I don't like it when people talk on their cell phones on line at the airport. We should get a Constitutional Amendment about it.
Again, that statement is just plain ignorant. How in God's name did you ever become a Conservative?
Posted on 06/23/2006 9:03:33 AM PDT by presidio9
Correction: a career in law or politics and not directly accountable to the voters.
I don't like it when people talk on their cell phones on line at the airport. We should get a Constitutional Amendment about it.
/same logic as Flag Amendment
I don't like it when people talk on their cell phones on line at the airport. We should get a Constitutional Amendment about it.
Again, that statement is just plain ignorant. How in God's name did you ever become a Conservative?
Cool. You discovered that a younger Reagan experimented with libertarianism in the 1970's. Before that he was a registered Deomcrat. He even signed an abortion bill into law as Governor of California. Then he saw the light. Can you tell me what were President Reagan's positions on Legalized drugs/abortion?
Seriously, if that's all you've got I'm disappointed. Make a point or don't but don't post just for the sake of getting the last word in.
I agree with Scalia 99% of the time. However, given the choice of calling myself a Reagan Conservative or a Scalia Conservative, I'll pick Reagan. Since our beloved leader has left us, I've taken to looking to Newt Gingrich for my cues. Want to guess which way he leans? The point is, we need to accept the fact that soldiers have died for the American Flag. It is more than the sum of its fabrics. Many of our soldiers have laid down their lives for it. As such, it deserves special protection. In your learned opinion, I'm guessing that a guy blowing up a pile of copper would deserve exactly the same penalty as some raghead blowing up the Statue of Liberty. "Free Speech," right? Not in mine.
You mean something substantive like "go find a Republican site and have at it"? Which of course came after the "point" I made.
I'm sure you can produce a quote in which Reagan declares that the essence of conservatism is to be found in the platform of the Democrats.
Or, failing that, (since I just know that you are an intellectually honest sort), I'm sure you'll admit that you just popped off a bit of irrelevant nonsense.
Nonsense. Soldiers have died for the American Republic, but only an idiot would die for a piece of dyed cloth as such.
Well, then, I trust that your spouse, if you have one, has taken the precaution of securing independent means of support in case of serious illness.
Blowing up a Statue of Liberty (of the sort anybody can buy in a knickknack shop) does indeed carry the same penalty as blowing up the same quantity of unsculpted copper (i.e. you might get in trouble for reckless use of explosives, polluting the environment with metal dust, etc).
This is as it should be, and is an exact analogy for burning a generic flag (as opposed to, say, a specific historical specimen such as the Fort McHenry War of 1812 flag).
Excellent analogy. While we're at it, how about a Constitutional amendment against those annoying little yappy dogs?
Burning an inanimate object is free speech. It might be stupid free speech but it is still free speech.
Obviously the inanimate object in question should also be owned by the person who is doing the burning.
Everybody equates the amendment's use of the word "desecration" with burning. If and when this abomination ever passes, it will then be up to Congress, the Courts, every local cop, to figure out what desecration means. See a young lady with a handbag, or jeans with a flag incorporated into them? Find it offensive (I personally don't like that kind of flag use). Call 911 and press option 2 "if this is an emergency where something or someone really offends you."
I identify with Reagan more than Scalia as well. My point is that this is not an issue that defines your ideology. While most in favor of the amendment are "conservative", reasonable conservatives disagree on the issue - like Scalia and (likely) Alito. What defines you as "conservative" is the rationale behind your stance. And yes, some "libertarians" (like Dick Armey for example) are decidedly conservative.
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