Let's not forget the Constitution and its grammatical fuck-up of "...a more perfect union...."

If Teabaggers cared about punctuation they'd have to admit that the right to keep and bear arms is inextricably linked to being a member of a "well-regulated militia."

I don't think it's possible to have typos in a hand-written document. I think typos only occur when something is either typed or set in type. Otherwise, what we're talking about are punctuation errors, editing errors, or transcription errors.

the Founding Fathers [...] made mistakes. The Constitution has typos, too, and that's okay. We're a country of human beings. It's comforting to know that our founding documents have errors, because it reminds us that the country is a work in progress, and can always be improved.

And yet, when the government violates the Constitution, we don't fire the Government, rework the constitution, and try again... We just try to "amend" and patch-up the problems. Which, IMHO, isn't really working all that well.

France is on it's 5th re-written constitution since 1789. Each time the Govt transgresses, there are actual consequences - the last being the Vichy Govt during WWII. Unlike here where Presidents get pardoned, and corporate briber- er, gifts will now go unreported.

On the other hand, given the terrible political literacy in this country --to say nothing of literacy in general. Or logic-- I wouldn't really trust U.S. to re-write the Constitution at this point in history.

Catch-22

and no one fought back against birthers with "WHO THE FUCK CARES?"... no no, try to fight back with reason in a country that is in fact somewhat shoddy about stupid birth certs.

Because something special happens to your blood and brain when someone popped your ass out on to sovereign soil.

It would surprise me if this is the only transcription error in a handwritten document of that length.

I acquired some Kindle versions of various classic works from Amazon, because they are free or for 99 cents, and among them are the Declaration, the Constitution.

I read the Dec over a couple of nights ago. You know it surprises me that while most have heard the very lofty, general support of the idea of freedom, most of it are points of redress directed very specifically to King George. So it's all "whereas he does this" and "whereas he does that".

It shows that the United States was formed not so much as a Utopian society, but really by a bunch of people who were tired of oppression and wanted to throw off a bunch of top feeders who were harassing and taxing them more then they had a right to. It is part political...but in the mainstay, it is also economic! It is a revolution by the downtrodden against the overseers!

The Constitution, and its predecessor, the Articles of Confederation, were not the basis of this country, but more like minimal rules of order for daily management. Only the Declaration of Independence is primary to this nation's foundation. And it describes not what to do, but what not to do to us.

@7 But unlike the founding fathers, you have representation to go with your taxation, so the analogy fails utterly.

@7: Not to mention, the Declaration of Independence is NOT a foundational text for our system of government. It's "why we don't like this previous system", not "here are the rules for the system". Ladies and gentlemen, I shall tell you again that JBITSMFOTP.

@7 Oh yeah, plantation-scale slaveholders like St. George Washington and St. Thom. Jefferson were downtrodden and oppressed.

@12 "Why would god lead us into temptation? For shits and giggles?"

The Book of Job addresses that. A curious Book indeed. Well worthy of study and reflection.

Literacy and self identification as a member of the Tea Party are mutually exclusive characteristics.

@13: The Cliff's Notes version of Job is: God doesn't care about your happiness or well-being (or the lives of your family), and is totally willing to flush all of it to prove a point, if challenged by someone he doesn't respect in the first place.

The founding fathers didn't make the "typo." The people who created this particular transcript did.