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Mon Feb-13-06 09:58 PM
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A Nation of Laws, NOT OF MEN. |
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What does that mean? Why is it so important that our Founders and all those who fought for democracy against tyranny repeated that basic mantra: a nation of laws, not men?
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Mon Feb-13-06 10:00 PM
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1. You've got it. Now we need massive quantities of Dems to repeat it. |
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Mon Feb-13-06 10:00 PM
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2. Because if it was a nation of men |
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we'd never put the seat down.
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Mon Feb-13-06 10:04 PM
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5. ,,,and if it was a nation of laws,... |
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...the entire Bushco would be behind bars. :argh:
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Mon Feb-13-06 10:02 PM
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3. Yep, and the military didn't "fight to give us our rights" either. |
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The fucking Constitution gave them to us.
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Mon Feb-13-06 10:23 PM
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Our rights are inherent to us, the constitution and the amendments define the limits of our governments rights.
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Mon Feb-13-06 10:45 PM
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8. Yeah, you gotta fight for your rights |
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Mon Feb-13-06 10:04 PM
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4. They were thinking of men like bush and cheney |
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Mon Feb-13-06 10:08 PM
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6. Exactly!!! And, we've been warned about the "complex" that would ruin,... |
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,...the democracy those men thought carefully through to create.
The enemies of our state,...ARRRREEEE HEEERRREEEEE. I see dictators!
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Mon Feb-13-06 11:14 PM
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9. And greedy little Congress piggies slopping at the trough. |
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It's unbelievable, isn't it? My mom and dad just saw "Why We Fight" and my dad said I should probably take some blood pressure medicine before I see it. He knows me well... BHN
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