I know that you mean for the word, "xian" to be some derogatory term
used
to besmirch Christians and faith in general.
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you don't know any such thing ... it's called an abbreviation
Your hatred and paranoia of religion, and
especially Christians,
---
I have nothing against the religious as long as they don't persecute
others because of their sexuality, religious beliefs or behavior that
they don't agree with
of which this Nation's principals and tenets are
founded upon,
---
hogwash
The founding fathers set up a government divorced from any religion.
The Constitution is a secular document.
The Declaration of Independence was designed and upheld by people and
not based on a superstitious god or religious monarchy. That "to
secure these rights, governments are instituted among men." Please
note that the Declaration says nothing about our rights secured by
Christianity. It bears repeating: "Governments are instituted among
men."
is really unbecoming. Maybe you should try and work on that
a little bit......
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maybe you should find a deprogrammer quickly!
your persecution of homosexuals and muslims is really unbecoming.
On May 31, 10:01 am, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Plain Ol',
>
> I know that you mean for the word, "xian" to be some derogatory term used
> to besmirch Christians and faith in general. However after a fairly
> diligent search of the term, all that I can find is reference to
> a district or city in China. Your hatred and paranoia of religion, and
> especially Christians, of which this Nation's principals and tenets are
> founded upon, is really unbecoming. Maybe you should try and work on that
> a little bit......
>
> Keith
>
> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 10:39 AM, plainolamerican <plainolameri...@gmail.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > wrote:
> > Would he nominate judges who vote to overturn precedents such as the
> > 1973 Roe v. Wade decision
> > that legalized abortion nationwide? McCain says that this is exactly
> > what he
> > would do.
> > McCain supporters are agog about making sure that no more Stephen
> > Breyers
> > and Ruth Bader Ginsburgs are appointed to the court.
> > McCain's campaign website says that "Chief Justice John Roberts and
> > Justice
> > Samuel Alito will serve as the model for John McCain's judicial
> > nominees."
> > Alito's appointment tipped the court to a majority of catholics for
> > the first time.
>
> > Republican Ronald Reagan appointed xians Antonin Scalia and Anthony
> > Kennedy.
> > Republican President GHW Bush appointed xian Clarence Thomas.
> > Republican President George H.W. Bush appointed xians John Roberts and
> > Samuel Alito.
>
> > Democrat Bill Clinton appointed jewsRuth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen
> > Breyer.
> > Democrat Barack Obama appointed jew Alena Kagan and socialist Sonia
> > Sotomayor.
> > ----
> > how much more clear could the picture be?
>
> > On May 31, 6:50 am, "MJ" <micha...@america.net> wrote:
> > >https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd
>
> > net/hphotos-ak-ash4/385748_471739786184871_108038612554992_1752183_1161690887
> > > n.jpg
> > > Equally as applicable ...
> > > Would McCain Change the Court?
> > > Written by Gregory A. Hession, J.D.
> > > Monday, 01 September 2008 00:31
>
> > > What effect would a John McCain presidency have on the Supreme Court?
> > That
> > > question is perhaps even more important this election year, since three
> > or
> > > four Supreme Court justices are likely to retire during the next
> > > presidential term.
>
> > > Would McCain nominate judges who would change the present ideological
> > mix of
> > > the court and move it in the conservative direction? Would he nominate
> > > judges who vote to overturn precedents such as the 1973 Roe v. Wade
> > decision
> > > that legalized abortion nationwide? McCain says that this is exactly
> > what he
> > > would do. "John McCain believes Roe v. Wade is a flawed decision that
> > must
> > > be overturned," his campaign website says, "and as president he will
> > > nominate judges who understand that courts should not be in the business
> > of
> > > legislating from the bench."
>
> > > McCain supporters are agog about making sure that no more Stephen Breyers
> > > and Ruth Bader Ginsburgs are appointed to the court (overlooking, or not
> > > knowing, the fact that McCain voted for both nominations), and are
> > adamant
> > > that only a vote for McCain will save us from that fate. This includes
> > even
> > > conservative-minded Americans who disagree with McCain's positions on
> > other
> > > issues such as immigration "reform" (he supports amnesty for illegal
> > aliens
> > > though he does not call it that), but who believe that, as a Republican,
> > he
> > > would at least nominate conservative judges.
>
> > > However, contrary to the conventional wisdom, the historical record shows
> > > that most Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices over the last
> > century
> > > have abandoned the restraints on government power set forth in the
> > > Constitution. Moreover, McCain's own positions and pronouncements do not
> > > give a lot of hope that he would break this pattern, his campaign
> > rhetoric
> > > to the contrary notwithstanding.
>
> > > Looking Back
>
> > > Before considering further the kind of justices McCain might nominate as
> > > president, let's first survey the historical record of past and present
> > > GOP-nominated Supreme Court justices. For those of us who have always
> > heard
> > > that Republicans nominate conservative justices, this record should
> > surprise
> > > even shock.
