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 Reply by Mangus Colorado, Moderator on October 2, 2012 at 12:26pm
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 'Twas the  night before elections
And all  through the town
Tempers were  flaring
Emotions all  up and down!
I, in my  bathrobe
With a cat in  my lap
Had cut off  the TV
Tired of  political crap.
When all of a  sudden
There arose  such a noise
I peered out  of my window
Saw Obama and  his boys
They had come  for my wallet
They wanted my  pay
To give to the  others
Who had not  worked a day!
He snatched up  my money
And quick as a  wink
Jumped back on  his bandwagon
As I gagged  from the stink
He then  rallied his henchmen
Who were  pulling his cart
I could tell  they were out
To tear my  country apart!
'On Fannie, on  Freddie, 
On Biden and  Ayers!
On Acorn, On  Pelosi'
He screamed at  the pairs!
They took off  for his cause
And as he flew  out of sight
I heard him  laugh at the nation
Who wouldn't  stand up and fight!
So I leave you  to think
On this one  final note-
IF YOU DON'T  WANT SOCIALISM
GET OUT AND  VOTE!!

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Permalink Reply by lisa kit on October 3, 2012 at 11:29am
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How is freedom of speech effective in any way, when the general public is brainwashed by the MSM who practically control all speech that is heard?
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James Madison: putting principle over pragmatism

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Posted by Mike Maharrey
The campaign season is on!
That means over the next few weeks, candidates for federal office will spend millions of dollars trying to convince you that their particular slate of programs will “turn the country around.” They’ll propose job creation programs, health care programs and programs to help balding men grow hair.
And boy, will we argue. We’ll argue about the cost of the proposed programs. We’ll argue about the feasibility of the proposed programs. We’ll argue about the fairness of the proposed programs.
But seldom will you ever hear anybody stop and ask, “Hey, does the federal government actually have the constitutional authority to implement this?”
Believe it or not, that used to matter.
In fact, it used to stand as the most important question. Because no matter how good the idea is, and no matter how great the program might turn out to be, if the federal government lacks the power to implement it, it should never see the light of day.
In his last act as president, James Madison vetoed a bill that funded programs he favored. In fact, they were programs he lobbied for. The legislation was a public works bill that would have provided money for federal road and canal construction. Even though Madison believed strongly that the federal government should involve itself in improving the transportation system, he vetoed the bill, arguing that the people must first amend the Constitution to grant the federal government the power to implement such programs.
I am not unaware of the great importance of roads and canals and the improved navigation of water courses, and that a power in the National Legislature to provide for them might be exercised with signal advantage to the general prosperity. But seeing that such a power is not expressly given by the Constitution, and believing that it can not be deduced from any part of it without an inadmissible latitude of construction and reliance on insufficient precedents; believing also that the permanent success of the Constitution depends on a definite partition of powers between the General and the State Governments, and that no adequate landmarks would be left by the constructive extension of the powers of Congress as proposed in the bill, I have no option but to withhold my signature from it, and to cherishing the hope that its beneficial objects may be attained by a resort for the necessary powers to the same wisdom and virtue in the nation which established the Constitution in its actual form and providently marked out in the instrument itself a safe and practicable mode of improving it as experience might suggest.
How far we have fallen. Today we simply push forward with a program because we decide “that’s a good idea.” And when somebody actually stands up and challenges the constitutionality of an action, they get mocked by the likes of Nancy Pelosi.
““Are you serious? Are you serious?”
Yes, Nancy, I am.
We have allowed pragmatism overwhelm our most basic constitutional principles. We’ve traded America’s soul for a bunch of over-hyped, overpriced, feckless federal programs.
When we hear these politicians promising us the world, it’s time to start asking them the most important question: is your program constitutional?
If it’s not – reject it.
Michael Maharrey [send him email] is the Communications Director for the Tenth Amendment Center. He proudly resides in the original home of the Principles of '98 - Kentucky. See his blog archive here and his article archive here. He also maintains the blog, Tenther Gleanings.
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Permalink Reply by Mangus Colorado, Moderator on October 14, 2012 at 2:38pm
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Minorities live in ghettos and ghettos live in DEMOCRAT BIG CITIES that they have governed for 100 plus years. This is why you see all the complaints about class size, home life, single parents, dumb kids, lazy kids - well I call BS - I went to Catholic school 50 plus kids from poor to rich families in each class and we learned or it was stay after school and do more work - after all the Nun lived there.
Teacher work less hours and less days per year than any other profession yet they complain they can not get the job done then quit . . if enough quit the system will collapse and then can be rebuilt in the private and religious side of education. Enough of my harsh view but I have fought with Federal, State and local school rules and I won every time as I used the Federal law and the State law and the use of marked money - it was no contest. They ran like quail and scattered to hide from exposure.
Permalink Reply by lisa kit on October 15, 2012 at 9:19am
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So Mc Cain did do some research after all !?!
Permalink Reply by Mangus Colorado, Moderator on October 15, 2012 at 2:58pm
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LK,
interesting read . . thank you for the link - I don't see much that has not been rung out  . . he is 100% better than Obama = the nation will not survive 4 more years of BHO and Harry Reid . . .
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