I met Jim when he was first getting started before anyone knew his name. He is a really nice guy. It was in the early days when he was getting ready to run and putting a lot of miles on his shoes that he came to my office to meet everyone.

Illegals already have a say in how money is appropriated. The census covers all human bodies in an area not just legals.

That’s why so many in Congress are not worried about the illegal situation. Come census time, the more legals in a district the better it is for the allocation of funds and Congressional seats.

xler8bmw on March 28, 2008 at 7:51 PM

Dude, you are so all over the map that it can’t be taken seriously. I’ll just choose one to address.

Minimum wage. You can’t raise a family on minimum wage without living in poverty. As a business owner, you bear the greatest risk and should make the most money, but the ideal that an individual should be allowed to pay as little as he chooses is incredibly ignorant. Ever hear of the idea “you get what you pay for”?. I wouldn’t be doing my current job for minimum wage, I turn too much of a profit for my employer, and he know’s it and pays me accordingly. So we both are happy.

I’ll grant you that people who work for minimum wage mainly fall’s into two catagories: Those who settle for it. Those who do it while working for something better. Nothing wrong with earning an honest living.

A law that protects people from being unfairly taken advantage of because they have no other option is not the American way.

That’s just one of many objections I have to your “step on the little guy” rant.

If I thought people were interested I would discuss how Social Security was a private fund and doing well until the Clinton administration made a public fund and ran it straight down the toilet.

Red Pill on March 28, 2008 at 6:35 PM

And I think Huckabee is to bats***t crazy to be prez, does not mean my opinion is valid legal dogma.

Limerick on March 28, 2008 at 6:18 PM

Classic

A nice dream.

Spratt looks like he is taking a crap.

SCGOPgirl on March 28, 2008 at 6:20 PM

My parents are in his district. Luckily for them it’s becoming more and more Republican thanks to Charlotte and Rock Hill’s suburbs! All they need is a strong GOP candidate to run against him…one that doesn’t hire illegals like the last dude.

while most misinformed people believe that the core of rights contained therein is in the Bill of Rights, the real core of rights is Article I, Section 8, the powers of Congress which, when coupled with the 10th Amendment, essentially says that the Federal government cannot do anything unless it is on that list, or covered by an Amendment (such as the income tax, covered by he 16th Amendment). So, unconstitutional are:

Social Security
Medicare
Medicaid
Food Stamps
Public Housing
Welfare programs
EPA/environmental regulations
OSHA/workplace safety regulations
Wagner Act (forced negotiations with unions)
Minimum wage
Child labor laws
Product liability laws
Anti-discrimination laws (at least by non-government entities)
And I could go on…

If the democrat party had any interest in enforcing the Constitution, they would demand every one of these be eliminated immediately, period. Fat chance.

Red Pill on March 28, 2008 at 6:35 PM

Interesting I didn’t see you take sides when the discussion came up earlier here. What changed your mind about his citizenship? Especially since the year McCain was born, the Panama Canal was a U.S. controlled territory, just like Puerto Rico, Guam, etc. So are those people not recognized as U.S. citizens? Funny that you come down on the same side as the NY Times.

Red Pill on March 28, 2008 at 6:35 PM

Uh huh..

credibility reduced to zero, in just one post.

I know that you and I disagree on this, but I do not believe that John McCain meets the Constitutional requirement. I understand that he was born on a US military base in Panama, but I don’t believe that qualifies. I respect our military immensely, but it seems like the best answer to this issue would be to reassign military personnel and their spouses to somewhere in the 50 states when they find out that the wife is pregnant. There’s plenty of time to do so…9 months should be plenty of time to bring them home.

I believe that John McCain does not pass Constitutional muster for President on two grounds:

1) Article. II. Section 1 -
No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President

2) Amendment 14 Section 3 -
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

In my opinion it appears that John McCain has given aid and comfort to the enemies the United States. Compare his long Senate history against the published agenda of the Communist Party USA.

John McCain and John Kerry worked against, not for, the families of Vietnam POWs.

I believe the founders were divinely inspired when they wrote the Constitution. They nearly disbanded in disagreement, but were brought together by daily prayer after this:

In the beginning of the Contest with Great Britain, when we were sensible of danger we had daily prayer in this room for the divine protection. Our prayers, Sir, were heard, and they were graciously answered. All of us who were engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of a Superintending providence in our favor. To that kind providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend? I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth- that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that “except the Lord build the House they labour in vain that build it.” I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without his concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better than the Builders of Babel: We shall be divided by our little partial local interests; our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and bye word down to future ages. And what is worse, mankind may hereafter from this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing Governments be Human Wisdom and leave it to chance, war and conquest.

I therefore beg leave to move, that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning before we proceed to business, and that one or more of the Clergy of the City be requested to officiate in that service.

–Benjamin Franklin’s Request for Prayers at the Constitutional Convention, July 28, 1787

This idiot Clyburn (liberal moron) is a classic liberal who reads the constitution and gets the results that “HE” wants. Forget what it actually states.

orlandocajun on March 28, 2008 at 5:40 PM

This guy makes my point on immigration. How do you expect people not able to make responsible dicisions to elect good government candidates? What kind of candidates do you think 25 million lying, cheating illegal immigrants would make if they were given amnesty?

Isreal is only 51% Jewish. Lets see what happens to them when they loose their majority. Kosovo is a good example.