There's no out-of-the-box thinking in this country. If we were really looking for a new direction, we'd not just change Congress, we'd have another Constitutional Convention, as Jefferson suggested we do. Jefferson said: "Let us provide in our Constitution for its revision. . . every 19 or 20 years. . . so that it may be handed on, with periodical repairs, from generation to generation." He himself was saying, "I'm a bright guy, but even I can't foresee the iPod." Or the assault rifle.
This is my grain of sand in the ocean--may be if we all keep trying the neocons and rightwingers will learn that they can't fool all the people all the time.
Friday, November 17, 2006
Time to get on with the program
Bill Maher, he of the acerebic wit, treads into a controversial territory, and proposes updating the constitution. I fully agree, but can we trust the nimrods who will sit in on the constitutional convension?
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