I came back with a clever new name, and all I got was this lousy ZOT!!!

[NoSoFreeRepublic]

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[B4Ranch]

Probably didn't like looking at the facts or had no idea how to reply without admitting error.

[Darksheare]

I've been wrong often enough.
*chuckle*
Makes me joke about how I'm a bad idea magnet.

On an unrelated note, check out post 157, and that poster's signup date... then check out their post history.
This thread did a two-fer one zot already.
Is it possible it'll go for three?

[floriduh voter]

I feel sexually harassed by #34. May I have your address for the lawsuit I will be filing against you? John Edwards Law Firm will be representing me.

[BobS]

So you are a victim? Normal men take their lumps and move to greener pastures with added intelligence. Don't whine. Just go.

[floriduh voter]

Gee. Don't tell me I needed to put a sarcasm tag on my post. Visit my web site sometime. I HAVE THE BEST COLLECTION OF ANTI-KERRY SITES AROUND.

[B4Ranch]

I went a lookin and here's a bit of what I found. Not a heavy poster by any means. Possibly had an illness that shut things down for while. Who knows, that's too personal for me to ask.

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a213ee965c5.htm#94

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a620925.htm

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a0ba0556772.htm#41

[Darksheare]

Ahh.
Understood.
Thanks.

[Ichneumon]

[Brian Allen]

<< Brian, I think you should take note that you are the one and only reply to http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1199178/posts?page=44#44 . >>

I wonder if that's because I have had to work harder than most to earn the privilege of being American -- and continue to work even harder than that to hold on to the privilege?

I'm spoiled, you see.

Never got to take my being [A hyphenated] American -- an AMERICAN-American, that is -- for granted -- nor as a right.

Blessings -- Brian

[.cnI redruM]

Hold still, calm down, I'll send for the nearest WAHHHMBULANCE!

[Constitution Day]

Please show me where I was either a) bashing Christians or b) saying that my comment represented the thinking of FR.

Otherwise, I feel I should recommend these fine reading comprehension worksheets.

[YourAdHere]

I just like posting on ZOT threads.

[demnomo]

I just like reading on ZOT threads,

(OK, I've been known to ZOT a few trolls once in a while, too.)

ZOT's a lot o fun.

[Clinging Bitterly]

http://projectboil.pixel10.co.uk/posting/Posting.html

[Kitty Mittens]

Where is the "serious discussion" and thought?

The serious discussion is this: Discussing how to get my President re-elected, and how to keep Freakin' Kerry out of the White House! I'm also getting just a little tired of trolls pretending there's something wrong with being a Loyal Republican!

[Caoilfhionn]

The way our government was constructed, the Presidential race isn't really that important. As long as Congress and the Judicial Branch do their jobs. That is why we must have people in those branches who know and understand the constitution, and actually support it. Otherwise, the lines between them will continue to get further blurred and confused.

I understand what you're saying. Republicans aren't necessarily all Conservatives. There are plenty of pro-abortionist, pro-gay, pro -every other lib cause-people within the Republican party.

[Caoilfhionn]

Because of the control the power elite now exerts over presidential politics, it is not realistic to expect that, at this time, a genuine conservative can be elected president. Of course, if the office of the presidency were as powerful as the Establishment opinion molders would like us to believe, we would have no choice but to try, no matter how hopeless the odds. But, fortunately, that is not the case. Under the Constitution, the Congress is much more powerful than the presidency. The Congress, for instance, possesses all legislative powers, which means that the president possesses none. The Congress, not the president, also possesses the power to declare war.

Regarding the war-making powers, Alexander Hamilton put presidential powers in perspective when he wrote in The Federalist, No. 69: "The President is to be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States. In this respect his authority would be nominally the same with that of the king of Great Britain, but in substance much inferior to it. It would amount to nothing more than the supreme command and direction of the military and naval forces, as first general and admiral of the Confederacy; while that of the British king extends to the declaring of war and to the raising and regulating of fleets and armies — all which, by the Constitution … would appertain to the legislature." (Emphasis in original.)

It is true that presidents, including the current one, have usurped powers including the war-making power, but Congress can rein in a rogue president by asserting its constitutional powers, including impeachment if necessary. That is, a constitutionalist Congress could begin restoring good government even if a bad president occupied the White House. But the inverse is not true: A constitutionalist president would not be able to do much good without a constitutionalist Congress to enact his legislative agenda.

Yet the national media focuses on presidential races to the extent that it could actually cause many to believe, falsely, that the presidency is the federal government, when in fact it is one of three branches. Congressman Samuel Pettengill, in his 1940 book Smoke-Screen, made an observation that could not be more apt if written today: "At the present time the attention of the nation is largely and somewhat hysterically centered upon the question of who will be nominated and elected President of the United States.... But the nomination and election of a President is not going to pay the national debt. It is not automatically going to cure unemployment either of idle dollars or idle men. It is not going to balance the budget."

"Any man who is President of the United States by virtue of his commanding position may greatly aid in these matters," Pettengill acknowledged, "but he cannot accomplish them. If legislation is wise there is a good chance it will be wisely administered, but if the legislation is bad, even the best administration cannot cure the evil." Pettengill recognized that the notion that the president should fix problems properly belonging in the domain of Congress is itself part of the problem. During the 1930s, Congressman Pettengill fought Franklin D. Roosevelt’s "New Deal" socialism as a member of FDR’s own party. In his 1940 book, he recommended that Americans focus on Congress and elect good candidates regardless of their party affiliations.

[Jeff Gordon]

[tuckrdout]

Since you are sometimes a "nut" I am sure you know all about this:

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/nut/

[Mrs Zip]

Step outside of those boundaries however, and you will be slammed on this forum. That has been my experience at least.

I've stepped way outside of your "boundaries" many times and have been (intelligently) asked for sources or reasons for my comments BUT NEVER SLAMMED. Could it be that you went into your DU mode and ticked a few people off?