Posted by
justALittleGuy on Friday, November 09, 2007 8:38:51 AM
I must say I am disappointed in those of you with solid reputations in the journalism industry labeled as conservatives. Talk about negotiating with yourselves... You, like the NRA, start your arguments by conceding ground. And not a small patch of lawn, but the entire back 40.
The
NRA for years has put forth the claim that assault weapons are used for
recreation and sporting so we must protect the sportsmen rights in a
free America.
What a bunch of crap.
Ralph doesn't need an AR-15 to kill Bambi or for shooting paper targets. Ralph's AR-15, along with the right of all his neighbors to have one, is the final check on government tyranny.
Ralph needs
the AR-15 "when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing
invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under
absolute Despotism, it is [Ralph's] right, it is [Ralph's] duty, to
throw off such Government" with the assistance of his handy assault
weapon.
That is exactly why politicians want them taken away. They may lie often, but they're not stupid.
Sadly, those of you with a voice have used the same tired tactics in fighting Social Security. You immediately concede the constitutional principle and more importantly the spirit behind it. Do
you think Patrick Henry would have stood for 12.4% of his earnings
being taken by force or do you believe he and his brethren would have
fought?
James Madison, our 4th
President and considered the Father of the Constitution said, "I cannot
undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which
granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence,
the money of their constituents."
So how does
Social Security squeak by your ever-vigilant protection of the
Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic? Or the war on
drugs (wasn't the 18th Amendment repealed)? Or federal funding of
education? Or Medicare? Or funding for abortion, stem cell research,
foreign aid? Pick the issue du jour. Conservatives debate them all by immediately surrendering their most powerful position - "it's the law of the land! If you want to change it propose an Amendment."
The problem is the two party system could not care less about their differences, what they care about is protecting their power. If
you want to see bipartisanship, try passing a law that removes the
campaign finance laws that make it nearly impossible for a third party
to win. Try making ballot access just as easy for third parties as it
is for Republicans and Democrats and you will see the elephant lying
down with the jackass.
The
conservatives, having gradually given up every vestige of true freedom
over the last hundred years, rationalize away their strongest argument.
"It's
been around for years, do you think we could change it now?" or "You
have to be realistic we could never get enough votes to change that" or
"That's
the way things are do you really think we can fix it overnight?” Which
is exactly what they want you to think, because with those
rationalizations have come concession after concession over the last
century. And as long as that remains our
rational, it won't be long before another right is stolen and our
children will grow up not knowing it was ever there to lose.