Rick Perry's Seven Amendments to the US Constitution

[Cap'n Cat]

Rick Perry wants seven changes to the Constitution...

1. Abolish lifetime tenure for federal judges by amending Article III, Section I of the Constitution.

2. Congress should have the power to override Supreme Court decisions with a two-thirds vote.



So he wants to wreck the judicial independence, and subvert the three branches of government model

3. Scrap the federal income tax by repealing the Sixteenth Amendment.

This will get support, but what do you replace it with?

4. End the direct election of senators by repealing the Seventeenth Amendment.


You want Russell Pierce appointing Senators?

5. Require the federal government to balance its budget every year.

6. The federal Constitution should define marriage as between one man and one woman in all 50 states.

Allow Jim Crow laws next?

7. Abortion should be made illegal throughout the country.

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Man, even hardcore Conk fucks gotta get a twinge of embarrassment from this latest azzhole and his bullshit................

[Ivytalk]

He plays the low-regulation, job-creation, low-tax card pretty well. That economics.

JFC, you've truly learned nothing over the last 30 years have you?

Look, bearded klam, I'd vote for the Devil himself before I'd vote for Barack Hussein Obama.

I'd also pick Beelzebub over Bachmann, but Perry noses out Satan at the wire.

Clear enough for you?

[Ibanez]

Well, I think that once it comes down to just him and Romney, the middle voters (who could give a rat's ass about the religous bullshit) will lean towards Romney.

Agreed. I thought my old college classmate and Houston mayor Bill White had a shot at beating Perry last year, but it wasn't even close. Perry would get creamed in a general election for POTUS.

Who are the Delusional people, behind the scenes, saying Perry, Bachmann, (Palin) have a shot at the nomination (and the Presidency?) There has to be some other motive for flooding the field with all these, polarizing, radical candidates.

[AZGrizFan]

I've acknowledged that before. Still, post war debt was at 120% of GDP and we were able to do all of the above mentioned, pay down the debt, and re-tool our own factories. We had a decent head start, but we were also willing to borrow and pay taxes.

It's not like the destruction of most of the industrialize world at the time was just a minor detail in America's position post-WWII. Going down a checklist of debt, taxes, borrowing, worldwide destruction doesn't really give it its due. And it's not like we've had a problem borrowing anytime over the past decade or two, as borrowing, and the incredible increase in the rate of borrowing, has put us into this spot. Unfortunately, I guess, this time the world isn't devastated and we're the only one left standing. Bummer.Getting back to Perry for a moment, is it just me, or does he come across as the Republican's version of John Edwards? Smarmy, quick talking, relatively good looking, talks to the base when he can't possibly believe what he's saying. Just saying.

[kalm]

JFC, you've truly learned nothing over the last 30 years have you?

Look, bearded klam, I'd vote for the Devil himself before I'd vote for Barack Hussein Obama.

I'd also pick Beelzebub over Bachmann, but Perry noses out Satan at the wire.

Clear enough for you?

Jeez, a simple "no" would have sufficed.

[kalm]

I've acknowledged that before. Still, post war debt was at 120% of GDP and we were able to do all of the above mentioned, pay down the debt, and re-tool our own factories. We had a decent head start, but we were also willing to borrow and pay taxes.

It's not like the destruction of most of the industrialize world at the time was just a minor detail in America's position post-WWII. Going down a checklist of debt, taxes, borrowing, worldwide destruction doesn't really give it its due. And it's not like we've had a problem borrowing anytime over the past decade or two, as borrowing, and the incredible increase in the rate of borrowing, has put us into this spot. Unfortunately, I guess, this time the world isn't devastated and we're the only one left standing. Bummer.

Getting back to Perry for a moment, is it just me, or does he come across as the Republican's version of John Edwards? Smarmy, quick talking, relatively good looking, talks to the base when he can't possibly believe what he's saying. Just saying.

So you're saying we didn't really need to borrow that money or have such high taxes and would have had the same if not better results? How about New Deal programs? Roosevelt cut unemployment in half by 1936 before the republicans forced him into attempting to balance the budget. And then we dipped back into the second, mini depression.

[GannonFan]

It's not like the destruction of most of the industrialize world at the time was just a minor detail in America's position post-WWII. Going down a checklist of debt, taxes, borrowing, worldwide destruction doesn't really give it its due. And it's not like we've had a problem borrowing anytime over the past decade or two, as borrowing, and the incredible increase in the rate of borrowing, has put us into this spot. Unfortunately, I guess, this time the world isn't devastated and we're the only one left standing. Bummer.

