February 12, 2025
It is February 12, 2025 as I begin this blog. Over the past 25 years plus, the United States Congress has failed miserably at their solemn oath, which has led us to where we are today, our democracy under direct and conspiratorial threat from within: " I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God." Despite huge changes in the makeup, population, and borders of the US, especially since the middle of the 1800's, Congress has asleep to these changes since about 1950: Year Population # of States % Rural Amendments Ratified During Century Federal Minimum Wage...