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To: Oberon
"length of our toenails"

Only if the length of our toenails had a substantial effect on the commerce that Congress was constitutionally regulating. Can you please give me an example of where that might happen?

I didn't think so. Thank you for playing. We have some wonderful parting gifts for you.

33 posted on 08/21/2007 11:52:32 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen; tpaine
See? He's nothing if not consistent.

rp, thankfully I can't think of an instance where the government might have a legitimate interest in regulating the length of our toenails. That's why I used it as an example...it's called hyperbole...exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis.

Many people here at FR use it without realizing it.

34 posted on 08/21/2007 12:15:15 PM PDT by Oberon (What does it take to make government shrink?)
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