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Constitutional Convention

As a recovering ex-resident of California, I am well aware of a movement to convoke a State Constitutional Assembly.  You see, the current California Constitution as adopted in 1879 originally had 24 pages.  But over the years it has been subjected to over 500 amendments, bulging into a 75,000 word monstrosity.  It is clear that this constitution, and other similarly Progressive inspired documents, are broken with obfuscations and contradictions.  Thus, there is a MOVEMENTafoot, to start from scratch and redo the whole darned thing from scratch.

But knowing the likely composition of the future Constitutional Drafters, I warn all to beware of what you wish for.



Boq

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I sure hope that California fails.  This is the only remedy to the tragedy of what California has become over the last 30 years.                                                                                                                                                                         
 
There is this caution about "wishing evil on others" that I wrestle with.... but somehow I think the only solution to the train wreck that is the socialist state of California is failure..... It just looks like too many people in the state government that say to hell with the rest of the residents, gimme, gimme, gimme mine!.... and there are no adults to slap the children and discipline their sorry *es. It truly is looking like the bankruptcy stick is the only way to solve the issue.
 
Florida's constitution is pretty bad, too, in way of being a silly grocery list. When I registered to vote, I had to subscribe my name to the Florida Voter's Oath. I promised to support and defend the US Constitution (cool and wonderful) and the FL Constitution, with its provisions for proper quarters for pregnant pigs, and high-speed railroads, and class sizes in elementary schools.

Dammit, in order to vote, I had to swear a solemn oath in front of God and everybody to support silly doodah nonsensical things which I later voted against!

A Constitution should be general, and not specific. It should not have very many words in it.