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Article V For a Republic Worth Keeping
Article V Blog ^ | August 26th 2016 | Rodney Dodsworth

Posted on 08/26/2016 1:59:32 AM PDT by Jacquerie

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1 posted on 08/26/2016 1:59:32 AM PDT by Jacquerie
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To: Jacquerie

Almost to much to ponder so early in the morning. As usual late night FR is more thought provoking.


2 posted on 08/26/2016 2:14:57 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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3 posted on 08/26/2016 2:29:15 AM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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I have no problem with an Article V convention per se, but I'd rather wait to see what President Trump can do when he's in office.

If it's hillary, the battle will be immediate and bloody and there will be NO allowance for anything Constitutional,

This should have been considered in 1973 after the supers found Constitutional abortion/murder legal

4 posted on 08/26/2016 2:46:03 AM PDT by knarf
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PING!


5 posted on 08/26/2016 3:05:33 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Cuckservative: a "conservative" willing to raise another country's ideology in his own country)
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To: Jacquerie

The Roman Republic went from around 500 bc till Gaius Julius Caesar who died, the Ides of march, 44bc. No Visigoths were around.
Our Republic is at a fragile point.
The Empire would be our next step but I don’t see that happening.


6 posted on 08/26/2016 3:21:12 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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The two paragraphs before the last sentence, are the best evidence against an article V convention that I have read recently.

” In the process, expositions on the fundamental principles of our founding are a certainty. Proponents will perhaps do verbal battle with enemies of our Declaration; so be it. It is long past time for patriots and SJW to put their cards on the table and present their visions for America.”

My vision for America is contained in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. I don’t need it re-addressed in a convention setting with the following warning contained in the next to last paragraph. “Since no society in history ever sold themselves into slavery, an Article V convention constitutes a measured risk, a measured risk in favor of free government we must take. We’ll find out if the remains of our republic are worth saving.” Why even a measured risk when our problems today are not a result of or caused by the Constitution.


7 posted on 08/26/2016 3:21:23 AM PDT by wita
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To: wita

Here, here!


8 posted on 08/26/2016 3:29:10 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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“Why even a measured risk when our problems today are not a result of or caused by the Constitution.”

Thank you very much, I have typed so many responses saying the same thing that my fingers are tired. The last time I remarked that when the punks have taken over the classroom it is useless for the teacher to write new rules on the blackboard. It really is a classic case of trying to fix what isn’t broken because some people won’t use it correctly.


9 posted on 08/26/2016 3:41:08 AM PDT by RipSawyer (Racism is racism, regardless of the race of the racist.)
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To: Jacquerie
The problem is a general lack of knowledge of the personal freedom intended by God and the founders. Just as the holy bible is the word of God, the constitution is as well.

The globalists, Marxists, and grifters of America desire to deny God, His greatness, and the fact that He has repeatedly used this nation for good, and to reset the world onto the course He desires.

10 posted on 08/26/2016 4:05:37 AM PDT by exnavy (John 3:16)
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Excellent analogy of why Article V is a bad idea!

We need to rise up against the punks that ruin things without delay, since they grow stronger as time goes by.
Classroom management 101, confront, discipline and get rid of the punks early on who ruin constructive governance.

Our will to deal with gov’t punks has become weak because we’ve lost the shared sense of moral value outrage and have gotten used to corruption for so long.

Change occurs when the price of change is less then the price of remaining the same.

RE: “Why even a measured risk when our problems today are not a result of or caused by the Constitution.”

Thank you very much, I have typed so many responses saying the same thing that my fingers are tired. The last time I remarked that when the punks have taken over the classroom it is useless for the teacher to write new rules on the blackboard. It really is a classic case of trying to fix what isn’t broken because some people won’t use it correctly.”


11 posted on 08/26/2016 4:27:35 AM PDT by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
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I have an idea for a constitutional amendment! It should say,
No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state
That’s already in the Constitution? Well, I guess we have to modify it to
No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person , not even a Democrat, holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state

12 posted on 08/26/2016 4:34:06 AM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion ('Liberalism' is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
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Well, as I explained, that’s why an Article V convention is so important. The nation will be exposed to two opposing visions for America.


13 posted on 08/26/2016 6:25:34 AM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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I also have great hopes for what Donald Trump might accomplish. The problem, as you intimated, is the accumulation of precedents both judicial and executive that will remain for the next obama or hildebeast to take advantage of.

Several scotus decisions were overturned by Constitutional amendment. It can and must be done again.

If Two States Convened.

Toward an Annual Article V State Amendments Convention (II).

14 posted on 08/26/2016 6:32:23 AM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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No one can say nor predict President Trump, but he sure talks like he’s going to have a TON of citizens surrounding him as advisors and we MUST have faith in SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS to BE good and DO good for the Republic


15 posted on 08/26/2016 6:53:59 AM PDT by knarf
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16 posted on 08/26/2016 7:53:49 AM PDT by Ray76 (Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo!)
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The nation will be exposed to two opposing visions for America.

With the present political makeup in America, literally fifty fifty, why in anyone’s name would you subject your sacred document to the possibility of the dark side winning the contest? You would not believe some of the off the wall ideas the left will attempt to make a part of the new vision for our global Amerika.

I have been a part of rules making efforts by at least two pro-Article V groups one of whom desires a bi-partisan effort. In today’s political climate that is a most dangerous position to promote when it comes to preservation of your fundamental principles.


17 posted on 08/26/2016 8:38:22 AM PDT by wita
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WEll you would be correct. We don’t need to amend the Constitution we just need to start abiding by it. There is already a remedy for every problem in the original Constitution and ammemdments. The remedy for an overreaching govt is the 10th Amendment.


18 posted on 08/26/2016 9:00:57 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Amen GG


19 posted on 08/26/2016 11:17:14 AM PDT by wita
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I suppose you people will have to wake up in a gulag before it occurs to you that an Article V convention to reverse tyranny was a good idea.


20 posted on 08/26/2016 11:19:59 AM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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