{"id":1225,"date":"2017-02-18T17:54:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T21:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/steammarketing.com\/fodder\/?p=1225"},"modified":"2017-02-18T17:54:56","modified_gmt":"2017-02-18T21:54:56","slug":"take-the-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steammarketing.com\/fodder\/take-the-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Take The Field."},"content":{"rendered":"

This Fodder posting is an interruption to the traditional self appointed judgment and opinion dumps that routinely plow the ancient ground of human folly. Instead, what follows is a report from Mark Meckler, co-founder of the Convention of States (COS) movement. You should pay the closest attention to this historic undertaking. And you should leave the sidelines and take the field. No matter where you live, if you do nothing else, simply take a minute to read below and add your name to the COS petition. If you believe the Federal Government will restrain itself from growing exponentially and restrain itself from meddling in every facet of\u00a0 your life; if you think Donald single-handedly can restore The Constitutional limitations on the Fed; you better lay off the Kool-Aid.\u00a0 Ed.<\/em><\/p>\n

Excerpts from Mark Meckler & COS Team<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s easy to idolize people, to put them on a pedestal and assume they\u2019re better than they are. Actors, athletes, politicians and many other celebrities disappoint us. Some make their flaws more obvious than others. Richard Nixon resigned in disgrace; Bill Clinton was impeached. Most have failed us in some way. Conservative hero Ronald Reagan \u2013 a favorite here at the COS office — vowed to do away with the Department of Education. Yet the Federal Government grew under his administration; and, yes, his DOE swelled even larger.<\/p>\n

Now, many of you are hopeful about Donald Trump\u2019s presidency. So are we. But no matter his good intentions, Congress will resist and his power as President is limited. You have witnessed Congress blocking improvements time and again. No one has earned the distrust of American voters like the current established political leaders. Ideally, Trump will try to \u201cdrain the swamp\u201d as he colorfully promised. But ask yourself, \u201cHow can he remove the sludge of ego and corruption from Congress?\u201d Electing and appointing better leaders and Cabinet members won\u2019t cut it. Changing people is only temporary. We didn\u2019t amass a $20+ trillion debt by electing better people.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thankfully, our Founding Fathers planned ahead. They created three separate branches of government to help keep each in check. The checks and balances haven\u2019t worked out quite as they expected, have they? But the Founders weren\u2019t na\u00efve \u2013 hardly. They anticipated excessive Federal control and the threat of tyranny. So they gave us an \u201cemergency cord\u201d in Article V \u2013 so that we the people could pull that cord if the three branches fail to keep each other in check. Tom Jefferson warned against having \u201cconfidence in man,\u201d but that we should \u201cbind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Trump (and Reagan before him) have used the phrase so well, we do want to \u201cdrain the swamp\u201d ego, incompetence and corruption. Thanks to our Founding Fathers, we \u2013 and only we — actually have the power and the obligation to do it. Donald Trump said this in his Inaugural Speech, \u201cToday\u2019s ceremony, however, has very special meaning because today, we are not merely transferring power from one administration to another or from one party to another, but we are transferring power from Washington, D.C., and giving it back to you, the people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

North Carolina is on the front lines in the fight for liberty. Because you stood with us from the start, I wanted to give you the \u201cinside scoop\u201d of what has transpired to date and where we stand today in The Tar Heel State regarding the COS Resolution.<\/p>\n

NC filed the Article V Convention of States resolution on February 7th in both houses. Since 2016 was a budget only session, this is our time and we must take advantage of it. Representative Bert Jones is leading the way as our Sponsor. With a strategic plan in place, it is North Carolina’s time to shine.<\/p>\n

On the national front, Washington DC will undoubtedly resist\u00a0 President Trump\u2019s promises. It is human nature. Even Reagan failed to reduce the size and scope of the federal government. This is no time for \u2018We The People\u2019 to rest. We can\u2019t rely on those inside DC to do this, no matter how well intentioned. What is needed is not just a change in personnel, but a change in structure<\/strong> to create long-term permanent change.<\/p>\n

Everywhere, people are waiting for a long-term solution. State by state, Americans are fighting to restore liberty and North Carolinians are no exception. Over 17,000 of you have signed the COS petition asking their legislators to vote yes on the COS Resolution. NC will take a stand and stand behind the Constitution.<\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/strong>
\n44 STATES HAVE FILED THE COS RESOLUTION
\n8 STATES HAVE PASSED THE RESOLUTION
\nCOS HAS HOUSE FLOOR VOTE WINS IN 18 STATES
\nCOS HAS SENATE FLOOR VOTE WINS IN 11 STATES
\nCOS HAS COMMITTEE WINS IN 24 STATES<\/p>\n

Sign the petition here and now.
\nwww.conventionofstates.com<\/p>\n

Reminder to those of you who are new to the objectives of this movement:<\/strong>
\nThis is not a Constitutional Convention. It is a Convention of States to offer amendments as empowered under Article V of The Constitution. With ratification approval of 34 states, the COS would call the convention to offer amendments in three legally restricted areas: 1. To place fiscal restraints on the Federal Government; 2. To limit the Power and Scope of the Federal Government; 3. To set Term Limits on Federal officials. MM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Fodder posting is an interruption to the traditional self appointed judgment and opinion dumps that routinely plow the ancient ground of human folly. Instead, what follows is a report from Mark Meckler, co-founder of the Convention of States (COS) movement. You should pay the closest attention to this historic undertaking. And you should leave … Continue reading Take The Field.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/steammarketing.com\/fodder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/steammarketing.com\/fodder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/steammarketing.com\/fodder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steammarketing.com\/fodder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steammarketing.com\/fodder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1225"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/steammarketing.com\/fodder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1227,"href":"https:\/\/steammarketing.com\/fodder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225\/revisions\/1227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/steammarketing.com\/fodder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steammarketing.com\/fodder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steammarketing.com\/fodder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}