The contentious nature of the Supreme Court nominations is due to the power the Court has taken upon itself over the last 50 years. We are in jeapardy of winding up with our own Supreme Council
The Constitution was written to assure the people that there would be limits to the reach of the Federal government. The Federalist Papers were written to assure people that the new, federal gov't being proposed would not be a threat to the rights of the states and the people. Too bad history is out of fashion.
My suggestion to anyone considering whether the government should expand into health care is to visit their local DMV or Social Security office to see how efficient the government really is. I can think of only two notable things the government has achieved in the last century: winning WWII and putting a man on the moon.
One of the reasons Lawrence of Arabia is on my list of favorite movies is the scene were Omar Shariff threatens to take Lawrence's watch. "What if I take it?" he asks. Lawrence replies, "then you would be a thief." Sharrif does not take the watch because he is not a thief. There was no tedious discussion of morality, only the simple awarenes that to steal is to be a theif
The more powerful government becomes, the more desperate is the fight for it's control. The more power accumulated by the federal government, the greater the stakes of each new election. The day may come when control of the government is deemed to important to leave to the whims of the electorate.
The constitution was intended to provide a barrier to the ambitions of the federal government. In the hands of a liberal Supreme Court, it has become a club by which the federal government can beat the states, and the citizens thereof, into submission. With each new "right" discovered, legislatures are further subdued and the sovereignty of the people is diminished.
In regard to the dbeate going on about national health care, one thing I do not think has been adequately discussed is the issue of privacy. If the government is going to be involved in providing our health care, it stands to reason they will need access to our medical records. Do we really wnat the government access to our medical records and history?
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The contentious nature of the Supreme Court nominations is due to the power the Court has taken upon itself over the last 50 years. We are in jeapardy of winding up with our own Supreme Council
The Constitution was written to assure the people that there would be limits to the reach of the Federal government. The Federalist Papers were written to assure people that the new, federal gov't being proposed would not be a threat to the rights of the states and the people. Too bad history is out of fashion.
My suggestion to anyone considering whether the government should expand into health care is to visit their local DMV or Social Security office to see how efficient the government really is. I can think of only two notable things the government has achieved in the last century: winning WWII and putting a man on the moon.
One of the reasons Lawrence of Arabia is on my list of favorite movies is the scene were Omar Shariff threatens to take Lawrence's watch. "What if I take it?" he asks. Lawrence replies, "then you would be a thief." Sharrif does not take the watch because he is not a thief. There was no tedious discussion of morality, only the simple awarenes that to steal is to be a theif
The more powerful government becomes, the more desperate is the fight for it's control. The more power accumulated by the federal government, the greater the stakes of each new election. The day may come when control of the government is deemed to important to leave to the whims of the electorate.
The constitution was intended to provide a barrier to the ambitions of the federal government. In the hands of a liberal Supreme Court, it has become a club by which the federal government can beat the states, and the citizens thereof, into submission. With each new "right" discovered, legislatures are further subdued and the sovereignty of the people is diminished.
In regard to the dbeate going on about national health care, one thing I do not think has been adequately discussed is the issue of privacy. If the government is going to be involved in providing our health care, it stands to reason they will need access to our medical records. Do we really wnat the government access to our medical records and history?
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