tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post2980144947433408922..comments2024-01-28T22:16:50.852-06:00Comments on Mr. Dilettante’s Neighborhood: Stubborn Kind of HellerMr. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-59543937263299550752008-06-27T21:16:00.000-05:002008-06-27T21:16:00.000-05:00That's true, Gino. As was often said in those day...That's true, Gino. As was often said in those days, an armed society is a polite society.<BR/><BR/>And God, guns and guts are often in short supply, as you rightly point out, RH.Mr. Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-16742782238532575512008-06-27T21:02:00.000-05:002008-06-27T21:02:00.000-05:00Like the saying goes, America was built with God, ...Like the saying goes, America was built with God, guns, and guts. Over the years the liberal/socialist left has been assaulting all of these to the detriment of the nation.Right Hookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381659078828845900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-8091320114398738602008-06-27T20:32:00.000-05:002008-06-27T20:32:00.000-05:00in truth, the wild west wasnt all that wild.its re...in truth, the wild west wasnt all that wild.<BR/>its reputation was a result of fiction writers who wrote tales of the romanticised west for the readers back east who ate it up.<BR/><BR/>in the territories, with no law to speak of, folks did carry for safety, bad men were killed, and your normal everyday citizen was more polite to each other and respected one another in general.Ginohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606046924332159076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-64526005441278047902008-06-27T09:24:00.000-05:002008-06-27T09:24:00.000-05:00Agree completely, RH. I had hoped that the influen...Agree completely, RH. I had hoped that the influence of Roberts would start to temper the enthusiasm of some of the justices to legislate from the bench, but clearly that hasn't happened. My guess is that the next president could appoint 3-5 new justices. McCain might give us a Souter, but Obama will certainly deliver someone like Breyer or Ginsburg. That matters a lot.Mr. Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-77236057243597761352008-06-27T08:39:00.000-05:002008-06-27T08:39:00.000-05:00It's downright scary that there are four members o...It's downright scary that there are four members of SCOTUS that are willing to take away our rights regardless of what the Constitution says. If Algore or Kerry were sitting in the Oval Office it is unlikely that we would have Justices Roberts and Alito on the Court and could have very well lost our Second Amendments rights at the whim of some liberal activist judges.<BR/><BR/>We need to get over this notion that the Constitution <I>grants</I> us rights (it merely affirms what the founders characterized as rights bestowd on us by God) and that the Supreme Court has dicatatorial power over our elected representatives and the President.<BR/><BR/>The current SCOTUS is clealy rogue and out of control and needs to be reigned in through the appointment of judges that interpret the applicability of the Constitution (or possibly the non-applicability<BR/>as in Roe v Wade) and not dicatatorically impose fiat law.<BR/><BR/>Obama is a clear and present danger to take the Court even further to the left than it currently is through judicial appointments. This alone is enough to rigorously oppose his election regardless of the flaws of John McCain.Right Hookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381659078828845900noreply@blogger.com