Posted on 11/19/2009 11:17:52 AM PST by wzevonfan
I know who the senators from South Dakota are. If Johnson were representing his state, he would vote no.
That sounds right. Taking up the power to force individuals to purchase a product or participate in any endeavor, at least to me, constitutes OWNERSHIP of the individual. Especially if fines and/or incarceration ensue. Otherwise, the individual may simply say, no thanks. It says that the federal government has absolute authority over the individual person, i.e., the total revocation of liberty.
So, clearly it creates a relationship of servitude between the citizen and the government.
What is “scary” is that the US Constitution does not seem to matter in ANY case.
Violations all around us and nothing. Congress, the President, the courts don’t care.
We’ve said all along that this is a game changer - fundamentally altering the relationship of the State and the People.
I thought the (D) behind their names indicated they were half brain-dead to start.
When my daughter was learning to drive, I told her if she saw a car with a Gore bumper sticker, she should give them plenty of room, because they obviously had bad judgment. Half brain-dead sheep with bad judgment.
Some of them don't even pretend to honor the Constitution. Clyburn (house majority whip) says they don't worry about what is Constitutional -- they just vote and let the courts sort it out.
They defend Constitutional rights zealously, in the case of foreign Islamic terrorists. For US citizens, not so much.
I doubt that the two Virginia senators (Warner and Webb) will be that easy to persuade. Neither one is up for election any time soon (unfortunately)!
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