The power-mad Dems will never, repeat NEVER be trusted with the purse strings ever again..

And just wait till the reality of what they’ve done hits, which really hasn’t even started to sink in to a lot of noggins… they’re still shaking off the ether, and the backlash has only just started

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Greenberg’s idea is so wise and absolutely necessary. I’ve a feeling he’ll be getting a bit of press today.

I pray that this will be a “silent” revolution, and not a bloody one. Meanwhile the pendulum is swinging wildly.

http://voxday.blogspot.com/2010/08/wnd-column_09.html

We need to focus on the character of the officials we’re electing. There was a time when we paid attention to character. http://wadingacross.wordpress.com/2010/08/07/what-a-character-political-actors/

We need to be ‘real’, and we should demand nothing less of our politicians and our states. If we cannot get our elected leaders on a strong, moral footing, how can we even begin to think that Constitutional Amendments will be possible?

I pray that we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, and that it’s to a pastoral field harkening back to our nation’s founding, not to a mirage leading to the nation dissolving under its own violent social, economic and judicial wobbling.

I worry about Constitutional Conventions specifically because there is no limit on what a Convention can consider. The idea of and Amendment to enable the States to limit consideration to a single, or few, Amendments only is excellent in that it would eliminate the problem of a Convention rewriting the entire Constitution (assuming the results of a “runaway Convention” after the Amendment would be ruled unconstitutional by the courts).

What worries me are two things:

1. That first Convention can’t be held to only considering the single Amendment by the Constitution. Lest we forget, our Constitution was the result of a “runaway convention” originally tasked with “fixing” the Articles of Confederation; and,

2. Any Convention will likely be populated by members of the “Ruling Class”. What is the probability that John Q. Public will be included in the membership, at least in more than token numbers? I find it doubtful that any new Convention will be populated with people of the caliber of our Founders.

change. How it comes about depends in large part on how the ruling class responds. Millions of us will do our part for a peaceful revolution then we’ll see if they “get it”.

The WH and Dem Congress are radically out of control drastically beyond Constitutional limits. If their initiatives were so good, the statistics would be nothing like what you show. Also, if the WH and the Dem Congress were sticking to the Constitution, a large percentage of them would voluntarily put themselves in jail.

If there was ever a time to push for a Constitutional Convention …it is now! The courts have their place, but they were not meant to dictate the country, as they are attempting to do now.

There are great lawyers, but the majority of the law community, especially the law schools, are far left progressive. Look at the CA decision that discards seven million people’s vote….to one activist judge opinion. This is a disgrace. The left is absolutely clear that they could skirt the constitution by stuffing as many radical, federal, activist judges in power…..and two new “legislators from the bench” to the Supreme Court. Counting on the courts to change things through amendments is not enough at this point.

It is time for a Constitutional Convention. I believe we have a good group of GOP Governors who will support this. The question is, will the current GOP Congress finally show one tenth of an ounce of courage and support it. My guess is that they would cower in fear because it would put an end to their ability to be porker, weak, RINO, progressives.

I pray that there is the courage to create a Constitutional Convention. Obama and the disgraceful Dem Congress are way out of bounds and are taking this country down……by design. It is time to turn this around by using more tools than “only” the elections. The elections are critical and paramount though.

Obama and the Dems have shown that they can’t stand this country and that they are committed to “their” constitution, which is basically the Alinsky Doctrine and Cloward Piven. There are far more people in this country that love the country, as is, and are committed to the US Constitution, to include Article V. It is time to start using the United States Constitution and GREATLY diminish the extent of power from the out of control political class. The political class is not listening to the people and they are destroying this country.

It’s called “ratification”. If 3/4ths of the states don’t ratify, it doesn’t matter what a convention proposes, it doesn’t pass. So the so-called danger of a runaway convention is nominal.

Besides, Congress already has this “runaway” power — it can propose any amendment it wants, any time it wants, just as a convention might. The fact that it doesn’t has less to do with politics than with the knowledge that it really doesn’t want to waste any time dealing with amendments that have no chance of getting ratified. Likewise with a convention — it will feel its time best spent on amendments that stem from the reason it was called in the first place (Congressional and Federal abuse of power), than on a wholesale re-write of the Constitution that stands little chance of passing 3/4′s of the states.

The Democrat Party is totally under the control of those people who euphemistically call themselves Progressives. They are Marxists, which since he became one, are called Communists. STOP putting a sugar coating on this situation. We are in a life or death struggle against a thoroughly reprehensible (and also thoroughly debunked as failed) philosophy for government. We are pitting individual liberty / freedom against a socialist takeover which fully intends to turn America into a “planned” society. The prime minister of Russia said it: “We will bury you.” We are now in the grasp of his minions and America is still in denial. WAKE UP,

The Democrat Party doesn’t exist anymore – it’s name has been coopted by Communism. Communists like the name.

