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What is so brilliant about it? There’s not a word in constitution about minimum wage, but there is that bit about cruel and unusual punishments. |
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If I remember correctly, the Supreme Court ruled some time ago that until you get through customs you are not protected by the constitution. While I do not support torture (finger nail pulling and the like) contrary to McCain amendment, I support treatment such as that practiced upon military pilots and special ops in survival training. It would appear that the word torture has a life of its own. |
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"There’s not a word in constitution about minimum wage..."
Exactly. |
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Matt McIntosh
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It’s much easier to shoot a deer than it is to dress it out, butcher, and cook it. |
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I’m not really seeing what is so brilliant about this.
The wiretapping issue seems to involve the administration side-stepping judicial review, so judicial philosophy and constitutional interpretation are pretty much moot. Have we had any recent court decisions regarding the use of torture? My understanding is that issue lied solely in the political and military domain, and that courts havent even touched it.
Constitutional interpretations and judicial rulings are completely irrelevant to the example that they have cited. That makes for a particularly weak zinger, if that is what they were going for.
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“Fortunately, conservatives know that constitutional interpretation must change with the times and never more so than now.” It would be unfortunate, indeed, for America, if conservatives knew that. I don’t follow right wing blogs closely (nor left wingers either) so I don’t know where this is coming from. Last I heard it was conservative dogma that the liberals were the ones corrupting our republic by “interpreting” the Constitution. One of the purposes of having a constitution is for guidance in times like this, so that we don’t let the pressures of the day drive us off course.
What is this guy smoking?
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What is this guy smoking? Weed from the satirus plant. It’s hard to find, but you might try looking over your head. |
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Weed from the satirus plant. It’s hard to find, but you might try looking over your head. Heh. That one definitely gets saved for later. And no, I won’t credit you, Jon. My friends don’t know you, and I can’t think of anything much lamer than, "I learned it on the internet!" |
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ROTFL - at both the original post and some of the reaction to it... |
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I know Tabarrok was being facetious. But the fact that a bunch of QandO readers didn’t recognize that it was satire is worrisome from the standpoint that some may be inclined to agree with the text. |
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Well, don’t I look stupid. Good line pointing out my dunderheadedness. That’s what I get for trying to step out of character and help form up the basis for a discussion. I knew it seemed too easy. Damn. |
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Steve, Matt McIntosh says it for me. Exactly And ditto for the Income tax, government-funded education, and regulating interstate commerce. I could go on.
I’m worried that, as Libertarians allow themselves to be distracted by trumped-up "civil liberties violations," an even more threatening, un-elected patronage network with supra-governmental powers is creeping under our radar: the Main-stream Media.
Remember Time Warner’s collusion with the Million Mom March’s "gun-control" message. Remember CNN’s pimping for "access" in Hussein’s Iraq. Recall Walter Duranty’s Pullitzer Prize-winning "reporting" from Stalin’s starving "union." Don’t forget the NYT’s fabricators (ie. Jayson Blair) and incorrigible (literally) pontificators, like Paul Krugman ("Gore Won in 2000 Recounts").
Bush’s war-footing is the least of our problems, guys.
-Steve
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