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gejohnston

(17,502 posts)
41. Bork is wrong again
Fri Dec 21, 2012, 01:48 AM
Dec 2012

Liberal scholars like Larry Tribe says other wise, even if he honestly doesn't like it. Bork didn't get the fact that the BoR is a set of negative rights. He may have been honest as far as actually believing that, and he was being consistent, just like he saw no right to privacy being granted.
On he other hand, maybe he read about the Pink Pistols and got paranoid.
As for "stealth bombers and nukes", those planes, even drones. need spare parts including regular tire changes or they don't leave the ground. Without logistics, nothing happens. Or as they say in the tanker community tell the fighter jocks "there is no kicking ass without tanker gas." That is what makes both versions of Red Dawn bogus. While the USSR had the strategic airlift to resupply their air bases, North Koreans don't. Those big assed cargo planes would be high value targets for insurgents. Mortars and tracers in the tank farms, cyber attacks on maintenance and flight records.

K&R MotherPetrie Dec 2012 #1
Exactly right. Gold Rush Dec 2012 #2
Our military doesn't use lead much any more...they prefer depleted Uranium. Nobody seems to care pop topcan Dec 2012 #4
SAFE BULLETS VERSUS KILL BULLETS ROBROX Dec 2012 #16
I realize you meant to be snarky but gejohnston Dec 2012 #20
You do realize the D.U. slugs pollute for 10ks of years right? Small detail. Katashi_itto Dec 2012 #25
Times change muse03 Dec 2012 #3
and had to ride horses from town to town. libdem4life Dec 2012 #5
I wouldn't have a problem with the 1st Amendment if we still had quill pens... pop topcan Dec 2012 #6
Yeah, because speaking your mind thucythucy Dec 2012 #7
How do you feel about hate speech inciting others to violence and murder? Surely you don't think pop topcan Dec 2012 #14
How do you feel about 2nd amendment access allowing violence and murder? Surely you don't think Gold Rush Dec 2012 #15
Sure, hate speech exists and it's a problem thucythucy Dec 2012 #19
How exactly is your comment on topic or relevant? dballance Dec 2012 #9
It is a precisely equivalent analogy. It's the old fuss over whose ox is being gored. pop topcan Dec 2012 #13
Sorry, NO. Quill Pens Have Nothing to do w/ Free Speech dballance Dec 2012 #40
Bork is wrong again gejohnston Dec 2012 #41
So what is your problem with it? Starboard Tack Dec 2012 #21
Well said! nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #38
Congress has all the authority it needs for the militia in Article I, Section 8, clauses 15 & 16. jody Dec 2012 #8
Theoretical and Applied always a huge variance in the two. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #10
If only Paul Revere had email or a cell phone. libdem4life Dec 2012 #11
AFAIK, gejohnston Dec 2012 #12
What other nations have seemingly monthly/weekly Gold Rush Dec 2012 #17
key word is seemingly gejohnston Dec 2012 #22
"the kids are just as dead" Gold Rush Dec 2012 #26
two things, gejohnston Dec 2012 #28
Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #29
Skinner can tell me himself gejohnston Dec 2012 #33
Could you please tell me what the alphabet soup you refer to? Should I be insulted? I'm a newbie. libdem4life Dec 2012 #18
as far as I know gejohnston Dec 2012 #23
Naw, my new. Thanks. libdem4life Dec 2012 #30
AFAIK = As Far As I Know Starboard Tack Dec 2012 #24
And you, GMAB. Give me a break. libdem4life Dec 2012 #31
Sorry! Didn't mean to be rude, but nice response. Starboard Tack Dec 2012 #32
Thanks. I'm an old canine learning new tricks. :) libdem4life Dec 2012 #34
Me too. Starboard Tack Dec 2012 #35
That is one interpretation of the 2nd Amendment, of which there are many randr Dec 2012 #27
Our all mighty military has faced a rocky road in Iraq and Afghanistan. spin Dec 2012 #42
You don't have to actually kill or destroy much to prevail. Glaug-Eldare Dec 2012 #43
If it "became" twisted, it was extremely early on. David__77 Dec 2012 #36
Yes, I agree Tumbulu Dec 2012 #37
It was a lot of things. England put right to bear arms in its Bill of Rights a century earlier. eallen Dec 2012 #39
Small Arms vs. Police and Military Forces ralfy Dec 2012 #44
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