tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post5302137848003537459..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Missing the point...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-18688024944951246282010-10-29T17:08:11.966-04:002010-10-29T17:08:11.966-04:00Excuse me, I can't spell, either.
Delegated.
...Excuse me, I can't spell, either.<br /><br />Delegated.<br /><br />To the chalkboard, boy, one hundred times!theirritablearchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105315709746689270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-34031823828356267262010-10-29T17:05:45.149-04:002010-10-29T17:05:45.149-04:00"Roger, like nearly all leftists, has a compl...<em>"Roger, like nearly all leftists, has a complete misunderstanding of what the Constitution does. It does not "grant" us rights, and it primarily tells the government what it cannot do."</em><br /><br />Steve,<br /><br />I gotta disagree with ya on that, sir.<br /><br />The BOR is (supposedly) the great limiter on the power of the Gummint. <br /><br />The Constitution is a document that authorizes and outlines how the gummint works, excuse me, <em>functions</em> and it's duly delagated powers, abused and too liberally applied they may be.theirritablearchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105315709746689270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-61696929638294125022010-10-29T16:40:53.931-04:002010-10-29T16:40:53.931-04:00Doesn't "shall not be infringed" pre...Doesn't "shall not be infringed" pretty much cover it, Roger?<br /><br />Roger, like nearly all leftists, has a complete misunderstanding of what the Constitution does. It does not "grant" us rights, and it primarily tells the government what it cannot do.Steve Skubinnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-80840267747114007672010-10-29T16:26:53.129-04:002010-10-29T16:26:53.129-04:00Founding militias were bearing arms in taverns. T...Founding militias were bearing arms in taverns. They mustered in taverns. The Lexington Militia headquartered in a tavern. The Founders definitely considered that a right, and whatever else SNBI might mean, the right to bear arms definitely applied to taverns.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14885339153790993024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-14833836727135206432010-10-29T16:02:05.463-04:002010-10-29T16:02:05.463-04:00Even if the Second Amendment did not exist (and th...Even if the Second Amendment did not exist (and this is the very reason that some of the Federalists opposed the BoR) <i>nowhere in the Constitution is Congress delegated the power to regulate the bearing of arms, either in bars or anywhere else</i>.<br /><br />That's the problem with the BoR; people read it and think that Congress can pass any law it wants, so long as it doesn't violate the first ten Amendments. Much.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-45535352518231900832010-10-29T15:51:11.010-04:002010-10-29T15:51:11.010-04:00The 2nd Amendment already covers it; google Buckma...The 2nd Amendment already covers it; google Buckman Tavern.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14885339153790993024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-28283158052552965502010-10-29T14:22:00.531-04:002010-10-29T14:22:00.531-04:00It's my tavern and I do as I damn well please....It's my tavern and I do as I damn well please.Rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09924556230506190220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-44830073823675558162010-10-29T14:03:38.424-04:002010-10-29T14:03:38.424-04:00I love your analogy, Tam.
The Ninth Amendment wou...I love your analogy, Tam.<br /><br />The Ninth Amendment would also have been a good answer.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04854543617806427302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-25504130309835655442010-10-29T13:00:31.681-04:002010-10-29T13:00:31.681-04:00It's right beside the part that says I go to p...It's right beside the part that says I go to prison if I don't give money to Robert Mapplethorpe.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-87686050277351916082010-10-29T12:30:59.615-04:002010-10-29T12:30:59.615-04:00Glenn: Sham, shame... You're talking about Rog...Glenn: Sham, shame... You're talking about Roger Ebert here, same diff...<br /><br />WV: holybu. To whom Navy Chaplains are administratively assigned.Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-14829242651072651092010-10-29T12:27:36.647-04:002010-10-29T12:27:36.647-04:00Ebert doesn't need my opinion on movies, and I...Ebert doesn't need my opinion on movies, and I don't need his opinion on anything else. <br /><br />He has a privilege in that he has been granted an audience for his thoughts on Hollywood. That does not mean those thoughts are worth anything. On guns, movies, or anything else, for that matter.<br /><br />He should just turn down the lights, turn up the movie volume, and leave us alone.Lawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04244701212946562926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-49960422668853728802010-10-29T11:28:26.689-04:002010-10-29T11:28:26.689-04:00Show me where in the constitution it says you can ...Show me where in the constitution it says you can do 90% 0f what the government is doing. If I were A left wing progressive mouthpiece I would shut my mouth about the Constitution of which you obviously know so little.We were already aware that you stupid, no seems no need to prove itDerfel Cadarnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00904779790523776248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-68882512605718860532010-10-29T11:25:33.052-04:002010-10-29T11:25:33.052-04:00Sir Limerick,
