http://www.eclectique916.com Arts + Culture + Politics + Living Tue, 15 May 2012 14:04:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.eclectique916.com/a-peoples-film-preservation-campaign/#comment-154 Eclectique|916 » Eclectique916.com co-presents Menace the Public Conscience Project (May 26) Tue, 15 May 2012 14:04:04 +0000 http://www.eclectique916.com/?page_id=10406#comment-154 [...] Vote for “The Man” In a Sentimental Mood – It’s Duke Ellington’s Birthday » [...] [...] Vote for “The Man” In a Sentimental Mood – It’s Duke Ellington’s Birthday » [...]

]]> http://www.eclectique916.com/2012/03/09/chris-paine-resurrects-the-electric-car-doc/#comment-153 Eclectique|916 » Chris Paine Resurrects the Electric Car Doc – What Is An Electric Car Sat, 10 Mar 2012 06:16:32 +0000 http://www.eclectique916.com/?p=10434#comment-153 [...] will get you pumped up about electric cars again. ITVS Community … … Visit link: Eclectique|916 » Chris Paine Resurrects the Electric Car Doc ← Electric Car Pioneer Gage Forms V2G Start-Up: [...] [...] will get you pumped up about electric cars again. ITVS Community … … Visit link: Eclectique|916 » Chris Paine Resurrects the Electric Car Doc ← Electric Car Pioneer Gage Forms V2G Start-Up: [...]

]]> http://www.eclectique916.com/2012/01/30/eclectique-interview-sarah-browning-split-this-rock-poetry-festival/#comment-152 Poetry Will Occupy the Nation’s Capital « Words Matter Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:18:27 +0000 http://www.eclectique916.com/?p=10323#comment-152 [...] activists in the streets all over the world,” says Sarah Browning, director of Split This Rock, “what better time to remember our sister-in-the-struggle, the [...] [...] activists in the streets all over the world,” says Sarah Browning, director of Split This Rock, “what better time to remember our sister-in-the-struggle, the [...]

]]> http://www.eclectique916.com/2012/01/30/eclectique-interview-sarah-browning-split-this-rock-poetry-festival/#comment-151 In Honor of June Jordan, Poetry Will Occupy the Nation’s Capital : Ms Magazine Blog Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:56:15 +0000 http://www.eclectique916.com/?p=10323#comment-151 [...] activists in the streets all over the world,” says Sarah Browning, director of Split This Rock, “what better time to remember our sister-in-the-struggle, the [...] [...] activists in the streets all over the world,” says Sarah Browning, director of Split This Rock, “what better time to remember our sister-in-the-struggle, the [...]

