The Axis of Evil ... ;o)
Posted on 05/06/2009 2:28:07 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Suppose: (1)Obama places all US military forces under U.N. command, effective immediately; and (2)Obama brings forth his "Civilian Security Force", some 750,000 well-armed thugs strong, ready, willing and able to respond to Obama's every whim, and beholden to him and not the Constitution.
Further, upon the visible signs (not actual action and response, but merely the signs of such) of states actually attempting this type of thing, Obama not only calls upon and deploys his "Security Force", but turns to the U.N. for military support to quell a potential uprising, and - lo and behold! - the U.N. responds by sending in troops of Middle Eastern and Chinese ethnicity.
There are a lot of scenarios that can flow from such a hypothetical, and none of them are good.
I pray it never comes to this, but I look to the future, such as it is, and can see little that gives me hope and encouragement that we can avoid real trouble.
'Course, maybe I'm just having an off-day....
CA....
And maybe you're not. With this administration anything is possible. I was chastised and had the foil hat comments thrown at me two years ago for saying our government was out of control. So your scenario may be spot on but too true for some shallow thinkers to grasp.
The same could be said for the 50 states of the United States.
I’ve been saying this for years.
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There is no decision addressing the same subject at the federal level. However, the logic at the federal level is the same as at the state level. The power to convene a Convention belongs to a specified authority. At the federal level, that is the state legislatures. And since 1793, no state has EVER called for a general convention. All calls have been for limited conventions on specified subjects.
Congressman Billybob
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I wonder why they don't simply recommend following Article 5.
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Thanks for the explanation. Since the federales use our Constitution to wipe their feet on anyway, it follows that their interest in any kind of re-do is probably not that high. I suppose the REAL question is, given the context of a chronically out of control feral government, would 2/3 of the States be concerned enough about repealing the 17th to get a movement started? Seems to me that even the "pink" states would have an interest in doing this, but whaddaya I know...
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