tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post3895051484532231418..comments2023-09-15T08:07:28.542-06:00Comments on Western Hero: The Bill of WrongsSilverfiddlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-52288518192304690002012-03-19T08:53:12.228-06:002012-03-19T08:53:12.228-06:00"Pronounced uh-LECK-trul"
That looks li..."Pronounced uh-LECK-trul"<br /><br />That looks like a real mispronunciation. I have no problem saying electoral, with the stress on the second syllable, and I don't change the long E at the beginning to a short U and add an H sound, nor do I wipe out a syllable.<br /><br />Please don't say it the way you describe. You will come across like a boob, or those who pronounce social security as "So Security". Or those who talk about Republican "candidutts".dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-42472862386928527492012-03-18T07:08:38.188-06:002012-03-18T07:08:38.188-06:00C. S. Lewis sure got THAT right, didn't he, Si...C. S. Lewis sure got THAT right, didn't he, SilverFiddle?<br /><br />Great quote!<br /><br />You'll see it here again, because I just put it in my "arsenal."<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br />~ FreeThinkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-91539958539139254512012-03-18T07:04:58.280-06:002012-03-18T07:04:58.280-06:00On repeal of the 17th Amendment:
Unfortunately, n...On repeal of the 17th Amendment:<br /><br />Unfortunately, not a chance. <br /><br />The closer we get to DIRECT DEMOCRACY the farther we move away from the Ideals and Original Intentions of the Founding fathers.<br /><br />There's much talk about eliminating the Electoral* College. To do so would make another giant step towards DIRECT DEMOCRACY (DD). <br /><br />"DD" also stands for Deadly Danger. DD is tantamount to the institution of a MORONOCRACY.<br /><br />________________________<br />* Pronounced <b>uh-LECK-trul</b> The Electoral College is made up of Electors. There is nothing ORAL about it. PLEASE avoid saying <i>ull-eck-<b>TORE</b>ul</i>. It's a media-generated mispronunciation born of abysmal ignorance.<br /><br />~ FreeThinkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-29500666108080033632012-03-17T22:23:54.130-06:002012-03-17T22:23:54.130-06:00Dropkick Murphys time
http://www.youtube.com/watc...Dropkick Murphys time<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-64CaD8GXwDucky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-54854074547758981842012-03-17T22:02:02.518-06:002012-03-17T22:02:02.518-06:00Hopefully you are corrected the situation. This is...Hopefully you are corrected the situation. This is a favorite year after year. Good sports down in Alabama!<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nda_OSWeyn8KPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13788103894599339102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-42226446155741477202012-03-17T17:07:25.944-06:002012-03-17T17:07:25.944-06:00I'm not there yet, not enough green beer!I'm not there yet, not enough green beer!Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-939707963819150652012-03-17T17:00:36.336-06:002012-03-17T17:00:36.336-06:00Who all seen the leprechaun say YEAH!Who all seen the leprechaun say YEAH!KPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13788103894599339102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-75922718895977595702012-03-17T15:59:11.104-06:002012-03-17T15:59:11.104-06:00It is a tough life, living free, but it is a life ...It is a tough life, living free, but it is a life that lets life be. It is choice and the cost of choosing: to live where I am able, to dress as I please, to pick my spouse and collect my own companions, to take pride and pleasure in my opinions and pursuits, to wear my rue with a difference, to enjoy my own bad taste and the smoke of my cooking fires, to tell you where to go while inspecting the ticket you have, in turn, sent me.<br /><br />--- William GassDucky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-75726844194420050282012-03-17T12:17:41.676-06:002012-03-17T12:17:41.676-06:00Oh! How I would love to see the 17th amendment rep...<i>Oh! How I would love to see the 17th amendment repealed! It would go a long way in restoring our Republic!</i><br /><br />I'm in complete agreement. It should be our first priority as citizens to insist our individual state legislatures make this happen.(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-70607202950774103842012-03-16T21:14:42.662-06:002012-03-16T21:14:42.662-06:00"What's to keep Rick Santorum from implem..."What's to keep Rick Santorum from implementing a theocracy, complete with a 16th Century inquisition with the hot pincers pulling out fingernails and women being burned for witchcraft?"