Posted on 07/03/2010 7:02:33 AM PDT by kbennkc
Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is getting some flak because under questioning by Sen. Tom Coburn she refused to recognize "natural rights" outside of the U.S. Constitution, presumably including those mentioned in our Declaration of Independence. The Oklahoma Republican then asked Kagan if she believes American citizens have "a fundamental right" to own firearms for self-defense, which he noted the great English jurist William Blackstone described as a "natural right." Kagan responded by saying, "To be honest with you, I don't have a view of what are natural rights independent of the Constitution."
Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/Kagan-dodges-and-weaves-on-natural-rights-97608954.html#ixzz0scxeC1U8
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That should cause everyone to vote against this one.
She basically thinks that all power is available for the government to declare without limitation.
This video sums up Kagan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5w-E55fZ1c&feature=player_embedded#! (Pete Hegseth testimony) She is 100% unqualified!
You say that like you think it's a bad thing.
You don't really think that, do you, Citizen?
Ivory tower liberals talk about rights but they never have really been exposed to the reality of having rights infringed by measures small or large.
The contractor in PA or IL or TX deals with a variety of arcane and time-wasting regulations every day. The dentist in FL or WA spends an inordinate amount of time keeping federally-mandated records that will never see the light of day again.
Kagan and her ilk can talk about reproductive ‘rights’ but so unfamiliar are they with rights, government and infringement that it’s all a parlor game to them. They have never worked in a proper job, have never lived anywhere but among those who agree with their muddle-headed views and have never had their property or livelihood confiscated as a result of laws that make a mockery of our republic’s principles.
When I saw your thread, I immediately thought of Baxter Black’s article on honesty.
To Be Honest
© Baxter Black, DVM
published in The Draft Horse Journal, Spring 2002
I was walkin’ through the show barn at the Stock Show. As I passed two fellers sittin’ ‘round a tack box, I heard the words, “Well, to be honest...”
I froze in my tracks! It’s been my experience that anything preceded by those four words usually turns out to be a windy conglomeration of half-truths, excuses, sales pitches and exaggerated claims bound to make even the most gullible sucker have second thoughts!
“Well, to be honest, the guy I bought her from said that she’d settled every time he bred her. So I think my A.I. man must have had a faulty tank.”
“Well, to be honest,” said the horse trader, “I’ve never seen him limp like that . It must be the humidity.”
“Well, to be honest,” said the purebred man to the show superintendent, “I’ve noticed that discoloration on her belly myself, and occasionally her calves have a white tail, but two years ago they built a nuclear power plant down the road from the farm. Shoot, even my labrador bitch had spotted pups!”
“Well, to be honest, I’d never thought of sellin’ this bull. His weight per day of age was tops in my herd and I’ve been offered $50,000 for him but if you’re really interested...”
“Well, to be honest,” said the fieldman to the breeder, “I’d like to help you put on your sale but I’m booked that day. When is it?”
“Well, to be honest,” said the auctioneer after the sale, “It was dang good for what we had.”
“Well, to be honest,” said the lady to her neighbor in Amway, “I believe in what you’re doin’, but I’m busy the next five years.”
“Well, to be honest,” said the truck salesman, “ I did flip it but it tracks as good as it ever did.”
“Well, to be honest, I did buy one of his bulls after he beat me at the state show, but he repossessed it after sixty days. I think mine are better anyway.”
“Well to be honest,” said the rancher to the vet, “ I noticed her water broke yesterday.”
“Well, to be honest,” said the husband to his wife, “I knew our anniversary was last Sunday. I was just waitin’ to see if you remembered!”
“Well, to be honest, I did think of stoppin’ off for a quick one with the boys but I changed my mind, but you’ll never believe what happened...”
Let me think about that.....hmmm..... yes all powerful government sucks
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