Posted on 10/23/2001 8:48:28 AM PDT by sendtoscott
LOL LOL LOL
LOL..I have never asked you about your personal life..But I would say it may be true on FR *grin*
I've been telling people that America as a Constitutional Republic finally succumbed on Sept. 11, when it was replaced by what will eventually be known as Imperial America.
Sad thing is, I don't see any way around it. Our Constitution, weakened and ignored from a long train of abuses dealt out by tyrants like Lincoln and FDR, just couldn't support us any longer. We are left in a position of grasping the new order and thereby defeating terrorism, or simply expiring with a whimper.
America, 1776-2001. Requiescat in pace.
Yeah I get the drift, but seems to me it's more like a rip-tide. I've been telling people that America as a Constitutional Republic finally succumbed on Sept. 11, when it was replaced by what will eventually be known as Imperial America.
Sad thing is, I don't see any way around it. Our Constitution, weakened and ignored from a long train of abuses dealt out by tyrants like Lincoln and FDR, just couldn't support us any longer. We are left in a position of grasping the new order and thereby defeating terrorism, or simply expiring with a whimper.
America, 1776-2001. Requiescat in pace.
I hope you are wrong but I fear not..
I'll just jump in here, having seen enough of your posts. Jerry can walk with me any day and I'd trust him with my life. Your understanding of Natural Rights and the Constitution show me you need to get a better education. Oh, just for my info, where did my Right to KABA come from (Keep and Bear Arms)?
Remember, God helps those, who help themselves. Start helping yourself out. A mind is a terrible thing to waste. From reading your blatherings, you've been wasting your mind for far too long.
No doubt! Please start using yours:
For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel: "In returning and rest shall ye be saved, in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength; but ye would not.Seems like God knows better than Reagan Man and seems like our Founding Fathers knew better than Reagan Man.For since the beginning of the world men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, besides thee, what He hath prepared for him that waiteth for Him.
>>>>Seems like God knows better than Reagan Man and seems like our Founding Fathers knew better than Reagan Man.
I believe God knows better then all of us combined and the Founding Fathers knew better then most of us.
>>>>Your understanding of Natural Rights and the Constitution show me you need to get a better education.
You know thats just your opinion and nothing more, right? Of course you do.
Look CCWoody, I am not a libertarian, a druggie, a religious extremist, an anarchist, nor do I support such radical positions, or respect them. But I fully understand the idea of natural rights, which come from the nature of man and the world. Because of mankind's barbaric and corrupt nature, individuals have the right to defend themselves and their property. Basic law is derived from this right and not from the arbitrary power of the omnipotent state.
As for the Constitution, I respect it for the great historical and governing document that it is. But I don't consider it holy scripture, as many on Free Republic do. The basic principles of its content can be found in the overall simplicity that continues to guide this nation. It truly represents the best form for limited government that mankind has ever created in history.
It would appear you and Jerry_M have many things in common. You're both sanctimonious, condescending, covered with self-righteous indignation and abundant amounts of self-conscious virtue. Birds of a feather flock together. You two deserve each other. Two egocentric creatures bound together by a holier then thou mindset and an eternal love for themselves and their rhetorical opinions.
Thank God, you're kind is in the ultra minority in America today.
Nuff said.
(... coming down to your intellectual level...) No. Make me. Your rhetoric is just pure commie pinko sandbox ranting. Move to China if you can't abide by the supreme law of the land.
It would appear you and Jerry_M have many things in common.
Jerry, I consider this a compliment. Even though you are my elder in the Faith by a few years it is nice to see that even nitwits can recognize this.
Even though "Reagan Man" sees that we have much in common, doesn't it disturb you that telling the truth about a very important issue (the source of rights) would be considered "sanctimonious, condescending, covered with self-righteous indignation and abundant amounts of self-conscious virtue"?
(And doesn't it trouble you even more that one who would seek to honor Ronald Reagon would be so clueless on this topic?)
Tell me, O Reagan Man, what does this mean? I notice that a lot of questions get asked and you answer few of them!
Jerry, I don't worry about the caliber of the gun that the guy with me carries; I worry about the caliber of person strapped to that gun. Besides, I bet yer 6 shooter hits better in yer hands than my 1911 style in mine. (But I'm getting better)
Not only a compliment, but a Commandment from God!
Property rights are an extension of an individual's rights.
A man's right to defend himself precedes the necessity for property right's. The right to defend yourself is fundamental to the right of survival.
---max
Reagan Man is the kind of less-than-thoughtful conservative we don't need.
Some of us see them as God given rights..what man gives man can take away..what God gives is a right not a privilege and only He can take it away..I believe that is why our forefathers said that we have unalienable rights
Some, maybe, on selected political threads. Not much, though.
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