<br /><br />I thought the theocracy's main aim was to get liberal sluts to keep their legs closed. :)<br /><br />Mind you, if he ever did become president, liberal men will have a boon getting laid cos i'm pretty sure liberal women will be aggressively seeking sex, just to show those Christian theocrats. LOLMathewKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14385674205383405783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-82745816331682118342012-03-16T18:19:11.965-06:002012-03-16T18:19:11.965-06:00Well, I hardly belong to the One Percent, but poss...Well, I hardly belong to the One Percent, but possibly the top 15-20 %, which is more than good enough for me.<br /><br />The value of my portfolio has risen more than 20% since August. I'm no crony capitalist, just a careful investor in solid, long-established companies selling needed products with a good track record, and in high-rated corporate and municipal bonds.<br /><br />I do a lot of good for others with my money, such as it is, so please don't lump me in with the Oligarchs who are scheming to ruin us all ASAP.<br /><br />We may be run by a bunch of Crony Capitalist Shakedown Artists, but plain old traditional Capitalism is still alive and well too. You just need to know how to avoid the criminal enterprises -- or hire a good money manager who can do that for you. <br /><br />The only thing that truly disturbs me about the current economic scene is the alarming downtrend in real estate. I have a beautiful place into which I've poured lots of dough over the past 12 years. It's a bitter pill that the house is worth no more than I paid for it nearly 13 years ago, which means I've lost more than 50% of my investment. Not a joke, but eminently survivable, thank God.<br /><br />Meanwhile, I've got a great place to live at less cost per month than I'd have to shell out for an apartment or a condo in a decent neighborhood one third the size of the house.<br /><br />I guess I'm lucky, but I certainly EARNED what I have, and as I said, I do a lot to help people I know who are in need.<br /><br />"Perfection is not attainable this side of Heaven," but I have to say I've come darned close.<br /><br />I don't take much credit for it. God has been at my side every step of the way, or I'd have fallen off the edge of the earth long ago.<br /><br />~ FreeThinkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-53905545647285604332012-03-16T08:13:39.321-06:002012-03-16T08:13:39.321-06:00http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/15/obama-cam...http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/15/obama-campaign-documentary-release_n_1350070.htmlLiberalmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04612454539046863752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-3123174877504870352012-03-16T07:53:03.067-06:002012-03-16T07:53:03.067-06:00@Silver --It may be better to live
under robber ba...@Silver --It may be better to live<br />under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.<br /><br />----------<br />Rick Santorum - come on down !Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-92206738430423383622012-03-16T07:50:34.679-06:002012-03-16T07:50:34.679-06:00@mark adams ---
-Ever been to New York City latel...@mark adams ---<br />-Ever been to New York City lately?<br /><br />-Ever fly on an airline? Federal law there.<br /><br />-No one complains about regulation, however, Chicago, Washington and Maryland laws were shot down for prevention of the right to bear (Over regulation).<br />------------------<br /><br />Number four also falls under the commerce clause.<br /><br />As I had stated, these issues are either clearly mandated as Federal powers or are state matters. You don't have much of an argument.<br /><br />1. What goes on in NYC is NOT a question of Federal restrictions.<br /><br />2. Should easily pass muster with the commerce clause.<br /><br />3. So the system worked, what's your beef? And you'll e the first to argue for stare decisis if there is ever an attempt to review the decision.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-82995831769575556822012-03-16T03:26:29.634-06:002012-03-16T03:26:29.634-06:00Oh! How I would love to see the 17th amendment re...Oh! How I would love to see the 17th amendment repealed! It would go a long way in restoring our Republic!<br /><br />AndieDivine Theatrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02553420826262806110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-41190141047976952872012-03-15T21:31:56.598-06:002012-03-15T21:31:56.598-06:00JMJ: "I don't see anyone from the right s...JMJ: "I don't see anyone from the right such a thing. I prefer to the Obama administration to anything coming from them."<br /><br /> If I deciphered that correctly both SF and I are saying that now. Apparently Leticia agrees as well, as do many others here who have written on the subject.viburnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15381796879179539552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-4277052775792999492012-03-15T21:29:10.354-06:002012-03-15T21:29:10.354-06:00Progressivism is the most dangerous of all religio...Progressivism is the most dangerous of all religions...<br /><br /><i>"Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good<br />of its victim may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live<br />under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.