Dejavu all over again—the Beauty of Revisionist History
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https://constitutioncenter.org/amp/blog/when-congress-passed-the-original-12-amendments-in-the-bill-of-rights f only from one day ago....
Yesterday this blog talked. About some little reported information about the Mayflower. One of the statements made was incorrect (well probably. Many, however, some of them were in jest—e.g. the Mayflower only having dial-up—it was really only a party line and they only had a rotary phone with a short chord.
Okay seriously....
The post mentioned the Speedwell as a ship that was. To sail with the Mayflower and that this ship had not been. Able to make the full journey. The post stated that the Mayflower and its crew went on even after the Speedwell pretty much fell apart right away. That part is true, however two facts still remain l to be cleared up. The Mayflower did not just go sailing right ahead. It returned to. The mother country with the failing Speedwell before. Then heading to the “New” World. Well that is even a better story because. The passengers then could have stayed behind in England thinking this was some bad omen and yet 102 decided to take off again. The second. Fact that is also Speedwell related is that the cause of the ship’s trouble has been attributed to rotting timbers due to. Wormwood (or rot, but other reports also report that structural problems developed due to the process of fitting the ship with a different sort of mast that didn’t quite work out according to plans. Bottom line the Mayflower explorers had some real guts setting. Out over this. Thing they couldn’t control and that is the point...or one of the points of the story.
Now... yesterday I promised a New American Mayflower Tale winding up in Madison Wisconsin. I’m not going to rewrite the story so eloquently authored by my friend Peter... I’m only going to slap my moral on the story and tell you to go to Peter leidy.com and read it under the “Just Curious” blog... In a nutshell... Peter and his wife were headed to Minnesota where he was going to start a graduate program when they made a stop in Madison. Do you recall the pilgrims were headed. To Virginia and didn’t wind up there? the moral is... sometimes you think you know exactly where your journey is supposed to be heading and if you had followed your map your journey might have placed. You just where you had intended. On the other hand, sometimes. You can have curiousity and courage and surf the experience instead of trying to control the ocean and the results can be a fabulous life. I can’t say Peter has had a fabulous life, yet I’d argue it has been an interesting one and probably. Not the one he would have had if the drive had gone on to Minnesota. He might have even become a Vikings fan and that in itself would have been tragic...not to mention never l getting. To know the jubilant. Joy of learning to “jump around.” Peter and his graceful. Life partner understood that it’s not if life gives you lemons...it’s when life gives you lemons and you have. The curiosity needed to add your own tequila....
So go read Peter’s blog and drop him a line telling him he’s a good writer when he doesn’t try so hard.
Back to Revisionist Hisatory...
In about an hour I’m going to record a podcast...the link is below and you may find that the Constitution most notable the first and second amendments aren’t at all what you think.
We argue over them a lot and yet they technically weren’t even the first two the founding fathers (James Madison) cranked out.
Oh and more importantly. Today is the anniversary of congress adopting the Constitution sans the Bill of Rights and we had to do it because we got the first form of our U.S. Government wrong. Can you imagine our political leaders today sitting down and saying...”Hey...we understand the values we want to live by and this current. Form of government needs a major enema? Which of our leaders might have the courage to say... I know. I got elected this way...but we can do better? Who might say we only. Have some of the civil liberties nailed down and some of the processes we use are a bit outdated? Which reps and senators would say we might need some term limits because when we came up with. This life expectancy was only about half of what we have now?
Anyway... the podcast will be a commentary on stating values, changing cultures, and being alert to how that fits with seeking peace and joy...
I am including a link that provides info about the original. Constitution and its amendments just for some happy. Reading...
Until tomorrow becomes now... sail on.or stop in Madison
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