. . . don’t put paid to this nonsense, I’d not be surprised to see the elitists receiving votes from rooftops which will not leave “hanging chads” nor require al franken’s help in recounting. I don’t want to see that happen, for all it would accomplish in the long run would be to open the door to our external enemies to destroy the Republic quickly as opposed to the death by a thousand cuts now being applied by the rotting internal cancer of zero, soros & their fellow travelers.

We are in a war for this nation’s very survival. Yet their are those that still feel Obama, the Dems, and the media “don’t understand” what they are doing. These people are dedicated to reach Obama’s goal of a total socialist form of governement. Does anyone really think they will let a litle thing like the Constitution “bind them” to anything but reaching their goal. This is a very foolish position and a serious mistake.

States need to reassert their sovereignty and put the federal governemnt back to what it was originally intended: a convenience of the States with enumerated powers. Too many idiotic things are enacted in DC under the Commerce Clause, for example.

Club Fed has indeed become its own special interest group and it’s time that the 10th Amendment be used to nullify some of the more ridiculous laws that Congress passes.

The prospect of a Consitutional Convention with large delegations from the northeast, IL, and the Left Coast is frightening. There would have to be too many compromises.

“…we will find ourselves at a point we dare not go”

Why dare not go there? Our Founding Fathers did. If the Left continues and persists, then we dare not stay where we are. Sometimes revolutions must get bloody or you stay enslaved to the chains the tyrants construct to bind you. The Declaration of Independence says we not only have the RIGHT to throw off such governments, but the DUTY to do so.

In defense of our U.S. Constitution, our liberties, our freedom, our country, our families, our property, and our wallets, this attorney supports the overthrow of the radical Obama regime and if it takes the same kind of violence, which was used by our Founding Fathers to overthrow the tyrant King George III, to be used against this aspiring tyrant and his radicals in Congress, whom are far worse than King George III, then so be it. May the Obama regime and his radicals in Congress, I pray, who are intentionally destroying this country, meet the same fate at the hands of the American people as Mussolini and his wife met at the hands of the Italian people. Obama is America’s Number one Domestic enemy and he is more dangerous than Islam which is now waging war against the West. More dangerous for Obama is the Trojan Manchurian Horse within.

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They must be punished in every possible way. If they cannot be physically punished they must be isolated and treated like the scum they are. Eliminate them from social groups, and quit speaking to them. spit on them and key their cars. Kick their dogs and scare their children. Show them hate and disgust whenever possible. Spit on at least one democrat a day.

Why do we need another amendment. Just enforce the 10th and be over with the problem. Now is the time to take this to the supreme court. The Arizona illegal immigration law is a perfect platform. There is also the misuse of the commerce clause. Take the Feds to the Supreme court before a conservative justice wants to retire. The Constitution needs to be preserved as is, not as “how the progressives would like it”. We only have a 5-4 margin. We have FDR to thank for the change in the Supreme court’s “feelings on the law”.

The Lefties think they have us over a barrel, under their thumb, whatever archaic phrase they want to use. They think they can write and pass the law and we are stuck with it. They left out something, a law already on the books: the Law of Unintended Consequences. They forgot that the Constitution has two ways to officially modify it (plus a third unofficial way, Judicial Fiat. Ever hear of Marbury v. Madison (1803)? It was written by John Marshall giving himself and the Supreme Court “Judicial Review” of all Constitutional matters): Congress can propose an amendment, approve it with a 2/3 vote in both Houses and send it out for ratification by ¾ of the states; or a Constitutional Convention (ConCon) can be called by 2/3 of the state legislatures (34) to propose amendments that then must also be ratified by ¾ (38) of the states.

I think we have a couple of options to stop O’Bummer: this year’s election, taking back Congress, a state sponsored Constitutional Convention to put more checks and balances into the Constitution, and then, perhaps a revolution. If O’Bummer manages to steal this year’s election, then the ConCon becomes likely, IMO. Interestingly, one of the state Attorney Generals is starting to talk about a Constitutional Amendment to reverse Obamacare. The only way to get that would be through a Constitutional Convention. The last one of those was in 1787. It was intended to revise the Articles of Confederation, but they apparently thought that was hopeless, so they just scrapped it and started over. One of the concerns over the years with another Constitutional Convention is the fact that it will be totally open. I think the concern is at least somewhat overblown. Whatever they come up with still has to be ratified by ¾ of the states. I think one of the unintended consequences of Obamacare will be a Constitutional Convention.

