Posted on 01/24/2009 6:08:03 AM PST by PJ-Comix
That's a mighty big seat to fill.
RACIST!
Flayed Paterson.
RACIST!
SEXIST!
Even a blind squirrel finds a blue dog once in a while.
(S)he's right, you know.
My version:
An armed populace being necessary to the security both of the individual and of the nation, the personal right of the citizen to own and carry weapons, along with everything necessary to facilitate their use, shall not be regulated or taxed. Any attempt to do so shall constitute treason, a hanging offense.
That last bit is the "teeth" I think should have been written into the BoR at the beginning. As it stands, if your "law" is declared unconstitutional (see "Heller") you get to go home and take another shot (pun intended) at it. With built-in teeth, if you write or vote for in congress or sign a bill, and the result s declared unconstitutional, you could be hanged. Might make "lawmakers" a little bit more careful about doing it.
Sorry for the threadjack, PJ. I got on a roll. Still going to hit the "post" button, tho.
SIGHTIST!
You're probably right. No let me correct that statement, your ARE right.
Many years ago as a child I lived in a small town in center/west NY state where hunting is, or was then, a very popular sport. It's a fairly conservative area of the state on most issues compared to eastern NY, or at least it was way back then, and a pro-2nd Amendment DemoRat should be quite popular there.
But now that Ms Gillibrand will hold a statewide office in which she will need the ultra-liberal NYC metro area votes in order to win the DemoRat Senate primary she will no doubt get in step with Shmucky's totally anti-2nd Amendment stance and the rest of his leftist/authoritarian domestic agenda.
Ayup. If I weren't already taken or a Dem (they don't care if they're taken), I'd hit it.
That's because DemoRats are a lower form of humanoid life similar to true humans except for their deficiency in typically human traits such as an advanced mental capacity and a strong love for liberty and moral absolutes. The proposition that they do possess souls is still no more than unproven theory, and not enough evidence supporting that highly questionable theory has yet been presented to decide the matter one way or the other.
Stay tuned, investigators are still uncovering human-like physical characteristics in some psuedo-Christian Chicago ministers that may possibly give credence to the theory that a formerly unknown class of humanoid lifeform is alive and thriving in certain areas of that city.
You can only say that because Hillary, the most perfect example of feminine pulchritude ever to be seated in the Senate, is no longer there.
Actually, Hillary was seated in the Senate lounge after it was discovered that the chairs in the Senate chamber are not wide enough to accommodate her posterior. The mean-spirited rumor that a small industrial fork lift was kept ready to transport her to the Senate floor in order for her to vote has not yet been put to rest, but I am confident that it soon will be.
To keep a long-term majority any party needs it’s *INOs, but there isn’t any more reason to have a DINO in NY than there is to have a RINO in South Carolina. Unfortunately, things get screwed up and turn out that way.
I can deal with RINOs in blue states, but when you’re from a solidly red state, it is inexcusable and can often result in political death at the ballot box.
Bingo.
[wiping off monitor]
I love the posts pointing out that Carolyn McCarthy is a DINO who didn’t bother changing her Republican registration when she took up the Democrat Flag Of Convenience to wage her hysterical war on Eeeevil Guns.
Turns out we were both a little off. The Republicans gained majorities in both houses for the 80th Congress (1947-49) and the 83rd Congress (1953-55). In each case they lost those majorities after two years. Except for those two brief periods, the Democrats did hold the House of Reps for the whole time period you cite, and the Senate for the same period, minus the first six years of the Reagan administration.
While I enjoy the libDem meltdown, I’m afraid they won’t be disappointed for long.
Gillibrand is EXTREMELY pro-”choice,” and according to a political analyst, was pro guns only because she wanted to win an election in a conservative district.
Don't you know, the sight-impaired see with their hands.... ; P
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