by Helen Sabin, Corvallis
“…Above all things I hope the education of the common people will be attended to; convinced that on their good sense we may rely with most security for the preservation of a due degree of liberty.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
Clearly, Jefferson was correct. But a lack of good sense and a lack of education may derail the chance to fight back against our government and stop the spending and behavior that has bankrupted the country with debt so large, we cannot pay it off in our lifetimes.
Why should I worry why this is this important? Why can’t we just keep printing money with nothing to back it up? Why should I support the convention of states? Here’s why: America can fail and go under.
You could be living under communist rule from China, or other counties that hold our debt. Think of the Chinese police in NY City. Yes, Chinese that watch their citizens: https://americanmilitarynews.com/2023/01/fbi-raided-chinese-police-station-in-nyc-report/
We are thirty trillion in debt and no way to pay it off. Here’s how to visualize that number:
“…It takes approximately 11.57 days to count to one million. Multiply that by a thousand to get to a billion and that will take you out to about 31.7 years. Multiply that by a thousand and you’ve got how long it takes to count to a trillion, approximately 31,700 years. This is all based on the standard that you are counting one number per second.” ~From Quora
See how large that actually is? But, to give you an idea, see if you can say 1,777,777,777,777 in a second. You can’t.
No one – not the government, the John Birch Society or any of the 265 left wing groups that Soros funds have a solution to the problems facing us today. NONE! But the Convention of States does!
The Founding Fathers gave us the solution and the Constitution is the solution. Montana MUST have an Article V Convention of States to stop the behavior of the country before it and our state implodes.
In the legislative committee hearing in Helena on the Convention of States, SJ2 bill, a week ago, streamed on RUMBLE, (https://rumble.com/v264jsu-montana-senate-committee-hears-convention-of-states.html) you can see the “common people” that Jefferson talked about. The three sitting behind the bill sponsor are members of the John Birch Society. Do you recognize the lady in pink and the man next to her? Yeah, it’s the Lackeys from Stevensville.
Sitting next to them is common man, Ed Regan, testifying ignorantly, and incorrectly on many points but the main one is that the commissioners (delegates) to the Convention of States do NOT answer to the state legislature which controls the entire process of the COS from start to finish. This is incorrect.
The delegates do answer, and they can be recalled by the state legislators as they must sign an oath of commission and their commission is a matter of common law. Thus, if they try any nonsense at a convention they can not only be replaced, but they can also be fined or jailed. Delegates will probably vote them down too.
Ed, who is a John Birch follower, is a clear example of an uneducated American. Another is State Senator Theresa Manzella, SD-44, who proclaimed that she also is a “proud John Birch member – (talk radio 1240 am, Hamilton, Mt. 1/12/23) on the Peter Christian show, and who also repeated the same nonsense as Ed when she addressed the state legislature in 2021 and drove fear into the hearts and minds of all the legislators by stating that we would lose our Second Amendment rights if a COS occurred. https://thenewamerican.com/john-birch-society-credited-with-killing-constitutional-convention-call-in-montana/ NOPE, can’t happen. Nor can congress take over the convention. SCOTUS would deal with that attempt. Remember checks and balances designed into the Constitution?
Let’s use the Constitution as our solution. It’s time to use the Founding Fathers’ gift to us. Call your legislator and tell them to vote for SJ2. 406-444-4800. Also, tell them hello! And give them some support – we are thinking of you, or God bless you and your efforts type of thing. They need it!
Reps: Dave Bedey, Hamilton. Michele Binkley, Corvallis. Wayne Rusk, Stevensville/Florence, and Senator Jason Ellsworth. One call can list all four., Just call! Spend 5 minutes to share some cheer. Then celebrate the people taking charge of the country as it was intended.
MAH says
Helen,
I wondering where you get all this BS you are spreading.
What Constitution are you reading and quoting from? Oh wait..it is the Corvallis neocon constitution right!
Helen Sabin says
MAH – what BS are you speaking about? Please be specific so I can answer you, but the sources I use are in case law adjudicated by SCOTUS, in the historical documents that are published on line and from what the Founders did and had to say about the COS, the procedures they used in the many Conventions of States that were held between 1600-1787 and beyond. Much of the COS operates under the same rules and procedures as was used in the COS that have been held. Is that enough for you? I suggest you educate yourself by reading THE LAW OF ARTICLE V BY NATELSON. It is available on amazon or through the Independence Institute IN denver, C. You have done some reading fof expert opinions on this topic haven’t you? OR are you a JOHN BIRCHER who repeats the JBS disinformation from the Lackey’s or Theresa Manzella?