Payback from the hoi polloi for the last time they got dissed by Congress (Jim Wright’s middle of the night pay raise) was Article XXVII, “No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.” It had originally been proposed in 1789 with the other 11 amendments of what became the Bill of Rights. It was approved in 1992 after Jim Wright pissed off enough people. Jim Wright was small ball compared to the number of people pissed about Obamacare. Over the years there have been calls for a Constitutional Convention, but they haven’t gotten enough states to approve resolutions to call one, but they are very close. They only need a couple of more and then it is on. I think this could easily happen in the next 6 months or so. If it does, it could be very colorful. There have already been books written about it.

Here is my list of tops to consider for amendment into the Constitution:
1. Kill the bill. Whatever is necessary to kill Obamacare and prevent it in the future.
2. Term limits for members of Congress, both House and Senate. How about 3 terms max for Congressmen and 2 for Senators?
3. Modify Article XIV and allow people born in the US to be automatic citizens only if mom is here legally. No anchor babies! This may not require an amendment, just a clarification.
4. Renewable terms for judges and justices (10 or 15 yrs?) No more lifetime appointments.
5. Reign in the Commerce Clause
In addition, I suspect people would propose:
6. Right to Life Amendment restricting abortion
7. Balanced budget amendment. The likely result would be never again to cut taxes.
8. Repeal Article XVI, the income tax and put a limit on types and quantities of taxes (No Value Added Tax (VAT) perhaps?)
9. Repeal Article XVII, statewide general election of senators.
10. Repeal Article XXVI, giving the vote to 18 yr. old citizens. Take it back to 21.

You can see where this is going. It would be open to anything that could garner a 2/3 vote in the convention and a ¾ vote in state legislatures, which is why the ConCon has always been considered so dangerous, but we may be at a tipping point: a ConCon may be necessary to prevent the country from being hijacked by the Marxists and lost forever.

Article. V.
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; …

Article [XXVII.]
No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.
Proposal and Ratification
This amendment, being the second of twelve articles proposed by the First Congress on Sept. 25, 1789, was declared by the Archivist of the United States on May 18, 1992, to have been ratified by the legislatures of 40 of the 50 States.
This amendment was ratified by the following States: Maryland, December 19, 1789; North Carolina, December 22, 1789; South Carolina, January 19, 1790; Delaware, January 28, 1790; Vermont, November 3, 1791; Virginia, December 15, 1791; Ohio, May 6, 1873; Wyoming, March 6, 1978; Maine, April 27, 1983; Colorado, April 22, 1984; South Dakota, February 21, 1985; New Hampshire, March 7, 1985; Arizona, April 3, 1985; Tennessee, May 23, 1985; Oklahoma, July 10, 1985; New Mexico, February 14, 1986; Indiana, February 24, 1986; Utah, February 25, 1986; Arkansas, March 6, 1987; Montana, March 17, 1987; Connecticut, May 13, 1987; Wisconsin, July 15, 1987; Georgia, February 2, 1988; West Virginia, March 10, 1988; Louisiana, July 7, 1988; Iowa, February 9, 1989; Idaho, March 23, 1989; Nevada, April 26, 1989; Alaska, May 6, 1989; Oregon, May 19, 1989; Minnesota, May 22, 1989; Texas, May 25, 1989; Kansas, April 5, 1990; Florida, May 31, 1990; North Dakota, March 25, 1991; Alabama, May 5, 1992; Missouri, May 5, 1992; Michigan, May 7, 1992; New Jersey, May 7, 1992.
Ratification was completed on May 7, 1992.
The amendment was subsequently ratified by Illinois on May 12, 1992.

by Congress after Congress using outrageous distortions of the Interstate Commerce Clause to “justify” their overreaching unconstitutional acts.

Eric is precisely correct with this piece. Since sitting legislators will do nothing to dilute their power then the State legislatures will have to do it for them. There are, ultimately, three issues that must be addressed by a Second Constitutional Convention: Those are the repeal of the 16th and 17th Amendments and a clear definition of just what constitutes “Interstate Commerce” to prevent such abuse in the future.

It’s very difficult to discover any significant information about the scourge of the 14th Amendment, as we have today. This is principally because information has never been collected intentionally or otherwise, so we must rely on what is available; buried deeply in the pages of the internet? FOR MORE OPPRESSIVE FACTS, GO TO THIS PDF WEBPAGE? A report by Madeleine Pelner Cosman in the spring issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons 2005., It augments from a small fire that is turning into a conflagration. She says, “By not addressing this abuse of the Fourteenth Amendment and enforcing immigration law, the funds that state and local governments must provide to anchor babies amounts to a virtual tax on U.S. citizens to subsidize illegal aliens.

