N.C. Wins Back 1789 Copy of Bill of Rights

AP ^ | 08/04/05 | EMERY P. DALESIO

[IMRight]

About time!

[Hexenhammer]

First stolen in from North Carolina, now stolen from Pratt and Matthews.

[csmusaret]

Who the hell is Tony Rand?

[warsaw44]

This case makes no sense in so many ways. I have followed it for as long as its been going around. So much of the antiques business is dealing in goods which were stolen at one point in time. The greatest upheaval of possessions takes place during war and such items are scattered to the ' four corners '. They usually end up in an antiques shop or auction house at some point. So are all of these goods considered stolen property which must be returned even well after 100 years? I strongly suspect a great deal of property which belonged to Southern states was stolen during the Civil War.
Really a very odd story.

[TaxRelief]

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[GOPRaleigh]

I just wish Gov. Easley and our legislators would read the Bill of Rights! Asking them to follow it would be too much to ask for!

[GOPRaleigh]

A crooked state senator from Cumberland County. I would respect sleaze before Rand..

[mtbopfuyn]

Damned Yankees!

[csmusaret]

I have lived in NC 4 years and the only State Legislators I know are Black, Basnight, and Pittenger. I have never lived in a place where the local media pay so little attention to State Government.

[GOPRaleigh]

I like Pittenger - good conservative. Rep. John Rhodes is a good conservative as well. They are few and far between in the General Assembly.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

lol...ok, when do i get to see it around the Raleigh area for myself... that is all i want to know.

[csmusaret]

There is one more but his name escapes me. Big time RINO.

[El Gato]

An original copy of the Bill of Rights that was given to North Carolina by George Washington back in 1789 was returned to the state

How many commas does it have in the second amendment (or the fourth if this copy contains the two amendments not ratified)

[billbears]

Asking them to follow it would be too much to ask for!

Why would you ask our state government to follow a Bill of Rights that was intended to apply to the federal government only

[Spirited]

Lots walked north on Yankee boots. I wonder whether only State governments can claim stuff back.

[Lee'sGhost]

"Boyle determined the document should return to the possession of the person or entity who owned it before the government's sting operation."

Hmmmm . . . The people who owned it (North Carolinians) lost it during a "sting" operation (the War of Northern Agression).

[Lee'sGhost]

"I have never lived in a place where the local media pay so little attention to State Government."

That's because the state's media are almost all libs and the dims control state government, ergo, no real media coverage. There's plenty of dirt out there would any one care to cover it, but they would be hurting their own.

[sheltonmac]

Why would you ask our state government to follow a Bill of Rights that was intended to apply to the federal government only

Exactly.

[Wolfie]

All that fuss over the document, when the ideals it represented have been completely trashed.