Thoughts On Our Imminent Civil Disintegration

On the morning of February 19, 2009, the trading floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange was already tense. Markets were reeling from the financial crisis, and the Obama administration had just announced a mortgage‑relief plan aimed at helping homeowners on the brink of foreclosure. CNBC’s Rick Santelli, broadcasting live from the pit, had been covering the policy details for hours when something in him snapped.

In a burst of rapid‑fire indignation, Santelli accused the government of “promoting bad behavior” by aiding borrowers who had taken on risky loans. Turning to the traders around him, he shouted the line that would ricochet across the country: “How many of you people want to pay for your neighbor’s mortgage?”

For weeks the citizens of Minneapolis have been doing everything in their power to protect one another from an invading criminal pseudo army.

A couple of them have died.

Nobody shouted, "how many of you want to show up to protect your neighbors"?

But a whole lot did.

Show up.

And two of them died.

But back to Rick.

The traders roared back their disapproval, and Santelli, energized by the response, pushed further. He proposed holding a “Chicago Tea Party” to protest the bailout — a phrase that, within days, would be adopted by activists and commentators as a rallying cry.

So the Tea Party was born.

Its primary function in the universe has been to spawn MAGA.

MAGA is a viewpoint that says that says a group/city/county/state - certainly a nation - that is polluted by any person/ideology/skin color/religion other than white/European/narrowly christian cannot long survive.

It says that god does not tolerate such atrocities.

I'd rather not believe in that god.

But let's get back to the point of things.

MAGA says "god does not tolerate such atrocities".

Like Minneapolis,

So, fine, let's talk.

And let's agree to separate before all that brings us to the brink of 1861.

Better to re-structure than to destroy, non?

I think a few pretty simple sentences, added to our Constitution as amendments can keep us from killing one another, and, much more importantly, let us all pursue our lives, liberties and pursuits of happiness in our each and own chosen manner.

• Article 28: Each general-purpose government and each special purpose government extant in the United States of America shall be endowed with the right to have its own unique immigration policy excluding and including populations according to local custom. Free access to the rights, functions and privileges cumulatively promulgated across all entities of the United States of America shall be bestowed upon all people residing therein.
• Article 29: All Federal Income Taxes collected by the Federal Government shall be returned to the submitting states less the amount necessary for national defense.
• Article 30: National Defense shall be defined to mean the total annual payroll and benefits cost of maintaining a standing military and coast guard.
• Article 31: All other annual expenses of government shall be settled annually in the National Legislature in the following manner:
• Each State in either House has the following voting power in setting the annual budget: the population of the State divided by 1000 gives each state its number of "chits".
• In both Houses the number of "chits" in total needs to be 50% plus one to pass a budget or budget line item.