>
> > > Republican President Herbert Hoover appointed Charles Evans Hughes as
> > chief
> > > justice of the Supreme Court in 1930. This despite the fact that long
> > before
> > > this appointment Justice Hughes had opined: "We are under a Constitution,
> > > but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is
> > the
> > > safeguard of our liberty and of our property under the Constitution."
> > Such
> > > relativistic language, placing no authority in the actual words of the
> > > Constitution, but only in "what the judges say it is," is the essence of
> > > legal positivism the legal theory that has led to the worst excesses of
> > > judicial tyranny in the last century.
>
> > > Hughes' record as governor of New York prior to being appointed chief
> > > justice, demonstrated his long-held belief in government control of many
> > of
> > > aspects of life. For example, he advocated that the government set
> > mandated
> > > freight rates for railroads, a harbinger that he was an opponent of the
> > free
> > > market. As chief justice, Hughes affirmed most of Democratic President
> > > Franklin D. Roosevelt's extra-constitutional New Deal legislation.
>
> > > Chief Justice Hughes was assisted in supporting the vast expansion of
> > > federal power under FDR by two fellow GOP-appointed justices Harlan
> > Fiske
> > > Stone (nominated by Calvin Coolidge) and Benjamin Cardozo (nominated by
> > > Hoover).
>
> > > Republican President Dwight Eisenhower nominated a string of statist
> > jurists
> > > to the High Court during the 1950s including Earl Warren as chief
> > justice
> > > of the United States in 1953. Eisenhower said at the time that he wanted
> > a
> > > "conservative" justice and that Warren "represents the kind of political,
> > > economic, and social thinking that I believe we need on the Supreme
> > Court."
> > > Warren, however, turned out to be one of the most activist chief
> > justices in
> > > our history.
>
> > > Under Earl Warren, the court decided Brown v. Board of Education, which
> > used
> > > federal power to eliminate discrimination in education by
> > unconstitutionally
> > > usurping the power of the states. Brown established a great government
> > lie
> > > out of whole cloth that education is a compelling federal government
> > > interest, rather than a family and community interest.
>
> > > The Warren Court found a "right of privacy" lurking somewhere in the
> > > emanations and shadows of the Constitution, in a 1965 case called
> > Griswold v
> > > Connecticut, upon which the ghastly Roe v. Wade abortion case was later
> > > based. It also ruled on several cases that outlawed religion in local
> > public
> > > life, ostensibly in order not to offend the First Amendment. This was
> > > despite the fact that the First Amendment prohibited only the U.S.
> > Congress
> > > not state or local governmental entities from establishing a
> > religion,
> > > and despite the fact that this prohibition was intended to protect the
> > free
> > > exercise of religion, not to eradicate religion from the public square.
> > The
> > > irony of these decisions is that the Supreme Court itself opens in a
> > prayer
> > > ("God save the United States and this honorable Court").
>
> > > Another Eisenhower appointee, William Brennan, was also a tremendously
> > > influential Supreme Court justice, writing nearly 1,400 opinions during
> > his
> > > 35 years on the court. He joined the majority in most of the cases that
> > > expanded federal power, and that dictated what was permitted or not
> > > permitted in civil life. He consistently imposed his own radical
> > political
> > > views upon families, communities, and states, rather than being
> > restrained
> > > by the limits of the Constitution.
>
> > > Republican President Richard Nixon appointed Harry Blackmun to the
> > Supreme
> > > Court in 1970, who voted conservatively in his first years there. Then,
> > in
> > > 1973, he wrote the infamous Roe v. Wade decision, which nullified all
> > state
> > > anti-abortion laws in a single stroke and led to the unrestrained murder
> > of
> > > tens of millions of babies.
>
> > > Republican President Gerald Ford appointed Justice John Paul Stevens to
> > the
> > > court in 1975. Stevens, the judge who is always seen with a bow tie, has
> > now
> > > been on the bench for 33 years, and during that time he has become one of
> > > the most liberal justices ever to sit on that institution.
>
> > > Republican super-hero Ronald Reagan appointed Sandra Day O'Connor and
> > > Anthony Kennedy to the Supreme Court in 1981 and 1988 respectively. Both
> > > voted to strike down state restrictions on abortion (Planned Parenthood
> > v.
> > > Casey) and state anti-sodomy laws (Lawrence v. Texas), and to uphold the
> > > McCain-Feingold campaign finance (anti-free-speech) law. Also, both have
> > > gone on record favoring the use of international law to interpret our
> > > Constitution. Recently, Kennedy wrote the opinion that ruled that the
> > death
> > > penalty was unconstitutional for a man who raped an eight-year-old child,
> > > citing "evolving standards of decency" in the United States (Kennedy v.
> > > Louisiana).
>
> > > Republican President George H.W. Bush nominated David Souter to the U.S.
> > > Supreme Court in 1990. Souter was touted as a "home run for
> > conservatism" by
> > > his home-state Republican senator, John Sununu of New Hampshire. Once
> > > approved, Souter did side with conservatives for a couple of years, but
> > then
> > > flipped like a light switch, voting against abortion restrictions,
> > against
> > > state laws prohibiting sodomy, against private property,
>
> ...
>
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