

If you missed it, be sure to go to Delaware Online to read Patricia Cavender's "Keep government away from citizens to do less damage"

You know, with Patricia and Shirley on the NJ Advisory Board, you have to wonder how the paper got two libertarians there.

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Anonymous said…
Great article, although she did make a slight historical error: "The Constitution wasn't approved until the Bill of Rights was added to guarantee the rights that political parties want to take away."

The Constitution was officially considered to be adopted on June 21, 1788 when the 9th state, New Hampshire, ratified it. Virginia and New York, the 10th & 11th states ratified on June 25 and July 26, 1788.

Many of the States requested a Bill of Rights be added when they ratified, but North Carolina and Rhode Island actually refused to ratify the Constitution or participate in the new government until after Congress agreed to adopt one, which they passed on Sept 25, 1789. North Carolina ratified on November 21, 1789, and Rhode Island did on May 29, 1790.

The 3rd-12th amendments in Congress' proposed Bill of Rights were ratified by the several States on Dec 15, 1791, the 2nd of them was ratified 202 years later on May 7, 1992.
I take your description of me as a libertarian to be an extreme compliment !

My next article is due to be published this Sunday.

BTW, my "term" is up in February ... you might want to consider applying in order to keep the trend going !

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