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By marfdrat on December 15, 2011
Before today, I did not know that this particular commemoration existed. December 15 is the date when the first 10 Amendments -the Bill of Rights- was officially added to the U.S. Constitution. Tim Lynch writes about the state of our Constitutional freedoms at Cato Online: The First Amendment says that “Congress shall make no law… abridging the [...]
Posted in Liberty & Freedom | Tagged amendments, big government, Bill of Rights, constitution, Constitutional republic, freedoms, United States |
By marfdrat on November 27, 2011
Why? Because the next president will likely make a couple of appointments to the Supreme Court. If (zero)bama holds onto the office, he will likely appoint more justices like radical lefty Elena Kagan, and the Constitutionally-guaranteed right to keep and bear arms will be in danger. If that happens, your right to defend yourself, your [...]
Posted in Liberty & Freedom | Tagged 2nd amendment, constitution, Heller, McDonald, moochelle obama, right to bear arms, supreme court |
By marfdrat on November 17, 2011
From Weaponsystems, a little good news if you’re a fan of that amendment to the Constitution that says you’re supposed to be able to bear arms: Reported by NRA: The U.S. House of Representatives has passed an important self-defense measure that would enable millions of Right-to-Carry permit holders across the country to carry concealed firearms [...]
Posted in Liberty & Freedom | Tagged 2nd amendment, concealed carry, constitution, guns, rights |
By marfdrat on September 6, 2011
I’ve seen a lot of stories over the last several months about police harrassing, and often arresting citizens who filmed them committing acts that were perceived to be unjust, or outside the bounds of their lawful duties. Police officers have to understand that the folks who pay their salaries have a right to observe and [...]
Posted in Liberty & Freedom | Tagged 1st Amendment, constitution, first amendment, government officials, photography, police |
By marfdrat on July 22, 2011
The Senate is probably going to have a vote today on the Cut, Cap and Balance legislation put together in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. Via Roll Call, here’s what Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has to say about it: “I think this piece of legislation is about as weak and senseless as anything that [...]
Posted in Economics & Politics, Liberty & Freedom | Tagged arrogance, balance budget amendment, constitution, cut cap and balance, democrats, government spending, Government waste, harry reid, obama, out of touch |
By marfdrat on May 22, 2011
I mentioned this case earlier in the week. The Tuscon, AZ police SWAT team, in what may have been a case of mistaken identity, burst into Guerena’s house in a raid. Guerena, in the interest of defending his wife and young child from unknown assailants, grabbed his assault rifle and confronted the intruders. One of [...]
Posted in Liberty & Freedom | Tagged 4th amendment, clarence dupnik, constitution, Fourth Amendment, gun control, guns, iraq war, jose guerena, marine, tucson, tucson police, tucson swat team, veterans |
By marfdrat on March 23, 2011
…that went to war without Congressional approval. Oh, wait – that was when Bush was President. Now that Obama (*DfOaLG) is chief warbringer, I guess those rules don’t apply anymore. Ladies and gentlemen, I drafted an outline of what I think the Constitutional limits [garbled] have on the President with the War Clause. I went [...]
Posted in Economics & Politics | Tagged constitution, DFOaLG, executive branch, Joe Biden, libya, obama, President, sheriff joe, vice president, war powers |
By marfdrat on March 8, 2011
Over the last several weeks, you’ve probably heard a lot of people screaming in news coverage about how Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is trying to take away the public employee unions’ “right” to collective bargaining. This is interesting. We have a number of rights – you know, those “unalienable” ones, given to us by the [...]
Posted in Liberty & Freedom | Tagged atkins vs. city of charlotte, charlotte, constitution, endowed by their Creator, first amendment, privileges, rights, unalienable rights |
By marfdrat on January 7, 2011
Image via Wikipedia I love how liberals all over the blogosphere are poo-pooing – nah, they’re just mocking the Republican’s reading of the Constitution to start the 112th Congress. Here’s an example from Alex Altman of Time: That’s one reason why the fetishizing of the Constitution is unsettling. It’s not that it isn’t worthy of [...]
Posted in Liberty & Freedom | Tagged alex altman, congress, constitution, house of representatives |
By marfdrat on December 15, 2010
I like this little United States Mini Constitution. It’s only 2 3/4″ by 3 3/4″, and contains the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and all of the Amendments. It also includes The Declaration of Independence, The Virginia Bill of Rights, Massachusetts Bill of Rights, Articles of Confederation, Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom, The Annapolis Convention, plans [...]
Posted in Liberty & Freedom, Stuff I Want | Tagged amendments, bill or rights, constitution, declaration of independence |
By marfdrat on November 15, 2010
I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the TSA’s new security guidelines, and how they are being perceived by some to be a violation of the 4th Amendment to the Constitution. Here’s some evidence that they’re just lacking in plain common sense. The little girl who’s frantically screaming in this video happens to be [...]
Posted in Liberty & Freedom | Tagged constitution, government overreach, Security guard, Transportation Security Administration |
By marfdrat on August 29, 2010
I have to give Michael Tomasky a little credit for at least admitting that the Obama administration is doing a lousy job of governing. But only a little. His in-depth “examination” of this mystery betrays his complete lack of understanding of the why. First, he lays out some possible reasons why Obama was “two steps [...]
Posted in Economics & Politics | Tagged Barack Obama, constitution, keynesian stimulus, Michael Tomasky, Paul Krugman, rahm emanuel, rule of law, White House |
By marfdrat on August 17, 2010
This is great. The “voices” he speaks of are clearly on display here, showing their contempt for the ideas of our founders.
Posted in Economics & Politics | Tagged constitution, founders, liberals, progressives, reagan |
By marfdrat on July 27, 2010
Jeb Babbin, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense under George H. W. Bush, has in interesting piece over at The American Spectator today. He details some of the current administration’s failures, and how ample opportunity is available for the opposing party to regain some of the losses experienced in 2008. He identifies some young guns with big [...]
Posted in Economics & Politics | Tagged 2012 election, arizona, constitution, George H. W. Bush, Illegal immigration, obama, republicans |
By marfdrat on June 17, 2010
This is a re-post from yesterday; for some reason, the scheduling feature didn’t work – the link showed up in FB and Twitter, and you could link to the article, but it didn’t show up in my recent posts. Ben Stein has a good post over at the American Spectator. He likens the actions of [...]
Posted in Economics & Politics | Tagged Ben Stein, constitution, obama, President, United States |