tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530739.post4613567472210543820..comments2024-03-02T05:30:52.253-05:00Comments on Alternate Brain: Headline of the DayFixerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09672137568947891733noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530739.post-28323304321878603872011-09-15T21:50:26.217-04:002011-09-15T21:50:26.217-04:00If it don't come on a bumper sticker, they can...If it don't come on a bumper sticker, they can't comprehend it.---even then, unless the message is short enough to be sounded out.mandthttp://adgitadiaries.blog-city.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530739.post-50408745106891552402011-09-15T14:26:10.853-04:002011-09-15T14:26:10.853-04:00Froggy, your 2 paragraph dissertation displayed mo...Froggy, your 2 paragraph dissertation displayed more knowledge of the Constitution and the Founders than all of the Teabaggers combined.<br /><br /><i>... they ought to look to him for symbolic leadership.</i><br /><br />They couldn't find their ass with a flashlight and two hands tied behind their backs, at noon. Doubt they'd know how to open a history book, let alone understand it. If it don't come on a bumper sticker, they can't comprehend it.Fixerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09672137568947891733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530739.post-18563179340405749352011-09-15T13:32:44.740-04:002011-09-15T13:32:44.740-04:00The lack of historical knowledge or even common se...The lack of historical knowledge or even common sense among the teabaggers is amazing. While they speak in reverential tones of the Constitution, they know little of its history. The battle between central and distributed power has been a central theme in the country since its inception. Every one of us had to study Federalism and Anti-federalism in grammar school, but it seems that only a few of us remember those lessons. I'm pretty sure Rick Perry never understood them. What is rarely mentioned or perceived is that Jefferson was Anti-federalist until he was actually president, at which point he increased the power of the executive branch without so much as a "by your leave". The Louisiana Purchase? Totally unconstitutional.<br /><br />Another curious thing is that many teabaggers rely on Jefferson as their symbol, but Jefferson had nothing to do with the Constitution. I think he was in France when it was written. Madison, a great administrator, was the big gun in the drafting of the Constitution. He was a strong Anti-federalist as well, so they ought to look to him for symbolic leadership.DBKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08182965443810437028noreply@blogger.com