The Constitution certainly provides for a better form of government than whatever we are using now, which appears to be some kind of combination of the Communist Manifesto (at least 80% implemented) and Mein Kampf (Bush's policies).
For life and liberty, David Macko ----- Original Message ----- From: "steven linnabary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 9:04 AM Subject: Re: [Libertarian] Re: initiation of force > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> The valid role of the government (and it does have a valid role) >> includes protecting AND REGULATING commerce. But in case you haven't >> actually read the U.S. Constitution, you may want to read Article 1, >> Section 8, clause 3 which grants Congress the legitimate power to... >> >> "To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several >> states, and with the Indian tribes" > > Libertarians are NOT necessarily constitutionalists. Many libertarians > consider the US Constitution to be a repudiation of the Declaration of > Independence, which IS a (divinely inspired??) libertarian document. > > Many of us consider the US Constitution to be our contract with our > government. When our government fails to live up to it's end of the > contract, though, it becomes null and void. > > Keep in mind that the US is on it's second constitution. The first was > "The > Articles of Confederation". It did have it's faults, primarily that it > didn't give warmongers and powermongers what they wanted. > > Most of us don't have a problem arguing the constitutionality of any > particular issue. But whether something is "Constitutional" or > "Libertarian" can easily be two different things. > > PEACE > Steven R. Linnabary, Treasurer > Franklin County Libertarian Party > (614) 891-8841 > P.O.Box#115; Blacklick, OH 43004-0115 > > "When you make peaceful revolution impossible, you make violent revolution > inevitable" John F. Kennedy ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
