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To: koan who wrote (1093695)

10/17/2018 6:22:51 PM

From: James Seagrove

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“Today, when a concerted effort is made to obliterate this point, it cannot be repeated too often that the Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals—that it does not prescribe the conduct of private individuals, only the conduct of the government—that it is not a charter for government power, but a charter of the citizens’ protection against the government.

Ours was the first government based on and strictly limited by a written document—the Constitution—which specifically forbids it to violate individual rights or to act on whim. The history of the atrocities perpetrated by all the other kinds of governments—unrestricted governments acting on unprovable assumptions—demonstrates the value and validity of the original political theory on which this country was built.

A complex legal system, based on objectively valid principles, is required to make a society free and to keep it free—a system that does not depend on the motives, the moral character or the intentions of any given official, a system that leaves no opportunity, no legal loophole for the development of tyranny.

The American system of checks and balances was just such an achievement. And although certain contradictions in the Constitution did leave a loophole for the growth of statism, the incomparable achievement was the concept of a constitution as a means of limiting and restricting the power of the government.

The American system is not a democracy. It is a constitutional republic. A democracy, if you attach meaning to terms, is a system of unlimited majority rule . . . a form of collectivism, which denies individual rights . . . . The American system is a constitutionally limited republic, restricted to the protection of individual rights. In such a system, majority rule is applicable only to lesser details, such as the selection of certain personnel. But the majority has no say over the basic principles governing the government. It has no power to ask for or gain the infringement of individual rights.“

AYN RAND

To: koan who wrote (1093695)	10/17/2018 6:26:42 PM
From: locogringo	Respond to of 1578094

And why don't you do us a favor and educate yourself Now that takes a hell of a lot of nerve to post coming from somebody CONSUMED with irrational hatred and preconceived opinions TOTALLY UNSUPPORTED by FACTS. Anybody who thinks (sorry...wrong word)....anybody who posts drivel hatt Republicans feed seniors dog food, and cuts Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid should look into a mirror first before lecturing others on what to think and say. Your own ilk can't stand you , Koan. Go away. Have they been laughing at you again on the circle jerk threads that you come here to soil this thread and spout your silly unsubstantiated bullshit? You make ZZ look like a genius!

To: koan who wrote (1093695)	10/17/2018 6:57:25 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Respond to of 1578094

dear koanie, I see you once again wish to continue the education of all that you do not know your ass from your elbow. Some never figure out that it only takes one post. The really confused do seem to need to repeat and repeat and repeat. Do you know if you are currently looking for your ass or your elbow? that's OK, we really do not need to know. have a nice day or search.

To: koan who wrote (1093695)	10/17/2018 8:02:19 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Recommended By locogringo Respond to of 1578094

geez obama was a community organizer con man and you bought that hook line and sinker

To: koan who wrote (1093695)	10/18/2018 1:41:50 AM
From: bruwin	2 Recommendations Recommended By James Seagrove locogringo Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578094

I have very little further to add other than what has been put to you in the following posts by other informed posters to this board ...... Message 31840607 Message 31840616 Message 31840671 Message 31840769 Message 31840628 .... I will however inform you that SOCIALISM has not worked, successfully, in any part of the world, most especially in the Western 1st world. So I find it strange that there are those, like yourself, who keep kicking that 'Dead Horse'. With regard to the usual anti-Trump garbage that you and others of your train of thought at those Extreme Left Wing SI boards keep spewing out, I fail to understand why you and others continue to bury your heads in the sand with regard to the positives that Donald Trump has achieved for your country IN LESS THAN 2 YEARS !! ..... Personal Tax Reduction putting more money in YOUR pocket .... Corporate Tax Reduction providing an incentive for American based multinationals to "repatriate" billions of offshore dollars back into America to benefit American businesses .... Record drops in general unemployment in YOUR country ... More industrial manufacturing returning to America that had previously taken place OUTSIDE your country which benefited 3rd parties ... Record drops in unemployment within the African American, Hispanic and Asian communities which you Democrats will still believe stand "four-square" behind the Democratic Party (I suggest you will be in for a major shock when future major elections take place in your country) .... a MAJOR reduction in HOSTILE behaviour by a country that was threatening World Peace, namely North Korea. Prior to Trump getting involved there were numerous underground nuclear tests done, ballistic missiles were regularly flying across parts of the Pacific Ocean, etc, etc. Your "hero" Obama knew EFF ALL about how to NEGOTIATE with those in the Far East and as a result they had NO RESPECT FOR HIM .... Trump has renegotiated that BAD NAFTA agreement such that America will now be financially better off with regard to trade between itself and Mexico and Canada ... ETC, ETC, ETC .... AND he is doing his job as President of YOUR country for the "massive(?)" Annual Salary of $1 PER ANNUM !!! Was your Obummer prepared to do that ???!!! .... I think EVEN YOU know the answer to that question .... So, if you wish to continue to join those other Extreme Left Wingers on this board, and on those other Far Left boards that you frequent, who are determined to live with your heads firmly planted in the sand, such that you are BLIND to the POSITIVES that the 45th President has achieved for your country, then Go Ahead .... it ain't gonna make a scrap of difference ... QED