Reply #9: States were countries

[Virgil]

The best way to see states is to view them as countries. The European union tried to adopt a Constitution that all countries could embrace. It fell apart a few months ago, because it is hard to agree. The best way to view our Constitution is to pretend we are now a European Country working out an agreement on a union for purposes of defense and commerce.

The states had to have a common defense because, any European power could have easily taken any one state had there not been an agreement on a common defense. What the Constitution did was to outline what powers the governments would yield to create a common defense and commerce. It is best to think of the states as countries when thinking of the Constitution. The federal government has far exceeded its authority and userped power from the states. That is what makes it all so sickening about Bush and Ashcroft going off on federal power when they campaigned as Federalist which seek to role back federal power. That is why they are not conservatives like Pat Buchanan. And of course they are not compassionate either. They even call their lies, spin.