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I'll contribute $100.00 Sent from my iPhone On Oct 5, 2010, at 8:14 PM, waistli...@aol.com wrote: > ====================================================================== > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > ====================================================================== > > > > > >>> But the fact is that James Madison and the American founders were very > big on the idea of checking power. It's remarkable that, in this day and > age, that very crucial aspect of their thought is simply neglected across > the > "respectable" political spectrum.<< > > ML > > > Comment > > Madison was "the man" and father of "the Bill of Rights," which I > understand to mean "the Bill of Rights of Citizens," counterpoised to serfs, > slaves > and colonial subjects, willing to assert their rights as citizens. All of > us in our past 10 generations have experienced at least two of these > categories if not all three. I understand Madison to have written about a > third > of the Federalist Papers - which I have still to read, but from what I do > understand and believe, "the Bill of Rights" in America express what Marx > called "the struggle of the bourgeois and proletariat takes place in the > democratic Republic." > > "We" - revolutionaries, can champion the Bill of Rights as a "specialty > group cause" established for that purpose from a collectivist lens of public > property. > > In our representative form of government where the President is head of > government and head of state, concentrating political authority in the > executive branch is at the expense of the legislative and judicial branch. > This > means an added impulse to the police state or as it is called, political > fascism. > > Not being funny or anything, your self sacrifice and years of training, > study and writings on these matters is a benefit to all. Ever think about a > pamphlet from a Marxist lens? I would raise money for such, featuring Madison > and the meaning of political democracy. > > Ain't nobody in this country a damn serf or slave. We free proletarian > citizens. > > I commit to an initial donation toward such a pamphlet $300 in the here and > now. I would love something under the heading: "Third American > Revolution." > > This is of course your call, and the donation stands period. > > WL. > > > > ________________________________________________ > Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu > Set your options at: > http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/pegdobbins%40gmail.com ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
