I have friends on Facebook who are opposed to the convention of the States for proposing amendments to the US Constitution. They are afraid it is too dangerous to try. They suggest that we do other things, educate the people, write letters and emails, make phone calls, elect the right people, etc. In another thread the topic is being discussed and I responded with the text below, I thought I would post it to my wall on its own for comment. I support the convention, because I think we are already in danger, I think the unwise tactic is to continue doing what we have always done. The risk we face is allowing the powers that be to continue walking all over our rights and liberties. Read my reply to them, and let me know your thoughts. Its a big issue, and I think its going to be coming to the political forefront soon. We must give it a proper public hearing, because we are going to be asked to make decisions on it. I disagree, because that is the method we have been trying for over a century. Call, send emails, write letters, elect the right people, etc. Where has it gotten us? To the point that Congressional officials and staffers laugh when challenged about following the Constitution. The point where we dont even require Presidential candidates to be Constitutionally qualified for the office. The point where clear violations of the separation of powers go unchallenged, unanswered. The point where peoples rights under many of the amendments in the Bill of Rights are violated routinely by our government and its enforcement officers. I suspect one of the efforts you probably cite when suggesting to bury the Congressional phone banks in non-stop calls, emails, etc. is the way an earlier push under the Bush administration to stop immigration reform worked out. How did that work out, exactly? Is that problem resolved? Did we fix that one? Or did they just wait it out, knowing the passionate response would wither away, that the people would tire of the fight? Did they just do exactly what they intended to do by other methods? Im sorry Shawn and Jim, but I have no faith that your prescription will work. I understand it, I even admire your willingness to fight that fight, I just think it is doomed to the same failure that all previous efforts of its kind have resulted in. That result, of course, is the governmental tyranny we experience today. Its time for a new tactic, a new effort that goes over their heads, that goes to the very heart of the matter, a tactic George Mason and Patrick Henry insisted upon, a tactic the rest of the founders, authors, and ratifiers agreed was a proper power and course of action, to empower the States to rein in an out of control legislative, executive, and judicial branch by strengthening the rules that are meant to bind them. A convention of the States to propose amendments to the US Constitution. Term limits, taxing and spending limits, veto powers, and clarified limits on areas of authority.
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 16:11:53 +0000
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