Defying Convention

Rumour has it that the OWS lot and the Tea Party lot both want a Constitutional Convention. A chance to present both sides with how destructive of all things conservative (national sovereignty, cultural distinctiveness, family values, and so on) neoliberal economics and neoconservative foreign policy are, and with how those conservative values are precisely the reasons for local, state and federal action against the ravages of the “free” market, historically as un-American as attempts to remake the political systems of faraway countries by means of the force of arms.

On the protection of American jobs, there is now a natural alliance between conservatives and the unions. On halting and reversing the national emergency of unrestricted and illegal immigration, and on making English the only official language of the United States, there is now a natural alliance between conservatives and anyone with a black base. On fair trade agreements, repealing much or all of the USA Patriot Act, ending completely the neoconservative war agenda, strict campaign finance reform, a crackdown against corporate influence generally and corporate welfare in particular, and tax cuts for the poor and the middle class, there is now a natural alliance between conservatives and the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

On decency in the media, there is now a natural alliance between conservatives and those in the tradition of the late C Dolores Tucker and of Father Michael Pfleger. There is now a natural alliance around the fact that the black male is the victim of a triple genocide in the womb, on the streets, and on the battlefield. And there is now a natural alliance between readers of Philip Giraldi’s devastating paleoconservative exposés of Israeli espionage against the United States at, by definition, the American taxpayer’s expense, and the victims of that spy network’s agitation against black candidates, as such, for public office.

Bring it on.