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Ales Rarus
A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.
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constitution
Making the Best of a Bad Situation
I have a knack for offending people unintentionally. Anyone who knows me well knows that I hate doing that. Darn it, if I'm going to offend somebody, I want to mean it! Seriously, though, my recent post on legalizing prostitution offended someone, and that was never my intention. The […]
Can You Hear Me? Then Get Off My Phone!
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probablecause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." - Fourth […]
Fighting Fire With Fanaticism
Stop
Congress from Amending the Constitution to Limit Free Speech
Urge your Members of Congress to Oppose the Flag Desecration Amendment!
For more than a decade, numerous members of Congress have tried to amend — with
seemingly endless resources — the U.S. Constitution to give the government the
[…]
Undue Burden?
Limitation on freedoms is not a new concept. Speech is, on the whole, free, but
there are some utterances that can get you in trouble with the law. Shouting "Fire!"
in a crowded theater or joking about shooting the president are good examples. In
other words, there is legal precedent […]
To Amend or Not to Amend?
I heard a caller on the Marty Minto Show today say something on the line of, "If we leave homosexual marriage to the states, the liberal state governments will screw it up."This, to me, seems to miss the whole point of the question. It would be an abuse of the U.S. Constitution and contrary […]