Getting back to Perry for a moment, is it just me, or does he come across as the Republican's version of John Edwards? Smarmy, quick talking, relatively good looking, talks to the base when he can't possibly believe what he's saying. Just saying.

So you're saying we didn't really need to borrow that money or have such high taxes and would have had the same if not better results? How about New Deal programs? Roosevelt cut unemployment in half by 1936 before the republicans forced him into attempting to balance the budget. And then we dipped back into the second, mini depression.

The New Deal was a mixed bag of good ideas and terrible ideas. The mini-Depression coming after 1936 had much more to do with Roosevelt's politics and policies than anything the Republicans did during that time. By 1936 you had the full maturation of the distaster that was the NIRA and the NRA (not the gun one) and you also had the advent of the Wagner Act. Legal price fixing, purposeful removal of competition in many industries, and the intentional wholesale growth in labor unions all worked together to restrict the growth from FDR's good initiatives earlier in his term. And of course, Roosevelt didn't do himself and his political power any favors by trying to pack the court to keep some of his less than desirable policies going forward.

But again, just like your dismissal of WWII and it's destruction's impact on American fortunes in it's wake, let's just focus on the minor details and ignore the real elephants in the room - and yes, I meant that pun.

[kalm]

So you're saying we didn't really need to borrow that money or have such high taxes and would have had the same if not better results? How about New Deal programs? Roosevelt cut unemployment in half by 1936 before the republicans forced him into attempting to balance the budget. And then we dipped back into the second, mini depression.

The New Deal was a mixed bag of good ideas and terrible ideas. The mini-Depression coming after 1936 had much more to do with Roosevelt's politics and policies than anything the Republicans did during that time. By 1936 you had the full maturation of the distaster that was the NIRA and the NRA (not the gun one) and you also had the advent of the Wagner Act. Legal price fixing, purposeful removal of competition in many industries, and the intentional wholesale growth in labor unions all worked together to restrict the growth from FDR's good initiatives earlier in his term. And of course, Roosevelt didn't do himself and his political power any favors by trying to pack the court to keep some of his less than desirable policies going forward.

But again, just like your dismissal of WWII and it's destruction's impact on American fortunes in it's wake, let's just focus on the minor details and ignore the real elephants in the room - and yes, I meant that pun.

Of course the success of the new deal is debatable. Just like with free trade we are clearly on opposite sides. Fact remains that government spending helped alleviate unemployment and built some pretty darn terrific infrastructure - both before the war and after.

[AZGrizFan]

The New Deal was a mixed bag of good ideas and terrible ideas. The mini-Depression coming after 1936 had much more to do with Roosevelt's politics and policies than anything the Republicans did during that time. By 1936 you had the full maturation of the distaster that was the NIRA and the NRA (not the gun one) and you also had the advent of the Wagner Act. Legal price fixing, purposeful removal of competition in many industries, and the intentional wholesale growth in labor unions all worked together to restrict the growth from FDR's good initiatives earlier in his term. And of course, Roosevelt didn't do himself and his political power any favors by trying to pack the court to keep some of his less than desirable policies going forward.

But again, just like your dismissal of WWII and it's destruction's impact on American fortunes in it's wake, let's just focus on the minor details and ignore the real elephants in the room - and yes, I meant that pun.

Of course the success of the new deal is debatable. Just like with free trade we are clearly on opposite sides. Fact remains that government spending helped alleviate unemployment and built some pretty darn terrific infrastructure - both before the war and after.

And if the bulk of the $787 BILLION in stimulus had gone to that, most conservatives here wouldn't be complaining...unfortunately only $90 billion went to infrastructure. A drop in the bucket for what the country actually NEEDS.

"America needs to invade America, win over the hearts and minds of the locals, and rebuild their infrastructure."

[Ibanez]

yep 1865-1877 were REAL prosperous for us.

On April 12, the Confederates decided to "live by the sword." You know how that saying ends...

I hope that isn't true, because the 13 Colonies adopted that same motto in 1775.

[Ibanez]

I was in a meeting for 2 hours this morning. So, I began playing this Sim CIty game on my phone. I had a good city with 500,000 people at a tax rate of 9 percent. I jacked that rate up to 38%, my population plummetted but then soard to 649,945.


My point..if it worked on my phone, I can work in reality. Right?

[∞∞∞]

On April 12, the Confederates decided to "live by the sword." You know how that saying ends...

I hope that isn't true, because the 13 Colonies adopted that same motto in 1775.

Napolean stated it best when he said there are two forces in the world: spirit and sword. The revolutionists represented the spirit, and the spirit always conquers the sword in the end...

...or something like that.

edit:

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.