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There’s no unum without the pluribus.
Watch The Inner Light and the 2 eps with Moriarty. Excellent classic sci-fi, no therapy.
July 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Watch The Inner Light and the 2 eps with Moriarty. Excellent classic sci-fi, no therapy.
From your mouth to God’s ear.
July 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
From your mouth to God’s ear.
Dickens reference for the win. Well played and sadly relevant.
July 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Dickens reference for the win. Well played and sadly relevant.
The fed gov has grown when the ppl have ordered it to provide additional services like food inspection, disaster relief, pollution control, Social Security, etc. But the list of Things The Gov May Not Do is still long. The gov is still meant to be WEAK when it comes to messing with our rights.
June 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The fed gov has grown when the ppl have ordered it to provide additional services like food inspection, disaster relief, pollution control, Social Security, etc. But the list of Things The Gov May Not Do is still long. The gov is still meant to be WEAK when it comes to messing with our rights.
Other than the Post Office, you would hardly know the federal government existed, at the founding. That’s how they wanted it. Civic issues were mostly handled by state or local governments, or loose associations of neighbors.
June 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Other than the Post Office, you would hardly know the federal government existed, at the founding. That’s how they wanted it. Civic issues were mostly handled by state or local governments, or loose associations of neighbors.
It’s like the Founders trained a big dog to bark at intruders, but put it on a really short leash to keep it from chewing the furniture (our rights). At first, the gov did not even have a standing army and could not collect an income tax.
June 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
It’s like the Founders trained a big dog to bark at intruders, but put it on a really short leash to keep it from chewing the furniture (our rights). At first, the gov did not even have a standing army and could not collect an income tax.
The Const. lists a few things the gov must do, and MANY things it MUST NOT DO. For example, the gov MUST NOT make laws establishing a national religion, or unduly curtail speech, or let soldiers live in your house, or lock you up without a real trial. Much of the Const. is about LIMITING the Gov.
June 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The Const. lists a few things the gov must do, and MANY things it MUST NOT DO. For example, the gov MUST NOT make laws establishing a national religion, or unduly curtail speech, or let soldiers live in your house, or lock you up without a real trial. Much of the Const. is about LIMITING the Gov.
We like to think of America as strong. But the gov was basically meant to be strong only in terms of defense against other nations, and to be as WEAK AS POSSIBLE in terms of interfering with the rights of the people.
June 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We like to think of America as strong. But the gov was basically meant to be strong only in terms of defense against other nations, and to be as WEAK AS POSSIBLE in terms of interfering with the rights of the people.
The gov performs a few essential services like provide for the common defense, collect import taxes, make laws, have judges and courts, run a postal service, etc. These are jobs the people order the gov to perform FOR the people. These are jobs a gov can do better than individuals.
June 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The gov performs a few essential services like provide for the common defense, collect import taxes, make laws, have judges and courts, run a postal service, etc. These are jobs the people order the gov to perform FOR the people. These are jobs a gov can do better than individuals.
Cited yesterday to mean the president cannot unilaterally coopt the national guard in LA. States have some rights there.
June 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Cited yesterday to mean the president cannot unilaterally coopt the national guard in LA. States have some rights there.
Yep! No lie. You could boil your water in a tin can on a car hood. 🤪
June 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Yep! No lie. You could boil your water in a tin can on a car hood. 🤪
Same here in New Orleans, but Celcius.
June 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Same here in New Orleans, but Celcius.
Most recently it seems to mean that the feds mostly cannot coopt the states to do its bidding.
June 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Most recently it seems to mean that the feds mostly cannot coopt the states to do its bidding.
This was another caution against too much power accreting to a central government. Its interpretation by the Supreme Court has swung back and forth over the decades, sometimes limiting the Federal gov a lot, sometimes not.
June 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This was another caution against too much power accreting to a central government. Its interpretation by the Supreme Court has swung back and forth over the decades, sometimes limiting the Federal gov a lot, sometimes not.
No audio or video … that you know of … yet. Mooahahahaha!
June 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
No audio or video … that you know of … yet. Mooahahahaha!
Charged with pursuing “personal interest of will, power, and pretended prerogative to himself and his family, against the public interest, common right, liberty, justice, and peace of the people of this nation."
June 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Charged with pursuing “personal interest of will, power, and pretended prerogative to himself and his family, against the public interest, common right, liberty, justice, and peace of the people of this nation."
Really stunning.
June 3, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Really stunning.
Today, June 2, 2025, the Supreme Court let stand, for now, some laws limiting AR-15 type weapons and large capacity magazines. The Second Amendment continues to evolve.
June 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Today, June 2, 2025, the Supreme Court let stand, for now, some laws limiting AR-15 type weapons and large capacity magazines. The Second Amendment continues to evolve.
The 9th has been invoked (usually in conjunction w other rights) to support other Constitutionally-protected rights not explicitly named in the BOR, such as a right to privacy, have children, marriage, travel, etc.
June 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The 9th has been invoked (usually in conjunction w other rights) to support other Constitutionally-protected rights not explicitly named in the BOR, such as a right to privacy, have children, marriage, travel, etc.
This fear was considered by some (Madison, Hamilton) as a reason not to spell out ANY rights in a “Bill Of Rights.” That argument lost (a BOR was adopted), but the 9th Am. was added to quell the fear.
June 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This fear was considered by some (Madison, Hamilton) as a reason not to spell out ANY rights in a “Bill Of Rights.” That argument lost (a BOR was adopted), but the 9th Am. was added to quell the fear.