"The relevant question is, &qu...Sir Limerick,<br /><br />"<i>The relevant question is, "Where in the Constitution is government granted the power to restrict the right to have a gun in a tavern?"</i>"<br /><br />Uh, that's what I said.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-50381046396542643702010-10-29T11:21:28.000-04:002010-10-29T11:21:28.000-04:00Sir Limerick nailes it.Sir Limerick nailes it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72268979869844257982010-10-29T11:03:46.554-04:002010-10-29T11:03:46.554-04:00We lose the argument when we allow the conversatio...We lose the argument when we allow the conversation to be about "where is this right in the Constitution?"<br /><br />The relevant question is, "Where in the Constitution is government granted the power to restrict the right to have a gun in a tavern?"Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17660667240578298487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-49708065483146804582010-10-29T11:01:29.463-04:002010-10-29T11:01:29.463-04:00Roger has a permission slip that lets him tell the...Roger has a permission slip that lets him tell the rest of class about the Constitution Movie he saw, it's an after-school special.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-11968647721699844352010-10-29T10:45:43.361-04:002010-10-29T10:45:43.361-04:00Shooting Buddy,
Not sure if I understand what you...Shooting Buddy,<br /><br />Not sure if I understand what you are referring to but as I understand it --Roger Ol Buddy was wanting to make it illegal to carry in a Tavern.<br /><br />Definitely a case for the 10th Amendment.<br /><br />Now Taverns have a right to post their property, no argument there but that is a matter between two individuals.Bob S.http://3boxesofbs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-28040448435600235502010-10-29T10:26:31.710-04:002010-10-29T10:26:31.710-04:00"If you're one of those people who just g...<em>"If you're one of those people who just gets their jollies off on being told "verboten", the Constitution really isn't your kind of document, so stop trying to read it that way."</em><br /><br />Oh, come on!<br /><br />You, of all people, <em>know</em> that most people <em>want</em> to be told what to do, and disregarding that, the Constitution <em>has</em> been read, "that way," as you put it, for longer than you and I have been around to throw the bullshit flag about its outright abuse of power. :)<br /><br />(bows toward the mistress of snark)theirritablearchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105315709746689270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-24515494476841611002010-10-29T09:45:21.188-04:002010-10-29T09:45:21.188-04:00Again, I revel in the elegance, economy and feroci...Again, I revel in the elegance, economy and ferocity of your snark. <br /><br />I remain as always your sycophant,<br /><br />Reno SepulvedaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-55304801612640477772010-10-29T09:37:48.852-04:002010-10-29T09:37:48.852-04:00Roger Ebert has always been pointless.
He reviews ...Roger Ebert has always been pointless.<br />He reviews movies. Which provides him with the expertise of others whom live in a fantasy world populated by Unicorns and their turds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-83349008598197936102010-10-29T09:11:51.450-04:002010-10-29T09:11:51.450-04:00shame not sham.I need some new fingers.
Glennshame not sham.I need some new fingers.<br /><br />GlennAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-2090954970472064982010-10-29T09:07:37.864-04:002010-10-29T09:07:37.864-04:00Tam,
That looks like 1000.00 of gun show money goi...Tam,<br />That looks like 1000.00 of gun show money going begging.It would also be a good career move if you could sham him into paying it.<br /><br />GlennGlenn Kelleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-38167670555622683032010-10-29T08:18:43.612-04:002010-10-29T08:18:43.612-04:00Ha!! Classic Tam!
Right on!Ha!! Classic Tam!<br /><br />Right on!Tango Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593296126387219845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-34337959393885640892010-10-29T07:59:58.032-04:002010-10-29T07:59:58.032-04:00So, where in our "to do" list for Rosita...So, where in our "to do" list for Rosita (or, as lawyer types like to call it, "Article I") do we delegate Rosita the power to tell us where we can carry guns, or lunchboxes, or elephants or anything else, for that matter? Except maybe if we carry those lunchboxes or guns or elephants across state lines for the purpose of commerce? (And one could argue that the specificity of the 2nd would trump the commerce clause...)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69679869219591442542010-10-29T07:50:02.091-04:002010-10-29T07:50:02.091-04:00I know this makes some mad but mucking with the RK...I know this makes some mad but mucking with the RKBA is not a power the 10th reserves to the states or the people.<br /><br />Staying away from the gun cabinet applies to the feds and the states (and counties, cities, towns and hamlets and Cooter's Tavern). See items #2 and #14 on the P.S.<br /><br />Shootin' BuddyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com