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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
Be careful what you ask for. A new Constitutional Convention would be wide open for any changes they wanted to make, with no restrictions. Considering the things you're complaining about and the current strength of the Left, you would probably end up with a much worse situation rather than a better one.
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Too true. The first thing that would get put on the chopping block, is all the things on the Bill of Rights that the left does not agree with. In their ignorance and arrogance they would make things far worse.
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I agree with amendments, but don't cofuse them with a new Constitution. The main reason the president has the power he does is that the members of the original convention knew that George Washington would be the first president, and they trusted him implicitly. That power came back to haunt them, and is still with us today.
On the other hand for all your complaints about the current president, he really doesn't have the kind of power you think he does. He gets a lot of what he wants because Congress is on his side for the most part. The President can suggest and influence all he wants, but he has no power at all to make laws.
Just out of curiosity, exactly what amendments would you propose?
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I know your not talking to me, but i figured i'd offer this up anyway. I personally would propose anything that would get rid of the professional politicians that have become a ruling class that should not exist. Mainly, TERM LIMITS. All seats in the house, and the senate should have a 2 term limit. Chief justices should have term limits. Every position in government should have term limits. Continuity be damned.
We currently have the best government money can buy, and THAT needs to change, and it really needed to change decades ago. Go after ALL (yes all) special interests, and do whatever it takes to remove them from politics. The only people congressman should be listening to is their constitutes from their districts from which they were elected. Dream a little dream.
Of course, none of that will happen. What
will happen is the "ruling elite" will further cement themselves more power, the "war on terrior" will continue perpetually without end, our government will continue to be bought and paid for investment by the "real owners", and "we the sheeple" will continue to have our civil liberties taken out from under us as we sit on our asses watching