I understand what you mean DrJoske, it can get a little misleading. But what it basically is, when the Constitution was written, there wasn't the bazillion in defense budget kind of stuff. It was meant to ensure a limited form of government, and the Bill of Rights was made to make sure that the government didn't infringe on certain rights, rights which if infringed upon or suppressed, would be in opposing conflict with what the framers of the Constitution had in mind when writing it.
Hope this helps a bit.