Saturday, 9 May 2009

thanks to New Zealand xxxxxjl

Did You Know ?

Andy Rooney 
DID YOU KNOW? 
As you walk up the steps to the
building which houses the U.S. Supreme Court
you can see near the top of the building a row
of the world's law givers and each one is
facing one in the middle who is facing forward
with a full frontal view ... it is Moses and he
is holding the Ten Commandments! 


DID YOU KNOW?
As you enter the Supreme Court courtroom, the
Two huge oak doors have the Ten Commandments
Engraved on each lower portion of each door. 

DID YOU KNOW?

As you sit inside the courtroom, you can see
The wall, right above where the Supreme Court
judges sit, a display of the Ten Commandments! 

DID YOU KNOW?

There are Bible verses etched in stone all
over the Federal Buildings and Monuments in
Washington , D.C.

DID YOU KNOW?

James Madison, the fourth president, known as
'The Father of Our Constitution' made the
following statement:

'We have staked the whole of all our political
institutions upon the capacity of mankind for
self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God..'

DID YOU KNOW?

Every session of Congress begins with a prayer
by a paid preacher, whose salary has been paid
by the taxpayer since 1777.

DID YOU KNOW?

Fifty-two of the 55 founders of the
Constitution were members of the established 
orthodox churches in the colonies. 

DID YOU KNOW? 
Thomas Jefferson worried that the Courts would
overstep their authority and instead of
interpreting the law would begin making law
an oligarchy
(the rule of few over many.)


How then, have we gotten to the point that
everything we have done for 220 years in this
country is now suddenly wrong and
unconstitutional?   

Lets put it around the world and let the world
see and remember what this great country was
built on. 

I was asked to send this on if I agreed or delete if I didn't. Now it is your turn... 
It is said that 86% of Americans believe in God.
Therefore, it is very hard to understand
why there is such a mess about having the Ten
Commandments on display or 'In God We Trust'
on our money and having God in the Pledge of 
Allegiance. Why don't we just tell the other
14% to Sit Down and SHUT UP!!!
Our nation’s forefathers saw it fit to include God when  creating our laws and constitutions.  God’s  images and words surround the walls of our government structures. There are time when common sense should rule over impractical law.  Our forefathers had this kind of sense.
   What happened to ours?