Sometimes, on my way home from work, if I can’t find anything else on the radio, I listen to the ranting of WAAM’s Terry “Thayrone X” Hughes. This evening, I happened to tune in during a segment on Obama’s plans to confiscate the guns of America’s self-described “patriots” by exploiting new federal rules intended to […]
Tag Archives: Constitution worship
Is the government really coming for the guns of climate change deniers?
Posted in Civil Liberties Also tagged AM 1600, Ayn Rand, background checks, Bacon, Cliven Bundy, Gadsden flag, global climate change, Global Warming, global warming denial, gun confiscation, gun control, guns, homeschooling, mental illness, Obama, Obama is coming for our guns, paranoia, profiling, proud clinger, Ted Cruz, Terry Hughes, Thayrone X, thought crime, WAAM 13 Comments
It’s not that they don’t know their history, it’s that it doesn’t fit their narrative
As I noted a few posts ago, Tea Party favorite, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, mentioned in a speech this past weekend that our founding fathers had worked tirelessly to end slavery in America. Her exact words, as she was going on about the sanctity of the Constitution, were, “(W)e also know that the very […]
Posted in History, Observations, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged abstinence, big government, blood and semen perfume, Bristol Palin, Chris Mathews, constitutional idolatry, founding fathers, Lady Gaga, Michele Bachmann, Minnesota, misunderstanding American history, perfume, promiscuous Star Fleet recruits, racism, Republican framing, rewriting history, rugged individualism, Sal Russo, slavery, tea party, Tea Party Express, three-fifths compromise 22 Comments
The Constitution requires interpretation
A few days ago, on the site, a conversation that we were having about Christine O’Donnell was hijacked by some folks who wanted to discuss the Constitution. I’m probably going to oversimplify this, but, according to my recollection (I’ll be damned if I go back and read through the whole thread again), there were essentially […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Other, Politics Also tagged Antonin Scalia, Articles of Confederation, Brackinald Achery, Constitution, constitutional idolatry, constitutionalists, EOS, first principles, founding fathers, founding principles, Heritage Foundation, infantile, Libertarianism, Michael Klarman, nuclear weapons, states rights, strict constructionists, suitcase nukes, Supreme Court, tea party, Theodore Roosevelt, We Still Hold These Truths, Woodrow Wilson 27 Comments