good points
--- In [email protected], "John Perna" <jpe...@...> wrote: > > The Danger of a Constitutional Convention > > http://targetfreedom.typepad.com/targetfreedom/2009/02/constitutional-convention.html > <http://targetfreedom.typepad.com/targetfreedom/2009/02/constitutional-convention.html> > > The Constitutional convention is a conspiracy to destroy our republic: > nothing more and nothing less. > The real question about Constitutional Convention is this: > Do we need to give the power to write a new constitution to the very people > who have been ignoring, usurping, and trying to destroy the constitution that > we have now? > The video below is made specifically for state legislators, by a state > legislator. > Constitutional Convention is explained. > > Beware Article V > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za8_pdJ1dPo&feature=channel_page > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za8_pdJ1dPo&feature=channel_page> > > Beware Article V (part 1 of 4) > http://youtube.com:80/watch?v=za8_pdJ1dPo > <http://youtube.com:80/watch?v=za8_pdJ1dPo> > Beware Article V (part 2 of 4) > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flHJrcdfbBg&feature=related > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flHJrcdfbBg&feature=related> > > Beware Article V (part 3 of 4) > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly1Lh3bqtYM&feature=related > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly1Lh3bqtYM&feature=related> > Beware Article V (part 4 of 4) > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5jKAlgvCgg&feature=related > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5jKAlgvCgg&feature=related> > > A Constitutional Convention is not a procedure for making a small change. > A Constitutional Convention is not a procedure for enforcing an existing law. > A Constitutional Convention is a procedure for giving us an ENTIRELY NEW > Constitution. > THERE IS NO WAY TO "LIMIT" a Constitutional Convention TO ONE ISSUE. > If you want one amendment, then you present an amendment. > You do not put the ENTIRE Constitution at risk for one amendment. > The only reason that Constitutional Convention is being promoted as the > solution TO JUST ONE problem, is that the hidden agenda would be considered > to be outrageous. > > If government ignores the constitution and usurps power now, what would we > have if they could write a new constitution? > > THERE IS NO SUCH THING as a Constitutional Convention "for a balanced > budget". THERE IS NO SUCH THING as a Constitutional Convention "to return > power to the states." > THERE IS NO SUCH THING as a Constitutional Convention "to stop illegal > aliens." > THERE IS NO SUCH THING as a Constitutional Convention "to restore the right > to keep and bear arms". > THERE IS NO SUCH THING as a Constitutional Convention "to limit terms". > > THERE IS only one kind of Constitutional Convention. > THE only kind of Constitutional Convention; that can be convened is > a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution. > > A Constitutional Convention is a legislative body; > which operates ABOVE the limitations of the Constitution. > This makes it more powerful, and MORE DANGEROUS, than any other legislative > body. > This is not an opinion, but it if a fact of law. > A Constitutional Convention is a means of DESTROYING the American Republic. A > Constitutional Convention is opening a "Pandora's box" for RADICAL change. > Once the "genie is out of the bottle" no one can control it. > > The last time that we had a Constitutional Convention was in 1787, > when we got the Constitution that we now have. > > That Constitutional Convention was convened to make some small changes in the > Articles of Confederation. Instead we got a new Constitution. > We were LUCKY that time. > Those who were at that Constitutional Convention were the leaders of a > freedom movement; > which had just defeated a tyranny. > > Our problem has NOTHING to do with the constitution. > Our problem has to do with the IGNORING OF THE constitution. > Those who ignore the constitution would like nothing better than to make > their usurpation legal, > by throwing out the constitution, at a Constitutional Convention. > It was ILLEGAL usurpation that has enabled an "elite" class to hijack our > nation. > It is that "elite" class; who want to con foolish people into destroying the > constitution. > The constitution is the best document for the protection of freedom, > that has ever been written. > We only need to adhere to it. > > The act of calling for a Constitutional Convention will be presented as > permission of the people. This is not a theory about their plans. It comes > from their actual statements: > Reforming American Government: The Bicentennial Papers of the Committee on > the Constitutional System (Paperback) ~ Donald Robinson > http://americanistbookstore.com/books/reforming-american-government/ > <http://americanistbookstore.com/books/reforming-american-government/> > In this book, those who want to destroy that American constitution train > their followers. But we can read it too. > > > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813371147?ie=UTF8&seller=A1AVPSERX4QF0E&sn=jperna12 > > <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813371147?ie=UTF8&seller=A1AVPSERX4QF0E&sn=jperna12> > > YES, The Founding Fathers saw a possibility of a situation, > where a need might arise for COMPLETELY SCRAPING THE CONSTITUTION. > That is not what has happened TODAY. > The only thing that has happened is that there is now a kabal of would be > tyrants; > who are getting tired of OCCASIONALLY having to adhere to the constitution. > These would be tyrants would like to con enough ignorant people into letting > them DESTROY THE CONSTITUTION, > so that they can usher in totalitarianism. > > Having a Constitutional Convention would be like letting your worst enemy > give you a heart and lung transplant, and a castration, > as a cure for hiccups. > > Having a Constitutional Convention would be like burning the house down > as a means of accomplishing pest control. > > Article V of The Constitution lays out the only two ways to change The > Constitution: > > 1. The Amendment process: A specific, and clearly defined, change that is > limited to what is written in the amendment. > > 2. The Constitutional Convention: A process to scrap the entire constitution > and replace it with something else. ANY type of amendment can be considered. > > The Constitution of the United States of America and the the Declaration of > Independence: > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00377C6MI?ie=UTF8&seller=A1AVPSERX4QF0E&sn=jperna12 > > Here is a clear statement of the difference between the effect of The > Amendment process and calling for a Constitutional Convention: > > "If you have the best automobile in the world, you don't throw it away if the > carburetor is not working. You fix it," he said. "The same is true of the > Constitution. That's what the amendment process is all about." > U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, > Boston Globe, August 21, 1987 > > We understand that there are those who want to destroy the American > constitution. We also understand that it would be foolish for those thugs to > admit that it is their goal to destroy the American constitution. It would be > much more clever if those thugs were to claim that they only wanted to make a > few small changes. Of course, if it was true that they only wanted to make a > few small changes, then they would not need a Constitutional Convention. They > would simply propose those amendments. > > Imagine this scenario: > You wake up in the middle of the night to a noise in your living room. > You grab your gun, and you find two thugs loading bags full of valuables. > You hold the gun at the ready. > One of the thugs says: > "Now that is a really fine gun. But you really need to clean it. Why not hand > it over to me, and I will clean it for you." > The other thug says > "Oh there is nothing to worry about. If you do not like the way he uses the > gun then of course you can insist that he give it back!" > > You would say "How stupid do you think I am?" > > When we see someone asking us to hand over the gun of a constitutional > convention, we must conclude that he is one of two things: > 1. He is an unbelievably stupid fool > OR > 2. He is a thug, with an ulterior motive, who thinks that the WE are > unbelievably stupid. > > There is a limit to the amount of time for which it is possible to assume > that this is an unbelievably stupid suggestion, being made because of mere > stupidity. Eventually it will become clear that we are dealing with a thug, > with an ulterior motive, who thinks that the WE are unbelievably stupid. > > IT WILL BE JUST AS EASY to ignore a new constitution as it is to ignore the > one that we have now. > > IT just will NOT BE NECESSARY to ignore a new constitution, > since it will say what the New World Order wants it to say. > > The problem is not what the constitution SAYS. > The problem is what OUR GOVERNMENT DOES. > We need to change what OUR GOVERNMENT DOES. > We do not need to change what the constitution SAYS, other than repealing the > 16th and the 17th amendment. > > Constitutional Convention is perceived as a means of restoring power to the > states. Yet it is possible to achieve this without writing a new constitution. > > Judge Napolitano talks about the power of the States to nullify the Fed > http://eclipptv.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=9184 > Constitutional Journal: A Correspondent's Report from the Convention of 1787 > (Hardcover) by Jeffrey St. John (Author), Warren E. Burger (Foreword) > http://americanistbookstore.com/books/constitutional-journal/ > <http://americanistbookstore.com/books/constitutional-journal/> > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0915463423?ie=UTF8&seller=A1AVPSERX4QF0E&sn=jperna12 > <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0915463423?ie=UTF8&seller=A1AVPSERX4QF0E&sn=jperna12> > We Hold These Truths: A Reverent Review of the U. S. Constitution 1993 > Revised Edition (Paperback) by Congressman Lawrence P. 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