...in a book I picked up somewhere there was a story about a guy trying to get a consensus of scottsmen to agree on a plan.
"Ye cannot get a consensus of scottsmen to agree on where the sun comes up".
I think the founding fathers had the same notion about making it difficult to change the constitution.

Liberals are like a "Slinky". Totally useless, but somehow ya can't help but smile when you see one tumble down a flight of stairs!