tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post5147727462119403080..comments2023-04-04T11:00:28.668-05:00Comments on Gottesblog: Government 101Fr BFEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14554699361739289492noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-50392908515657263992008-04-16T14:23:00.000-05:002008-04-16T14:23:00.000-05:00I was kinda hoping for a response like that, but y...I was kinda hoping for a response like that, but you have to admit, it's true! Born in Pennsylvania and all that good stuff. And I still seen more signs for him than for anyone else. Which I suppose means nothing . . .<BR/>And a vote for him would be a vote for doing away with yesterday.Brian P Westgatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15383132438753364755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-74736803364557348252008-04-15T17:46:00.000-05:002008-04-15T17:46:00.000-05:00. . . and if pigs had wings . . .. . . and if pigs had wings . . .Fr BFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554699361739289492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-52805705515075742062008-04-15T10:11:00.000-05:002008-04-15T10:11:00.000-05:00Now if only everyone had voted for Ron Paul, Congr...Now if only everyone had voted for Ron Paul, Congress wouldn't have wasted its time on such a bill. But I understand that I'm dreaming.Brian P Westgatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15383132438753364755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-61840624456709343982008-04-13T14:14:00.000-05:002008-04-13T14:14:00.000-05:00Phrases in the Constitution often have their meani...Phrases in the Constitution often have their meaning based on established legal understanding, which at that time was William Blackstone's <I>Commentaries on the Laws of England</I> (but widely referred to in America, before and after the Revolutionary War). Blackstone's <A HREF="http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/a1_8_4_citizenships1.html" REL="nofollow">Commentaries 1:354, 357-Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-63770201157894856642008-04-12T11:26:00.000-05:002008-04-12T11:26:00.000-05:00The recent antics by democrat senator Claire McCas...The recent antics by democrat senator Claire McCaskill (MO) and the senate is, as the <A HREF="http://blog.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2008/04/citizen_mccain_contd.html" REL="nofollow">WaPost notes</A>, "simply a 'sense of the Senate' resolution. Individuals only have five senses, but the Senate has many more -- and expresses them nearly every day, though none are legally binding."<BR/><Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-15150059507631040132008-04-11T14:00:00.000-05:002008-04-11T14:00:00.000-05:00Excellent point, IMO. It is troubling when Congre...Excellent point, IMO. It is troubling when Congress asserts powers it doesn't have and gives away powers the Constitution does give it, as with the war powers bill. It didn't just authorize Pres. Bush to declare war on Iraq at his discretion; it authorized any president to do the same at any time, with respect to any country.Anastasia Theodoridishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.com