CONSTITUTIONAL Do-over

Ft. Worth Texas Star-Telegram ^ | Sun, Jun. 01, 2003 | Ken Wheatcroft-Pardue

[SWake]

This is embarrassing. I expect junk like this from New York or California, but this is Fort Worth, TEXAS! I thought my head was going to explode when I read through this article this morning.

[FreedomCalls]

This widespread voter apathy is in reality an index of citizen frustration and alienation from a political system that just doesn't work.

On the contrary, voter apathy is a reflection on a political system that works extraordinarily well. When people get their daily needs, and even their daily wants, fully taken care of, they feel no need to make changes to the political system. If it's working don't mess with it. Would you rather have a highly agitated populace marching in the streets forcing the mob's will on the minority?

[Mulder]

Expect to see more and more of these articles published as the advance towards a North American Union (and eventual global gov't) continues.

When you have a new state, you need a new Constitution.

And the next one won't have a Bill of Rights.

[KC_Conspirator]

W In almost any meaningful index of quality of life, we lag far behind other Western democracies.

This whole article is on big lie, but this is one of the most juiciest. America is in fact the most advanced country in the history of human civilization and there is a reason that every one in the world wants to come here, even during a down economy. I need this guy's email so I can tell what a piece of "hate-America" filth he is.

[webstersII]

"Ken Wheatcroft-Pardue"

I've never seen a manly man desire to take on his wife's name and be forever of the hyphenated persuasion.

I'm sure he has one of those modern-day marriages where everything is 50-50 and his wife gets to wear the pants.

[tet68]

Warning! This is no doubt what he is teaching YOUR children.

",,,,but self-delusion is not patriotism. "

And patriotism is not self-delusion, if one wants
self-delusion, one need look no farther than Mr. Ken.

[webstersII]

"In almost any meaningful index of quality of life, we lag far behind other Western democracies."

Our healthcare ranks 19th among Western nations and our literacy rate is not as high as some other nations, but we still have one of the highest standards of living. More importantly, this is the country where people are told they can be anything they want to be when they grow up, which is not found anywhere else on earth.

[Remedy]

Robert A. Dahl has written in How Democratic Is the American Constitution?, "It would be fair to say that without a single exception they have all rejected it." Largely because, as Dahl makes clear, our governmental system "is among the most opaque, complex, confusing and difficult to understand."

Only half would vote for Constitution

• A Republic, If You Can Keep It At the close of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia on September 18, 1787, a Mrs. Powel anxiously awaited the results, and as Benjamin Franklin emerged from the long task now finished, asked him directly: "Well Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" "A republic if you can keep it" responded Franklin.

[SAJ]

"...we lag far behind other Western democracies."

Memo to dildo: the US is not a democracy.

Apparently, this 'teacher' never bothered to read the Constitution he so disdains. Try Article IV, Section 4, chump. And go suck on your hyphen while you're looking it up.

[Gil4]

almost 100 Iraqi defenders killed to every one American

But I thought it was a quagmire. As a member of the military, I'm glad Bush is the president and this idiot isn't.

Other countries with people no more capable than us have recently written new constitutions: Denmark in 1953, the Dutch in 1972 and 1983, and Portugal and Sweden in 1976.

That's at least four destinations where Ken Wheatcroft-Pardue is welcome to move.

What stops us?

We don't want a girly-man like Ken Wheatcroft-Pardue writing a constitution for us.

[robertpaulsen]

Ken Wheatcroft-Pardue can be reached at kwheatcroftpardue@yahoo.com

We aim to please.

[ChefKeith]

I would not line a bird cage with that paper.

Or the UNamerican-statesman (Austin rag)similar to the Atlanta urinal unconstitutional,ect,ect...

[KC_Conspirator]

Modern democracies don't impeach.

This is another topper in this steaming pile of offal. This is all you need to know and to dismiss this guy as a hate-America leftist. He is clearly referring to Klinton. Sure, if a president wants to commit crimes in office, we can't impeach him. Commit perjury and attempt to rig the courts in the justice system? Not a problem in this guy's leftist world.

[KC_Conspirator]

Thank you.

[Buck W.]

I read this piece in the Startlegram this morning and just knew that I would find it discussed here. It is sad that he teaches students in FW. I suppose the name hyphenation is a dead giveaway on his outlook.

I particularly liked his usage of "(s)elected" in reference to the 2000 presidential election. I've never seen that particular cutsie abbreviation before, but it will probably catch on.

[Consort]

"Ken Wheatcroft-Pardue" — another hyphenated idiot.

I use only un-hyphenated words.

[Fiddlstix]

This Article Needs The Double Whammy BS meter!

[Psycho_Bunny]

I don't understand how you made it past his name.

Has anyone here ever met a man with a hyphenated last name who wasn't a complete and total, pretentious retard?

You can't possibly expect a rational thought from such a man.

[DPB101]

Consider the U.S. Senate, the least representative governing body in the Western world.

Not true. In Canada, Senators are appointed. The Prime Minister "advises" (tells) the Governor General who to select. Same with the Canadian Supreme Court. In addition, the Federal Cabinet, headed by the Prime Minister and composed of the ruling party, has the sole power to introduce spending and tax bills in Parliament.