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originally posted by: nwtrucker
Fascism? A little extreme, don't you think? What system are they trying to replace it with?
I get your more of an Establishment Republican and have no problem with 'big government', but publically announcing the intent to donate and the amount strikes me as far more honest than the rest of the Corporate donators and their backdoor support of Obama's amnesty program.
That doesn't sound like an attempt to overthrow Gov't and replace it with Fascism.... It sounds more like a couple of guys who have the means and are more than a little pissed off with the goings on, both in the media and in our 'party'.
originally posted by: nwtrucker
Ok, here's an example of the Balance I refer to. Generally, 10th amendment or it's out. The hue and cry of Liberatrians, seems like a good idea...but wait a minute. Like take the EPA as an example. I will assume we agree that that entity is rabid and insane. Let's get rid of it...Sorry. I don't want Corporation with Market pressure to increase quarterly profit to be able to pollute our environment.
It's throwing the baby out with the bath-water. We NEED an EPA!! There's a shock...LOL. One with a very specific and limited mandate and effective over-site.
Quote passage all day from the giants of the past, this is the reality we face today.
(You know perfectly well, A Convention of the States would end up a bar room brawl..)
Your infinite value of 'mother nature' I see as just another addition to the cocktails of mind-altering compounds.
That's why it's a democracy, The majority holds sway.
originally posted by: Boadicea
And here I cry. No. We do not have a democracy. We have a Constitutional Republic, guaranteeing, protecting and defending inalienable rights for each and every one of us, the individual, the smallest minority. The majority doesn't get to bully the minority. The majority doesn't get to decide if I have a right to life. The majority doesn't get to decide if I have the right to worship freely. The majority doesn't get to decide when, if and what I have the right to say. Natural law is our organic law... the foundation of our Constitution and Bill of Rights... the heart and soul of these United States.
originally posted by: Gryphon66
When I read words like this, I relax, just a little bit, because it's obvious that someone else appreciates our System of government.
Thank you!
originally posted by: nwtrucker
a reply to: Boadicea
Cry not. LOL. I refer to a law in a state whether to legalize Mary-Jane or not.
I understand the theory of our Constitutional Republic. Please tell me where it went...I want to go there.
It sure the hell isn't our present gov't. Gryphon66 pontificating or not.
originally posted by: nwtrucker
I see zero evidence of that at all. I'd say between Bush's smaller bank bail-outs and Obama's huge ones that the difference between the two is semantics at best. (I don't dislike Bush, per say, he has his 'advisors' as does Obama.)
I listen to your input closely. I have come to the conclusion you have more connection to the Establishment side of the Republican party than you've mentioned. Granted, you have stated some views that I can see are 'yours'. Your general loyalties are evident.
To single the Koch's out for donations and the mechanism it represents and omit the corporations which operate similarly, suggests/implies attachments/mulligans that the Koch's don't get from you.