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"The failure ultimately lies in "We the People" for having allowed men of low character to occupy offices of power gov't to surpass its delegated powers of the Constitution." Fixed it for you

It matters not if good nor bad men occupy offices, if said offices should never exist to begin.

Right....as if that was the ‘plan’ all along.

Let’s substitute cigs, alcohol or Rx for pot. Are those any less offensive to your sensibilities that would cause your snide post?

I don’t recall seeing a bust of a cig smoker under the age in QUITE some time...it is not still illegal? Oh, but pot is somehow WORSE than the rest?

Maybe the need for nanny/big-gov’t and gov’t dictates are just fine and dandy with Conservatives when it’s something they agree with...it’s not Fascism when ‘we’ do it, right?

We should return to the ‘old’ standard...Lady Liberty and the like. Such beauty and art in those days.

Of course, then it would make it difficult to know the difference between REAL $$ and fiat currency

It’s only damning IF someone utilizes the information.

Me? I’m still not holding my breath about 300+ dead re: F&F, or 4 dead re: Benghazi (any witnesses called YET?), or...

Voting booths to be opened shortly enough and just WHERE in the GOP/RNC re: above PLUS OCare delays, Russia, IRS/EPA....Sorry, that’s just my ‘kooky’ (L)’ism coming out /s

Why, we should have NEVER repealed Prohibition, as the great number of louts, gluttons, medical expenses AND fatalities = ‘encourage large swaths of the population to sit around getting drunk and becoming economically non-productive’...

Where’s that great pic ‘It’s not fascism when WE do it!’?

Maybe, just maybe, there are those of us who are tired of the mealy-mouthed whom would rather ‘reach across the aisle’ or take 5min to answer a simple yes/no question than speak the simple truth.

He’s unfiltered and speaking from the heart. We ALL should be standing up for his Right to do so as well as defend the message instead of worrying about ‘the Party’ or the ‘how the media will portray’ (as if the latter would do anything for the benefit of the Constitutions).

We’ve got enough wadded panties in the capitals and D.C., time to pull out the wedgie and the big guns for once.

Does anybody ask these ass-clowns what the phrase ‘shall not be infringed’ means ‘to them’?

Can they elaborate on where the term ‘assault XYZ’ correlates to ‘to keep and bare arms’

I’d LOVE to hear ALL those-running-for-ANY-public-seat their logic on Rights vs. privileges (IE: requiring license)

Bingo.

I care not of his words, I care about his ACTIONS/votes. He burned that bridge right out of the gate with ol’ Chucky and the gang.

I’m sure there’s one in every crowd, but I’m reading that in their platform.

IMHO, the ‘solution’ to both IS reigning in the Federal leviathan. There is NO authority for wealth distribution and if there is no carrot, there would be WAY less illegal immigration (IE: no ‘free’ $$$ to entice).

It’s why I tend to identify as (L) or ‘Constitutionalist’; IMHO (again) ‘Convservative’ denotes no STARTING point (IE: Are we conserving 60’s America? 30’s? 20’? 1890’s?).

I expect that driven from the Left; but more and more I see if here on FR as well.

Opinions and @ssholes, eh?

That’d be almost impossible, as Rights neither require permission nor a ‘permit’; let alone there are 5 Constitutional carry States that would blow the whole logical pretzel out of the water.

I don’t care who you are, that’s funny right there

My point was with being ‘detained’ vs. ‘arrested’, not merely a traffic stop

That’s exactly what OCare is, is it not? A contract signed under duress? Still ‘Constitutional Law’

Yeah, I know. Some even here still think we’re a Constitutional Republic....

As if I had any ‘faith’ in gov’t, but I failed to see where the SEC/etc. are jumping on this kind of thing?

America doesn’t need to ‘be strong’ for the world, it needs to be strong for the Citizens of the U.S. That does not entail throwing our men/women into every damn conflict on the planet with some damn goofy RoE so that the fight can never be won.

