Do you believe that this exists?
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
Congratulations: you’re a ‘Tenther,’ which is liberal Democrat for ‘annoyingly tiresome about us ignoring Constitutional clauses that we don’t like.’ The attempt here is equate federalism with conspiracy theorists* - but like Radley Balko and Glenn Reynolds, I would like to note for the record that yes, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution actually exists. I have even seen it, with my own two eyes. In Washington, DC. Admittedly, I didn’t take a picture of it at the time.
On the bright side, this attempted sneer, or smear, is about as likely to shut up the growing populist movement in this country as anything else did; which is to say, not at all.
Moe Lane
*Like, say, the approximately one-third of the Democratic party that believes that the US government was behind 9/11.
Crossposted to Moe Lane.
Next they'll start calling us "Constitutionalists"...
Aaron Gardner Tuesday, September 22nd at 10:54AM EDT (link)Please don’t…stop…seriously…DON’T STOP!!!.
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conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
Poor way of trying to call us racists
Darin_H Tuesday, September 22nd at 11:05AM EDT (link)I mean, they just flat out call us racists anyways, so why bother with this?
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One way to shut these kinds of doofuses up
Finrod Tuesday, September 22nd at 11:36AM EDT (link)“I believe in the entire Constitution, including the Second and Tenth Amendments. Don’t you?”
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hey they are not too fond of the fifth, and ninth either
kyle8 Tuesday, September 22nd at 11:48AM EDT (link)and pretty much anything that is inconvenient to them.
“Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty”
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First Amendment too
seandparnell Tuesday, September 22nd at 4:40PM EDT (link)If you follow the campaign finance “reform” issue, you’ll notice that the First Amendment isn’t exactly a high priority for them either.
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You have to actually mean it...
jeffscottshow Tuesday, September 22nd at 2:19PM EDT (link)Too many conservatives don’t. Especially note the First Amendment.
So you think we don't
Richard Mullins Tuesday, September 22nd at 9:48PM EDT (link)FYI, we do here but we don’t like the Full bore Libertarians that are nuts.2/3rds of Libertarianism is fine, it’s the 1/3 that’s crap.
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I don't think you don't...
jeffscottshow Wednesday, September 23rd at 2:15PM EDT (link)I know you don’t.
I specifically pointed out the First Amendment. Most conservatives, when they hear profanity on the airwaves, want to call the government and make sure that there are certain decency standards to make sure that those seven horrible words can’t be uttered. If I want to use the F-word on the radio, I should be allowed to use the F-word on the radio. If you don’t like it, turn it off. Leave the government out of it. But NOOOO, that’s not acceptable. We might poison our children!
I’d be interested in hearing what 1/3 of libertarianism you consider to be “crap.” Is it the part where we want individual liberty? Because that’s my favorite part.
The 1/3 that doesn't understand the difference between political speech and regular trash talk...
Aaron Gardner Wednesday, September 23rd at 2:20PM EDT (link)In other words….you.
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conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
You're clearly a part of the 1/3 that's nuts. nt
Achance Wednesday, September 23rd at 2:22PM EDT (link)In Vino Veritas
What's nuts about freedom?
jeffscottshow Wednesday, September 23rd at 2:59PM EDT (link)And Aaron, I’m glad that the only freedom you care about is freedom to engage in political speech. At least now I know who NOT to trust my liberties to.
Why are so-called “conservatives,” who are supposed to care about the Constitution, so willing to flush the Constitution down the drain when it doesn’t fit with their agenda?
This is why so many libertarians say that there is no difference between Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals. They all want to take away our freedoms, just at different paces and in different ways. Republicans/conservatives pretend to care about economic liberties and don’t care at all about personal liberties. Democrats/liberals pretend to care about personal liberties and don’t care at all about economic liberties.
jeffscottnoshow...you're an idiot.
Aaron Gardner Wednesday, September 23rd at 3:11PM EDT (link)It’s not my fault you don’t understand grammar as pertains to the text of the Constitution. They use commas and semi-colons for a reason.
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conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
Talkin' to a ghost, Aaron, Neil offed him. nt
Achance Wednesday, September 23rd at 3:15PM EDT (link)In Vino Veritas
This is why....
pro_libertate Wednesday, September 23rd at 6:13PM EDT (link)I can’t really bring myself to call myself a libertarian. The whole point about being able to say the F word on the radio if “I want to” misses a big part of the point. Your right to say the F word exists only so much as it does not impact my right to NOT hear it. For you to broadcast the F word over the radio (without warning) would necessarily be coercive to the extent that you are imposing your values on me without a valid ability for me to avoid it if I so choose.
This of course doesn’t even get into the whole point of manners, civility, or common decency. You may be perfectly happy with the F word being used around your children, but I, for one, am not.
Me either. Now if the government would stay out of it
Achance Wednesday, September 23rd at 6:24PM EDT (link)to the extent that I could go over and beat the s@#t out of you for saying f#$k in front of my kids, I might be OK with that.
