That "well-regulated militia" the gun gonzos always manage to overlook?
Also known as "slave patrols". They were the mechanism the southern slaveholder a used to prevent the slaves from revolting successfully. <http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/thom-hartmann/47623/the-second-amendment-was-ratified-to-preserve-slavery> As Digby put it.."The original sin of slavery just filters through our entire cultural and civic foundation, doesn't it?" Another thing that article brought home...despite the current set of strict constitutionalists who proclaim that X and Y aren't constitutional because it doesn't expressly say Congress can do something..this quote from Patrick Henry makes it crystal clear: "[T]hey will search that paper [the Constitution], and see if they have power of manumission," said Henry. "And have they not, sir? Have they not power to provide for the general defence and welfare? May they not think that these call for the abolition of slavery? May they not pronounce all slaves free, and will they not be warranted by that power? "This is no ambiguous implication or logical deduction. The paper speaks to the point: they have the power in clear, unequivocal terms, and will clearly and certainly exercise it." -- Bruce Johnson UA College of Pharmacy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
