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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 08:06 PM
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17. Maybe they can start by reading the existing Constitution
The entire thing and than get back to us :rofl:
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  -Stuff from the tea baggers - federalism amendments Richard D  May-02-09 04:41 PM   #0 
  - They need to MOVE to another country!  Joanne98   May-02-09 04:54 PM   #1 
  - What exactly is "nutty" about those article of amendments?  Coffee and Cake   May-02-09 04:54 PM   #2 
  - no, actually "states' rights" has been used to justify slavery, among other things....  pepperbear   May-02-09 05:09 PM   #4 
  - I share your concern about some of these people's motives, but  Coffee and Cake   May-02-09 05:32 PM   #5 
     - that's just it. it really isn't that black and white....  pepperbear   May-02-09 06:53 PM   #11 
        - The right to self-determination and voluntary association is a liberal concept  Coffee and Cake   May-02-09 09:09 PM   #18 
           - .....  pepperbear   May-02-09 10:00 PM   #19 
              - Maybe you are right that state rights are not a liberal concept  Coffee and Cake   May-02-09 11:50 PM   #23 
  - well there are the caucuses...and when a central government is stripped of it control over its  angstlessk   May-02-09 05:34 PM   #6 
  - so we would not longer be a super power. Oh noes!  Warren Stupidity   May-02-09 05:43 PM   #8 
  - This is beyond states' rights,  MadHound   May-02-09 07:25 PM   #12 
  - What's nutty?  northzax   May-02-09 11:27 PM   #22 
     - It would also eliminate the 600B+ annual MIC budget  Warren Stupidity   May-03-09 11:59 AM   #24 
        - first off  northzax   May-04-09 05:24 PM   #25 
           - no income tax no deficits no 600B+ war budget.  Warren Stupidity   May-04-09 07:01 PM   #26 
              - Only if they banned immigration  northzax   May-04-09 08:08 PM   #27 
                 - I disagree  Warren Stupidity   May-04-09 10:28 PM   #28 
  - Notice that the page style is very similar to freerepublic.com. I'll bet it's the same web designer.  Towlie   May-02-09 05:00 PM   #3 
  - Not all that nutty. I expected much worse.  Warren Stupidity   May-02-09 05:42 PM   #7 
  - Basically a rich man's dream brought to you by the have-nots. Gotta love it.  Democracyinkind   May-02-09 06:18 PM   #9 
  - Now they want to amend the constitution?  AllentownJake   May-02-09 06:22 PM   #10 
  - No, actually what they're wanting is to exercise the Constitutional provision  MadHound   May-02-09 07:30 PM   #13 
     - You still need 2/3 of the states to propose such a measure  AllentownJake   May-02-09 07:46 PM   #15 
        - Oh I know that, you know that,  MadHound   May-02-09 07:53 PM   #16 
           - Maybe they can start by reading the existing Constitution  AllentownJake   May-02-09 08:06 PM   #17 
  - ugh, the country went over this in 1787! then again, there's libertarian wank-fiction  MisterP   May-02-09 07:40 PM   #14 
  - Wouldn't Amendment 10 cripple the court system?  anonymous171   May-02-09 10:03 PM   #20 
     - Greedy little boys don't like anyone to say no! to them.  alfredo   May-02-09 10:21 PM   #21 
 

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