So Now The Constitution Is "Radical"?
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Posted 2012-07-08 23:33
by Karl Denninger
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So Now The Constitution Is "Radical"?
 

That's some sort of joke, right?

On one side: a political newcomer with ties to the tea party. On the other: a veteran Republican lawmaker who is clearly the preferred pick of the party establishment.

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Mr. McCotter’s absence sets up a showdown between Kerry Bentivolio, a high-school teacher and tea-party activist, and former state lawmaker Nancy Cassis.

Ms. Cassis, 68, a former state senator with the backing of many of the state’s Republican leaders, launched a write-in bid for the nomination last month after Mr. McCotter’s departure left Mr. Bentivolio as the only Republican on the ballot.

And what's wrong with Kerry?

The only thing I can find is that he believes The Constitution actually means something -- that is, it's composed of real words that have plain meaning.

This makes Republicans "nervous"?  Why?

More to the point, isn't the real issue here that they damn well should be nervous given the way they've wantonly violated their oath of office for the last 30 years?

Yeah.  And so should the Democrats.

As FedUpUSA points out, this is really about bringing to an end the screwing that the American people have taken repeatedly due to crony crap in all sectors -- from banks to housing to medical care and on and on and on.  Kerry is tired of the crap and has stood up to make a difference.  He's not doing it to get rich or to become a lobbyist after the fact and play "grease the palm"; to the contrary.

Tell me why the GOP shouldn't be tossed out on their ass -- essentially all of them.  TARP anyone?  ZERO prosecution of the frauds that have taken place -- documented and even admitted frauds?  How about George Bush's administration which sued to block states who were seeking to keep their citizens free of being rammed in the ass by these very same banksters, and who might have been able to stop or mitigate some of the worst problems before the crisis of 2008 erupted?

You Republicans think that everyone forgot about that eh? 

Well, I did not.

Kerry did not.

As for Nancy Cassis, she can go straight to Hell.  Her game-playing while in state government and her intent to hose every citizen of Michigan is well-documented and irrefutable.

If the people of Michigan send her to Washington in preference to Kerry Bentivolio the state needs to be sawed off at the Ohio and Indiana line and deeded to Canada.

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Karl wrote..
As for Nancy Cassis, she can go straight to Hell. Her game-playing while in state government and her intent to hose every citizen of Michigan is well-documented and irrefutable.

If the people of Michigan send her to Washington in preference to Kerry Bentivolio the state needs to be sawed off at the Ohio and Indiana line and deeded to Canada.


Gee Karl, don't hold back so much...tell us how you REALLY feel.

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You think Canada'd take them off our hands willingly?

Nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.
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"You Republicans think that everyone forgot about that eh?

Well, I did not.

Kerry did not."


OK, that's 2; maybe a 100,000 more out there? So 100,002 remember and 300,000,000 never knew in the first place and don't care to know today.

I'm surrounded by idiots that think Mittens is the answer...even worse that had we elected Mac/Palin everything would be "back to normal" by now...that these deficits are all Obama's fault...it's Obama that running up the deficits and we need to elect mittens to stop him....never mind Mittens has already promised not to cut a single penny for at least the first year as it would "collapse the economy".

That is the core of the Republican Party...how pathetic...these people are brain dead.

Yes, Democrats are no better, just stupid in a different way but I find the core to be a little more rational than the core of the R's.

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"this is really about bringing to an end the screwing that the American people have taken repeatedly"


LOL...we love taking it...these people screw us over and we put them right back in office...all they have to do is keep the free cheese coming and we will oblige with our vote.

The only fix for this is that big societal reset button that no one ever sees coming...history is littered with "reset" societies...ours will be no different.


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Here's some good news:

Amazon has begun imitating the stock market by using HFT type software to set prices...and it's already going wrong..or right?..guess it just depends which side of the software you're on...

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Some sellers have created dummy accounts with ultra-low prices to pull down those of rivals so they can corner a market by buying their goods, say pricing experts. That violates Amazon’s rules of conduct.


HFT's and rules of conduct...that's an oxymoron if I've ever seen one.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/26c5bb7a-c12f-11....


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When I know I'm going to be on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, I'll often wear my 2nd Amendment T-shirt, just so I can enjoy the looks of shock and disgust from those who read it. I guess I'm easily amused.

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Bullion, I just hope you are off the island when some massive earthquake sinks it. I sense the US might save a massive amount of their budget if they got rid of MI. Then again, we need repeated films to show what the poverty pimps have done to Detroit, though I am sure Chicago will be a good example in a few years.

As much as Mittens won't matter, he won't be any more treasonous than the President we have now. Fidel Castro, in his prime, wouldn't be.

