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To: billbears
Yes you do.

I do? Well, then, since you seem to know more about what the Constitution says than I do, would you be willing to make that same argument, to, say, Ann Coulter? No? Maybe it's because you are just talking out of your ass, reading things into a document that do not exist, much like the so-called "right to privacy" and "separation of church and state."

Are you even a conservative? Because you sure as hell are not acting like one.

75 posted on 07/06/2005 1:46:09 PM PDT by Houmatt (Where can I get a T-shirt with Karla Homolka and a superimposed bullseye on it?)
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To: Houmatt
billbears was absolutely correct when he said "Stop looking at the Constitution as a list of rights. It was only intended as a document stating the limitations of the federal government".

The Constitution is not now and has never been a list of rights. Just because you don't see a right listed in the Constitution doesn't mean that it isn't a right.

If you don't believe me, perhaps you'll believe the Founders? They made their position quite clear:

Amendment IX
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

One would think that would be clear enough. Go figure.

79 posted on 07/06/2005 1:55:12 PM PDT by highball ("I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." -- Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Houmatt
Well, then, since you seem to know more about what the Constitution says than I do, would you be willing to make that same argument, to, say, Ann Coulter?

Yes, as a matter of fact I would have no problem carrying on this discussion with the stick lady. Although I do tire of Republican mantras.

Maybe it's because you are just talking out of your ass, reading things into a document that do not exist, much like the so-called "right to privacy" and "separation of church and state."

??!?! Didn't mention right to privacy or separation of church and state as neither are addressed in the Constitution. What is addressed in the Constitution and the intent (as evidenced by Madison's statement in #45) is the power and purview of the separate and sovereign states. Trying to change the subject?

Are you even a conservative? Because you sure as hell are not acting like one.

No, I'm not a Republican. Big difference

86 posted on 07/06/2005 2:05:42 PM PDT by billbears (Deo Vindice)
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