Since you seem to be so well read up on history then you know that the reason for the 17th ammendment in the first place was because the senators being appointed by the state legislators was resulting in the same problems we have now.
The only answer to that particular problem is term limits and restricting the amount of time the legislators actually spend clubbing it up together in DC. Sadly legislators will never vote to limit themselves. Delegates to an Article V convention won’t either.
The solution to the problems of this country went beyond the ballot box the first week of Nov 2012. Taking back the Constitutional repulic will require a more significant shakeup. And it is coming.
But I see the GA rules committee has sent a resolution in favor of an Article V convention to the floor of our legislature.
???? How so? The government largely stayed within its constitutional bounds before 1913. What problems did the 17th correct?
If term limits are the answer, how do you propose to get the constitution amended?
You imply violence rather than a peaceful Article V amendment convention to correct what is wrong with our nation. That view isn't uncommon at FR, but no one has explained how that would work. If you have thought it out, I'd like to read it.
I suspect you haven't read the free Chapter One of Mark Levin's Liberty Amendments. It is available here: http://www.marklevinshow.com/common/page.php?pt=The+Liberty+Amendments&id=4183&is_corp=0