tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post1030700260014525203..comments2023-09-15T08:07:28.542-06:00Comments on Western Hero: A Government InquisitionSilverfiddlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-56633552671079348782012-06-08T10:12:23.496-06:002012-06-08T10:12:23.496-06:00Did you all know that "Ema Nymton" is No...Did you all know that "Ema Nymton" is Not My Name spelled backwards?<br /><br />Isn't that CLEVER?<br /><br />It's positively AWESOME. <br /><br />WOW! What a brain!<br /><br />Just FANTASTIC.<br /><br />Ema, darlin,' you done made my day.<br /><br />~ FreeThinkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-1386722787270697912012-06-05T19:25:35.831-06:002012-06-05T19:25:35.831-06:00There are none so blind as those who will not see....There are none so blind as those who will not see.viburnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15381796879179539552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-42465234342819817332012-06-05T16:29:11.608-06:002012-06-05T16:29:11.608-06:00Great comeback Ema!
When you have no substance yo...Great comeback Ema!<br /><br />When you have no substance you deal in frivolities I guess...Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-87309694732800634102012-06-05T14:09:28.697-06:002012-06-05T14:09:28.697-06:00.
"It is the Constitution that is supreme, n....<br /><br />"It is the Constitution that is supreme, not the law."<br />Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ... too much<br /><br />Ema Nymton<br />~@:o?<br />.Ema Nymtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01291372077565212886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-49201841665283051162012-06-04T18:31:36.634-06:002012-06-04T18:31:36.634-06:00Ema: "You don't do context, do you?"...Ema: "You don't do context, do you?"<br /><br /> I do. Well enough to know that the context that matters is that of the Constitution. That instrument clearly delineates those areas which fall outside the purview of the government, and the free exercise of religion is clearly out of bounds. That explains the recent SCOTUS decision that SF mentioned, where the court unanimously ruled against the EEOC attempting to enforce an ADA based anti discrimination suit against a religious based school.<br /><br />http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-553.pdf<br /><br />This is not Britain where changing the law can effectively alter the Constitution. That can only be done with the assent of 38 of the states. It is the Constitution that is supreme, not the law. To paraphrase an old Japanese adage, the Constitution may upset the law but the law may not upset the Constitution.viburnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15381796879179539552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-89037876897121460602012-06-04T18:01:28.489-06:002012-06-04T18:01:28.489-06:00Ema: You need to go read the constitution. Nowhe...Ema: You need to go read the constitution. Nowhere does it mention "Constitutional authority to "prohibit the free exercise thereof"<br /><br />We are a secular state, so you get a little gold star for finally getting something right.<br /><br />But the secular state has no authority to coerce a church into violating its teachings by making it buy stuff for other.<br /><br />You are mixing positive and negative rights, but being an Obama voter, it's understandableSilverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-90775674563672369712012-06-04T16:46:42.713-06:002012-06-04T16:46:42.713-06:00.
viburnun -
"What a curious notion." ....<br /><br />viburnun -<br /><br />"What a curious notion." Only to a petulant child.<br /><br />You don't do context, do you?<br /><br />'The supreme secular state has clearly decided that these backward and evil internal religious practices must stop and the Constitutional authority to "prohibit the free exercise thereof" is the tool.'<br /><br />I'll type slowly so you might be able to follow the point.<br /><br />USA is a secular state. USA law is supreme. Thus USA law establishes the supreme secular state.<br /><br />Ema Nymton<br />~ @ : o ?<br />.Ema Nymtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01291372077565212886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-23526867394280330412012-06-04T15:26:29.991-06:002012-06-04T15:26:29.991-06:00Ema: "The supreme secular state ..."
W...Ema: "The supreme secular state ..."<br /><br /> What a curious notion.<br /><br /> From the Preamble to the Bill of Rights: <br /><br /> "THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution."<br /><br /> So much for supremacy when the states can alter the limits and scope of Federal authority at will.viburnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15381796879179539552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-43378565341607656172012-06-04T15:09:21.421-06:002012-06-04T15:09:21.421-06:00Ema" ...and the Constitutional authority to &...Ema" ...and the Constitutional authority to "prohibit the free exercise thereof" is the tool.<br /><br /> Don't know the difference between 'to' and 'or' and you question MY reading comprehension?<br /><br /> Who's Constitution are you reading?viburnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15381796879179539552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-86822680247145965102012-06-04T06:23:24.270-06:002012-06-04T06:23:24.270-06:00...and the Constitutional authority to "prohi...<i>...and the Constitutional authority to "prohibit the free exercise thereof" is the tool.</i><br /><br />I think you're mixed up. Let me help you. Here is the complete text of the 1st Amendment to the US Constitution:<br /><br /><i><b>Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof</b>; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.</i><br /><br />It actually says the opposite.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-7709639911283058732012-06-04T05:19:56.290-06:002012-06-04T05:19:56.290-06:00Heck, you even call for the state to ban followers...<i>Heck, you even call for the state to ban followers of Islam from practicing their internal religious practices and 'creeping Sharia law'. </i><br /><br />Wrong again. I have never called for banning Sharia. <br /><br />Where are Jews and Christians sexually abusing and killing wives, children and slaves because the good book said so? I guess stuff like that don't go on in my neighborhood...Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-66079247638783299412012-06-04T04:58:53.080-06:002012-06-04T04:58:53.080-06:00.
