“If God had not intended them to be sheared, he would not have made them sheep.” –The bandit Calvera, “The Magnificent Seven” This story is about the Republican grass roots, the common man, the tea parties, and how they really…
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The Article V Movement’s Come to Truth Moment, Come and Gone
If you are a legislator or a donor, you should pay close attention to what I’m about to say here. The most recent incarnation of an Article V call for a constitutional convention is about two years old and stems from…
The Article V Convention Conundrum
(Note: Early next year, the Virginia Assembly will take up the Article V issue, and as things now stand, the pro-Art V folks, the Movers, will be speaking directly to the General Assembly, while the dissenters are being shut out…
The Washington Gold Rush and Article V
As promised, this is my followup to Part II, (Selling Tainted Beef), which detailed some possible motivations behind why Article V promoters are so rudely trying to sell their “product”. By scoffing at and pushing aside any disagreement from fellow conservatives about their…
Article V, Selling Tainted Beef to the States
(Photo credit, Splitting the Herd by Frederic Remington, courtesy of Allen Ness) The Tucson Ring Almost everyone knows the story about Geronimo, how he broke out of the San Carlos Reservation in Arizona and went on a rampage before he…