The United States of the World.
War is "Hello, that's going to cost you". Big time.
I mean, what happens in the States affects so many the world over, why not let
them vote? Since this is a democracy, we may have to be asking ourselves if
necessary and routine policy matters are going to have such an effect on other
nations, then they of necessity must have representation in policy that affects
their situation.
In a manner of speaking, and in the mindset of the founding fathers, the main
emphasis was that there should be no legislation without representation. All
formality and protocol aside, such things as ratification, and all the other
paraphernalia involved with statehood, the plain fact is that, if any body
politic is affected by any legislation passed by a legislative body, than that
politic becomes an ad hoc or proxy extension, or a member of by inclusional
statehood, that union. So this really becomes an extension of diplomacy.
If legislation in the everyday affairs of country X in any way shape or form
affects the everyday situation of country Y, then for that legislation at least
country Y then, for that legislative session at least, becomes an ad hoc or
proxy state of the union of country X. Without the need to consent to permanent
union, and with the use of a suitable diplomatic staff, country Y must therefore
be allowed at least to participate in the representation of the legislative
procedure involved with any affairs of state of country X that is receiving due
process in its deliberative bodies. The same applies for the election and
selective processes of leadership and representation.
Therefore by partaking in the democratic process of government as set down by
the Constitutional Convention of the founding fathers, you bit off a bigger
piece of the idealism pie than you thought. Oh, I have no qualms, believe me;
don't get me wrong -- best of intentions and all that. Just remember, the
highway to "hello!" Is paved with good intentions. Also intermittently along
that highway, you'll see that is also paved with good detentions. Or to quote an
old proverb, which I just made up: he who paints himself into a corner will have
permanent footprints on the painted floor.
So, Jeffersonians, Washingtonians, and even baloney ends, welcome to the United
States of the World, in which you have no right to exclusivity of in-nation-only
elections or representative legislation. By needs of the execution of already
existent law and policy of the United States of America, you are already bound
to include other nations, in the form of their diplomatic representation, to
participate in your legislative deliberations as well as your state and national
elections. Now, as the Supreme Court found out during the rule of Andrew
Jackson, the law is clear. The enforcement is not.
But, clear or not, enforcement exists, and is an ever present threat. Threat?
That's a pretty serious word to be throwing around here, Paul! To which I
respond, the Damocles' sword above your head hangs by a slender threat. And if
you're the arrogant type who blows it off, saying "big deal.", I point out to
you in the recent hallways of history, the 100% of hindsight: the thousands of
corpses with swords through their heads.
Now of we're done with our cute little metaphors, in realities that back them up
we see that legislation of the unrepresented has always been accomplished
eventually by open warfare. It can get rather messy, and when it sinks to that
state, it's known as feudalism. You know? When there's a feud. That's when the
Marines will be looking for a feud good men. So is quite simple that you're
restricted by the law. The enforcement of which is open armed conflict. And
ultimately declared war. Wars which you will never ultimately win for ever.
Eventually, there will be a chink in the armor.
But a war is like a fine. A huge, overwhelming, back-breaking, sometimes
unrecoverable fine. As in: Afghanistan to the Soviets. Often when belligerents
are at one another on the battlefield, angers flair so badly that no one pays
attention to how much it is costing. Some people delight in that it makes jobs.
War makes jobs only for the few. A munition is a bad investment; there is no
profit and the investments tend to blow up. If not in your face, in someone
else's, whose descendents will eventually be in your face. I thought we went all
over this before. This is an exercise in futility. The little morons forget
their principles of diplomacy all too quickly.
So the Guardian newspaper over in England thought it was a good idea to allow
their readers a chance to e-mail some of the voters in the United States in an
effort to make their pitch for the presidential candidate they thought best
to represent them in policy-making that would ultimately affect their lives
significantly. It was noted that one resident of the great State of Maine
responded arrogantly, and in so many rude and impertinent words, that those that
e-mailed him should mind their own business. Whoops! There goes another
Damocles' sword. And the main man is going to be one of the first to go. You
know, it doesn't take a brain to use one, but it does take a lame-brain to waste
one.
I don't know about you guys, but if I'm going to be stuck in a United States,
I'm going to prefer it to be a United States of the World. That's the price of
being a superpower. I know most of you probably didn't want to be one, but
you're stuck with the job. Think of it as an unconscious conspiracy between the
founding fathers and the desperate peoples of the future. They railroaded you
into the sheriff's office and pinned the badge on your shirt. And you ain't got
no choice in the matter, Jack. Put your hand on the Bible and repeat after me...
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26-Mar-2005
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