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visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 08:27:21 EDT From: Michael R Duttera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [JBirch] Miller: Repeal 17th Amendment, Return to Appointed U.S. Senate (fwd) I welcome this idea and wish it would pass. However in my view the reason for the original intent of the Senate and the need for passing of an ammendment to reinstate State Legislatures as the ones who appoint Senators has to do with the balance/extent of overall political power and spheres of responsibilities between the Feds and the States, and not what's quoted below. One of THE main problems with the Feds these days is that practically 99% of what they do on a day to day basis is not allowed under the constitution!!! Their spheres of responsibility were overtly circumscribed and limited to only what was delegated to them in the constitution and EVERYTHING else was supposed to be in the sphere of State responsibility and the people (i.e. local govt.). The primary bulwark against Federal encroachment on the States Sovereign responsibilites was the power of the Senate in its role of preventing such encroachment by voting down encroaching legislation since the Senators were apponted by the folks whose power would have been usurped by the encroachments. Actually passing this one ammendment would be THE single most effective start towards reestablishing the intent of the founders and would make our system MUCH MUCH better in the long run. As it stands now power is dangerously concentrated too centrally in the hands of the Feds and to the executive amongst the feds. We urgently need to disperse this concentration of power and reestablish the original checks and balances before the Federal Govt. gets too totalitarian to deal with without violent revolution.To be sure we need to reestablish direct congressional control of the money supply and value as well as fixing other things too. But most of what should be fixed needs the Senate to represent its originally intended constituency before any dreams on fixing other things become possible. None of the above is a priority or even a desire of the Democrats nor even almost all of the Republican leadership, Bush included. Bush is no constitutional conservative, folks. Like most of the Republican leadership he's merely a sort of Democrat-lite. There's probably very few registered Republicans in general who think these are vital issues. Only a scattered few like Miller are considering some of what needs to be considered. Mike On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 06:52:29 -0400 (EDT) William Bacon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Instead, he believes members of the state legislature should be >empowered >with the ability to choose their senators so special interest groups >in >Washington cannot play a role in the political landscape of the U.S. >Senate. [ snip] >Indeed, the Constitution originally called for members of the U.S. >House of >Representatives to be elected by the voters, but the senators were >chosen by >state legislatures. > >The purpose of this was to give balance to the legislative branch by >allowing the same representation in the U.S. Senate for each of the >fifty >states. ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
