Article V and the Code of the West

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Article V, Eagle Forum, John Birch Society, Mark Levin, Michael Farris, Publius Huldah, Randy Barnet

Unified Patriots by Vassarbushmills

“While men without honor were waiting to test the unwritten Code of the West”  (Roger Miller)

When two people sit down to discuss the Constitution one reality becomes clear very quickly; either one is against it, and the other for it, or they are both for it. (Don’t ask me why, but when both are against it, they don’t discuss it all. They just share smiles, or sneers (with the Left they are easy to confuse) and self-congratulate about what they mutually hate, in that Us vs Them manner we’ve become accustomed to the past several years.)

As you know, the American Left had, until the rise of Barack Obama, masked their antipathy for the Constitution and the ordinary people of the United States, their true feelings about them only shared in private company.

They only want their inner circle to know their true purposes.

Obama changed all that. It was candidate Obama who informed us, in his august condescending manner, that the Constitution, as written, had it all wrong, then went on for eight years trying to rewrite it via executive orders. That superiorist image he had of himself may well have been his Party’s undoing, for by the time he left office the Left had entirely dropped any pretense of admiring constitutional precepts, setting off a “war to the finish” between two truly intractable ideological enemies, the forces of liberty versus the forces of authoritarian privilege.

Through their own arrogance and an astonishing alliance of unremarkable, scarcely noticeable folk, with perhaps a little nudge by the Invisible Hand (if you believe in such things) the Left lost their advantage, and the worm turned. In November they were defeated and we have begun undoing the Obama legacy.

Article V of the United States Constitution, a brief synopsis:

It seems I can’t begin any conversation dealing with the nature of conservatism without mentioning just how much the American landscape has changed in the past 8 months.

I’m not the scholar in the room, just a keener-than-average observer of the human condition, and have been following this phenomenon called the Article V Movement from its inception in 2013 without ever choosing sides[…]

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Which Balanced Budget Amendment Will Force Congress to Follow Spending Limits Currently in the Constitution?

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Article V, Balanced budget, constitutional convention, Convention of the States, Manipulation, U.S. Constitution

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Freedom Outpost

…I recently read an article by Nick Dranias on Freedom Outpost that just tickled the living daylights out of my WTF sensors. I know nothing of Mr. Dranias, so I have no axe to grind with him personally, but I found his well-presented arguments specious at best.

The most frightening thing about this whole discussion is the concept of a constitutional amendment. To me, the very discussion of amending our Constitution is so blatantly unnecessary. It is not unlike debating the benefits of “turning out” your mother to work the streets. There may or may not be real fiscal benefits in the short term, and the decision will inevitably be deeply regretted in the long run…

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http://freedomoutpost.com/2014/02/balanced-budget-amendment-will-force-congress-follow-spending-limits-currently-constitution/
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Propaganda and the conspiracy against our Constitution by Publius Huldah

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Article V, Article V convention, Communism, Convention of the States, George Soros, government overreach, re-writing the Constitution, U.S. Constitution

Below is an email that I received last week from Publius Huldah regarding the Convention of the States fraud followed by an excerpt of her article entitled, Propaganda and the conspiracy against our Constitution.  Please read, re-read, absorb and share.

Propaganda techniques used to sell The People on a con con

Don’t be taken in by the scam of a ‘convention of states’. There is no such thing – and even if there were, would the powers in YOUR State appoint honorable constitutionalists as delegates?

Every person we elect to federal, state, and county office takes an Oath to obey the Constitution. For 100 years, they have been violating their Oaths. Even if proposed amendments to the Constitution actually restricted the powers of the federal government – why would they all start honoring their Oaths now?

But there is one thing which can be done at a ‘convention’ which can not be done in any other way: They can slip in a new Constitution with its own new method of ratification, and there won’t be a thing you can do to stop it. For example, The Constitution for the Newstates of America provides for ratification by the President’s calling a ‘referendum’. The States don’t have the opportunity to ratify or reject it. The States are dissolved under that proposed Constitution. Here is it – note Article XII, Sec. 1 http://www.sweetliberty.org/issues/concon/newstates.htm
Former US Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Berger wrote Phyllis Schlafly a letter about the proposed Constitution proposing the abolition of the States: http://www.eagleforum.org/topics/concon/pdf/Burger-04-08-86.pdf

We all have too much to do – but we must stop this move for a ‘convention’. Again, it is not about ‘amending’ the Constitution we have. It is about replacing it – and you won’t be able to stop it. That’s the whole point of having a ‘convention’.

Below is an excerpt from PH’s article.

Propaganda and the conspiracy against our Constitution by Publius Huldah (Excerpt)

…To curb the federal government, We must do things we have neglected for over 100 years: Reclaim our role as “the natural guardians of the Constitution“; [1]learn our Founding Principles & Documents; enforce them with nullification and by rejecting candidates who don’t know them by heart; stop relying on politicians to handle things; [2] reclaim personal responsibility; and get ready for a rocky road ahead.

But the ‘convention of states’ conspirators [3] say the only solution is a convention to ‘propose amendments’ to the Constitution. They tell lies about nullification – the one remedy our Framers actually advised when the feds usurp powers. They say our Constitution is the problem. They say it contains ‘loopholes and vague phraseology’ which politicians exploit. They suggest the States are victims of federal tyranny; are the ones to ‘fix’ our Constitution; and that the States call and control the convention. They say it is impossible for the convention to force a new Constitution down our throats. But I submit that is precisely what they intend to do….

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While many of those who represent Conservatives are pushing for a Convention of the States, Progressives are lining up behind this endeavor as well.

George Soros is financing Progressive groups pushing for the Article V-style convention. That alone should alert Americans that the convention of states is not as it appears and as being sold to Americans regardless of what Limbaugh, Levin and Beck have to say. While I have no doubt that, the intentions of Limbaugh, Levin and Beck are honorable and above board, it is the idea of opening the Constitution up to amendments or being re-written by Progressives that adds credence to a convention of states not being the right move. See, New American proves Publius right about a Convention of The States.

Rhetoric aside, the problem is not the U.S. Constitution; the problem lies with a government that has long ceased being of the people, by the people and for the people.

What we have today is a government that lauds over the people and who has for too long operated outside the confines of the Constitution. It is government that must be reined in; leave the Constitution alone.

The authoritarian regime aka the Obama administration has their ducks lined up and would welcome an Article V style convention.

Also, worthy of note are the vitriolic attacks waged against Americans who oppose a Convention of the States. These attacks are coming from those allegedly on the side of liberty and reigning in big government. Their tactics straight out of Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals are those opposed to the Convention.

Suggested reading:
New American proves Publius right about a Convention of The States
The “Convention of States” scam, the war over the Constitution, and how the states sold the reserved powers to the feds
Mark Levin refuted: keep the Feds in check with nullification, not amendments!
Restore the Constitution by learning what it means!

LINKS:
http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/huldah/140114 or http://www.americanclarion.com/propaganda-conspiracy-constitution-27394
http://grumpyelder.com/2014/01/new-american-proves-publius-right-about-a-convention-of-the-states/
http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/17402-socialists-and-soros-fight-for-article-v-convention