Then again, lets get right what we are dealing with. The Rise and Fall of Society by Frank Chodorov. The state never gives ground until it has reduced those outside the functions of the state to slavery. See the USSR, Rome, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Israel, etc.

http://library.mises.org/books/Frank%20C....

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As much as Mittens won't matter, he won't be any more treasonous than the President we have now. Fidel Castro, in his prime, wouldn't be.


My lesser of 2 evils vote will go to Obama. His reluctance to get us involved in any more wars is the kicker for me. While McCain and the Republicans are beating their shoes on the podium for military action everywhere; Obama silently stands (most likely working diplomatically behinds the scenes) by and lets nature take it's course.

Standing by can be a bad thing, but so far it's been the right thing to do; A+ Obama.


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McCain is nuts...we really dodged a bullet there...

4/25/11 - McCain against attack on Syria
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"I don't see a scenario right now or anytime in the near future where the injection of U.S. or NATO military action would in any way beneficially help the situation, I'm sorry to say," McCain said on NBC's "Today" show.


6/18/12 - McCain calls for U.S. military leadership on Syria
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Sen. John McCain called Monday for the United States to lead a military coalition to help the Syrian opposition rid the country of President Bashar al-Assad.


Where's Romney?

8/2011
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Romney would also provide arms for anti-government forces in Syria.[163] Even though these groups include al-Qaida supporters.




http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-r....

http://articles.cnn.com/2012-06-18/us/us....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_p....

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Debtpie: Ok, well. Thanks for letting us know that you are willing to put an evil man in office.

Lesser of two evils == evil. No if's and's or but's.

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Vote for Beelzebub.

When you just can't vote for the lesser of evils anymore.

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Reality guys, deal with it.

Like it or not, the next President will be Obama or Mittens.

There is no other candidate with a chance in hell of changing that; until there is, evil1 or evil2 is all we've got.

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Rummy was right about that:)

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We are dealing with reality. I'm not gonna speak for karl, but I'm not willing to support a person that I think will do harm to our nation.

Period.

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Asimov; where's your vote going?

Romney?

Third Party?

We should all work/vote for those we truly believe in...but, as it stands today, only Romney and Mittens have a shot at winning and it comes down to voting for which one will do the least harm.

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3rd party or not at all, if obama and romney are my choices for main parties.

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Debt: So, who did you vote for in the last election?

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I've already done the "lesser of two evils" and finally decided there wasn't really any point.

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We should all work/vote for those we truly believe in...but, as it stands today, only Romney and Mittens have a shot at winning and it comes down to voting for which one will do the least harm.

And this is why we'll never get out of the mess we're in...still voting for the one that will do harm...just a little less...don't worry, I'm sure he'll only put the tip in.

Personally, I'm voting by filling out at least one 4473 on Nov 6th.

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Guest on Brian Lamb Q & A yesterday was Cmdr of the USS Cole. Like Terry he tried to run for congress in Nevada and was run off. I have no idea where he stands re "stop the looting and start prosecuting", but same process.

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Debt: So, who did you vote for in the last election?


You have to ask?

Nutjob "bombem" McCain vs "time for trickle up economics" Obama?

Obama; of course.

When there is another real option; I will take it. But voting for Frosty in July is just a waste of time.

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You always have the choice of not voting at all, thus not giving your share of legitimacy to either crook #1 or crook #2.

If everyone does that, the day would come when 95% of those eligible to vote would abstain, and the "winner" would have 2% of the votes, the runner-up 1.5% etc etc.

In that situation - now, granted, I don't know US election rules, being north of the Canadian border myself, and from Europe originally - but either the entire election will be invalid, or if they still say it's valid and the candidate #1 gets to be the president it would be such an obvious farce that no one in the world (and in the US) could believe that that person represents the will of the people.

And you will not sully your hands (or, should I say "sully your vote"?) by electing a person you know to be a crook.
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If you vote for them you hand them the undeserved gift of the appearance of consent from the governed.

Edited to add - I realize when the vote gets low enough they will simply make it mandatory to vote without shame. But this will put them squarely in the camp of third world nations that have one party rule. Perhaps it will even make some realize both parties are branches of The Banker Party.

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You always have the choice of not voting at all, thus not giving your share of legitimacy to either crook #1 or crook #2.


Correct. I'll not legitimize either one of them by casting my vote.

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Debtpie wrote..
His reluctance to get us involved in any more wars is the kicker for me.
WTF? Like Obama's unconstitutional, unlilateral bombing of Libya?! http://factreal.wordpress.com/2011/03/19....

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I get 404 not found when I click on the Bentivolio links.
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Those were pulled over in the quote and the original quoting site used relative links, so they're invalid. I removed them - go to the citation source if you want to read them.

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