“Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them....

Yeah, and they put an amendment process in the constitution for that very reason. A process that is DIFFICULT by design.

Your point?

@prevert;

My point is that we the people need to desacralize the Constitution; to expose popular myths about it and eventually create something better.

And somehow posting on a strip club website is the start of that movement?

Go run for Congress

STFU @ CJ what we care about is tiddies and thongs take your anti american self hating fantasizing about dead icons outta here

So post your ideas about what might be better. You’re bitching and whining without offering anything better.

Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch_Bayh

In the late 70's he authored an amendment to abolish the Electoral College and go by the Popular Vote.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch_Bayh…

As it remains today, a vote cast in Wyoming carries over 3x the weight that a vote cast in California does.

Preamble:
"
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
"
https://usconstitution.net/xconst_preamb…

In some of the constitutions written after WWII, there are better delineated things which the government is required to do in order to protect civil rights and liberties.

The US has still not even ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention…

Religious fundamentalism will always be a big part of this opposition.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention…

SJG

Jefferson was a smart guy. For instance, the *first* draft of the Declaration of Independence would have made it nearly impossible for slavery to remain legal and government sanctioned. As a *political* move, he elected to give up that part to preserve the whole, which allowed slavery to be abolished later, though I suspect he would have been surprised at how long it took.

Yes, he was a slave owner. Had he freed all of this slaves though, it would have accomplished nothing. Under the laws of the day, had they been recaptured by another, they would very likely have been re-enslaved, in much harsher conditions. It's not an excuse for not having the courage of one's convictions, but in the mores of the day (still wrong, even if not acknowledged as such), he was far more anti-slavery than even some today are.

https://www.poplarforest.org/learn/thoma…

https://www.monticello.org/thomas-jeffer…

Couldn't free his slaves as they were collateral to the large debts he held. He was never able to live within his means. So everything he had was at the end owned by the bank.

SJG

Super Tuesday: Joe Biden takes Democratic lead and Bernie Sanders takes California - BBC Newsnight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRFuEDs…

Al Jezeera, very interesting!
The war within the Democratic Party | The Bottom Line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2rPyspE…

AOC Calls Out Joe Biden For Selling The 'Invasion Of Iraq' And Being 1/23/2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFctPvH6…

SJG

Socialism vs Capitalism | Full Debate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKkWtts1…

RICK WILSON: SAVING AMERICA FROM TRUMP (AND DEMOCRATS FROM THEMSELVES) 1/28/2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg9lCl8n…

Democrats ‘are panicked’ that ‘socialist’ Bernie Sanders could win
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A7_CkFI…

Here’s why kids these days love socialism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxb4kN06…

Why Democratic Socialism Is Gaining Popularity In The United States
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlrDpTGR…

Why Finland And Denmark Are Happier Than The U.S.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pm0Mn0-…

Michael Moore Defends Sanders: ‘If We Vote On Fear, We Will Lose To Donald Trump’ | MSNBC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD3N0FpE…

Prof. Wolff on Trump's Economic Shell Game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaBGdMeL…

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls…

How Joe Biden Surprised On Super Tuesday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDqwy996…

Super Tuesday: What next for Bernie Sanders?
FRANCE 24 English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8qrSzoK…

New Sanders Ads:

Protect Social Security | Bernie Sanders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txPOUQbs…

Decimated | Bernie Sanders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF0wxBQU…

Feel The Bern | Bernie Sanders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gcY2Fhr…

TJ Street
https://tuscl.net/photo.php?id=2305
https://tuscl.net/photo.php?id=1132