What amendments should be made to the U. S. Constitution?
Responses:
- Revoke second amendment for right to bear arms, this was made back in a different era. Change the electoral college so that popular vote wins. Each vote should count as much as the other
- I would like to see amendments to prevent the torture of prisoners we hold, and that we cannot indefinitely hide political prisoners, prisoners of war, or suspected terrorists inside or outside of US soil, in known or secret prisons, without access to counsel or plan for a trial. It would be nice if we promised to follow the Geneva Convention rules. An official permanent repeal of the Patriot Act would protect our civil rights. Because I believe America is still a land of opportunity but that it should not be Girls/Boys gone wild, I would also like to see a plan to allow illegal immigrants a path to citizenship and to require proof that they pay taxes if they have jobs (no under the table wages), or proof that they contribute to society if they use resources like our hospitals and schools, but also would like protections that we can permanently refuse/deport child molesters, drug traffickers, or those with violent crime histories. Harsh penalties for those who traffic in human chattel would be nice too. I am deeply disturbed by the export of American jobs out of America, especially because the American consumers of those goods and services see little or no reduction in costs and only the corporation’s hierarchy realize the multiplied bonuses and profits. If the Japanese automaker Honda can build in the US why does American automaker Ford have to build in Mexico, hiring third world employees for a fraction of what American workers are paid and feeling like they’re “doing them a favor for crying out loud?” Salaries paid offset the tax implications of profits realized – so if you are an American company I think federal minimum wage requirements should apply no matter who you hire in any country to give our citizens a fighting chance to stay employed.
- No one can have rights taken away.
For background on this project, go here: http://christopherheath.blogspot.com/2008/11/over-table-and-under-bar.html
Song:
Daddy Sang Bass, by Johnny Cash
Lyrics:
I remember when I was a lad
Times were hard and things were bad
But there's a silver linin' behind every cloud
Just poor people that's all we were
Tryin' to make a livin' out of blackland earth
But we'd get together in a family circle singin' loud ...
CHORUS
Daddy sang bass, Mama sang tenor
Me and little brother would join right in there
Singin' seems to help a troubled soul
One of these days and it won't be long
I'll rejoin them in a song
I'm gonna join the family circle at the throne ...
No, the circle won't be broken
Bye and bye, Lord, bye and bye ...
Daddy'll sing bass, Mama'll sing tenor
Me and little brother will join right in there
In the sky, Lord, in the sky.
Now I remember after work,
Mama would call in all of us
You could hear us singin' for a country mile
Now little brother has done gone on
But I'll rejoin him in a song
We'll be together again up yonder in a little while.
CHORUS
Daddy sang bass, Mama sang tenor
Me and little brother would join right in there
Singin' seems to help a troubled soul
One of these days and it won't be long
I'll rejoin them in a song
I'm gonna join the family circle at the throne ...
No, the circle won't be broken
Bye and bye, Lord, bye and bye ...
Daddy'll sing bass, Mama'll sing tenor
Me and little brother will join right in there
In the sky, Lord, in the sky.
In the sky, Lord, in the sky.
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