| Point / Counterpoint // or, saying the same thing...? The Constitution makes it abundantly clear that the PRIMARY role of a President is to protect the country. That is the reason he is made commander-in-chief and the reason, other than declaring war which is reserved for Congress, why the Constitution provides wide latitude to the office of President toward the military and for handling foreign affairs. Every other duty of the President is subservient to that role as defender of our nation and its people. I believe he does not respect the Constitution and recognize truly what role the office is given by it.
(excerpts, from ...(The Constitution says main duty of POTUS) - FR 1-22-09: by bestintxas)
To: bestintxas The President’s role is to protect and defend the Constitution. Not to create a nanny state and take away my rights. If it’s the role of gov’t to keep us safe then throw away the ideas of driving, having guns, raising kids and playing football. It is my job to keep myself safe and exercise my rights. We shall see what happens in the future, but being ‘safe’ is not a right. 3 - FR 1-22-09: by BGHater (Tyranny is always better organised than freedom)
To: BGHater My interpretation is that the Constitution spells out the Government's role to keep Americans safe from foreign entities and secondly to keep Americans safe from an intrusive federal Government. As a country, we are failing on the latter and let’s all hope we don’t on the former, or we are lost forever. 6 - FR 1-22-09: by bestintxas (It's great in Texas)
On This Day, We Remember
redstate.com ^ | 1/22/2009 | Leon H. Wolf
The primary function of any just government is to prevent and punish the taking of innocent human life. To but state the proposition is to prove it. Nevertheless, 36 years ago today, in the tradition of Scott v. Sanford, the Supreme Court of the United States took it upon themselves to declare that a certain class of humans were not really humans at all. In Dred Scott, the Supreme Court declared that certain humans were not humans and therefore could be enslaved. In Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court declared that certain humans were not humans and therefore not entitled to have government prevent or punish their unjust killing. Worse, that the government was constitutionally prevented from preventing or punishing their unjust killing.
Take a stand, even if you never have before. Pray, grieve for the lost children, find something to do to help. 1 posted on Thursday, January 22, 2009 12:09:19 PM by daylilly
Has the Pro-Life Movement Failed? Not By a Long Shot, Ask an Abortion Doctor - Life News ^ | 1/22/09
There is one undeniable truth that Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton couldn’t change. Where babies come from. 5 posted on Thursday, January 22, 2009 11:55:46 AM by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey) (frgg-modified)
This is one of the most uplifting commentaries on this subject that I've ever read. And following CatholicVote.com's new ad,
I'm feeling pretty good about things, Obama notwithstanding.
Check out the 41-second ad at: http://www.catholicvote.com/ . 11 - FR 1-22-09: by AbeLincoln
41-second ***MUST SEE***!
cp (cv) - This is the greatest video ever.
Emmy Dardick (cv) - That is a stroke of genius! Thanks for making that ad. Bravo!
(( If your computer is video challenged, video is an ultra-sound as image increases in size, with the text: "This child's future is a broken home || he will be abandoned by his father || his single mother will struggle to raise him || despite the hardships he will endure || this child || will become || The First African American President || Life Imagine the Potential - tm = CatholicVote.com
Link to best pro-life message I’ve ever seen: Life: An Inalienable Right - 1/11/2009 What would you consider to be your most fundamental right? Our Declaration of Independence says... (12 minutes long, but, well worth the time) Dr. D. James Kennedy - Coral Ridge Ministries, FL - (Media Library) http://www.coralridge.org/medialibrary/default.aspx?mediaID=CRH0902_S 22 - FR 1-22-09: by NellieMae (Here...... common sense,common sense,common sense,where'd ya go... common sense......) (frgg-modified)
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