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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
I have NO Idea. I just had a bout of Bile Fascination and read conservapedia...from what I gathered it will collapse under its own untenability
edited 21st Jan '13 4:29:36 PM by 3of4
"You can reply to this Message!""To a man who only knows churches, everything looks like a church." I know that's a misquote, but it's apropos.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Of course it matters. States can't enact laws in defiance of federal law, the Constitution, or SCOTUS rulings. If they do, it becomes a matter for federal courts to deal with.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"@ Kostya: I know it's not the clearest greyscale photo
◊, but he looks African American to me. It's the shape of the jaw and mouth. I could be wrong though.
And I am not seeking to defend N-Word Privileges, just being sarcastic.
Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.![]()
It can be made as a challenge of states' rights vs. Federal law. It's unlikely to hold up (Federal Law trumps State Law, after all), but it can be used to debate themselves into a position to challenge Federal law in an appellate court. It isn't impossible to have both laws struck down at the same time.
edited 21st Jan '13 6:31:52 PM by DevilTakeMe
Glove and Boots is good for Blog!Considering many of these threats are aimed at federal officials who will be implementing the new healthcare exchange program, I doubt that will happen in that case. Since, you know, the Supreme Court already declared Obamacare in its entirety constitutional. And the rest of the threats are aimed at gun legislation that hadn't happened yet at the time when the legislators declared they'd do that, and since then the restrictions that Obama wants have proven to be very sensible. I doubt that both laws would be struck down in that instance either.
SCOTUS is already allowing appellate courts to re-review parts of Obamacare
. It's not exactly as certain, as much as the new gun legislations raises challenges to decisions made only a few years ago, such as Heller vs. DC. It may clarify positions, however, which is why such things are being allowed to go through.
edited 21st Jan '13 6:40:11 PM by DevilTakeMe
Glove and Boots is good for Blog!
When some paranoid conspiracy theorist inevitably murders a bunch of people while spouting this exact kind of language, I wonder what the Republican reaction will be. probably more irresponsible, inflammatory, insurgency-fetishist, not-remotely-well-hidden euphemisms about shooting people.
"We are not in any way responsible for how people react to what our Senate Minority Leader explicitly told them to be afraid of."
edited 21st Jan '13 8:06:03 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"And because we can't control how one individual or a small group reacts, we'll make sure to punish the larger whole of responsible people.
We'll go right back to where we started.
Glove and Boots is good for Blog!"Because most people are responsible with missiles, tanks, and nerve gas, we should just let everyone have them."
"Because most kids don't stab themselves with scissors, they should be handed out at birth."
edited 21st Jan '13 8:17:46 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Yes, you can privately own missile launchers and tanks. Most people just can't afford them. Nerve gas requires proper storage facilities, since they're really mostly regulated by environmental protection laws, etc.
This argument is entirely circular, see?
edited 21st Jan '13 8:22:18 PM by DevilTakeMe
Glove and Boots is good for Blog!Not circular at all; it points out that we're basically teetering on the edge of mass insanity as a society, when the ability to own and operate a deadly weapon can be held forth as a right subject to no more restrictions than obtaining a loaf of bread at the corner drugstore.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

N-Word Privileges. If black Republicans can't act racist towards the President, who can? Think of the black Republicans!
Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.