GOPurity Test: Part Deux

Link to the article saying why Reagan would not pass this test:
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/500305/reagan_would_fail_purity_test_p...

Apparently this is the goal of the "Purity Test":
"Republican solidarity in opposition to Obama's socialist agenda is necessary to preserve the security of our country, our economic and political freedoms, and our way of life."

The Republican 10 Commandments:

(1) We support smaller government, smaller national debt, lower deficits and lower taxes by opposing bills like Obama's "stimulus" bill;

(2) We support market-based health care reform and oppose Obama-style government run healthcare;

(3) We support market-based energy reforms by opposing cap and trade legislation;

(4) We support workers' right to secret ballot by opposing card check;

(5) We support legal immigration and assimilation into American society by opposing amnesty for illegal immigrants;

(6) We support victory in Iraq and Afghanistan by supporting military-recommended troop surges;

(7) We support containment of Iran and North Korea, particularly effective action to eliminate their nuclear weapons threat;

(8) We support retention of the Defense of Marriage Act;

(9) We support protecting the lives of vulnerable persons by opposing health care rationing, denial of health care and government funding of abortion; and

(10) We support the right to keep and bear arms by opposing government restrictions on gun ownership; and be further

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[doughnutser256]

I have a copy of the Constitution with me too as a blue booklet and I took the Tenth Amendment and put it up here and the description in the parenthesis was put in the booklet to clarify the Amendment further. So I am not adding my opinion at all, I am quoting what is in the booklet. I got the booklet from a class I took at my local community college called American National Government.

[AnAverageSkeptic]

@doughnutser256 Well the parenthesis are NOT in the Constitution. They are someones opinion of what it says. Mine is from an International Politics/Relations class and is from the National Constitution Center. I trust them more than your college. Regardless, it under just the 10th amendment marijuana HAS to be legal in California and the other states that legalized it for medicinal use. How are they shutting down dispensaries in California if Feds can't trump state law?

[TheBuddha94]

because back when the second amendment was written the british where knocking on our door- its an outdated mendment that has no relevance to today, we HAVE a police force we HAVE a national guard we HAVE a military/air force/navy we dont need a half educated drunk mutherfucker to take a AK47 and (wether accidently or drunkenly on-purpose) killing his family or shitload of people

[AnAverageSkeptic]

That's the downfall of the Constitution, it is like the bible and anyone can twist it to be whatever they want.

Good luck fighting our military off. We do have a thing called checks and balances to help retain our rights. I think that is much more effective than a bunch of paranoid people with assault rifles trying to fight the US military.

Your analysis is opinion. Sorry to break it to you.

[doughnutser256]

@AnAverageSkeptic Oh okay you have a point based upon what you explained. Thanks for the explanation! I would say the first part before the parenthesis was correct though and was the same description you gave me. I accidentally forgot to put an end quote after the sentence. I know the parenthesis were not part of the original Constitution but as you said their opinion or how they see it as.

[AnAverageSkeptic]

@doughnutser256 I have a Constitution here and that's not what it says, you added your opinion of what it means. What it clearly States and I quote from the Constitution, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

No marriage, divorce or education.

By that marijuana HAS to be legal in the states that allow it. No Feds

Go try somewhere else, maybe they won't know what it says.

[doughnutser256]

@AnAverageSkeptic The Defense of Marriage Act. Do you know that law is unconstitutional? It violates the Tenth Amendment of the Bill of Rights. The Tenth Amendment clearly states and I quote "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. (Powers such as education, marriage, divorce). As for Education, we have the Department of Education but most Americans like the system.

[PinkProgram]

I never rely on opinion. I'm simply stating the reason that the 2nd amendment was created and why it is still viable. If humans want to kill each other you aren't very difficult to break. A knife will kill somebody just as easily as a gun. The problem isn't the weapon it is the monkey holding the weapon ^_^

Take an unbiased look at the facts.

[PinkProgram]

So who exactly would be keeping the military in check? Who exactly would be making sure that you could retain your rights? The purpose of the right to bear arms is so that if the government and military turn on the people the people can protect themselves.

It isn't opinion. It is an analysis of facts.

Its a check to keep people from abusing power. The threat of a tyrant isn't from the outside.

[AnAverageSkeptic]

You're welcome to your opinion that there is no difference between an AK47 and a musket. I happen to think that is absurd. I'm not scared that a tyrant will seize power by force in this country. That is why we have a military. I guess it just takes a certain kind of paranoia.

[athews1976]

@TheBuddha94

Exactly!