Posted on 12/07/2014 2:26:10 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine
Straus also doesn't have Perry to support him anymore.
Straus may be a problem, but with the conservative gains in Texas, he's a smaller problem than he was.
/johnny
...”the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed”.
/johnny
God bless Texas!
It’s time to let the people of TX know where he stands.
Dewhurst didn't go away because he wanted to. It took a lot of door-knocking and phone calls.
/johnny
Methinks a state has a right to demand the feds hold to the constitution, prohibiting transgression thereof.
For our Texas pal...photo taken high in the Andes of Colombia....note the tag on the back of the bus LOL
http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae274/rrrod3/colombia%2012-13/242_zpsc66963b3.jpg
Otherwise, here is one of the stronger anti-federal government personal defense arms control excerpts that I’m aware of from a Supreme Court case opinion.
"The second and tenth counts are equally defective. The right there specified is that of "bearing arms for a lawful purpose." This is not a right granted by the Constitution. Neither is it in any manner dependent upon that instrument for its existence. The second amendment declares that it shall not be infringed, but this, as has been seen, means no more than that it shall not be infringed by Congress. This is one of the amendments that has no other effect than to restrict the powers of the national government, leaving the people to look for their protection against any violation by their fellow citizens of the rights it recognizes, to what is called [emphasis added], in The City of New York v. Miln, 11 Pet. 139, the "powers which relate to merely municipal legislation, or what was, perhaps, more properly called internal police," "not surrendered or restrained" by the Constitution of the United States." —United States v. Cruikshank, 1875.
The problem with modern interpretations of 2A is the following imo. Most of us have grown up under a corrupt federal government, consequently wrongly thinking that the actions and policies of the feds are unquestionably constitutional.
Regarding federal laws which regulate arms for personal defense use for example, based on my current understanding of the history of such laws, please note the following. Such laws seem not to have appeared in the books until the time of FDR, Constitution-ignoring FDR and his corrupt Congress notorious for making laws outside the scope of Congress’s Article I, Section 8-limited powers.
Franklin Roosevelt: The Father of Gun Control
The incessant pressures for gun control are the same as the relentless pressures for “immigration reform”. Both are reminiscent of villains in the horror movies that will not die.
Connected elites, crony capitalists, and MSM have their perpetual hooks in Congress looking for their favors and handouts. They combine with a large uniformed segment of America also looking for handouts.
Phony benevolent elites in society will always promote disarming the masses, because it will minimize any perception by their peers in power that masses should have political power. Self defense always equals political power. Elites prefer unilateral power.
That’s why the groups that benefit most from collectivism are the rich and the poor with the rich being the largest proponents of collectivism.
“The problem with modern interpretations of 2A is the following imo. Most of us have grown up under a corrupt federal government, consequently wrongly thinking that the actions and policies of the feds are unquestionably constitutional.”
This is why conservatives need to have more children in terms of numbers and encourage them to go into government to serve so Leftists don’t fill those seats.
If you look at the Amidah (aka the 18 blessings; Shemoneh Esrei) in the Jewish siddur (prayer book) you will see one prayer that is applicable here.
(as translated from the Hebrew)
11. “Restore our judges, just as in the beginning, and our counselors, just as of old and remove from us grief and groaning, and reign over us, you, Adonai, alone, in lovingkindness (hesed) and mercy. Make us righteous through your righteous justice. Blessed are you, Adonai, King who possesses righteousness and justice.”
http://andrewjacobs.org/western/amidah.htm
Conservatives need to have more children than collectivists, teach them to be virtuous, and then have their children serve in various capacities from dog catcher to POTUS and you’ll get less corruption. It won’t eliminate it, but it’ll certainly reduce it to a minimum.
Conservatives need to become the leaders in the various storytelling industries of religion, government, education, and media.
Nicely done!
HOORAY Matthew Krause (R-Ft. Worth) Krause for President!
How about “past, present or future” politicians having the debt distributed amongst themselves and all assets seized until there are low taxes and surpluses, so that generations are not debt-slaves to National Socialists.
Windy, you and Squantos make some room for me... I’m coming out there as soon as I retire...
Wish PA would do something like this...
YES!
bump
I guess they were of the group that visited Texas and hated it. Oh well, their loss.
LOL! I took that photo outside a roadside cafe. We were there having lunch. I looked for the driver but he wasnt around. All the best!
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