I. YOU DA MAN
>how do you read "We are the people," when the verb phrase is "do hereby. . ."

see, that was my point when I said the GP (in the comic) assumed too much. to quote the British, "Wait for it!"

II. pay no attention to the man behind the curtain
>Yet, this does come from something that purports to speak as a/the wizard of id.

B.C. is not the same as the Wizard of ID, although Johnny Hart does collaborate with Brant Parker on the Wizard.

-ron o.