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1 posted on 03/14/2015 8:43:49 AM PDT by Strawberry AZ
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To: Strawberry AZ
I highly recommend slogging your way through the following on-line essay:

Different Kinds of Lefties

I think a similar chart could be made to categorize conservatives and right-leaning libertarians. The Birchers would end up in the upper-left quadrant. They would be the ones that believed that the system was so rigged that nothing effectual could be done. They're mostly naysayers. They speak up only to drown out other more optimistic voices.

2 posted on 03/14/2015 9:06:20 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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An interesting coalition of people are fighting for an Article V Convention.

Socialists and Soros Fight for Article V Convention
A study reveals the identify of several progressive and socialist organizations using Soros money to fight for an Article V convention.
Article V Promoter Praises Democratic Leadership in Movement
Constitutional convention advocate Mark Meckler praised the participation of Democrats and others in the movement.

3 posted on 03/14/2015 9:08:16 AM PDT by VitacoreVision
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To: Strawberry AZ

Never underestimate the stupidity of the American people. They know nothing about the Constitution. They just want their free stuff. Let the liberal states leave the union or kick them out.


4 posted on 03/14/2015 9:15:08 AM PDT by rcofdayton (.)
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Can we send the Birchers and Libertarians on that one way Mars trip?


7 posted on 03/14/2015 9:52:50 AM PDT by montag813 (ue)
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bmp


9 posted on 03/14/2015 10:00:35 AM PDT by gattaca (Republicans believe every day is July 4, democrats believe every day is April 15. Ronald Reagan)
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To: Strawberry AZ

Let’s Roll!


11 posted on 03/14/2015 10:09:51 AM PDT by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy, and he is us.)
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Hard to tell for this article, but I take it that it’s the John Birch Society folks who are afraid of COS.


15 posted on 03/14/2015 11:18:26 AM PDT by PapaNew (The grace of God & freedom always win the debate in the forum of ideas over unjust law & government)
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To: All

What in the hell is wrong with you people?
The system is broken, it has been corrupted,
and when someone has an idea to try to fix it,
you all run around yelling and screaming:
Oh, my god, don’t do that, it might make it worse!

Get with the damn program, or get the hell out of the way.


17 posted on 03/14/2015 11:58:06 AM PDT by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy, and he is us.)
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To: Strawberry AZ

In any system you have a group so disorganized they can not effectively benefit the group.

John Birchers is mostly such. They have some great ideas and observations but they’d rather argue and preach than organize and act.

You can try and ally with them but don’t make any effort to placate them at the expense of goal achievement.

We need the CoS to get this right. The system has gone so off balance the other method is impossible for achieving success. If JB don’t see it then they need to get out of the way because the time for action is here. It can’t get any worse.


18 posted on 03/14/2015 12:06:03 PM PDT by Bogey78O (We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
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To: Strawberry AZ

I was a member of the JBS from 1977 to 1981 and I have no use for it.


72 posted on 03/17/2015 1:18:48 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Throne and Altar! [In Jerusalem!!!])
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To: Strawberry AZ
Just as a clarification, would this "originalist" interpretation you wish to legislate have excluded the Federalists (Washington, Hamilton, Adams, Jay, Marshall, etc.)?

Any "original interpretation" that would exclude their interpretation of the Constitution is probably not very "originalist."

73 posted on 03/17/2015 1:21:02 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Throne and Altar! [In Jerusalem!!!])
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