Military does not ‘win hearts and minds’, it does not fight emotion (’War on Terror’); it is used to defend and, if needed, WIN the fights/battles and WIN peace. But should never be used on the weakest of pretense to shove the Federal leviathans nose into every country on the planet.

I’ll post the question, as I’m ignorant of the answer: In what post-conflict(s) has the U.S. pulled entirely from the region?

Hummm, how does that jive with Miranda Rights? If one has the Right to remain silent....I can see, MAYBE, if being detained vs. arrested.

Still, enough blame to go around: pedestrians thinking they’re above the Law vs. heavy handed police/police state

Unfort., no matter which phrase one begins the ‘debate’ the oligarchy will twist and skew as it needs to keep the $$ flowing.

First square: permits !- Rights.

” raise the level of his vernacular to a more understandable level people can understand.” ....I (T.N.) did not mean to use the word ‘mongrel’. What I meant was ‘lying douche-nozzle’.

IMHO: Private Citizen = Free Speech = STFU R.P/R.P. Otherwise, let Dumbo TRY to sue T.N. for libel/slander

Misleading headline....they are children of ILLEGALS born while in the U.S. They have NO ties, no Citizenry per a clear reading of the 14th.

And still NO reason (that I can think of) for the purchase of HOLLOW POINT for ‘target practice’. Guess that just wouldn’t fit the meme

It’s not JUST O’Care...it’s a symptom of gov’t interfering where it has NO authority. BIG GOV’T ‘to the rescue’ to problems it itself begins.

Get rid of the HMO/Medicare/etc. Replace the tax benefits to the CUSTOMER (instead of the employer), tort reform (loser pays, IMHO), and back to direct pay (3rd party is why nobody knows what costs what).

The ONLY caveat I would have: on NEW/original purchases. We have enough 2x/3x/4x taxation; that should end as well.

Ummm, you’re thinking too small: Constitutional carry. I mean, it’s ‘legal’ in 5 States already, right? /s

Debate should have ended with a reading of the 2nd...’shall NOT be infringed’. No need to every contemplate re: mode of transportation.

Sounds like @ least one judge needs to go buh-bye.

Shame that it took you, and some others here, 5 yrs to note (/s) that power of authority is ALWAYS abused; mostly sooner than later.

Yes, the one TRUE place where Congress has authority, but I inject one caveat that our ‘educated’ Congress can’t seem to grasp (ala 2nd A): ‘regulate’ = ‘make regular’, to standardize, NOT ‘rule over’

IE: I fear they will, again, read too much into the simple English of the Constitution to usurp ever more power and authority.

And, even if dope were ‘legalized’ here in FL, those KIDS would still be doing something ILLEGAL.

Kids sure don’t have a problem getting alcohol, smokes, etc., so what’s one more step forward from the nanny State on ADULTS if it helps ‘just one child’, right?!

IMHO, that is the one flaw...no ‘teeth’. But, I suspect, the Founders thought we’d be re-fighting for our Independence WAY before today for all the Rights and Liberty we have lost.

I guess ‘case law’ has surpassed ‘null and void’.

Congress may grant the President XYZ, but unless it follows the Constitution it’s sh!t.

Not that D.C. has followed the Constitution in some time to begin, but I guess that’s why I rarely follow ‘the law’ as it stands....

Why not? They already allow, hell PROMOTE, slavery (40%+ income taxes) vs. 4th, 5th, 13th...

What matters of a ‘little inconvenience’ of detention in the War on Poverty/Drugs/Terror/etc.... /semi-s

Only a ‘peddler’s license’?! Next they’ll make pan-handling a licensed ‘profession’

Ah, the Nanny State, where one needs permission of their betters to ‘enjoy’ employment, or run a business, or fix up their property, or....

“Republicans don’t want to repeal low-income food assistance - they’re in favor of a more limited scope for a valuable program...” even though the Fed has NO Constitutional authority to steal from the taxpayer to ‘provide’ for another.

As one had stated, not word ONE about the fraud and abuse, let alone the misnomer of the ‘Farm Bill’.

