tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post3181444360950753284..comments2024-01-13T07:38:36.064-05:00Comments on Target Liberty: Is the Constitution of Any Value?Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-79848031075054529962018-11-17T04:15:23.520-05:002018-11-17T04:15:23.520-05:00You are joking right?
http://bit.ly/2trbeDbYou are joking right?<br /><br />http://bit.ly/2trbeDbRobert Wenzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-45762117877140416572018-11-16T20:27:04.217-05:002018-11-16T20:27:04.217-05:00The interesting thing is no one holds up a crafted...The interesting thing is no one holds up a crafted alternative to rally around. I somehow always expected someone to be inspired and bold enough to say "here is the alternative to the aged constitution"Shegottawideloadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16752677440246325222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-83465459001259329802018-11-16T15:13:28.103-05:002018-11-16T15:13:28.103-05:00Agreed in all respects, with one additional point....Agreed in all respects, with one additional point. It's also worth studying colonial America, the Articles of Confederation, and the 1787 Constitutional Convention to gain a fuller appreciation for the dangers of, and to advocate against, holding another constitutional convention, as some are calling for. It today's anti-liberty, pro-centralization climate, any such convention is likelyThe NAPsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631781625841157567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-38777671027240319142018-11-16T12:46:28.322-05:002018-11-16T12:46:28.322-05:00As the one who wrote the comment referred to, I wa...As the one who wrote the comment referred to, I want to make it clear that other than, “Napolitano's use of the Constitution, in the Matthew Whitaker situation, falls into the genuflection category above advancing freedom.” I agree with what RW says in this post and Evan Smiley’s comment. <br /><br />To paraphrase Scott Horton referring to the (Un)patriot Act and similar violations of the AlexZouglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09903419350475485505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-72339529201054605962018-11-16T08:44:18.436-05:002018-11-16T08:44:18.436-05:00Spooner long ago eviscerated the notion that the c...Spooner long ago eviscerated the notion that the constitution is beneficial. There's really not much more to be said.<br /><br />However, I think it is valid, as Tom Woods sometimes does, to point out that the state does not even follow IT'S OWN rules, and therefore has zero credibility when it demands that its subjects follow them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11968441656658845395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-67024700381664153702018-11-16T06:56:40.788-05:002018-11-16T06:56:40.788-05:00And how long do you think he'd be allowed to s...And how long do you think he'd be allowed to stay on the air, with that approach? As a senior judicial analyst on a semi-neocon network. Realpolitik - he's a secondhand dealer in ideas in his day job, working within the confines that keep him employed/dealing.Bradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17548878643369429783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-38836897987947297922018-11-16T06:49:17.110-05:002018-11-16T06:49:17.110-05:00Before the ink had hardly dried on the Constitutio...Before the ink had hardly dried on the Constitution, the founders had passed the Alien and Sedition Acts limiting free speech and founder of the country had raised an army to put down a tax rebellion in Western Pennsylvania. It was directly downhill from there. The Lab Managerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314871529571094106noreply@blogger.com