tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post6403387674121095799..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-43366415761036626172014-10-31T08:42:02.095-04:002014-10-31T08:42:02.095-04:00Warren just blathered his way thru his career and ...Warren just blathered his way thru his career and thru the constitution.<br /><br />All to the good, mind you.<br /><br />But poppycock, all the way.Philo Vaihingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17150326435392881297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-23493760255421716652014-10-31T06:44:14.100-04:002014-10-31T06:44:14.100-04:00The debunking of right-wing nonsense takes place i...The debunking of right-wing nonsense takes place in a very small segment of the press/blogosphere/cable TV (Krugman, Maddow, TPM) that has <i>zero</i> penetration into the non-liberal public. Dem politicians do little or nothing to debunk the nonsense. So it's no surprise if reasonable-seeming people believe it.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-19068041324318141812014-10-31T03:03:12.989-04:002014-10-31T03:03:12.989-04:00You say you don't fear Cruz getting elected as...You say you don't fear Cruz getting elected as much as some other people do, and I find that somewhat comforting. The problem is, there are dozens of people who have actually met this guy in person, talked with him many times, known him for years, who say he's really a nice guy and really, really smart. This does not compute. How can people hear about him spouting this garbage and not revise their opinion of him? It's like the people who worked in the Bush White House, who got to know the President on a daily basis, who said he was a really smart guy, who was really sympathetic to people. This does not compute. I do not grok. I really wish somebody could delve into this disconnect and explain it to me.Procopiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17554355440319405363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-74066812493209193562014-10-30T23:09:03.221-04:002014-10-30T23:09:03.221-04:00I've said this many times on many blogs before...I've said this many times on many blogs before, but one of my better friends from high school was Ted Cruz's freshman roommate at Princeton. He loathes him and thinks he's irritating, deranged, and absolutely convinced of his superiority in every sphere of human achievement, and he's been exactly the same way since 1988.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-9859579512143529862014-10-30T20:34:24.893-04:002014-10-30T20:34:24.893-04:00"I believe in the Constitution."
What d..."I believe in the Constitution."<br /><br />What does this even mean? Does Cruz think the Constitution is some kind of holy writ like the Bible?<br /><br />It's a law, Rafe, just like any other law. It was made by a bunch of politicians just like the mob you hang out with in Washington. If it produces outcomes that the citizenry doesn't like, it ought to be changed. Because the people are the ultimate source of political authority Rafe, not some anachronistic bit of parchment.<br /><br />BTW I'm equally unconcerned about the prospect of a Cruz presidential run. From all accounts, he was universally loathed by all his fellow Harvard students as a prize arsehole. Half his Senate colleagues have already made it clear they can't stand him at any price. You don't get to be president when half your own party detests you, at least not when you've accomplished virtually nothing of consequence apart from being a media performer.Ken_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11709548046018362581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-23566890629763299902014-10-30T17:03:46.456-04:002014-10-30T17:03:46.456-04:00nestor,
THAT, is perfect!
So perfect - fair warni...nestor,<br />THAT, is perfect!<br /><br />So perfect - fair warning - that I'm going to steal that from you!!!Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-16203746060442520942014-10-30T16:48:22.933-04:002014-10-30T16:48:22.933-04:00I have zero worry about a Cruz candidacy for simil...I have zero worry about a Cruz candidacy for similar reasons, I can't help seeing Jimmy Swaggart mixed with Joe Isuzu whenever he starts a'stumping. SC Chief Justice Cruz is a different story.nestorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09047450965346989563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-24276912405286956832014-10-30T16:24:31.957-04:002014-10-30T16:24:31.957-04:0014th Amendment, Philo.
The U.S. Supreme Court ove...14th Amendment, Philo.<br /><br /><b>The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Lovings' convictions in a unanimous decision (dated June 12, 1967), dismissing the Commonwealth of Virginia's argument that a law forbidding both white and black persons from marrying persons of another race—and providing identical penalties to white and black violators—could not be construed as racially discriminatory. The court ruled that Virginia's anti-miscegenation statute violated both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.<br /><br />Chief Justice Earl Warren's opinion for the unanimous court held that:<br /><br />“ Marriage is one of the "basic civil rights of man," fundamental to our very existence and survival.... To deny this fundamental freedom on so unsupportable a basis as the racial classifications embodied in these statutes, classifications so directly subversive of the principle of equality at the heart of the Fourteenth Amendment, is surely to deprive all the State's citizens of liberty without due process of law. The Fourteenth Amendment requires that the freedom of choice to marry not be restricted by invidious racial discrimination. Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual and cannot be infringed by the State. ”<br />The court concluded that anti-miscegenation laws were racist and had been enacted to perpetuate white supremacy:<br /><br />“ There is patently no legitimate overriding purpose independent of invidious racial discrimination which justifies this classification. The fact that Virginia prohibits only interracial marriages involving white persons demonstrates that the racial classifications must stand on their own justification, as measures designed to maintain White Supremacy.</b><br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_v._VirginiaDark Avengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02220642215040873632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-26697075266007047412014-10-30T16:00:24.385-04:002014-10-30T16:00:24.385-04:00Loving was improperly decided. Nearly everything b...Loving was improperly decided. Nearly everything based on equal protection is nonsense.<br /><br />But it's mostly good nonsense.<br /><br />As are most improper decisions.<br /><br />Constitutional Disobedience, remember?Philo Vaihingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17150326435392881297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-66110480049457693592014-10-30T14:47:35.369-04:002014-10-30T14:47:35.369-04:00'Cruz said. "They look down on the people...'Cruz said. "They look down on the people, they don’t trust us to make judgments about our own lives, so the federal government and federal courts are going to step in and impose their own policy preferences."'<br /><br />Well, Teddy Cruz-ader, considering some states have major issues with all sorts of bigotry - be it race, religion, country of origin, gender, sexual orientation, etc. - then yes, we shouldn't trust other innocent people's lives to people who want to make judgments on their own lives, by passing judgment on others.<br /><br />He has to be one of the least empathetic people in a Congress full of un-empathetic people. And THAT'S saying something!<br /><br />I think the word you're looking for btw, Steve, is "smarmy."Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.com