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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 3:04 pm
by thibodeaux
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 3:57 pm
by Malcolm
No sooner was the Constitution in place than our leaders began ignoring it. John Adams supported the Alien and Sedition Acts, which violated the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of speech. Thomas Jefferson thought every constitution should expire after a single generation. He believed the most consequential act of his presidency — the purchase of the Louisiana Territory — exceeded his constitutional powers.
Least he's being honest.
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 8:32 pm
by GORDON
Read it.
Seemed passionate, but not ironic.
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 9:49 am
by TPRJones
Pathetic
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 10:14 am
by Malcolm
To quote the great philosopher Kent Brockman, "Democracy doesn't work!"
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 10:39 am
by TPRJones
I would agree that the specifics are fucked. But there are certain ideals embedded in our founding documents that are essential to a free people, and to abandon that would be the death of the American Dream. Which is already on life support as it is.
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 10:53 am
by Malcolm
You get as much freedom as ass you're willing to kick (or get kicked on your behalf).