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2nd Term Part XI; Year 8, Part 1... Electioneering and Lame Ducking
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FlagDUDE08
Banned
Re: 2nd Term Part XI; Year 8, Part 1... Electioneering and Lame Ducking
Kepler, if you know anything about history, heck even the Aristotle that you referenced, you should know that the NWO is using "majority rule", i.e. democracy, to their advantage. Find some charismatic guy, perhaps with a government-fabricated "chip on the shoulder" or two (an unfounded prison sentence, maybe a different race or gender, etc.) to gain some sympathy, get him to loudly promise the world to a distraught mob, and then use him to push the agenda. There's a reason the Founding Fathers never fully trusted the crowd, and I'm sure they learned some lessons when the Articles of Confederation were in place, too.
It doesn't matter what advances, "universal educations" or "equal rights" you have in place. Humans are imperfect, and the human mind, especially collective minds, is flawed, and can be very easily manipulated, and that is without regard to any Constitutionally protected classification when it comes to suffrage.
Kepler on the last thread said:
Kepler, if you know anything about history, heck even the Aristotle that you referenced, you should know that the NWO is using "majority rule", i.e. democracy, to their advantage. Find some charismatic guy, perhaps with a government-fabricated "chip on the shoulder" or two (an unfounded prison sentence, maybe a different race or gender, etc.) to gain some sympathy, get him to loudly promise the world to a distraught mob, and then use him to push the agenda. There's a reason the Founding Fathers never fully trusted the crowd, and I'm sure they learned some lessons when the Articles of Confederation were in place, too.
It doesn't matter what advances, "universal educations" or "equal rights" you have in place. Humans are imperfect, and the human mind, especially collective minds, is flawed, and can be very easily manipulated, and that is without regard to any Constitutionally protected classification when it comes to suffrage.
Kepler
Cornell Big Red
Re: 2nd Term Part XI; Year 8, Part 1... Electioneering and Lame Ducking
Of course we are imperfect, but that is an argument for wider suffrage and more of us building a consensus. Openness and inclusiveness are the most effective safeguards against manipulation, because they allow adversaries to rise and challenge accepted dogma.
Of course we are imperfect, but that is an argument for wider suffrage and more of us building a consensus. Openness and inclusiveness are the most effective safeguards against manipulation, because they allow adversaries to rise and challenge accepted dogma.
Jimjamesak
Already insane, UAA making it worse
Like the dogma that the founding fathers were always right and every political question should come down to various interpretations of what they thought? (Hint, they weren't perfect and really *ed up some things like slavery)
Kepler
Cornell Big Red
Re: 2nd Term Part XI; Year 8, Part 1... Electioneering and Lame Ducking
The great irony of which is the Founders themselves knew they were fallible (well, except for Adams), which is why they designed a system that can bend and stretch. Originalism is a good idea in that you should look at the debate at the time of ratification language to understand what it was intended for (spoiler: the second amendment had nothing to do with guns for hunting or personal safety), but it's asinine when attempting to set everything in theological concrete (and just a scam to distort constitutional law in one partisan direction anyway, as Scalia has shown many times).
The great irony of which is the Founders themselves knew they were fallible (well, except for Adams), which is why they designed a system that can bend and stretch. Originalism is a good idea in that you should look at the debate at the time of ratification language to understand what it was intended for (spoiler: the second amendment had nothing to do with guns for hunting or personal safety), but it's asinine when attempting to set everything in theological concrete (and just a scam to distort constitutional law in one partisan direction anyway, as Scalia has shown many times).
FlagDUDE08
Banned
Re: 2nd Term Part XI; Year 8, Part 1... Electioneering and Lame Ducking
Scalia's not the only one to "legislate from the bench" or be "partisan", hence why practically every decision these days comes down to 5-4 and at least one support/dissent has SOME political leaning.
Ah yes, John Adams... who essentially wanted an elected king. At least assuming Hit Man's story on the subject was accurate, and I can't see why not.
Scalia's not the only one to "legislate from the bench" or be "partisan", hence why practically every decision these days comes down to 5-4 and at least one support/dissent has SOME political leaning.
Ah yes, John Adams... who essentially wanted an elected king. At least assuming Hit Man's story on the subject was accurate, and I can't see why not.
Re: 2nd Term Part XI; Year 8, Part 1... Electioneering and Lame Ducking
I've posted this quote here before--more than once. But it is so eloquent and so eternally important, it bears repeating:
Persecution for the expression of opinions seems to me perfectly logical. If you have no doubt of your premises or your power, and want a certain result with all your heart, you naturally express your wishes in law, and sweep away all opposition. To allow opposition by speech seems to indicate that you think the speech impotent, as when a man says that he has squared the circle, or that you do not care wholeheartedly for the result, or that you doubt either your power or your premises.
But when men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe even more than they believe the very foundations of their own conduct that the ultimate good desired is better reached by free trade in ideas -- that the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market, and that truth is the only ground upon which their wishes safely can be carried out.
