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To: koan who wrote (1510887)	1/5/2025 10:30:30 AM
From: rxbond	1 Recommendation Recommended By longz Respond to of 1572562

God gave us the crime scene on a silver platter and the leader for the revival. We couldn't make it past the 20th. Be thankful. Its 12-year program for those not understanding how close we were from hell

To: koan who wrote (1510887)	1/5/2025 11:14:39 AM
From: TideGlider	6 Recommendations Recommended By Bill Bonefish Broken_Clock locogringo longz and 1 more member Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572562

You are one sick little pup.

To: koan who wrote (1510887)	1/5/2025 11:56:51 AM
From: Maple MAGA	4 Recommendations Recommended By FJB longz maceng2 Mick Mørmøny Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572562

"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 "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." AYN RAND "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." AYN RAND You may also want to refresh yourself on The Declaration of Independence...