Bingo.

If he were smart he’d have ‘bartered’, or ‘suggested donation’. Use the stupid law to its extreme and shut down the nanny State at every turn possible.

ENOUGH with these ‘comprehensive’. It’s just an easy way to water down the individual parts to make the whole thing meaningless.

Pass the damn thing piece-meal, on a contingent that the next piece cannot be brought up to vote until the prior is settled upon (IE: can’t skip to ‘amnesty’ until the border bill is passed)

And here, I’d disagree w/ Friedman and yourself...NO vouchers. It should be handled the same way as college; pay as you go.

Get rid the ‘guild’ (teaching ‘certification’) and infinite property taxes (for those OUT of K-12, or those w/out children) and direct pay. Let teachers vie for students as any other profession...you do well, word of mouth/etc.; otherwise, you’re not long for the ‘profession’.

Moot point. In our Republic, where the Constitution SHOULD be the law of the land, EVERYONE (and I’ll even go w/ the whittled down 18+) would be able to carry, IF they wished. That could be administrators, custodians, teachers AND visitors...all ‘ready’ to defend and protect the little ones and each other. All at a cost of $0 to John Q. Public and the taxpayer.

There is NOTHING else that needs to be done that get gov’t OUT of the way of our Rights.

You left out those that get chained to the obligation of others: hospitals, doctors, nurses....The State does not care as it can tax.

I continue to see how folks, especially on the Left, can’t grasp that ‘compassion’ doesn’t give the ability to enslave one for the benefit of another. No ‘Right’ entails FORCE.

Believe you’re slightly mistaken: where are those that value Freedom and Liberty to look, immigrate, etc. to when we are gone?

It took how many era of Man to put down the Declaration/Virgina Rights? I do not see that happening again, if ever, after our Republic falls.

Simply what happens when you have a set of rules for one ‘class’ vs. the peasants.

Why would ANYONE care, who’s been voted into office, when they can leave and have the taxpayers pay for their golden XYZ for the rest of their lives; let alone coming out w/ a boat-load more $$ than they ever went in with (insider-trading...which, as per above, would be jail-time for you and me).

‘Meant’ and ‘absolutely stated in the law’ are two VERY much different things; the judge should be buh-bye by now.

Even the States have no cajones to stand up to the Fed. leviathan

I’ll add to yours ‘Our reps have absolutely NO BUSINESS passing any new laws until...’

Current laws are enforced and shown to work or repealed as ineffective. Right after they rein in :)

If only those that don’t take welfare in any form (EITC, WIC, etc...that includes ‘college loans’ too??)....

There’s still far too many who have a job that believe the ‘rich’ should get soaked or that the boss is trying to screw ‘em over.

Bad idea? How about, 1st, they figure where the authority comes from?

One never sees a Leftist/Socialist create a business and pay what THEY believe is the ‘fair/living’ wage.

You forgot one caveat to your ‘I can accept the idea of a “Gun-Free Zone”...’: ‘....of any PRIVATE business...’

2nd Amendment is pretty concise on who/what is NOT allowed; State AND Federal

NOT pointing out the illegality/Unconstitutional nature of any ‘law’ (let alone fighting the same) is the reason the Republic is DEAD.

What other areas of the Constitution have you the same mind-set? Abortion? Anti-gun? Welfare? ACA? They are all ‘law’, are they not?

‘Just following orders’...Yeah, I know how that works out.

Randy Weaver's wife and son were killed over 200 bucks due to Uncle Sam by another infringement of our 2nd Amendment Rights

A pittance compared to the ‘legal’ plunder and dealings of the U.S. Congress.

NP, I do it all the time :)

The F.T., which is my 90% solution (currently), does has its flaws: No need to be 22% if we followed A1S8; no ‘prebate’ (’poor’ still need to pay for services); etc.

RE: Savers (still on the F.T.): Savings would only be taxed ONCE (upon any NEW purchase...another idea I love), since there would be no double-taxing (like today) [IE: the paycheck]