Thanks much for a fantastic post...the time has come to do something serious, and I will be giving a lot of my time to ponder the situation. The future of our children and this country is at stake and when 75% of the people want something done and our leaders refuse to do it. It is time for action. The question remains what type of action?
Off the top of my head besides a constitutional Convention, we need to use all our resources to fight these arrogant self dealing idiots. Taking a look at past causes, civil rights, prohibition, suffrage etc, what methods worked? Civil disobedience (peaceful)seems to be one common thread that helped bring about these changes.
Our politicians live for votes and donations. Both parties are now seperated by only a fine line.
Our government lives on our forced taxes and our antiquated tax law where is our amnesty? Where is our Tax Reform? It won't happen because Congress benefits from the status quo unless we make it happen.
Clearly if things don't change and soon, we will be facing a Civil War or Revolution, because America as we know it is disappearing.
I would thing a tactician would suggest a multi-pronged approach, and not put all our eggs in one basket.
Time to watch Mel Gibson in the Patriot again....Somehow I can relate to his role.
With civil rights, civil disobedience was a large part of what moved Congress to action.
With Prohibition, the Constitution was amended by a populace tired of gang warfare to control the illegal product. An amendment had outlawed booze, and an amendment was needed to undo the damage.
With women's suffrage, there was a lot of civil disobedience in Britain, but little here. The Republicans led the way in several party platforms, and finally a constitutional amendment got past Congress and the states.