<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Aug 16, 2026 at 8:04 AM <<a href="mailto:spike@rainier66.com">spike@rainier66.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-2428121593538364493"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-2428121593538364493WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> </span><span class="m_-2428121593538364493gmaildefault" style="background-color:transparent"><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif">> </span></i></span><i style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif">It was posted on TwitterX.  Today I learn the origin of the comment that the US constitution is just a piece of paper:</span></i></p><blockquote style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://x.com/Rightanglenews/status/2087534108075274397/video/1" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif">https://x.com/Rightanglenews/status/2087534108075274397/video/1</span></i></a><u></u><u></u></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">>… This <span class="m_-2428121593538364493gmaildefault">crap </span>came from TwitterX and yet you believe that it, and not the New England Journal of Medicine...<br></span></b></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> </blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-2428121593538364493"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-2428121593538364493WordSection1"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"></span></b></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-2428121593538364493gmaildefault"><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><i style=""><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> </span><font face="georgia, serif">John read over what you posted, and tell me what any of it has to do with the constitution please. </font></i></span></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><font size="4"><b style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="">You posted a clip from Twitter<span class="gmail_default" style="">X</span> that<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">,</span> like most things on that platform<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">,</span> was utterly worthless,<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span>a typical example of the quality you can expect to find on Twitter</font></b><span class="gmail_default" style=""><b style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">. And yet TwitterX is where you said you got the majority of your news, including tips on how to survive a pandemic. You prefer it over the New England Journal of Medicine!   </font></b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style=""> </font></span></font><br></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><i style=""><font face="georgia, serif"> <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">></span>I have seen you post the quote many times about the constitution being just a piece of paper.</font></i></span></blockquote><div><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></b></div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>Yes and I <span class="gmail_default" style="">strongly </span>stand by that statement. The constitution is only as strong as the people that enforce it, and enforcement is the job of the executive branch, and today that branch is full of King Donald The First's yes men. Do you disagree, do you really believe the constitution is conscious and<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span>has some mystical power to do things without the help of humans?</b></font></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><b><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">John K Clark</span><br></b></font><div><br></div><div> </div></div></div>