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To: Lane3 who wrote (16979)	4/17/2010 4:47:41 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 42652

"And only a Republican would say that war is essential." Probalby should tell that to Andrew Jackson, Woodrow Wilson, FDR,Truman,JFK,LBJ and many many more democrats

To: Lane3 who wrote (16979)	4/17/2010 6:00:30 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

I'm not sure what his point was, but I would be much more apt to support Ron Paul today than I would have last election cycle -- specifically because of the wars. I supported the wars on Day One and continue to until this day. Ron Paul sounded downright insane to me in '08 -- solely because of his stance on the wars. Today, with the Iraq War winding down and the Afghanistan War totally an unknown, I'm a lot more interested in his OTHER positions than I am his positions on the wars. The "Good" war may end up being not-so-good, and there is a reasonable chance the Iraq War will prove to have been the right decision (IMO). I think Ron Paul has a shot at it this time because anti-war talk may not sound so crazy. To me, at least.

To: Lane3 who wrote (16979)	4/18/2010 10:06:49 AM
From: RetiredNow	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

I don't buy the premise of that article. Folks who advocate for the strict interpretation of our Constitution miss the genius of our Constitutional Founders. It's the same mistake made by folks who believe the Bible is 100% fact. Think about it. If we stuck to the strict edicts of the Bible, then there would be no women's rights in the US. Look, the genius of our Founders was to create a document that could serve as a guidebook. They even gave us provisions for expanding that guidebook, so that it would be a living document. Thus, amendments to the Constitution are allowable. Any society that becomes rigidly locked into one strict way of doing things is destined to obsolescence. This country is great, precisely because we are adaptable and we change faster than other culture and we take the strengths of immigrants and make them our own. We should be embracing cultural change, not fighting against it. We can't allow our country to be ossified.