Tuesday, December 29, 2009

If they can give, they can take it away

Nanny State Gone Wild: Defining Dependency Up
The greatest gifts you can give your children can't be boxed and bowed. Consider the timeless gift of self-sufficiency -- a stubborn thirst to leave the nest, make it on your own and live as a free-willed adult. It's a concept that Big Nanny Democrats are sabotaging at every legislative turn.

I propose a new symbol for the Democrats. Out: donkey. In: a giant adult pacifier.

I was installing a new garbage disposal yesterday and on the outside of the box it mentioned that the warranty gave you certain "legal rights" but that your "rights" may vary depending on which state you live in.

That means that either states can either grant and withold "rights" or that these are not rights at all but they are simply laws.

During this debate we should all remember where our rights come from: God. They are human rights that we believe to be self-evident and our founding documents tell government that they can't infringe upon them.

Congress may pass a law regarding health care but that won't give you a right to it since a future congress can simply take it away again.

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congress may pass a law regarding slavery but that won't give you a right to be free from it since a future congress can simply take it away again.

Congress may pass a law regarding Jim Crow but that won't give you a right to be free from it since a future congress can simply take it away again.

need I go on?

Flying Spaghetti Monster said...

That's bullshit, Miglavs. Your rights, and all human rights, come from me.

OregonGuy said...

You cannot argue with Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Sorry, Daniel. He trumped you this time.
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Anonymous said...

According to the World Christian Encyclopedia, there are 19 major world religions on this planet of nearly 7 billion people, and those 19 religions are subdivided into 270 large religious groups, within which one finds 34,000 separate groups that identify themselves as Christian.

Amazingly, out of all those, Daniel Miglavs is affiliated with the ONLY one of those 34,000 groups that happens to hold the correct view about all matters spiritual, political and legal. Therefore, he is right about everything. He is never wrong about anything.

It is a beautiful thing, being Daniel Miglavs.

Anonymous said...

For all you lefty illiterates, Daniel is referring to the fact that the Constitution of the United States states that rights are God-given. Public education at work. I can't beleive this even needs explanation.

Anonymous said...

More proof from the Anon that Miglavian fantasies and alternate realities die hard. Look: The Constitution of the United States is a completely secular legal document that does not -- repeat, does not contain any reference to God, Jesus, Creator or Christianity, and if you think it does, then it falls to you to cite the exact quote. You can't, though, because it's not there, unless you are referring to the Alternate Reality Miglavian Edition. The word "Creator" appears in the Declaration of Independence, which is NOT the Constitution, and which is NOT a legal document. Get it straight.

Anonymous said...

That's actually a fairly common conservative fantasy/strategy, equating the D. of Independence with the Constitution. The latter is a legal document from which all law in the U.S. flows; the Declaration was the colonists' "F--- you to England. Given that anyone who can read can look in the Constitution for himself and see that God appears nowhere in it, the admonition from Anon 2:26 that he just can't believe people think otherwise is not only pathetic, it's hilarious. LOL!!! But go ahead, Anon. Explain it for us! ;-)

Anonymous said...

3:37 your butt must really hurt with those panties you have on firmly wedged there.

Anon 3:37 said...

Well, the way I see it, friend, and I'm guessing the way most rational people would see it, is that I had something factual and relevant to contribute to the topic. You, on the other hand, want to discuss my underwear. 'Nuff said.

Scottiebill said...

A government that is big enough to give the people their every need is also big enough to take it all, and more, away from them.

George Washington wrote, "Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action."

psychobob said...

Hey if some of you are getting paid to mention certain Miglavs words, I'd like Miglavs to get in Miglavs on some of that Miglavs action. Miglavs Miglavs Miglavs Miglavs Miglavs Miglavs Miglavs Miglavs Miglavs Miglavs Miglavs Miglavs.

To correct the correctors, the D of I is the document all of our laws, including the Constitution, are based on. It is the first document in the "The Organic Laws of the United States of America" under U.S. Code.

It describes the purpose of government, and what the people should do with a government that does not meet those purposes.

The reason the Constitution does not deal with the originator of our rights is because it was already established in our Declaration of Independence. The Constitution organizes our governmental structure, as well as defining what powers the State does not have, and a few powers the State does have, with the understanding that the people retain the powers "not delegated to the United States by the Constitution."

It does not establish rights. It protects the rights assumed to be granted from the Creator to "all men," as the D of I previously established.

IMO the Constitution does not give the Federal government the power to force everyone to purchase something, as the much vaunted health care bill does.

The Constitution also demands that taxes "shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers," not whether the senator from a certain state was waffling on voting for a particular piece of legislation.

Anonymous said...

Daniel! Very Good! You have stumbled upon the answer to a fave Miglavian lament. And of all places, on a garbage disposal box!

Pay attention, Miglavian lackeys...next time you wonder why non-citizens are granted certain rights remember Daniel's own words:

"During this debate we should all remember where our rights come from: God. They are human rights that we believe to be self-evident and our founding documents tell government that they can't infringe upon them."

Notice the word "human." It doesn't say "American." It says "human."

"We should remember where our rights come from: God." Indeed, Daniel, indeed.

Do you really think God intended those rights to be for Americans only?

Anonymous said...

Do you really think God intended those rights to be for Americans only?

Don't you think you ought to be addressing that question to the dictators of the world, rather than Daniel?

Your flawed premise notwithstanding, of course.