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Friday, July 08, 2005

Grow a Spine

It's a good thing that the existence of our constitutional liberties doesn't rest on the talent and good judgment of the people who exercise them. The State could make even the most hardened libertarian rethink the First Amendment.

The First Amendment protects free speech, regardless of content (outside of a few narrow exceptions). I don't care what the Supreme Court says about permissable restriction on commercial speech, or political speech, or whatever. That's what the plain text says.

People with an interest in our nation's founding era will immediately recognize that this was primarily to protect dissent from political prosecution.

So what does The State choose to use its First Amendment rights for? Why to genuflect, supplicate, and generally boot-lick before Lindsey Graham! It's an affront to the rambunctious independence displayed by our founders.

Oh well. No nation can be the home of only the brave. Each one must also have its share of the weak and timid, those who quiver before power.

Posted by Bill Smith at 9:03 AM | 8 comments

Comments:
Ohhh Nooo Mr. Bill,

Steady, you are losing your cool and getting a failing grade for spelling.

“…judgement…”
That should be “judgment.”

“…excercise…”
That should be “exercise.”

“…permissbable…”
That should be “permissible.”

You are right: “The First Amendment protects free speech…”

And bad spelling.

And The Scarecrow was right:

Dorothy: “How can you talk if you haven't got a brain?”

The Scarecrow: “I don't know... But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking... don't they?”

The Ghost of Scarecrow would add:
"And some create blogs."

You wrote:
“…genuflect…”
“…supplicate…”
“…boot-lick…”
“…rambunctious…”

These are great "Word Power" words (every month in Reader’s Digest), but they lack the foul rancid quality of your usual slurs.

You wrote: “No nation can be the home of only the brave. Each one must also have its share of the weak and timid, those who quiver before power.”

Hoss, we, the weak and timid, quiver at your feet and eagerly anticipate your every foul and rancid vowel movement telling the world what to think.

But, we will grow bored with you if you start just posting poor pompous and piteously pathetic pabulum. We are not just pandering to you. We mean it.

Your friend,
Clark Kent, The Meek, Weak, Timid
Mild Mannered Reporter
The Daily Planet
# posted by Anonymous : 7/10/2005 01:19:00 AM
 
Mr. Bill,

Sorry I got behind reading your last few rancid vowel movements. I was at a meeting of Citizen's for Tax Justice.

Visit us at: www.ctj.org

And remember,
Contumelian si dices, audies.

Your friends,
Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen
Weak, Timid and Quivering Reporters
The Daily Planet
# posted by Anonymous : 7/10/2005 01:33:00 AM
 
great find Mr. Bill!!!!!!!!!!!!
# posted by Anonymous : 7/10/2005 09:09:00 AM
 
Ohhh Noooo MNS aka Paul DuPre. Your rancid BOWEL movement must have kept you away for a few days. Keep posting your week and rancid responses to our dear friend Mr. Bill. Love and kisses to you, don't stay up to late though. I'm sure you have to get a good nights rest to terrorize those in District 5 who want only the best for the students.
# posted by Anonymous : 7/10/2005 03:36:00 PM
 
OhhNooo Mr. Bill,

You have encouraged a strange and very mysterious beast from its cave.

It can't spell very well.
"...week..." should be "weak"
"...nights..." should be "night's"

Cave dwellers are typically not very bright as evidenced by bad spelling and wrong headed temper tantrums.

We are getting used to odd, foul and rancid posts here. But, they are getting curiouser and curiouser!

“Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?” He asked.

“Begin at the beginning,” the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you...” ...have another angry vowel movement. Heeeeeheeeeeheeeeeeeeeeee.

Your friends,
Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen
Mild Mannered Reporters Quivering at the Feet of Mr. Bill
The Daily Planet
# posted by Anonymous : 7/10/2005 11:23:00 PM
 
Tee Hee TMNS - you are too silly for us!
# posted by Anonymous : 7/11/2005 09:44:00 AM
 
Ohh Nooo Mr Bill - it seems as though TMNS has no life. I'm sure he has a wife and kids, yet Johnny Rodz has noticed that TMNS posts nonsensical whimsical poo poo in the wee hours in the morning. Johnny Rodz has also noticed how TMNS can turn the prettiest words in the english language into diareah of his keyboard. TSK TSK TMNS -

No go make Johnny Rodz a fresh pot of coffee.
# posted by johhnyrodz : 7/11/2005 11:20:00 AM
 
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. We are humbled, but not impressed by The Rodz’s spelling.

“…english…” should be “English.”
“…diareah…” is spelled “diarrhea.”
“…No go make…” What you probably mean is “Now go make…”

Perhaps remedial English classes are in order for J.R.

Maybe J.R. can borrow Mr. Bill’s back issues of Reader’s Digest and study Word Power.

That way J.R. can learn to spell and use big pompous words like ole’Hoss.

We are getting bored with Ole’ Hoss and his Mini-Me (The Rodz).

Snooorrrrreeeeee,

Your friends,
Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen
Mild Mannered Reporters Quivering at the Feet of Mr. Bill
The Daily Planet
# posted by Anonymous : 7/11/2005 12:44:00 PM
 
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