[nathanbedford]

The indignation and righteous fervor is understandable and laudable; the yearning for decency in government and society is noble; the frustration at our current parlous national situation is shared by every thinking conservative; the yearning for a silver bullet is perfectly human and denotes an unselfish concern for the common weal; but,

The execution is scattershot; the probabilities of success are near zero; the proposed solutions are easy marks for satire; the potential for witchhunts, vigilante-ism or Jacobean excess is too real to risk; the Constitution provides better path to a healthy Republic in Article V; and,

Keep working at it with the same fervor until we get it right, because if we don't get it right there might not be a second chance for our kids and our grandkids.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

“Keep working at it with the same fervor until we get it right...”

Absolutely. This is just preliminary discussion.

“The execution is scattershot...” — nathanbedford

‘Scattershot’ results from an instantaneous blast. A hearing that is convened by three fourths of the states is deliberation, not an explosion.

And yes, there will be ridicule. After all we’re talking about “The Ice Bucket Challenge on Steroids” here. I’m even hoping for an opposition smear campaign to help spread the word, even if it’s from our own side. It would be great if conservative talk-radio hosts poke a little light-hearted fun at these ideas. Once well-fed, the anti-central-power ‘hydra’ keeps growing more heads.

So yes, there will be ridicule, but only from people who live in glass houses. What RICHLY deserves ridicule is the entirety of our current mess: Ben Ghazi, our wide open borders, ‘student’ and ‘tourism’ ebola-VISAs, Fast and Furious, ACORN, voter fraud .... the list is endless. And last but not least — 0-care [aka ebola-care].

List of ‘ridicule’ examples:

The mockers leave themselves wide open when asked what ‘evil’ would 3/4 of the states try to ‘pull off’? Would they accuse 3/4 of states of turning racist? Would they claim that ‘persecuting’ the most radical of Islamics is ‘racist’? Would they claim that 3/4 of the states are trying to form a ‘dictatorship’? [We already have one BTW even if he is term-limited.] Should NAMBLA be protected from a little hazing?

It all goes back to the question I asked earlier — Who do you trust more? 3/4 of the states? Or the simple majority of congress? [Simple.]

Oh, the ‘springy switches’ — yeah, that’s ‘torture’. I remember the incredible support when a kid was caned in Singapore for vandalizing cars. Polling backs up ‘springy switches’. [But I would recommend taking it easy on people with high blood pressure BTW.]

So yes, it will all be ridiculed. I look forward to it.