The increasing number of illegal aliens coming into the United States is forcing the closure of hospitals, spreading previously vanquished diseases and threatening to destroy America’s prized health-care system,” The author writes, “”born to illegal aliens instantly qualify as citizens for welfare benefits and have caused enormous rises in Medicaid costs and stipends under Supplemental Security Income and Disability Income.” She adds that Under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act of 1985, hospitals are obligated to treat the uninsured without reimbursement. “Illegal alien women come to the hospital in labor and drop their little anchors, each of whom pulls its illegal alien mother, father, and siblings into permanent residency simply by being born within our borders.

Anchor babies are citizens, and instantly qualify for public welfare aid: Between 300,000 and 350,000 anchor babies annually become citizens because of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the State wherein they reside.” In conclusion The Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons report includes a strong prescription for protecting the health of Americans:

* Closing America’s borders with fences, high-tech security devices and troops. (But remember the real 2006 Secure Fence Act, was designed as two parallel fences. Not just–ONE–? It doesn’t seem to be turning on a light bulb in America’s brain, that two fences were supposed to be constructed adjacent to each other, with a roadway in between for interdiction of every type of criminal, including the millions of illegal aliens.) It’s time this question is asked of Senator Harry Reid and the dismantling of permanent E-Verify?
* Rescinding the U.S. citizenship of “anchor babies.”
* Punishing the aiding and abetting of illegal aliens as a crime. (That means employers with a prison sentence for habitual offenders.)
* An end to—ALL– amnesty programs.

It should be noted that based on data collected in California for AFDC’s “children only” cases, the California Department of Social Services estimated that in fiscal 1994-1995, 193,800 children of illegal aliens received welfare, costing $553 million. One should wonder the ever increasing costs of supporting the anchor child, as food stamps and Section 8 housing can be applied for. One should wonder the ever increasing costs of supporting the anchor child, as food stamps and Section 8 housing can be applied for. One should also be aware that the mother, who is always allowed to stay, probably becomes pregnant at least twice more, of which the US taxpayer once again becomes the benefactor. In addition because the family is low income, they can apply for TANF, of which the baby receives a free car chair, diapers and much more compliments of Americans.

There are various undisclosed federal and state entitlement, which are denied to American mothers because our politicians are too busy catering to the less fortunate. This exploitation of the 14th Amendment is not necessary from expectant mothers from across the Southern border, but every year thousands converge on the unknowing taxpayer who coughs up the money to pay for subsidizing the life’s of whole families, after a new anchor baby is born. This unwholesome situation would become far worse as any new hype for AMNESTY, would induce millions more to reach the borders, plus the stream would never end. To stop any more illegals coming to America, we must first remove every Pro-Amnesty lawmaker, then implement permanently E-Verify and place troops on the border. Learn more at NUMBERUSA & JUDICIAL WATCH and call without delay your public servants in Washington at 202-224-3121

I live in Dan’s district in the Great State of Arkansas. He is a true conservative legislator and from what I can tell a great family man. I consider it unfortunate that I have not had the opportunity of meeting Dan in person, but I am proud to live in his district and will vote to keep him in the State House until term limits force him out.

I also support his idea of a constitutional congress, one of the first issues should be Term limits for Federal Elected Positions as well as an end to “lifetime appointments”.

And shrinking…
“Mind you, it is not revolution with bayonet, but revolution with ballot and advocacy.”

…And the race is on…

Which is that after 2/3rds states make application for a Consitutional Convention, it is CONGRESS that calls the convention.

Not only is there no time limit for Congress to act, it is Congress that will set the instructions for this convention (and there is no procedure for how Congress does this or by what vote margin they will need to approve these instructions). One of the most critical sticking points will be how to select delegates to the Convention. Not to mention what happens if the Judiciary is called upon to intervene to enforce a “diversity” madate, for instance. The mind boggles.

Depending on the partisan composition of the Congress at that time, we may not like Congress’ decisions. But in any case, the minority is not going to suffer silently.

And remember there were no television cameras in 1789; had there been (along with concurrent commentators) we would never have had a Constitution.

The media circus around Congress (and a Convention should we actually make it that far) is sure to create turmoil in today’s highly polarized political environment will make the current controversies over this Congress’ actions seem like an episode from Sesame Street.

It would be one thing if we had an established process for convening a Constitutional Convention that Congress was bound by. But to have to make up the rules under the glare of media and world attention is going to be untenable.

Not to mention that it will take at least 6 years (and more likely at least 10 years) to get through the final ratification stage. Not sure anything can survive that long a gestation period.

Not to mention that if we don’t turn things around in 2010 and 2012, there won’t be any time to complete any sort of Constitutional Convention anyway.