]]> http://www.eclectique916.com/2009/02/22/eclectique-citizen-a-request-to-support-the-dc-house-voting-rights-act/#comment-40 citizenw Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:51:50 +0000 http://www.eclectique916.com/?p=1945#comment-40 Founder George Mason said, "No free government, or the blessings of liberty can be preserved to any people, but by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles." James Madison said "The people were in fact, the fountain of all power, and by resorting to them, all difficulties were got over. They could alter constitutions as they pleased. It was a principle in the Bills of rights, that first principles might be resorted to." Our Constitution is a document written in an attempt to "form a more perfect Union". One of the basic, bedrock fundamental principles upon which democracy and its variations (such as a democratic republic) are based is "Consent of the Governed". Consent is determined by majority consensus, with special protections afforded to the rights of minorities. One of the most basic implications of this approach is that "the people" consist of ALL of the people. If a minority of the people are excluded from even participating in the process of decisionmaking by the majority, that exclusion tends to erode the legitimacy of the entire system. Such is the situation of the long-suffering residents of the District of Columbia. Excluded from participation in the national decisionmaking process nearly from the begining of the Republic by the tyranny of the majority (those living in the fifty states), their exclusion (along with the now-corrected one-time exclusion of blacks, women, and young adults under the age of 21) has tended to erode the legitimacy of the rule of law, under self-evident, bedrock, fundamental democratic principles such as Consent of the Governed. Consent of the Governed has not been afforded denizens of the District since 1801. The current Constitution is hardly even their Constitution today, since they have not been afforded an opportunity to participate in decisionmaking that resulted in Amendments 12 through 27 (since 1801). The Courts, likewise, are hardly even their courts, since they have not had representatives with an opportunity to participate in decisions (advise and consent) regarding their staffing and operation, since 1801. Finally, the Congress is hardly even their Congress, since they have had no vote, and precious little voice, in either chamber, since 1801. The denizens of DC, as part of the original thirteen colonies, are unrebuttably the same posterity, the same progeny, as those currently residing in the fifty states, for whom, as an indivisible Nation, the Founders pledged their "Lives, their Fortunes, and their Sacred Honor" to secure Liberty. Of that there can be no argument. Other territories (Puerto Rico, Pacific Islands, etc have a more tenuous claim on that position). The Declaratory Act of 1766 was an attempt by the British nation to arrogate to itself an Absolute Power over an unrepresented minority "in all cases whatsoever". Similarly, the District Clause attempts to arrogate to the American nation Absolute Power over an unrepresented minority "in all cases whatsoever". Both cases are highly rebuttable, since both seek tyrannical Absolute Power by the majority (and we know what Absolute Power does) over an unrepresented minority. The bedrock principle of "Consent of the Governed" is violated by such unwarranted assertions. "VI. That elections of members to serve as representatives of the people, in Assembly, ought to be free; and that all men having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with and attachment to, the community, have the right of suffrage, and cannot be taxed or deprived of their property for public uses without their own consent, or that of their representatives so elected, nor bound by any law to which they have not, in like manner, assented for the public good." Virginia Declaration of Rights, June, 1776 Continued, persistent violation of this fundamental, bedrock, first principle of modern democratic government undermines and erodes the very legitimacy of the rule of government over those excluded from participation in our representative, democratic, republican system of government. The nation must address this deficiency in our Constitution, with the goal of forming a More Perfect Union. Founder George Mason said, “No free government, or the blessings of liberty can be preserved to any people, but by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.”
James Madison said “The people were in fact, the fountain of all power, and by resorting to them, all difficulties were got over. They could alter constitutions as they pleased. It was a principle in the Bills of rights, that first principles might be resorted to.”
Our Constitution is a document written in an attempt to “form a more perfect Union”. One of the basic, bedrock fundamental principles upon which democracy and its variations (such as a democratic republic) are based is “Consent of the Governed”. Consent is determined by majority consensus, with special protections afforded to the rights of minorities. One of the most basic implications of this approach is that “the people” consist of ALL of the people. If a minority of the people are excluded from even participating in the process of decisionmaking by the majority, that exclusion tends to erode the legitimacy of the entire system.
Such is the situation of the long-suffering residents of the District of Columbia. Excluded from participation in the national decisionmaking process nearly from the begining of the Republic by the tyranny of the majority (those living in the fifty states), their exclusion (along with the now-corrected one-time exclusion of blacks, women, and young adults under the age of 21) has tended to erode the legitimacy of the rule of law, under self-evident, bedrock, fundamental democratic principles such as Consent of the Governed.
Consent of the Governed has not been afforded denizens of the District since 1801. The current Constitution is hardly even their Constitution today, since they have not been afforded an opportunity to participate in decisionmaking that resulted in Amendments 12 through 27 (since 1801). The Courts, likewise, are hardly even their courts, since they have not had representatives with an opportunity to participate in decisions (advise and consent) regarding their staffing and operation, since 1801. Finally, the Congress is hardly even their Congress, since they have had no vote, and precious little voice, in either chamber, since 1801.
The denizens of DC, as part of the original thirteen colonies, are unrebuttably the same posterity, the same progeny, as those currently residing in the fifty states, for whom, as an indivisible Nation, the Founders pledged their “Lives, their Fortunes, and their Sacred Honor” to secure Liberty. Of that there can be no argument. Other territories (Puerto Rico, Pacific Islands, etc have a more tenuous claim on that position).
The Declaratory Act of 1766 was an attempt by the British nation to arrogate to itself an Absolute Power over an unrepresented minority “in all cases whatsoever”. Similarly, the District Clause attempts to arrogate to the American nation Absolute Power over an unrepresented minority “in all cases whatsoever”. Both cases are highly rebuttable, since both seek tyrannical Absolute Power by the majority (and we know what Absolute Power does) over an unrepresented minority. The bedrock principle of “Consent of the Governed” is violated by such unwarranted assertions.
“VI. That elections of members to serve as representatives of the people, in Assembly, ought to be free; and that all men having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with and attachment to, the community, have the right of suffrage, and cannot be taxed or deprived of their property for public uses without their own consent, or that of their representatives so elected, nor bound by any law to which they have not, in like manner, assented for the public good.”
Virginia Declaration of Rights, June, 1776
Continued, persistent violation of this fundamental, bedrock, first principle of modern democratic government undermines and erodes the very legitimacy of the rule of government over those excluded from participation in our representative, democratic, republican system of government. The nation must address this deficiency in our Constitution, with the goal of forming a More Perfect Union.

