Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: 22 Mar 2026 04:57:48 GMT Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: <10okvro$2qvnj$1@dont-email.me> <10p7bp4$1g2jr$1@dont-email.me> <10p8ukd$1vi0v$9@dont-email.me> <10p9ti1$2c71i$1@dont-email.me> <10pantb$2kk45$1@dont-email.me> <10pc94h$36i8h$1@dont-email.me> <20260317123742.0000521e@gmail.com> <10pcu8n$3edfg$1@dont-email.me> <10pdspd$3mv8s$7@dont-email.me> <20260318122434.d7774816b147fba94b0b850c@127.0.0.1> <10pe83m$3rg2l$1@dont-email.me> <877br8n5gj.fsf@parhasard.net> <10pfak2$8nkb$1@dont-email.me> <10ph422$qi6d$1@dont-email.me> <10plnnm$29828$1@dont-email.me> <10pnot4$306uh$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net +phRdC9LCIH7aEFL9ojsZgkAVg/olWJDwdIg90azs4UDq/eDEn Cancel-Lock: sha1:UFvT3LNLnfdDssfEDQdjdTviEDg= sha256:vnfBrD21wWT6nX3lcmgK/9CXwc0ISVKHAMFTU6G8zn8= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:83685 alt.usage.english:1140360 On Sat, 21 Mar 2026 20:49:55 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote: > We are one nation under the Constitution, a document composed > by a representative body of male land holders and it should be > referenced. > They were smart enough to provide for the Amendment of that document by > the consent of the States thus United. The original intent of the convention was to rework the Article of Confederation, not generate an entirely new document in secrecy. It should be noted there wasn't much overlap between the signers of the Declaration of Independence, who put their lives and liberty on the line, and the signers of the Constitution, who were mostly wealthy merchants and lawyers. I believe 7 signed both. The rework was brought in part by Shays's Rebellion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shays's_Rebellion Funny how the speculators who had bought up the debt for pennies on the dollar were made whole by the new government. Kenneth Royce's 'Hologram of Liberty: The Constitution's Shocking Alliance With Big Government' is a good read. 'Boston's Gun Bible' written under the nom de plume of Boston T. Party is also good. In the early 2000s the libertarians conceived of a project where they would move to a hospitable state and slowly take over the government. Top contenders were New Hampshire and Wyoming. Royce promoted Wyoming, which came in 2nd. https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/546003 It didn't work out well. Few people moved to NH and they had little success outside of a few small communities. I left NH in '88 for cause. The Massholes were invading.