What has become of our Constitutional Republic?

i just read an article called The Real Purpose of the Consitution (you may have to skip an advertisement page). Here are some hilights:

Thomas Jefferson once wrote that “The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite.” That issue is one that appears to have been settled, as we are no longer a nation in which the will of the people is upheld by those chosen to represent them.

It's sad that we have to stretch our imagination to consider what this government might look like:

Thomas Jefferson described the function of government when he said, “A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor and bread it has earned — this is the sum of good government.”

i'm not a fan of Hamilton- he's like the precursor to the neocons, although he would pale in comparison to today's power-grabbers. But even he was able to predict the day when, due to our corruption and disregard for the rule of law, the Constitution "will bind no longer."

Yet didn’t even Hamilton once say, ” Ah, this is the constitution,” he said. “Now, mark my words. So long as we are a young and virtuous people, this instrument will bind us together in mutual interests, mutual welfare, and mutual happiness. But when we become old and corrupt, it will bind no longer.”

We have to face it- if you read the Constitution, read some writings by the men who wrote it; you'll discover that our government today is basically illegal. The Legislative Branch passes illegal laws, and illegally delegates powers to other bodies without authority. The Executive Branch now sets policy, chooses whether or not to enforce laws created by the Legislature, includes departments who, unelected, pass rules that are binding by law, and otherwise desregards Constitutional limits. Then we have a Judicial Branch that does little at all to challenge these issues at all.

Read the Declaration of Independence. i think there's an argument that if that generation of patriots were alive today, we might have another revolution on our hands.