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A belated return to the musings of a scribbler who considers himself an largely unreconstructed Capitalist, a Constitutional Textualist, and a largely unrepentant Stogie Smoking Curmudgeon. With luck, you'll find a bit of insight here, assembled from a logical and reasonable perspective, and served with a side of twisted humor. Be aware that irony and sarcasm may often find their way into these offerings; and it's the reader's obligation to discover where, when, or if they occur.
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Quotes of the Week
... because the sharpest curve that many of us will ever have to negotiate is that of a well-turned phrase
“The first duty of a man is to think for himself”
― Jose Marti
“Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than nature made them.”
― Bertrand Russell
“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”
― Mark Twain
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.”
― Groucho Marx
“I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”
― Thomas Jefferson
― Mark Twain
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.”
― Groucho Marx
“I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”
― Thomas Jefferson
“The first duty of a man is to think for himself”
― Jose Marti
“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.”
― Ronald Reagan
― Ronald Reagan
“Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than nature made them.”
― Bertrand Russell
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4 comments:
This may be a distinction without a difference, I think they just want to remake the meanings of the Constitution to fit their agenda, even if those meanings have nothing to do with the words as written.
There is no greater challenge to the future of the United States than the appointment of Justices to the Supreme Court.
As many have said, much smarter than me, the high court can make changes that would never stand up to a vote!
Roman,
I used to believe as you do. I am now convinced however that the Constitution will not be brought down by the Courts, but by an increasing government bureaucracy which "regulates" our protections away.
It is the power grab by Executive branch (under both Democratic and Republican leadership) which subverts the Constitution, and likewise controls the Attorney General's office in such a way that these usurpations never reach Supreme Court review.
We are often so caught up in the "Separation of Church and State" (which is not actually in the Constitution BTW), that we seem to have forgotten about the "Separation of Powers".
Our living or dynamic Constitution has served us fairly well for over 200 hundred years; even with the few exceptions over the years, it has done what it was meant to do.
Yes, however it seems to me that an occasional revolution may be needed to restore it back to its original intent.
Sometimes it takes a Constitutional crisis to wake us up out of our complacency. . .
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