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Originally Posted by GuyNTexas
Nice, transparent tying of a racist organization with that of constitutionalists.
What a tool.
You may fool the fools, but your game is easy to spot.
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Constitutionalists, My butt? If ever their was a Red Herring more obvious than that I have yet to come across it. The supreme court which by the way has a majority conservative make up is more than able to deal with constitutional issues. But no, Joe the plumber and his ilk are better arbiters of the US constitution than the justices. Where were the Tea bags when the constitution was under assult like never before under the previous administration? Well that was OK because Bush and company were certified conservative right wingers and to the tea bag types they could do no wrong.
Sure their are some pressing constitutional matters in the country but they have been going on since the founding of the nation.
The federal government has way too much power and this is something that will have to be worked out at some point. The present state of the nation resembles very much what John Adams' vision for the nation was. Strong central authority and weak regional powers. This is the exact opposite of the vision of the third President of the republic Thomas Jefferson. His vision was of a very weak central government with the several states being almost soverign in their power. By the way Jefferson also did not believe in a standing military. It's a good thing Adams had built his "Walls of wood" the US navy, which Jefferson mothballed and then reactivated to save the union from defeat at the hands of the British in the war of 1812.
In Canada the division of powers was also a long running dispute with constant friction and law suits between the federal and provincial governments. That is one of the reasons the the country got a new constitution in 1982. This pretty well solved the problem and in the new arrangment the provinces were givin vastly greater powers than a US state. Personally I think the USA needs a new constitution that reflects the realities of a age that in no way resembles the age in which the present one was written. The document is too vague and too open to partisan interpratation. This is something that will never happen though. In a country where reform of anything is almost impossible even when you hold a majority in the government, constitutional reform just aint gonna happen.
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