Miracles and the Constitution

We were blessed with another birth on our farm last night. Our first time heifer Lovely had a beautiful bull calf that I have named "Clive". This name because it refers to a fictional character that we know of who is dead. This helps the children realize that the calf is being raised as red veal. The birth was uncomplicated but the heifer (OK, cow now) was difficult to milk out. With my very bad back, I, on a constant basis say "THAT'S IT, I AM DONE WITH COWS!". She kicked as I tried to gently wash her udder, kicked while I not so gently clipped her udder, and kicked while she was trying to be milked (can you imagine she let the veal calves all nurse on her and one had a weaner ring!). I have given up trying to milk first time fresheners by hand. In the past I have been injured which took many months to recuperate. Then I think of all that golden milk and flavorful cheese and yogurt and well I just keep the cows........Guernseys are a wonderful home milker.

There are things in my life I can count on. A frisky first time freshener, the Sun rising in the East, the weather in New England to change quickly. One thing I also understand and hold to be true is the Constitution of the United States.

In Connecticut every twenty years the question is posed to the voters if they would like to hold a Constitutional Convention. This would allow the delegates to try and change our Constitution. Am I missing something? I believe there is nothing wrong with Our Constitution. What is wrong is that Lawyers and Politicians (who are mostly blood sucking lawyers, shall I really tell you how I feel?) want to change the Constitution to fit their greedy agenda.

It is the same greed that caused the recent Stock Market burp. Greed that brought down the Federal Mortgage Company's of Fannie Mae and Fannie Mac all of which not a single person has been accountable. I know there were "very important people (at least in their minds)" who were in charge that were paid obviously more than they were worth. None will take responsibility for what happened, saying they never saw it coming. The highly worshiped Alan Greenspan is shocked that all these events have happened and doesn't understand how. We let these people govern our lives?

I don't understand how one person can enter Harvard Law School with a 3.3 GPA no honors after two years at Columbia and finish 4.0 GPA Magna Cum Laude. Another miracle must have taken place (information from the Wall Street Journal). Are you sure it wasn't Hogwarts he was attending? Another enters the prestigious Naval Academy to wind up fifth from the bottom. Honesty. It is all I am looking for. Life experience does count. A stable up bringing may now be a thing of the past.

Well it isn't a thing of the past around my house. Be reasonable. Don't try to fix what isn't broken. If it has worked for he past 2oo plus years without too many amendments perhaps you should just leave it alone and grow some common sense and learn how to take responsibility for your actions. This country still has streets made of gold but you may (should) only be able to get there with hard work, honesty and loyalty. Greed shouldn't play a factor. Use your good old fashioned know how, present ideas that will work in new and different ways that can pay for themselves. There are no "Free rides". Like everyone else, follow the rules (don't try to change them) and you too can walk the golden highway.