The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed House Joint Resolution 1003 on Feb. 18, 2009 by 83 to 13. The sponsor of the resolution, state Rep. Charles Key, said that he considers it to be a “'big step toward addressing the biggest problem we have in this country – the federal government violating the supreme law of the land."
This was the work of a very small number of individuals who represent another relatively small group: just the citizens of Oklahoma. Who are they to demand any special dispensation by that other small group of people whom they were reacting against: the Congress of the United States?
The U.S. Congress has 535 members (435 Representatives and 100 Senators), while the Oklahoma Legislature has 149 members (101 Representatives and 48 Senators)
Oklahoma has about 3.6 M inhabitants. That’s 36,000/Representative and 75,000/Senator.
The United States, with a population of 301 M, has 600,000/Representative and as many as 37 M/Senator (California).
By what principle can the 535 legislators in Washington be said to represent the people of Oklahoma better than their own 148 legislators? How does one U.S. Legislator represent 600,000 or more people in any meaningful sense without acting contrary to the desires of many thousands of them? The only possible way to consider that these representatives are representing anything worthwhile, is to consider that they are representing the “best interests” of the people. And who says that this is so? How can they know anything more than what they, their friends and family (and a few wealthy interests who can finance their huge reelection campaigns) believe and want? How can minority views be represented at all?
That a system this remote from people could be good for them is a silly and harmful belief. The Constitution of the U.S. did not create it. Ignoring the Constitution did.
This is not only not the best we can do, it is probably much closer to the worst.
Surely each legislator in Oklahoma, representing far fewer people and paid much less and living much nearer to those he represents is truly representing his people. Washington is not.
Oklahoma, and Charles Key have fired a shot that is being heard around the world. Read about this historic event at WorldNetDaily
To thank Charles Key and the other members of the Oklahoma Legislature click here.
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Welp, I sho' is glad dat dem folks in Oak-la-homie got it rite, but dem fols in Ark-can-sas got it wrong an' didnt pass deir sovererntitty resolushun. See dis hear:
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Dey's a voted t' reject th' constitushun, remane a colony of Warshington, and do whatever Marse 'Bama and his overseers in de congress tells dem t' do.
Ol' Cooter hope dat the peoples in dat colony hold dem scalawags in the genral assemblie 'countable fer dis!