tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post6459878822554568666..comments2023-12-13T16:57:33.142-06:00Comments on Blogodidact: Undocumented PowerVan Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post-32938985237455978742014-11-22T10:03:45.816-06:002014-11-22T10:03:45.816-06:00John, yep, that's about the size of it. There&...John, yep, that's about the size of it. There's very little that is done in Washington today that doesn't ride upon one overreach or another, and the last President who really <i>tried</i> to operate within the Constitution's boundaries was Coolidge.<br /><br />This latest example is more glaring because of it being one branch, rather than all three walking on thin air, but the fact is that what they all get together on and agree to call 'laws', have little or no foundation in the constitution and in respect of our Individual Rights. The only real check there has been on the use of power since the 1930's, has been the perception of what the public would find acceptable without shocking their sensibilities overly much.<br /><br />There's not a whole lot left today that people find shocking. We are the 'debased posterity' the Founders worried about, this from <a href="http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/v1ch15s67.html" rel="nofollow">Jefferson is typical</a>:<br /><br />"<i>...We believed that men, enjoying in ease and security the full fruits of their own industry, enlisted by all their interests on the side of law and order, habituated to think for themselves, and to follow their reason as their guide, would be more easily and safely governed, than with minds nourished in error, and vitiated and debased, as in Europe, by ignorance, indigence and oppression. ...</i>"<br /><br />They knew what would follow from a people who'd forgotten, or never been taught (Thanks schools!) the meaning of their Individual Rights and the need to think for themselves and have reverence for what was worthy, and scorn for what wasn't. Without that, it all falls apart; that it's taken this long is remarkable.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post-46211116656156849232014-11-22T08:37:33.076-06:002014-11-22T08:37:33.076-06:00I see both as unconstitutional overreach. Sounds ...I see both as unconstitutional overreach. Sounds like you do, too.<br />I get weary of both left and right not being able to see how their own parties lie in order to get power. They either create or use a crisis, exaggerate it, and then seize more power to solve it. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797912120688482383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post-49069649960991532502014-11-21T22:54:38.562-06:002014-11-21T22:54:38.562-06:00Yeah... might have had something to do with his bo...Yeah... might have had something to do with his boss being put to death by a tyrant. That'd wind me up too.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post-26447825096938109822014-11-21T19:09:10.474-06:002014-11-21T19:09:10.474-06:00I think it's safe to say that John Locke hated...I think it's safe to say that John Locke hated tyranny. :)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post-77916475703140928682014-11-21T17:49:29.113-06:002014-11-21T17:49:29.113-06:00Hmmm, seems from what I have read of Locke, on you...Hmmm, seems from what I have read of Locke, on your site mostly, he always seems to be itching for a fight.<br /><br />Good post.<br /><br />John Lienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02302615225311776021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post-23481985671371719742014-11-21T16:23:30.883-06:002014-11-21T16:23:30.883-06:00Why? I'm curious what you see the relation bet...Why? I'm curious what you see the relation between the two as being? <br /><br />I didn't begin blogging until about 2006. I didn't vote for W in the primaries because it was obvious that he was a pro-regressive rightest. I didn't dislike or distrust his character, but his understanding of our Republic, and mine, we're vastly different. <br /><br />After 9/11 I could see the need to reform or intelligence agencies, but I thought that the entire 'Homeland Security' agency, from name thru structure, was creepy as hell and an awful idea. Some of the policies that leaked out, wiretapping, I was leery of but willing to wait and see, thinking it was anonymous numeric data only, as advertised, but as it became clear that it was sucking in related contacts and identified user data, no, I opposed it. <br />Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post-16582274570036045662014-11-21T14:45:47.667-06:002014-11-21T14:45:47.667-06:00Did you make a similar post when the patriot act w...Did you make a similar post when the patriot act was signed?Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797912120688482383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post-51286368141798899362014-11-21T08:45:32.311-06:002014-11-21T08:45:32.311-06:00Right on, Van!
Obama is (and has been for years) ...Right on, Van!<br /><br />Obama is (and has been for years) using unConstitutional authority and force to take our money illegally, remove our liberties, ignore our representatives and court rulings, and ignore our Constitution to do as he pleases.<br /><br />This latest abuse of his power and authority is but one example of many, and he has had help from his fellow demon-cRats, the media and the entertainment industry, as well as his wackademic friends.<br /><br />Sadly, most of his opposition is caught up in the particulars, and few are pointing out what is really happening as you have.<br /><br />This is yet another reason why democracy is bad, which is why our Founding Fathers created a Republic instead.<br />If we can keep it. <br />USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.com