tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14648942.post4419849648964997671..comments2024-01-08T05:15:14.232-08:00Comments on Buckhorn Road: A must read articleW.R. Chandlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908482384887766964noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14648942.post-12568996380501126012010-08-14T07:20:04.703-07:002010-08-14T07:20:04.703-07:00This statement stood out to me.
As the discretion...This statement stood out to me.<br /><br />As the discretionary powers of officeholders and of their informal entourages have grown, the importance of policy and of law itself is declining, citizenship is becoming vestigial, and the American people become ever more dependent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14648942.post-70222073821564054512010-08-05T23:19:56.534-07:002010-08-05T23:19:56.534-07:00Oliver Wendell Holmes argued that presidents, Cong...<i>Oliver Wendell Holmes argued that presidents, Congresses, and judges could not be bound by the U.S. Constitution regarding matters that the people who wrote and ratified it could not have foreseen...</i><br /><br />Yet the Founders foresaw even that problem, and added a way to amend the Constitution. True leaders would present their arguments and push for ratification, rather than shop for an activist judge.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14648942.post-15109406104366375342010-07-31T07:36:29.700-07:002010-07-31T07:36:29.700-07:00"Such parties often provide rank-and-file act..."Such parties often provide rank-and-file activists with modest livelihoods and enhance mightily the upper levels' wealth." Gangs and corporations do the same thing.<br /><br />GeorgeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14648942.post-36844927163882335672010-07-31T07:25:45.075-07:002010-07-31T07:25:45.075-07:00The contents of the article can be connected to yo...The contents of the article can be connected to your video clip of Representative Phil Hare. In the film Hare tows the line about caring about people and even says he is "the dreamer".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com