tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post5713254221573220765..comments2024-01-08T04:16:25.601-08:00Comments on Ché (What You Call Your) Pasa: On Redoing the ConstitutionChé Pasahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01926630891287949373noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post-78744996274680412742010-08-10T10:33:47.510-07:002010-08-10T10:33:47.510-07:00Hey Helen,
I'm still on the road, at least un...Hey Helen,<br /><br />I'm still on the road, at least until next week, so my ability to post is limited. <br /><br />But it really aggravates me that a handful of rightist political interests are able to move the discussion toward revising the Constitution the way THEY want it, and they are taken seriously, and the so-called Left is -- once again -- in the position of defending what really isn't working very well. <br /><br />Coram nobis is one of the real treasures at UT, no doubt about it. The Nation story and Josh Stieber's testimony -- among others -- is very important if we're really ever going to see the Imperial Overseas Project ended. What they have to say is so essential for Americans to hear-- and while they aren't getting a whole lot of coverage in the NYT or WaPo, they are not being ignored. The word is getting out. And apparently there is even a faction in the Pentagon that wants Americans to hear their truth.<br /><br />The Imperial Project will last as long as our Chinese owners want it to. When they pull the plug, it will be over. Just like that.<br /><br />Must run, <br /><br />Thanks for your thoughtful comments.<br /><br />ChéChé Pasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926630891287949373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post-34238095842787810142010-08-08T02:00:20.903-07:002010-08-08T02:00:20.903-07:00Hey Che,
You'd suggested in our last comment...Hey Che, <br /><br />You'd suggested in our last comments exchange that time might be short for change. I think, chaos theory in mind, that you might be very right. So many alternatives for breakdown and breakup of Empire, and if it's going to go, how might we prepare to set up alternative communities, either in the rubble, or between the cracks of imperial pavement? Without getting all Utopian, considering how we might rewrite our Constitutional premises for better practices does seem like an important project that might actually get applied in not all that long. <br /><br />I don't believe in perfection of any human model or set of ideas for how to organize a society, but the Bill of Rights is a mighty fine thing whenever it's actually taught and applied as an expression of the cultural genetic code of our particular civilization. And yes, of course a lot got left out that could, maybe, have helped prevent our hubris and dysfunction.<br /><br />One of the UT posters, coram nobis, makes me long for the kind of practical, ethical application of ideals that he seems to have practiced during his military career. I'll be using his letters and links as resource for my manuscript, along with your own. <br /><br />Hey by BTW, I've posted your McCord video link on UT, and here's a coram nobis gift of a link to further McCord story, which includes other soldier accounts of their behavior towards civilians and of the training that encouraged it. <br />http://www.thenation.com/article/38034/wikileaks-baghdad?page=0,0<br /><br />And here's a link to a Democracy Now interview of McCord's fellow soldier, Josh Stieber, who I met when he came through Pittsburgh: <br /><br />http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/12/this_is_how_these_soldiers_were<br /><br />I've just joined IVAW - have to start pursuing more effective Solidarity with other soldiers who also want to take responsibility and make reparation for what they've been part of. <br /><br />Thanks for your work and hard thinking, Che, and I'm wishing you happy and safe on your travels.<br /><br />HelenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post-12463665726104665652010-08-07T21:12:52.281-07:002010-08-07T21:12:52.281-07:00Hi Helen,
I'm actually traveling right now, b...Hi Helen,<br /><br />I'm actually traveling right now, but I plan to flesh out some of the Constitutional issues that have bedeviled Americans for many a long year.<br /><br />If our friends on the right are so eager (now) to revisit some of the amendments, it ought to behoove the rest of us to think about how the Constitution might be... perfected, eh?<br /><br />Cheers, <br /><br />ChéChé Pasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926630891287949373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post-73965550394970907412010-08-07T08:02:13.501-07:002010-08-07T08:02:13.501-07:00Hey Che,
I can infer some of the changes in the ...Hey Che, <br /><br />I can infer some of the changes in the Constitution you might make based on past posts here and at UT, but would you be willing to spell a few of them out here? <br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />HelenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com