Hrm, so few people voted in today’s Constitutional amendment election in Texas. Why? Well namely because the government does such a poor job of actually telling people about it, the vast majority of Texans probably had no clue because THEIR elected officials wanted to keep them in the dark. If you insist on having a constitutional amendment election every two years, then shouldn’t you pass legislation that authorizes the mass publication of what is to be voted on? Seriously people, how difficult is it to buy billboard space, plaster TV and radio commercials ever fifteen minutes, and put it in major magazines and news papers! It’s pretty clear that the Progressives who so influenced changes in our Republican system had no clue about how the people really think when it comes to government. You can’t give the people power and then forget to remind them that they have it.
Second? Democracy never works, especially not on such a large scale as Texas. The Founding Fathers of America understood this and established a Republic, where there would be minimal actual involvement by the people. Texas failed to understand this principle and ate from the tree of Progressives who thought Representative Democracy was superior than Republic. The government should be given the power to do what is necessary, because the people are the worst custodians of their own government. For over 200 years our government has operated almost without hiccup under the Philadelphia Constitution of 1787, a Constitution that ushered in a Republican America. Texas on the other hand? Let’s have a dysfunctional Constitution and whenever something needs to be done let’s amend the Constitution. Since its adoption in the late 1780′s, the American Constitution has been amended a grand total of 27 times; the Texas Constitution dates back to the late 19th century and has been amended well over 100 times. Now normal people, mind you Texans apparently are not normal, would realize a bad Constitution when they see one. Thomas Jefferson so poetically stated that the People should rewrite their Constitution ever generation (20 years). Well Texas, why don’t you break out the parchment and feather pen and rewrite the Constitution for the State of Texas? Remember the words of John Adams, “There has never been a democracy that has not committed suicide.” Adhere to the words of John Adams before the Texas Democracy falls into an oligarchy, or worse a tyranny.
Stumble It!