"... the state may not tell the church how....<br /><br />"... the state may not tell the church how to conduct its internal business."<br /><br />Oh pshaw. The state does it all the time. Heck, you even call for the state to ban followers of Islam from practicing their internal religious practices and 'creeping Sharia law'. <br /><br />Jews and Christians are allowed, by their "holy-books" to sexually abuse, beat, and kill their daughters, wives, and slaves (and then blame the victims). The supreme secular state has clearly decided to that these backward and evil internal religious practices must stop and the Constitutional authority to "prohibit the free exercise thereof" is the tool.<br /><br />___________<br /><br />FreeThinke<br /><br />"... are you truly guilty of "name-calling?""<br /><br />-Can't talk about the subject? Attack the person, call em a name, that'll show'em.- But hey where would this blog be without name calling?<br /><br />Ema Nymton<br />~ @ : o ?<br />.Ema Nymtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01291372077565212886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-43585101191202129522012-06-03T16:28:13.280-06:002012-06-03T16:28:13.280-06:00Hey! I am familiar with that book, SilverFiddle, b...Hey! I am familiar with that book, SilverFiddle, but only from quotations cited in various articles and from reviews.<br /><br />Thanks for the reference. Too bad your thoughtful evaluation only got seven responses -- none of them particularly appropriate -- but that's the way the cookie crumbles sometimes, isn't it?<br /><br />Most of MY best work has been either ignored, lampooned or reviled, yet I persevere. God knows why!<br /><br />Cheers!<br /><br />FTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-91064996355588029602012-06-03T06:33:15.562-06:002012-06-03T06:33:15.562-06:00FreeThinke:
You would like Daniel J. Flynn's ...FreeThinke:<br /><br />You would like Daniel J. Flynn's book, Intellectual Morons, in which he attacks blind adherence to ideology. He is a conservative and goes after mostly liberal shibboleths, but he slaughters a few libertarian and conservative sacred cows as well.<br /><br />I reviewed it <a href="http://westernhero.blogspot.com/2010/02/intellectual-morons.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-895683674598029732012-06-03T06:12:09.760-06:002012-06-03T06:12:09.760-06:00"If the head always rules the heart, we are c...<i>"If the head always rules the heart, we are cold, unfeeling, lacking in wisdom and compassion.<br /><br />If the heart always rules the head, we are apt to be mentally lazy, militantly ignorant, and possibly insane."</i><br /><br />~ From The Collected Works of Dick Teyte<br /><br />Submitted by FreeThinkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-7932784881316204602012-06-03T06:05:26.666-06:002012-06-03T06:05:26.666-06:00I'm surprised no one quoted the late Ronald Re...I'm surprised no one quoted the late Ronald Reagan in the attempts to deal with overly assertive, know-it-all liberals.<br /><br /><b><i>“It isn't so much that liberals are ignorant. It's just that they know so many things that aren't true.”</i></b><br /><br />I've always loved that. <br /><br />The only trouble with it is that it applies equally to doctrinaire adherents and partisan bigots of <i>any</i> religious, political or philosophical persuasion.<br /><br />Moral Chauvinism, if I may coin a term, may be just as inadequate a method for dealing with serious problems as any other form of blind, unthinking devotion to a cause or set of principles imperfectly understood.<br /><br />~ FreeThinkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-12916490069714421702012-06-03T05:53:19.172-06:002012-06-03T05:53:19.172-06:00If someone is in fact a Communist or an Anarchist...If someone is in fact a Communist or an Anarchist, or a Homosexual, or a Cannibal, and you identify him or her as such, are you truly guilty of "name-calling?"<br /><br />I've always thought that applied only when you address someone or refer to him or her as "You stupid son-of-a-bitch," "you goddam bastard," or "you lousy stinking POS," or "you f---ing moron," etc.<br /><br />Please tell me how and why I might be wrong. I'm always eager to refine and augment my store of knowledge.<br /><br />~ FreeThinkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-71516135157441183452012-06-02T20:18:38.541-06:002012-06-02T20:18:38.541-06:00Sheeple:
