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 […]
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It’s not that they don’t know their history, it’s that it doesn’t fit their narrative
Posted in History, Observations, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged abstinence, big government, blood and semen perfume, Bristol Palin, Chris Mathews, Constitution worship, 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, Constitution worship, 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