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Hello All,
I think it is safe to say that few regular contributing members of this site voted for the president-elect so let's tone down the rhetoric. Having said that, let's consider an approachthose on the other side of this position have used successfully to "protect" the bill of rights. First of all, they've used the judiciary as a means for change when unable to motivate change by the masses through congress.Their preferred agent of change is aparticularly problematic organization, the ACLU. Anybody that knows the history of the ACLU should be aware that it's original charter was not to protect individuals rights. If that were the case, we would not have needed the NRA to protect the Second Amendment. In addition we would not have the ACLU defending only selected elements of the First, Ninth and Tenthamendments.
Forgive me for a minute as I speak about the history of the ACLU.
Let's look at some word definitions for a second so we use the same language when understanding the agenda of the ACLU, the left's agent of change. The first word is licence. Merriam Webster's online dictionary defines license and licence this way:
Main Entry:
[suP]1[/suP]li·cense
Variant(s):
or li·cence
ˈlī-s[suP]ə[/suP]n(t)s
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle English, from Anglo-French
licence, from Latin
licentia, from
licent-, licens, present participle of
licēre to be permitted
Date:
14th century
1 a
: permission to act b
: freedom of action
2 a
: a permission granted by competent authority to engage in a business or occupation or in an activity otherwise unlawful
b
: a document, plate, or tag evidencing a license granted
c
: a grant by the holder of a copyright or patent to another of any of the rights
embodied in the copyright or patent short of an assignment of all rights
3 a
: freedom that allows or is used with irresponsibility
b
: disregard for standards of personal conduct
: licentiousness
4
: deviation from fact, form, or rule by an artist or writer for the sake of the effect gained
In one of my college law classes, license was distinguished from licence by the definition of licentiousness. An example of the licentious behavior the ACLU defendsin the US is their defense of NAMBLA, referenced here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20000831/aponline171914_000.htm.
If you don't know who or what NAMBLA is, click here:
http://www.google.com/search?q=NAMBLA+ACLU&rls=com.microsoft:*&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1
I would argue that the ACLU has not fought for license as the previous definitions provide but for licence, the ability to disregard standards of personal conduct, or to behave with irresponsibility. Attempting to remove or subvert our right to defend ourselves can be seen as nothing more than irresponsible. No parent can legally ignore theirresponsibility to protect and defend their children and continue custody. Parents that havedisplayed a lack of responsibility in child care have traditionally had their children taken from them by the state.Even the most personal right, pursuit of happiness (or elimination of misery)has historicallybeen controlled by the state (historical religious reasons not withstanding)with the intention tooutlaw suicide for public safety reasons.
I would argue strongly that without the Second Amendment, we the people would be entirely unable to ensure the rest of the Bill of Rights. We now are faced with an exceptionally liberal congress motivated to minimally restrict our Second Amendment rights, maximally to eliminate them and thus reduce or remove our other rights. This congress is lead byRepresentative N. Pelosi, Senator H. Reid as well as an unknown in the President's office, B. Obama. It is time that a legal alternative arise to the ACLU to protect
all of our rights, including the Second Amendment, the Ninth Amendment and the Tenth Amendment.
Educate yourselves about these rights and look for an organization
on the national scale that will defend them. My religious orientation leads me towards the
American Center for Law and Justice, you may prefer another for personal reasons.
I also strongly recommend you put the email addresesof your congressional representatives in your email address book and keep their inboxes flooded with your opinions. These email addresses can be retrieved at :
The U.S. House of Representatives:
http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.shtml
The U.S. Senate:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
These may not have been your representative(s) of choice but they are your representatives and letting them hear your voice roar is the most powerful legal way to get their attention. Nothing worries a politician more than the thought of losing the next election.
Keep the faith Ladies and Gentlemen. Our ancestors faced much tougher situations than this and they didn't quit and they didn't lose. Neitherwill we.
Regards,
- Big Mac
