tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post221852035504404802..comments2024-03-28T12:13:06.135-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: "A Republic, if you can keep it."Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-69309224347726815542016-10-03T19:40:19.471-05:002016-10-03T19:40:19.471-05:00Very good reading. Thanks for posting this Peter!Very good reading. Thanks for posting this Peter!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16107948279949457506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-73105274175910310092016-10-03T19:07:54.723-05:002016-10-03T19:07:54.723-05:00In the end, the rulers only hold the power we give...In the end, the rulers only hold the power we give them. Once they have lost the mandate (I think we are coming quite close to that), chaos will ensue. They no longer respect the law, why should the ordinary man? When that happens, the dead will line the streets like cord wood, only the strong will survive, and it will likely be centuries before another true republic arises.kamas716https://westfargomusings.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-65140322982777572972016-10-03T05:20:13.059-05:002016-10-03T05:20:13.059-05:00I would be very afraid of an article V convention....I would be very afraid of an article V convention. Who do you think would attend such a convention? it wouldn't be ordinary people who have jobs and run businesses, it would be people who are paid to not be productive (politicians, welfare recipients, etc)<br /><br />See "the Mercenary" (now part of "Falkenberg's Legion" and "the Prince" by Jerry Pournelle) as an example of what is far more likely to happen in such a conventionUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12084309137541367977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-25380557290035778052016-10-03T04:57:54.785-05:002016-10-03T04:57:54.785-05:00Torches. Pitchforks.Torches. Pitchforks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-84129820490595141812016-10-02T20:45:34.288-05:002016-10-02T20:45:34.288-05:00The Constitution is dead, and has been for generat...The Constitution is dead, and has been for generations now. We're not going to resuscitate it in any short period of time.<br /><br />I'm not certain we should try. The Constitution wasclearly not up to the task of defending itself or the people it was meant to protect.<br /><br />A better use of our time might be in examining what went wrong, and devising a better means if thwarting human greed and lust for power than the present document.<br /><br />"Lone Star Planet" and "Starship Troopers" are good starting points, I believe.<br /><br />This is, of course, completely academic until we rid ourselves of the major discivilizational influences, so that we may have the chance to restore our great Republican experiment in self rule.McChuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192934741632433007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-91298208603135300972016-10-02T18:39:15.274-05:002016-10-02T18:39:15.274-05:00I want the republic back as well. The issue is th...I want the republic back as well. The issue is that the existing system needs to be hollowed out from top to bottom and replaced. The founders gave us an escape hatch, an Article V convention, and that appears to be the only way that won't involve a lot of bloodshed. <br /><br />We are in deeply dangerous times and it's seeming likely the American experiment is ending. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-58954793838963462352016-10-02T16:42:31.686-05:002016-10-02T16:42:31.686-05:00I want my republic back. No more Bushes, no more ...I want my republic back. No more Bushes, no more Clintons!TheOtherSeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07141473483312725136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-87113833489519153232016-10-02T12:42:50.711-05:002016-10-02T12:42:50.711-05:00good info.
could you fix it so that i can post it ...good info.<br />could you fix it so that i can post it directly to facebook?deb harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05110992898072146282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-29405973532931921792016-10-02T11:15:52.777-05:002016-10-02T11:15:52.777-05:00Interesting. Are we to follow the Romans from repu...Interesting. Are we to follow the Romans from republic into empire? Obviously we are well on the way.tweellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164718561825615886noreply@blogger.com