1/15/13: Congressional show of respect for our Constitution

1/15/13: Congressional show of respect for our Constitution

PostBy: lsayre On: Wed Jan 16, 2013 7:46 pm

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Re: 1/15/13: Congressional show of respect for our Constitution

PostBy: beemerboy On: Wed Jan 16, 2013 10:59 pm

Maybe, if they included the section where the Constitution says that slaves were worth 2/5ths of a person and the sections that were amended after 1787, the other members of the house wouldn't have treated the event as the meaningless show it was.

If your going to claim to read the Constitution in it's entirety, then, don't leave out the inconvenient parts.
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Re: 1/15/13: Congressional show of respect for our Constitution

PostBy: lsayre On: Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:05 am

beemerboy wrote:Maybe, if they included the section where the Constitution says that slaves were worth 2/5ths of a person and the sections that were amended after 1787, the other members of the house wouldn't have treated the event as the meaningless show it was.

If your going to claim to read the Constitution in it's entirety, then, don't leave out the inconvenient parts.


Once an Amendment removes something form the Constitution, it is no longer a part of the Constitution.
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Re: 1/15/13: Congressional show of respect for our Constitution

PostBy: SMITTY On: Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:22 pm

Now we know exactly who the throw the *censored* out next election. :idea:

The ones that showed get to stay.
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Re: 1/15/13: Congressional show of respect for our Constitution

PostBy: rockwood On: Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:56 pm

If you subjected both sides of the aisle to a pop quiz on the constitution, most would fail miserably....as would the average american.
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Re: 1/15/13: Congressional show of respect for our Constitution

PostBy: Flyer5 On: Thu Jan 17, 2013 10:21 pm

SMITTY wrote:Now we know exactly who the throw the *censored* out next election. :idea:

The ones that showed get to stay.



We only had one from PA . :( http://housepressgallery.house.gov/january-15-2013
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Re: 1/15/13: Congressional show of respect for our Constitution

PostBy: samhill On: Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:04 pm

Since they all take an oath to uphold the Constitution which contains the provision for raising taxes to pay for debt shouldn't all those that also took an oath to a lobbyist (some Dems. as well) to not under any circumstances raise taxes be subject to discipline of some sort?
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Re: 1/15/13: Congressional show of respect for our Constitution

PostBy: SMITTY On: Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:58 pm

I was about to rely to you Flyer .. guess how many MA had there ... without even looking .... but I figured I'd better look, just in case.

Miracles never cease! Niki Tsongas showed up! I don't have to mention party - it's MA. There's only one party in MA. :roll:

I just about fainted - I had to read the list 3 times to make sure I actually saw the letters M A together, next to a name! :funny: I expected to see ZERO. I guess there's a SHRED of hope for this bastion after all. A SHRED is better than nothing ...
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