[MD] Morality, Abortion and the MoQ

[Joseph Maurer]

Hi Platt,

I hope your metaphysics aren't as twisted as your spelling!

Joe


On 3/25/09 5:50 AM, "Platt Holden" <plattholden at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ron -
> 
>> The ninth and tenth amendments were included to make absolutely sure there
>> was no misunderstanding about the limited powers the Constitution grants
>> to the federal government.
>> Amendment IX:
>> The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be
>> construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
>> Amendment X:
>> The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor
>> prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively,
>> or to the people.
>> Now, where's the right to privacy?
>> It is clearly in those two amendments.
> 
> Usually I agree with Harry Browne, but not in this case. Amendment X talks
> about powers, not rights. Amendment IX is so vague as to allow reading into
> whatever rights someone thinks people ought to have, like the right to a
> free lunch and a warm bed.
> 
> But Browne is certainly right about education. "Perhaps the greatest
> mistake made in American history was in allowing government to educate our
> children." We are now witnessing the deplorable results. That Obozo wants
> to throw more money at a failing system would be laughable if it wasn't so
> criminally wasteful, like the rest of his multi-trillion dollar
> boondoggles.
> 
> Platt
> 
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