The Constitution and Our Founding Fathers For the majority of Americans, the United States Constitution (with the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence) is seen as almost a sacred document. These pieces of wood pulp decorated with some borderline poetic text have been raised to a level that prevents us from changing them drastically for fear of being accused of being blasphemous. While I don't question the true value of these documents, I do question our reasons for keeping them in place. We revere these documents because they come from such great men, or it is because we fear what might happen to our society if we dodrastically change them. Ideals must be written down to be validated or they exist regardless of where, how, and if they are viewed. If, as stated, “we hold these truths to be self-evident,” then why do they need to be put on paper? Shouldn't these truths have been the foundation upon which a successful Constitution was drafted and not an afterthought? If our “creator” (or anyone else) had endowed us with some unalienable rights, then shouldn't those rights have been the primary concern during constitutional conventions? . The fact is that the Constitution of the United States came first while our unalienable rights came last. The primary concern of our “Founding Fathers” was the good of the nation as a whole, not each of us as individuals. Our world has changed in so many ways that one should wonder if our “Founding Fathers” could recognize the United States in 2000. With the dizzying pace of information (revolution…?) shouldn't we start reclaiming our rights and ultimately our power from the national government rather than further subjugation? In a world where the Internet appears to be the “way of the future,” why do we still insist that it is best to leave government in the hands of a select few officials? It is true that we play a role in our government through “watchdogs” (press and whistleblowers) and elections, but we could not govern more effectively on a much more individual level. Right now I don't feel like my opinion really matters