Obama Bans Federal Employees from Texting and Driving
Ben Franklin Says
I gladly scarifice my 79 cent lighter when i get on a plane to feel more secure that someone else isnt bringing something on that can blow us up in the air.
If you'd like I can try to find really old quotes about how the earth is flat, and the center of the universe.
zzyo90 said:
"those willing to sacrafice liberties for security deserve neither"
Actually, Ben Franklin says, "Do not misrepresent me. I know how to spell. And I do not take quotes 250 years out of context."
The lack of logic & intelligence on this board (and in society in general) continues to disappoint...
AJ
But as a relation to Employment with the Gov. the Gov does have the right. And Trucks as part of interstate commerce also the Fed Gov has the right... But for in state commerce it is a States Rights Issue, but I am sure Obamma does not care and will trample the 10th amendment again
ItsSprintnotwalk said:
It may have been miss spelled, but it is not out of context, the context was in relation to how Governments and poeple relate and how to preserve Liberty...
No, it is out of context. Major grievances 250 years ago that led to the American Revolution are not comparable to trivial complaints today over a potential prohibition on cell phone usage while driving. Anyone who thinks otherwise lacks both a thorough understanding of history and a serious dose of perspective.
As an aside, read up on social contract theory & utilitarianism. And you, too, learn how to spell.
Lastly, it is ironic that the hoi polloi who are obviously not intelligent enough to be prominent, capable gove...
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Scotty_bing said:
I'm glad your elitist thinking puts you above everyone else...
To paraphrase the other poster who quoted Samuel Johnson: "A cry of elitism is the last refuge of someone who is overmatched & outwitted."
You should be pleased when the intellectual elite have greater insight than you do. Those are the people who should be our elected representatives and appointed officials. The alternative is the administration of George W. Bush.
AJ
Thinking you outwit and over match every person you try to refute is mind-numbing. You and your Obama friend think alike...
- Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard's Almanack, 1758
Samuel Adams- From "American Independence" August 1, 1776.. Speech delivered at the state house in Philadelphia
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