Thank you for finally answering the ques...Sheeple:<br /><br />Thank you for finally answering the question. I wanted to know where you were coming from. So, by your answer, you do countenance government control over abortion.<br /><br />Do you see the inconsistency in your position now?Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-2652778761696058322012-06-02T19:30:05.140-06:002012-06-02T19:30:05.140-06:00Black Sheeple is a guy. but that's the kind of...Black Sheeple is a guy. but that's the kind of sexual slur I expect from someone who comes to my blog and says “So, you support abortion right up until the birth of the child?” when I never said anything remotely like that, but who merely wants to start an argument by attacking me with a question that's intended to make me look like evil. That's what immature people do when they spout religious drivel and have no actual point at all.<br /><br />No one supports last day abortions, you specious flamer. It's an idiot question. You ask that people not flame on your blog and then you go do it on mine? What a hypocrite you are!Black Sheephttp://www.newsbleat.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-90133567555298089722012-06-02T16:22:26.969-06:002012-06-02T16:22:26.969-06:00AOW: Black Sheeple got testy because she couldn&#...AOW: Black Sheeple got testy because she couldn't refute my argument. She then deleted my comment and trash talked me.<br /><br />That's what immature people do when they can't defend their canned talking points.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-26618376801780958132012-06-02T13:52:02.234-06:002012-06-02T13:52:02.234-06:00You called me a name. So you concede I am right.
...<i>You called me a name. So you concede I am right.</i><br /><br />Of course I don't. You are a good little statist, and that exact line of thinking has been enunciated by many a dictatorship.<br /><br />Your ignorance of the issue is stunning:<br /><br /><i> The church wants to be able to tell the state what to do but the church does not want the state to tell the church what to do.</i><br /><br />No, the church is not telling the state what to do. They are not demanding an end to government handing out birth control. They just don't want any part of it.<br /><br />Also, each has a different burden. The Church may advocate for its views in the public square, but the state may not tell the church how to conduct its internal business. See the recent 9-0 supreme court smackdown of Obama.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-9024962014477002452012-06-02T13:44:10.548-06:002012-06-02T13:44:10.548-06:00Ema: "Failed reading comprehension did you?&q...Ema: "Failed reading comprehension did you?"<br /><br /> Not at all. I just never learned to read things that aren't there. <br /><br /> "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion," prohibits the the government establishing a national religion. <br /><br /> " "religions" are subordinate and subject to society's rule of law."<br /><br /> Which laws might they be, since government lacks the Constitutional authority to "prohibit the free exercise thereof" ?viburnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15381796879179539552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-17666915236666810772012-06-02T13:38:06.919-06:002012-06-02T13:38:06.919-06:00I wouldn't say that Black Sheep is one of the ...I wouldn't say that Black Sheep is one of the sheeple. I visit his blog fairly regularly. Certainly, he and I disagree on some things. Nevertheless, I do find his posts interesting -- and varied in an unusual way, too (I can't quite describe that aspect).Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-65571970748597919452012-06-02T13:23:24.197-06:002012-06-02T13:23:24.197-06:00.
Silverfiddle -
"Spoken like a good littl....<br /><br />Silverfiddle - <br /><br />"Spoken like a good little Stalinist" Thank you. You called me a name. So you concede I am right.<br /><br />viburnum -<br /><br />"... Where does it say that?"<br /><br />Failed reading comprehension did you?<br /><br />Amendment I<br /><br />"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, ..."<br /><br />USA is a secular country with the Constitution the supreme law of the land. Hokum "religions" are subordinate and subject to society's rule of law. <br /><br />USA keeps a high wall between state and churches to keep the state out of religion. Does the Catholic Church really want government auditors looking through church records?<br /><br />Ema Nymton<br />~ @ : o ?<br />.Ema Nymtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01291372077565212886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-77740180528663941362012-06-02T11:50:51.142-06:002012-06-02T11:50:51.142-06:00FT: "~ Anonymous, emeritus"
LOL
Don&...FT: "~ Anonymous, emeritus"<br /><br /> LOL<br /><br /> Don't worry FT, you're readily distinguishable in even the most anonymous crowd.viburnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15381796879179539552noreply@blogger.com