V

[astroprisoner]

I just posted the following in response to an entry by politicsgnsbeer. After some thought, it made sense to post it here as well.

-----------------------------------

You know, the Democrats are probably secretly thrilled with this outcome.

Yep. And the Republicans probably didn't slit their throats two years ago.

What most Americans just don't get is something

Comments

We only need one Amendment in the Bill of Rights

[polyanarch]

The FF's started out right but got too wordy after that.

Amendment 1: Congress shall make no Law.

Fixed!

[maineshark]

"We may, in fact, be at a point similar to where the young nation was in 1787: a system of government that no longer works as planned. We can argue forever if the issues are fundamental flaws or if it's gaming of the system, but there are simply issues that can't be fixed by patch work."

The AoC worked just fine. They simply didn't promise to result in the current mess.

The Constitution isn't flawed. The Constitution is doing exactly what the accursed Federalists wanted it to do. The only thing that would shock Hamilton, et al, is that it took this long. Okay, getting shot by Burr probably shocked him, too, given that he had rigged the duel, but made a last-minute goof, but the Constitution taking this long to do what he and his cronies engineered it to do would be a close second...

"I propose that it is time to call an Article V convention, the purpose of which would be to accomplish several tasks such as: ..."Do you think that's what would be done, if a Convention was called? Or would they add all sorts of socialist nonsense

[rev_mac]

Indeed, the real danger of a Convention is that all bets are off, anything goes. As if things are not bad enough now!

All Bets Are Off...

[pro_article_v]

...With Congress too, yet that doesn't seem to bother you. So you don't trust We The People, but you do trust a pack of lying thieves, right?

It is mandatory for Congress to call a convention for the purpose of proposing amendments, as written into the U.S. Constitution by our Founders. When 34 states have proposed amendments or submitted an application it is time; however, Congress has defied the Constitution by not making the call. There's over 750 applications noted in the Congressional Record, yet Congress refuses to call a convention! Why?

They are afraid of We The People - that amendments such as strict Term Limits, An End to Corporate Campaign Funding, Repeal Patriot Act I & II, Balance the Budget, Fair & Equal Taxation, End Gerrymandering, Audit the Federal Government, and probably a few others to curb corporate greed.

Re: All Bets Are Off...

[rev_mac]

"...With Congress too, yet that doesn't seem to bother you. So you don't trust We The People, but you do trust a pack of lying thieves, right

[selenite]

I'd go for most of those changes, but Structure the organization of Congress to encourage the existence of more than two political parties is working the wrong end. We have two parties because we elect seats one at a time with the seat going to the highest vote-getter.

[astroprisoner]

Hey, not all of my ideas are perfect.

I'd like to see a multi-party system, by whatever means it takes.