tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940640620729368774.post6241383728501322271..comments2023-05-14T10:08:19.751-04:00Comments on Liberty At Stake: Why Can’t Government Actually DO Anything? (Because it’s Government Stupid.)LibertyAtStakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02352456337421726385noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940640620729368774.post-70920725176650319682010-07-09T22:14:09.156-04:002010-07-09T22:14:09.156-04:00@anonymous 07/09/2010: Nice Try, troll. The Bush...@anonymous 07/09/2010: Nice Try, troll. The Bushies may have been slightly clueluess, but they were defintely at least Patriotic. That's why they could be trusted be Patriot Act powers.<br /><br />Next time, at least use a screen name dopey.LibertyAtStakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02352456337421726385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940640620729368774.post-50147759769153776282010-07-09T21:29:30.125-04:002010-07-09T21:29:30.125-04:00Share with all of us how the Patriot Act support c...Share with all of us how the Patriot Act support conservative government. <br /><br />How does spying on library records equal limited government? Listening in on phone records? Detaining citizens without cause?<br /><br />See the entire picture. <br /><br />Likewise, 'conservative' government is blocking civil rights for many people, thereby overstepping their boundaries. <br /><br />Bushie expanding government bigger than it had ever been. He was a die hard conservative in name and following. <br /><br />Explain it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940640620729368774.post-81219980479549227132010-06-08T07:26:18.901-04:002010-06-08T07:26:18.901-04:00Proposed amendment, courtesy of Ayn Rand: "C...Proposed amendment, courtesy of Ayn Rand: "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of production and trade."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940640620729368774.post-25971431366374817382010-06-05T20:22:33.180-04:002010-06-05T20:22:33.180-04:00Maggie,
Yeah, I go back and forth on term limits....Maggie,<br /><br />Yeah, I go back and forth on term limits. <br /><br />On the one hand I can see its value as a firewall. And I wouldn't stand in anybody's way if it moved forward. <br /><br />On the other hand, the flip side of denying a particular jurisdiction to vote in who they want when they want is a little distasteful.<br /><br />I've decide the real problem is a clueless citizenry. The great part about 2010 is precisely that the citizenry is waking up. What I wrestle with is who was more right - Alexander Hamilton, who basically saw the general population as an aimless mob (he's been right most of my lifetime) or Thomas Jefferson, who seemed to have more faith in the educability of the population.<br /><br /><i>In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government to control the governed, and in the next place, oblige it to control itself. </i><br /><b>Alexander Hamilton</b> <br /><br /><br /><i>Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day. <br /></i><br /><b>Thomas Jefferson</b> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />LibertyAtStake<br />"Because the Only Good Progressive is a Failed Progressive"LibertyAtStakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02352456337421726385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940640620729368774.post-62828294564559776602010-06-05T20:14:04.843-04:002010-06-05T20:14:04.843-04:00Jethro,
I especially like that the Bill of Federa...Jethro,<br /><br />I especially like that the Bill of Federalism has precisely 10 articles. Nice touch. It's on my favorites now.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />LibertyAtStake<br />"Because the Only Good Progressive is a Failed Progressive"LibertyAtStakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02352456337421726385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940640620729368774.post-35829323420002840182010-06-05T19:35:56.690-04:002010-06-05T19:35:56.690-04:00The example of your "government experience&qu...The example of your "government experience" is the story I hear so often. Make a simple call for any simple thing - maybe to your country clerk, and the result is hours of waiting for return calls, and often the call never comes. <br /><br />I think what the Founders did not anticipate is career politicians - spending decades spinning their webs, covering their butts, fundraising and scamming the people.<br /><br />We desperately need term limits.Maggie Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01681328690482778919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940640620729368774.post-56980220374661839182010-06-05T18:56:50.769-04:002010-06-05T18:56:50.769-04:00Here is a good place to start. Randy Barnett alre...Here is a good place to start. Randy Barnett already took a shot at a "bill of federalism".<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_FederalismJethronoreply@blogger.com