[robertpaulsen]

"Therefore, the Bill of Rights was meant to be a counter to the powers of the federal government by attempting to list what rights were positively not ceded to it (retained by the states and the people)."

You make a statement like that and then have the cojones to tell me I don't understand the constitution?

[Political Junkie Too]

For the record, I retract the comments about not understanding the Constitution, even if I don't agree with you. I had not come in contact with you before this thread, but you've offered up plenty of citations in your defense.