Whenever I mention we ought to have a constitutional congress to anyone, anywhere, and the first thing I hear is, "You don't have the authority to call a constitutional congress," I can admit to an amount of dumbfounded awe.

"This is the same America I grew up in, right? Am I in "bizarro world" or something?!? This is the same America that required me to take U.S. History in Junior High, High School, AND for my 'basics' in college?? I mean, I know I am from West Texas, that we are typically about 7 to 9 years behind New York City or Los Angeles, and we aren't supposed to be very sophisticated, but I know I wasn't the only one in class, and my graduation in 1991 wasn't that long ago!"