]]> http://www.eclectique916.com/2009/02/03/kennedy-center-launches-crisis-hotline-for-the-arts/#comment-39 Eclectique|916 » Pick Me Up and Turn Me RoundWhat I’m Reading Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:51:25 +0000 http://www.eclectique916.com/?p=1745#comment-39 [...] wrote an earlier post about Kaiser’s new non-profit crisis hotline (online) to help struggling arts organizations through this current economic [...] [...] wrote an earlier post about Kaiser’s new non-profit crisis hotline (online) to help struggling arts organizations through this current economic [...]

]]> http://www.eclectique916.com/2008/10/01/poverty-issue-back-on-the-campaign-trailbarack-obama-at-the-cbc-annual-awards-dinner/#comment-38 Eclectique|916 » A Task for the Vice President Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:41:36 +0000 http://www.eclectique916.com/?p=402#comment-38 [...] a bone out “exclusively” to the middle class neglected or ignored the struggles of people living in poverty. And yes, those struggles and circumstances are real in a country of means. But as the economy [...] [...] a bone out “exclusively” to the middle class neglected or ignored the struggles of people living in poverty. And yes, those struggles and circumstances are real in a country of means. But as the economy [...]

]]> http://www.eclectique916.com/2008/08/28/yes-credentialed/#comment-36 Eclectique|916 » This Is the Day….You Have Made Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:49:18 +0000 http://www.eclectique916.com/?p=74#comment-36 [...] to DC for Obama (Kim Morton) and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation staff and volunteers, Denver may have been a bust for me. A shout out to Arrington Dixon for making a dream come true - to be on the convention floor [...] [...] to DC for Obama (Kim Morton) and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation staff and volunteers, Denver may have been a bust for me. A shout out to Arrington Dixon for making a dream come true – to be on the convention floor [...]

]]> http://www.eclectique916.com/2008/12/30/freddie-hubbard-1938-2009/#comment-35 Eclectique|916 » Benny Golson at 80 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:57:58 +0000 http://www.eclectique916.com/?p=1288#comment-35 [...] be tenor saxophonist and composer Benny Golson who turns 80 January 25th. I believe Benny is on the Freddie Hubbard clip I posted earlier. He recorded “Moanin” with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers in [...] [...] be tenor saxophonist and composer Benny Golson who turns 80 January 25th. I believe Benny is on the Freddie Hubbard clip I posted earlier. He recorded “Moanin” with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers in [...]

]]> http://www.eclectique916.com/2008/12/30/freddie-hubbard-1938-2009/#comment-34 undercoverblackman Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:46:10 +0000 http://www.eclectique916.com/?p=1288#comment-34 Splendid video. I love his hard-bop stuff. Just getting around to his later fusion phase. Splendid video. I love his hard-bop stuff. Just getting around to his later fusion phase.

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