Posted on 07/16/2023 4:01:33 AM PDT by Jacquerie
In seven others the resolution passed one chamber.
There’s active legislation in fifteen more.
It’s an attractive fantasy - that some convention of altruists will save the Republic. But that’s all it is - a fantasy. There are no Jeffersons or Madisons or George Washingtons among us anymore. Any Convention will be populated with the same venal creatures who infest Government today. They will gleefully use it to further cement their grip on power.
May God have mercy on us, for they will have none.
It’s a good thing not many of such people like you were around in 1775.
What do you think is the antidote for accelerating tyranny?
This would be the Deep State’s dream!
The quickest way to undo our Constitution.
Until you come up with a system that rids America of Democrats it is a waste of time.
Hard to have a Republic when half the people are
useless, lazy, and dependent.
I like the idea of city states like the Greeks had, however they were dependent on slavery of the surrounding “Suburbs”.
But in today’s world, the large cities produce so much wealth I’m they can survive on their own. Think of how much the entertainment or banking industry contributes to the GDP!
How could you live without them?
I have friends, good friends that were fishing buddies, that can no longer hold a simple conversation about what's happening in our nation. They fly into rages and refuse to discuss ANYTHING about the corruption in DC..... Maybe they're ashamed. (?)
Its been that way since "Hillary". I no longer try communicate with them......a sad situation.
“I’m sure they can survive on their own”
The quickest way to undo our Constitution.
That being the case, why do they fight so hard against it.?
The muddled thinking here works against the thesis:
“convention will be open to general attendance.” So non-citizens can participate, legal and illegal. And it can be packed with paid demonstrators.
“expositions on the fundamental principles of our founding are a certainty.” We had open borders until the 1920s. My parents and grandparents could come and go across the border, and did, with no big government interference. Big government immigration that started small in the 1920s was a direct illogical reaction to the illogic of KKK Wilson and KKK Jennings Bryan.
KKK Wilson and illogical reaction to the illogic of KKK Wilson were the deviation from our founding.
<>it is a waste of time.<>
By your analysis, a COS can do no harm.
Wallow in your despair, just get out of the way.
I’m actually all for it, but insist it is a waste of time.
You won’t change the fundamental problem, you are sticking band aids on the festering wound.
Kind of like gun control or drug laws. The guns and drugs aren’t the problem, it is the person using them incorrectly.
The rats stole 2020 and 2022. They will not squander 2024.
Two days ago, Obiden’s DOJ got an appeals court to stay a ruling against the dozens of federal agencies that denied our 1st Amendment right to free speech.
Parents attending school board meetings are domestic terrorists.
Catholics who attend the Latin Mass are terrorists.
J6 protesters are political prisoners in a DC gulag.
President Trump is hounded with spurious lawfare.
Our right to financial and personal privacy is no more.
Men can be women.
All in the last two years.
And the Article V opponents think the GOP and elections can save the remains of our republic.
“The 17th Amendment is hereby repealed.”
<>it is the person<>
What you propose is what we have, a nation of men.
Electing better people is insufficient effort. It is like urinating in a wetsuit when diving in cold water.
Thanks for that.. :)
That is a sad yet common situation.
I’ve had one long time democrat friend and two never Trumpers end our friendships.
As I explained, a televised COS will thrust into every living-room the structural problems facing our republic.
Convention of States with two line items to be voted on number one repeal the 17th Amendment and number two eliminate the senior executive service which is the Deep state.
This is how the Republic is restored.
Our Founding Father’s were not stupid
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