In Vino Veritas
Bravo Achance! My sentiments exactly! n/t
diakrioi Friday, September 25th at 1:07AM EDT (link)n/t
The first amendment is clearly about political speech
diakrioi Friday, September 25th at 1:05AM EDT (link)The people who wrote it would not consider defending the kind of speech you describe. The reason that certain speech is restricted on radio and TV is because those mediums are open to anyone. On cable and XM, which are closed, the restrictions disappear. It is a reasonable accommodation.
I like the video
RoguePolitics Wednesday, September 23rd at 12:22PM EDT (link)And it is true that a lot of conservatives have blinders when it comes to particular issues.
Whatever the federal law might be, hold it up to the constitution, if it isn’t in there then let it be a state issue or a non issue.
The drug laws are a perfect example. When the progressives wanted to outlaw alcohol they recognized a need for an amendment but when it came to drugs like cocaine, heroin or pot they ignored the constitution. The sad thing is now most “conservatives” totally support the drug war even though it is a progressive socialist invention. It causes far more crime than it will ever prevent. Alcohol prohibition did the same and they had the good sense to repeal it.
And NO I don’t use any of them. I just don’t want to sacrifice my liberty trying to stop some moron from killing himself. Particularly when he is going to do it anyway.
An accurate read of the constitution would show there is no federal authority in this area. States could outlaw drugs if their constitution allows but the only place the federal government might have a legitimate role here would be to outlaw the importation of drugs.
The FDA is another example. Where is it? It probably kills more people by denying access to drugs than it saves. Remember Vioxx? Billions wasted and they still let crap through.
NEA, FAA, DOT, SSA, DEA, FEC, Dept of Ed, Cafe Standards; Where are these alphabet soup ingredients listed in the constitution?
Once you get beyond DoD are the rest even remotely enumerated?
As soon as you even talk of legalizing drugs you are generally labeled a wacky libertarian. Is the drug war working? Are criminals being kept off the streets? Or is it just another way to justify an UNlimited government’s restriction of liberty in the name of security? Franklin had words for those who would trade liberty for security.
Are you more secure with armed gangs pushing drugs and vying for territory than you would be with a couple of dope smoking losers getting high down the street? Aren’t the dope smoking losers STILL getting high down the street?
If the states handled the “drug war” it would allow for different approaches some of which might actually reduce the number of users. Frankly I don’t care much about reducing users. If someone wants to waste their life in a bottle or a needle it only becomes my business when they commit an actual criminal act to do it. Toss those guys in prison, problem solved.
Tenther really is the answer.
Instead of show me the money, so me the enumerated power.
“So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don’t even know that fire is hot.” George Orwell
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G'bye
Neil Stevens Wednesday, September 23rd at 3:03PM EDT (link)Go promote your kooky radio show elsewhere.
Want to run for conservatives? Give.
There Is No Crisis
The 10th Am. was being rehabilitated
Achance Tuesday, September 22nd at 11:47AM EDT (link)under Bush I as states sought to get out from under the USSC’s dictates in Garcia v. San Antonio, which placed all public employers under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Many states started challenging the USDOL on 10th Am. grounds as well as commerce grounds with success in several of the Circuits. Of course, it all came to a screeching halt when WJC’s hand came off The Bible and neither the Republican governors nor the GWB Administration could be bother to divert themselves from the spending spree, so it was never revived.
The Tenth had been so tarnished by its use to attempt to protect segregation that few would dare to even argue on Tenth Am. grounds. The FLSA challenges made it respectable again, but it seems to be yet another opportunity lost.
In Vino Veritas
Well Moe you just gave me my new bumper sticker...
JadedByPolitics Tuesday, September 22nd at 8:19PM EDT (link)tenther it is sir!
Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy
your forgot the last part.
nilram Tuesday, September 22nd at 9:41PM EDT (link)“… or to the Federal Government as it sees fit.” See you just misread it.
And um pay no attention to that pig with the bucket of paint.
The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.
–Douglas MacArthur
Oops, I thought the "tenthers" were the movers and shakers
6eorge Jetson Tuesday, September 22nd at 11:52PM EDT (link)on the One-Zero™ economic team.
Well Moe, I expect they thought that would decimate our ranks.
The_Gadfly Thursday, September 24th at 1:05PM EDT (link)Isn’t it uncanny how real live conspiracy theorists do not know the real meanings of words?
We’ve been called racists enough now that it shouldn’t bother us any more.
-AChance, http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/11/03/what-men-may-do-we-have-done/#comment-24463
If NY23 was a beat down for Conservatives, what do you call what happened to Progressives in NJ and VA?
inspired by ColdWarrior, http://www.redstate.com/hooah_mac/2009/11/04/ny-23-the-agony-of-defeat-not-so-much/#comment-156
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Finrod Thursday, September 24th at 3:49PM EDT (link)Just for the wordplay in your subject.
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