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1 posted on 06/25/2012 12:50:05 PM PDT by jazusamo
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2 posted on 06/25/2012 12:58:10 PM PDT by jazusamo ("Intellect is not wisdom" -- Thomas Sowell)
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Just FYI: The term ‘social justice’ was coined and propounded from within the Catholic Church.


3 posted on 06/25/2012 1:00:32 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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Thank you for the usual dose of wisdom from Dr. Sowell. Today's declarations from the current President and his Attorney General regarding Arizona bear the scrutiny of all who value the word "justice," especially as it pertains to the term "Justice Department." The oath of office is a sacred one which requires an equally sacred duty.

The Constitution remains the supreme law of the land. That Constitution prescribes the only method of amendment of its limitations on our representatives in government and its protections for the individual lives, liberty, rights (including property rights) of its "only KEEPERS" (Justice Story), "We, the People."

At this point, and until further amended by "the People," that Constitution disallows the Executive Branch of the government any power arbitrarily to change its provisions, protections, and limitations on that Branch's duty to uphold its laws.

It is time for each citizen to study the the documents of their liberty by searching out for themselves the original speeches and writings of those who framed, debated and ratified that Constitution.

The explanations of the Constitution contained in the 85 essays of THE FEDERALIST were designed for newspapers to be read by upstate New York farmers. Surely, they would be enlightening for today's citizens as they approach the most important election season in the nation's history.

9 posted on 06/25/2012 1:39:21 PM PDT by loveliberty2
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a study of black adults with high IQs found that they described their childhoods as "extremely unhappy" more often than other black adults did

Theodore Dalrymple reports the same about intelligent people (mostly white, sometimes Indian) in the slums of England. Their culture, including their schools, has no place for a person who wants to learn.

A smart, poor boy like Richard Feynman, from a culture that valued intellectual achievement, in a school system that rewarded ability with more challenging work, became a great physicist. A smart, poor boy in an anti-intellectual culture, with schools that pour resources onto the least able and the least motivated, is likely to turn criminal or deeply depressed.

12 posted on 06/25/2012 6:51:52 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Spinach at every meal.)
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