> >> Andy Rooney
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> >> DID YOU KNOW?
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> >> As you walk up the steps to the
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> >> building which houses the U.S Supreme Court
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> >> you can see near the top of the building a row
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> >> of the world's law givers and each one is
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> >> facing one in the middle who is facing forward
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> >> with a full frontal view ... it is Moses and he
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> >> is holding the Ten Commandments!
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> >> DID YOU KNOW?
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> >> As you enter the Supreme Court courtroom, the
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> >> Two huge oak doors have the Ten Commandments
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> >> Engraved on each lower portion of each door.
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> >> DID YOU KNOW?
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> >> As you sit inside the courtroom, you can see
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> >> The wall, right above where the Supreme Court
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> >> judges sit, a display of the Ten Commandments!
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> >> DID YOU KNOW?
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> >> There are Bible verses etched in stone all
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> >> over the Federal Buildings and Monuments in
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> >> Washington , D.C.
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> >> DID YOU KNOW?
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> >> James Madison, the fourth president, known as
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> >> 'The Father of Our Constitution' made the
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> >> following statement:
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> >> ' We have staked the whole of all our political
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> >> institutions upon the capacity of mankind for
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> >> self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern
> >> ourselves
> >> to control
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> >> ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to
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> >> the Ten Commandments of God.'
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> >> DID YOU KNOW?
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> >> Every session of Congress begins with a prayer
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> >> by a paid preacher, whose salary has been paid
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> >> by the taxpayer since 1777.
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> >> DID YOU KNOW?
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> >> Fifty-two of the 55 founders of the
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> >> Constitution were members of the established
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> >> orthodox churches in the colonies.
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> >> DID YOU KNOW?
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> >> Thomas Jefferson worried that the Courts would
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> >> overstep their authority and instead of
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> >> interpreting the law would begin making law
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> >> an oligarchy
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> >> the rule of few over many.
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> >> How then, have we gotten to the point that
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> >> everything we have done for 220 years in this country is now suddenly
> >> wrong
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> >> unconstitutional?
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> >> Lets put it around the world and let the world
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> >> see and remember what this great country was
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> >> built on.
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> >> I was asked to send this on if I agreed or
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> >> delete if I didn't. Now it is your turn....
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> >> It is said that 86% of Americans believe in God..
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> >> Therefore, it is very hard to understand
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> >> why there is such a mess about having the Ten
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> >> Commandments on display or 'In God We Trust'
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> >> on our money and having God in the Pledge of
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> >> Allegiance. Why don't we just tell the other
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> >> 14% to Sit Down and BE QUIET!!!
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> >> If you agree, pass this on.