<br />The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may<br />at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good<br />will torment us without end for they do so with the approval<br />of their own conscience."</i><br />-- C.S. LewisSilverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-59328298216613375012012-03-15T21:19:34.982-06:002012-03-15T21:19:34.982-06:00viburnum, I don't see anyone from the right su...viburnum, I don't see anyone from the right such a thing. I prefer to the Obama administration to anything coming from them.<br /><br />Silver, the religious hot poker has been probing around our asses forever. Hopefully, humanity will one day be rid of religion, then this nonsense will be moot, as it should be.<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-76804025481592193132012-03-15T21:07:02.425-06:002012-03-15T21:07:02.425-06:00For far too long we have allowed the government, p...For far too long we have allowed the government, present and past to undermine it, stomp on it and completely disregard it.<br /><br />It's high time that we start letting them know that they work for us, not the other way around.<br /><br />Love this post!Trekkie4Everhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03226981394122557804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-85569243810239809612012-03-15T20:39:23.974-06:002012-03-15T20:39:23.974-06:00Jersey: "That's the way things are."...Jersey: "That's the way things are."<br /><br />I doubt you'd be so sanguine if it were Rick Santorum's rightwingreligious red hot poker up our asses for the past 100 years.<br /><br />The difference between you and me is that my fictitious alternative would piss me off as well.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-35870001898165785292012-03-15T20:15:41.766-06:002012-03-15T20:15:41.766-06:00JMJ: "If anything, I am pointing out how dang...JMJ: "If anything, I am pointing out how dangerous it is to have radical religious fanatics taking advantage of the way things are."<br /><br /> I certainly agree with you on that. My point being that the best defense against that and other 'worst case scenarios' is to restore the primacy of the Constitution over the opinions of judges and the machinations of politicians.viburnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15381796879179539552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-29206226732177317262012-03-15T19:59:01.553-06:002012-03-15T19:59:01.553-06:00viburum, I'm sorry you don't like the way ...viburum, I'm sorry you don't like the way things are, but that's the way they are. If anything, I am pointing out how dangerous it is to have radical religious fanatics taking advantage of the way things are.<br /><br />Silver, again, what does that have to do with your post, theocracy, the courts, and radical religious governance???<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-65665730103294461082012-03-15T18:36:21.794-06:002012-03-15T18:36:21.794-06:00Ah Jersey... Your delicate prose always leaves me...Ah Jersey... Your delicate prose always leaves me speechless...<br /><br />The federal government is taking one quarter of every dollar generated by the economy, you and me!<br /><br />It's too damned big. Put them back in their constitutional box, and we would be fighting 50 little battles on the state level, where it would be more effective because we know where they live.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-28113131340722850752012-03-15T18:31:40.064-06:002012-03-15T18:31:40.064-06:00Jersey: "This could have a huge impact on the...Jersey: "This could have a huge impact on the interpretation of the constitution which is a primary federal judicial function."<br /><br /> If that were the case, one would think that the authority to do so would have been expressly included in Article III section 2. In fact it delineates the courts responsibilities "...arising under this Constitution...", the "obvious textual intent" here being 'UNDER'. <br /><br /> Judicial review in terms of the meaning of the document is entirely the construct of John Marshall, which is why if I could have my pick of SCOTUS decisions to overturn, first on the list would be Marbury. <br /><br /> Their legitimate role would be finding whether laws were in accordance with the Constitution, not playing with grammar and syntax to change it. Mr. Madison and friends were remarkably eloquent men, and very likely meant just what they said.viburnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15381796879179539552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-91605112309568060382012-03-15T18:30:01.171-06:002012-03-15T18:30:01.171-06:00Silver, I'm pretty certain you are not a schiz...Silver, I'm pretty certain you are not a schizophrenic, so what the fuck does "the federal government gobbling 25% of the economy" have any fucking thing to do with what I wrote? WTF, man!<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.com