That, at any rate, is the theory of our Constitution. It is an experiment, as all life is an experiment. Every year, if not every day, we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge. While that experiment is part of our system, I think that we should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe and believe to be fraught with death, unless they so imminently threaten immediate interference with the lawful and pressing purposes of the law that an immediate check is required to save the country.
Abrams v . United States (Justice Holmes dissenting).
I've posted this quote here before--more than once. But it is so eloquent and so eternally important, it bears repeating:
Persecution for the expression of opinions seems to me perfectly logical. If you have no doubt of your premises or your power, and want a certain result with all your heart, you naturally express your wishes in law, and sweep away all opposition. To allow opposition by speech seems to indicate that you think the speech impotent, as when a man says that he has squared the circle, or that you do not care wholeheartedly for the result, or that you doubt either your power or your premises.
But when men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe even more than they believe the very foundations of their own conduct that the ultimate good desired is better reached by free trade in ideas -- that the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market, and that truth is the only ground upon which their wishes safely can be carried out.
That, at any rate, is the theory of our Constitution. It is an experiment, as all life is an experiment. Every year, if not every day, we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge. While that experiment is part of our system, I think that we should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe and believe to be fraught with death, unless they so imminently threaten immediate interference with the lawful and pressing purposes of the law that an immediate check is required to save the country.
Abrams v . United States (Justice Holmes dissenting).
Pretty sure this is not even close to true. The 5-4 ones just get all the press.
Edit: Here you go. In 2014, only 10 cases (14% of 72 decisions) were 5-4, and only 4 of them broke on strictly ideological lines.
http://wtvr.com/2014/07/01/supreme-court-had-highest-percentage-of-unanimous-decisions-this-session/
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Handyman
Hug someone you care about...
Re: 2nd Term Part XI; Year 8, Part 1... Electioneering and Lame Ducking
That is what the NWO and Jade Helm WANT you to believe! #thetruthisoutthere #sheeple #whydoesanyoneactuallytalktoFrauddude
That is what the NWO and Jade Helm WANT you to believe! #thetruthisoutthere #sheeple #whydoesanyoneactuallytalktoFrauddude
French Rage
NICKERSON HAS [CENSORED]
Re: 2nd Term Part XI; Year 8, Part 1... Electioneering and Lame Ducking
He meant the real Supreme Court, which has been safely hidden in a bunker for decades. The one you see is made of solely of lizard people.
He meant the real Supreme Court, which has been safely hidden in a bunker for decades. The one you see is made of solely of lizard people.
Re: 2nd Term Part XI; Year 8, Part 1... Electioneering and Lame Ducking
It appears thoughts on our government mirror those of my hockey team. The president is too powerful, the 17th should be repealed to free the senate, the house is gerrymandered, the courts are political/rigged and the Constitution should be rewritten. The golden age of both the US government and the U of MN hockey program are over...shut 'em both down on the same day.
It appears thoughts on our government mirror those of my hockey team. The president is too powerful, the 17th should be repealed to free the senate, the house is gerrymandered, the courts are political/rigged and the Constitution should be rewritten. The golden age of both the US government and the U of MN hockey program are over...shut 'em both down on the same day.
Re: 2nd Term Part XI; Year 8, Part 1... Electioneering and Lame Ducking
No Cruz hashtag?The obvious solution for both problems is more Canadians.
ScoobyDoo
NPC
Re: 2nd Term Part XI; Year 8, Part 1... Electioneering and Lame Ducking
Real American Leadership in action.
http://www.kentucky.com/living/health-and-medicine/article54249070.html
Real American Leadership in action.
http://www.kentucky.com/living/health-and-medicine/article54249070.html
Jimjamesak
Already insane, UAA making it worse
Re: 2nd Term Part XI; Year 8, Part 1... Electioneering and Lame Ducking
Breaking down what really happened with the Gunboats in Iran.
Breaking down what really happened with the Gunboats in Iran.
French Rage
NICKERSON HAS [CENSORED]
Re: 2nd Term Part XI; Year 8, Part 1... Electioneering and Lame Ducking
That hit every point and hit it beautifully.
That hit every point and hit it beautifully.
Handyman
Hug someone you care about...
Re: 2nd Term Part XI; Year 8, Part 1... Electioneering and Lame Ducking
Wow man...like WOAH!
Wow man...like WOAH!
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
Re: 2nd Term Part XI; Year 8, Part 1... Electioneering and Lame Ducking
Tyler Rogoway is probably one of the best writers I have ever come across. He's truly phenomenal. Exhaustively well-researched articles, shows a true understanding of the topic he's writing about, writes well, and the articles are always on interesting.
15 years ago he would have been one of the true experts on the History Channel when it was watchable.
Tyler Rogoway is probably one of the best writers I have ever come across. He's truly phenomenal. Exhaustively well-researched articles, shows a true understanding of the topic he's writing about, writes well, and the articles are always on interesting.
15 years ago he would have been one of the true experts on the History Channel when it was watchable.