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[Vanity] Do You Know What Today Is?
Me | Today | Me

Posted on 09/14/2016 7:59:06 PM PDT by TBP

Do you know what today is?

Saturday, September 17, is of course a very important and underappreciated occasion which I believe should be a national holiday -- Constitution Day, the anniversary of the adoption of the U.S. Constitution in 1787.

But it was on this date, September 14, that one of the most important provisions came into being, thanks to George Mason. It was Article V.

"The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate."

The Founders were smart enough to know that Congress would never propose amendments limiting Federal power, so if it became tyrannical, the only way was to give the sovereign states that power as well, when the people demanded it.

It's time to claim that power and make use of it.


TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: amendments; article5; chat; constitution; convention; vanity
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1 posted on 09/14/2016 7:59:06 PM PDT by TBP
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To: TBP

Thank you for your post.


2 posted on 09/14/2016 8:02:10 PM PDT by mojo114 (Pray for our military)
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To: TBP

Vanity: No

That is a good reminder though. Thanks.


3 posted on 09/14/2016 8:03:28 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Fifty-five days until we take measures to end this nightmare. Trump, for the Free World...)
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To: TBP

Ruffed grouse opener in Minnesota.

;-)


4 posted on 09/14/2016 8:04:12 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Gear Up)
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To: TBP

Yes I do.

On September 14, 1814, the Battle of Fort McHenry inspired Francis Scott Key to write “The Star-Spangled Banner.”


5 posted on 09/14/2016 8:04:42 PM PDT by bigbob (The Hillary indictment will have to come from us.)
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To: TBP

Bookmark


6 posted on 09/14/2016 8:05:15 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: TBP
Partly why George Mason is my favorite founding father.

He was a suspicious old coot.

And sadly, usually correct.

7 posted on 09/14/2016 8:06:29 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles!)
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To: TBP

Bump


8 posted on 09/14/2016 8:07:30 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: TBP

Hump day


9 posted on 09/14/2016 8:08:24 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up....)
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To: TBP

Don’t know today, but the all-important Talk Like A Pirate Day is MOnday.


10 posted on 09/14/2016 8:09:05 PM PDT by Jemian (Deplorable me!)
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To: DoughtyOne
Vanity: No

That is a good reminder though. Thanks.

WTF? How about Vanity: YES! It's a tremendous post. And it just happens to be about the States overriding Federal tyranny - kinda like vanities about the Constitution overriding petty rules dictators. What a coincidence.

11 posted on 09/14/2016 8:10:29 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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LOL, just playing around. No offense intended...


12 posted on 09/14/2016 8:12:56 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Fifty-five days until we take measures to end this nightmare. Trump, for the Free World...)
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I guess I smelled a whiff of humblegunner...

Haven’t seen him around lately, though...


13 posted on 09/14/2016 8:15:31 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Talisker

No problem.

I said I thought it was a good reminder.

I should know this.


14 posted on 09/14/2016 8:19:23 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Fifty-five days until we take measures to end this nightmare. Trump, for the Free World...)
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To: TBP

What difference does it make...

The Constitution is forgotten history for the Dims and a minor inconvenience for the GOP.


15 posted on 09/14/2016 8:20:48 PM PDT by montanajoe
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To: bigbob

I love our national anthem.

Man, let it continue on for centuries...


16 posted on 09/14/2016 8:22:05 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Fifty-five days until we take measures to end this nightmare. Trump, for the Free World...)
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To: TBP

We lost the Constitution on Usurpation Day, January 20, 2009 when all of our elected and appointed oath takers stood around and watched a man who told us he was born a British subject be sworn in as President.

The Kenyanesian Usurpation was brought to you by BOTH parties.

The Constitution says natural born citizen.
That means one who is naturally an American because they couldn’t be anything else, born here of citizen parents.
Everyone in DC wanted that changed without the hassle of amending the Constitution.
The Senate passed a resolution declaring McCain a natural born citizen because he had TWO citizen parents, even though he was born in Panama.
Then Obama runs and wins based on just being born here, even though he told us on his website he was born a British subject.
So the standard went from born here of citizen parents to just TWO citizen parents to just being born here in one election cycle without amending the Constitution.
This was done intentionally because Rubio (no citizen parents), Cruz (foreign birth, one citizen parent), Jindal (no citizen parents), and Haley (no citizen parents) were all ineligible and the future of the GOP.

The truth of the Kenyanesian Usurpation will never see the light of day because they all cooperated in the violation of the Constitution.


17 posted on 09/14/2016 8:33:57 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: TBP; Pharmboy; Doctor Raoul; indcons; Chani; thefactor; blam; aculeus; ELS; mainepatsfan; timpad; ..
The RevWar/Colonial History/General Washington ping list.

Please FreepMail me if you want to be added or removed from this low volume ping list. Ping requests gladly accepted.

Recessional of the Sons of the American Revolution:
“Until we meet again, let us remember our obligations to our
forefathers who gave us our Constitution, the Bill of Rights,
an independent Supreme Court and a nation of free men.”

18 posted on 09/14/2016 8:43:28 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger)
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Battle of Antietam. 17 September, 1862. 22,000 dead and wounded, in ONE day.

And, apparently, without purpose...

19 posted on 09/14/2016 9:10:09 PM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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The day after my birthday!


20 posted on 09/14/2016 9:49:15 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic ( “Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.”)
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