As an honorable citizen of the U.S.-of-A., I have debated the numbers...and I merely speculate, but I believe it would take a tad under one-million citizens, to gather in Washington D.C., march into the Capitol, and announce these words.
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
(The rest is here...a pretty fun document, since you can pretty much see Jefferson drinking more and more wine as the document progresses, until at the very end, he tries to pull it all together. Sort of like a Fjordian blogpost...but I digress.)
And then what happens? I dunno. The problem with removing a government is replacing it. I'm pretty sure Douglas Adams nailed it when he wrote (something along these lines) "The problem is anybody who wants to become President should automatically be disqualified from the job."
And the other problem is - say you got one million people to march to the Capitol and you kicked-ass, restored the Constitution, and replaced all the corporate-shill-Congresspeople with regular Joe-Citizens...and everyone goes back home to their everyday stuff - and then all the big money boys hire two-million people to head back down to the Capitol, and do the exact same thing, changing all of it back. Sure it's news for a couple of days, but the average Citizen do-gooder ain't got the cash to fund one trip to Washington, much less two. Basically, after that, we're talking Roman Empire shit...unruly mobs from all sides of the spectrum of "what America should look like," but with guns, tazers, sonic weapons and puke-rays. Well, it'd be interesting for a little bit, until the Emporer comes along, and the whole chaotic experiment is crushed under the heel of an iron boot. Pretty sure that happened in France, and Rome...lotsa trouble...not to mention the beheadings...
It is fun to dream of a better future...isn't it?
One of my favorite lines of all times comes from a super crappy movie called The Day After Tomorrow. Just a dude sayin, "I'm sure we're going to be fine!" (then he's flash-frozen to death...or something)
Here's a list of yer Representatives that sold out yer 4th Amendment, according to my blogger sources, fer a measly 9-grand a piece. That's not even a new car. What the fjuck does 9-grand actually buy of anything??
Oh, and here's a couple snaps of what 500,000 people look like. Funny how after this, not one solid chunk of immigration legislation made it down the pipe. Why? Well, 500,000 thousand people walking down the street's kinda', supa' intimidating.
(found via google images...so if yer the photographer and don't want them here, just lemme know!)
So to reiterate the headline,
"this is not news."
Just sayin'
-Tsunami-
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