Trigger happy
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. – 2nd amendment to the U.S. Constitution
The U.S. Constitution is much like the Bible – a guide that citizens of different leanings find multiple ways to interpret. I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Constitution’
Buy a gun! Hurry! Quick!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Constitution on November 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Time for Something Substantive
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Constitution, Election, Politics on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
How about educating a public that doesn’t understand the presidency to begin with?
The Daily Show described this election season well: It’s like a man on Viagra who’s had an erection for three hours and 58 minutes and is on the verge of having to go to the hospital. Why can’t it just be over already?
Reporters [...]
Before the Bill of Rights, there was the Constitution
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Constitution, Government on April 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My pleasant Sunday morning routine of baking breakfast, sipping a pot of coffee and reading the newspaper for two hours was interrupted yesterday by a conundrum. A piece in the Sunday Washington Post called Permissible Assaults Cited in Graphic Detail discussed how former Justice Department senior lawyer John Yoo said in a 2003 memo: “…federal laws prohibiting [...]
Public Service Announcement on the Constitution
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Constitution, First Amendment on March 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
A survey was published last week in the Washington Post that made me throw up my hands in despair and question what in the world we go to school for in this country.
People who believe the First Amendment guarantees:
The right to trial by jury: 55%
The right to vote: 53%
The right to buy a gun: 45%
The right [...]
