tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33073529.post7199642837664241575..comments2023-12-22T02:25:00.414-06:00Comments on A Keyboard and a .45: I Would Like to Propose an AmendmentJohn Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09376217483411918789noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33073529.post-10932830725614905692008-10-26T15:51:00.000-05:002008-10-26T15:51:00.000-05:00Altogether too many of our elected and appointed o...Altogether too many of our elected and appointed officials who take an oath of office look at that oath as merely a formality or the occasion of a photo-op for the media.<BR/><BR/>Once the oath is mumbled and the right hand comes down to sign the affidavit (suitable for framing) form, the memory of the contents of the oath usually fades before the ink is dry.<BR/><BR/>I was an alderman on the city council of my hometown for a two year term. I printed a copy of my oath of office and laid it on the table in front of me at each council meeting as a reminder of why I was sitting at the table. Needless to say, I became unpopular with my fellow alderpersons in short order when the meeting agendas included items that tended to cross the line of constitutionality.<BR/><BR/>City councils, county commissioners courts, state legislatures, and the united States Congress as well as all the bureaus and agencies appointed by any of the above are in the business of controlling the actions and limiting the freedoms of “we the People” who live within their jurisdictions and they do it with our money. We are hanged by the rope made from the hemp we grow. And, the Constitution as well as the oath to protect the Constitution is seen as nothing more, respectively, than “just a damn piece of paper” and a waste of breath.W W Woodwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13326046112820327760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33073529.post-8648680363127639172008-10-22T20:57:00.000-05:002008-10-22T20:57:00.000-05:00While I admire the concept, I think that you are e...While I admire the concept, I think that you are expecting the inmates to run the prison.<BR/><BR/>I like the assassin suggestion, but am afraid that it would quickly turn into a modern day Praetorian Guard.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure what the answer is, but I think it involves people getting off their butts. <BR/><BR/>This site always makes me think, thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33073529.post-61943019128390722372008-10-21T19:11:00.000-05:002008-10-21T19:11:00.000-05:00SCOTUS interpretations of the 14th Amendment would...SCOTUS interpretations of the 14th Amendment would nullify State nullification (remember what I said about the home team coaching staff officiating for the game?). I prefer secession. The American Colonies seceded from England. Mexico seceded from Spain. Texas seceded from Mexico. Texas later joined the U.S. and then seceded from the U.S. With all that history, SCOTUS, with seven Lincoln appointees sitting, decided that Texas secession from the Union (White v. Texas, 1865) was illegal. Something B. Smith said is applicable here...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33073529.post-68315762527100245352008-10-21T17:20:00.000-05:002008-10-21T17:20:00.000-05:00Jefferson and Madison had it right: state nullific...Jefferson and Madison had it right: state nullification needs to return.<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullification_(U.S._Constitution)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33073529.post-46799991239151771702008-10-21T04:53:00.000-05:002008-10-21T04:53:00.000-05:00I second that!An excellent proposal.I second that!<BR/><BR/>An excellent proposal.Turk Turonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02648721047835980871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33073529.post-45815472731636689432008-10-21T01:31:00.000-05:002008-10-21T01:31:00.000-05:00eh.If they can ignore the Constitution they swore ...eh.<BR/>If they can ignore the Constitution they swore to 'uphold and defend', then I can ignore their silly laws that contravene it. It only matters if you care about being called a criminal, I guess. Consider the source.B Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11820065559822788663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33073529.post-61006981959172792422008-10-20T23:12:00.000-05:002008-10-20T23:12:00.000-05:00I tell you what, the more I read of Mr. Wickham, t...I tell you what, the more I read of Mr. Wickham, the more I like him...the pistolerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921719381072311001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33073529.post-17990558450374928462008-10-20T23:06:00.000-05:002008-10-20T23:06:00.000-05:00JR,The fourth branch of the .gov is "We the People...JR,<BR/><BR/>The fourth branch of the .gov is "We the People."<BR/><BR/>"But when a long train of abuses and usurpations,...,evinces a design to reduce (the people) under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government..."<BR/>U.S. Declaration of Independence<BR/><BR/>We don't have to assassinate (well maybe...) or overthrow someone else's government, but we must be prepared to throw one off our backs when it becomes too "heavy."<BR/><BR/>Since we all have the right to be equally armed, we keep each other in check (an imbalance is usually caused by government intervention anyway).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33073529.post-34183771032580756292008-10-20T21:19:00.000-05:002008-10-20T21:19:00.000-05:00I think we would be better served by a fourth bran...I think we would be better served by a fourth branch of the .gov, the assassins.<BR/><BR/>If any member of the other three branches of government exceeds their Constitutional authority, or encroaches upon liberty with an excess of red tape or bureaucracy, they are assassinated by the fourth branch.<BR/><BR/>Only problem is determining who keeps the fourth branch in line.John Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09376217483411918789noreply@blogger.com