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COURTED VOTES
Re: Mark Tooley’s
Thanksgiving, Obama, and the Pilgrims:
It is disappointing that, after our august men and women of the
cloth argue their case and lose in the open public forum, they
seek to go behind the closed doors of that state’s court and
disembowel the deliberative process.
It is in bad faith that opponents are attempting to defeat Prop 8
by arguing that an amendment to the constitution must be struck
down because it is “unconstitutional” according to that same
constitution. This totally ignores what amendments are all about.
A free and self-governing people must be free to make changes in
their basic laws and make binding statements on what the founding
principles mean.
To say, as some do, the people of California have no authority to
institute Prop 8 in that state’s constitution means turning their
backs on the ideal that a constitution and government derive
their authority from the governed. To uphold the reverse may be a
lot of things; but it has nothing to do with a democratic
republic.
— Mike Dooley
IS THERE A MAN AMONG YOU?
Re: Doug Bandow’s
European
Fantasies:
I completely agree with Doug Bandow’s analyses, down to the last period.
Now if he can just find three Europeans who also agree, we could have us a real revolution on our hands.
We over here will pay the price for the Eurocrats’ warm and fuzzy-noodled dreams of domination. And we will pay — one way or another.
Pity.
— A. C. Santore
SUMMING IT UP
Re: James Bowman’s review of
Happy-Go-Lucky:
“There’s nothing more resented than a good example.”
Perfect encapsulation of why some people despise Sarah Palin.
Great review, as always.
— Lee
MISSED EXTRA POINT
Re: Robert Stacy McCain’s A
Tide of Tradition:
It will be SEVEN in a row when Auburn whips Satan’s Spawn on
Saturday.
War Damn Eagle!
— Sam Alexander
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Alan Brooks| 12.1.08 @ 4:03PM
What hurts most is you brought it on yourselves, you ran a 72 year old dork for president, repeating the mistake of the 1996 election.
But we can't discuss McCain's age because PC has seeped in everywhere, we're 'ageists' if we bring the subject up.
George| 12.1.08 @ 5:31PM
27 or 72 age doesn't make a dork.
Alan Brooks| 12.1.08 @ 7:48PM
George,
I'll take a 27 year old dork over a 72 year old dork.
But you can have the 72 year old.
With my compliments.
Alan Brooks| 12.1.08 @ 7:49PM
you can't teach an old dork new tricks.
David Govett| 12.2.08 @ 12:55AM
A 72-year-old dork knows better than to turn tricks.
Daphne Kenward| 12.2.08 @ 11:42AM
World population stand at 6.7 Billion, and rising.
The demand on the planet is unsustainable. Can you imagine 6.7 Billion people lighting a fire all at the same time producing heat. They call it Global warming.
What would Obama do, to reduce this problem, i'ts the same as what McCain would have to do, follow orders from his controllers.
HOW DO YOU REDUCE THE POPULATION? IT'S SIMPLE YOU KILL PEOPLE.
How have they done it in the past? they start "WARS" get countries to fight with each other. They use chemical and biological "WAR"
They use Famine, reduce money supply so people buy less, create poverty, as people lose "JOBS" They use poverty to create crime and violence.
Poverty to creat homelessness. Reduce money supply and increase the cost of living. Anyone get the picture?. What is people going to do when they realise all these years of plenty will never come again, they become even more "LAWLESS" What is the government going to do? think about it, I'll let you into the window of the future, they will call out the National Guards on the Citizens, and they will shoot you, like wild animals, because it will be the only law, the law of the Jungle. People will be exterminated like pest, rats, and wild animals, the rest of the world will watch in dismay, but it's coming to them too. We will see diseases we only read about in history books un-leached on the people the micro- and biological WMD that has been confined to Labs around the world, will become real, and you as a people will not even know it's your own government that is killing you.
Tejas Forever| 12.2.08 @ 1:10PM
My Daphne, I think your tin foil hat is covering your eyes...
Read Revelations lately?
Appleby| 12.2.08 @ 2:10PM
To Sam Alexander:
THIRTY SIX TO NOTHING! And the slow-mo showed holes in the Auburn D-line you could have druv the entire 40 car NA$CAR field through with time for A.J. Allmendinger to spin out half the field.
ROLL TIDE! ON TO FLORIDA AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP!
ruth| 12.3.08 @ 12:16AM
Daphne, have you heard of abortion? 1,000,000 babies a year in the USA alone and counting.
burt| 12.3.08 @ 5:00PM
John McCain was a dork when he was 27 years old.
ruth| 12.3.08 @ 7:29PM
Yeah, McCain was a dork in that Hanoi prison camp. Idiot.
Ms. Know| 12.6.08 @ 9:24PM
There is no help that the left-wing illuminati can bring. Because they're not ready to lead, or ready to make these important decision without enlisting help.