"George Cleveland" wrote in message
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On 13 Jul 2004 23:09:45 GMT, (Tom Littleton) wrote:

RDean notes:
IMO, therein lies the problem of bringing "the founding fathers" into
most arguments.

I think one also has to accept that the overall heading of "Founding
Fathers"
encompassed a broad range of opinion for the time.

there is very little of what
goes on today that the "founding fathers" would have approved of ....

still, you are transposing the idea of these men frozen in 18th Century
realities and
base of knowledge. What one can credit the assembled group for is merely
creating a Framework. The system that they put in place turned out(by
design
and by chance)
to be flexible enough to allow change without mass upheaval. It forced
most
change to be slow and deliberate. It made fast, radical change very
difficult.
These things make for a flexible, responsible mode of government over the
long
haul. They did give such matters some thought.
Tom



I agree.

I think the flexibility that they engendered in the system was their
greatest accomplishment.


g.c.

And the fact that this was no accident suggests that a closer reading of
what they wrote........which is to say, at least a cursory
glance.......would be in order for authorities like Ricky.

Wolfgang
who hastens to add that the above remarks should in no way be construed as
an attack on low comedy.