Baraka_Guru

The United States of America has a president and his name is Barack Hussein Obama. Say it with me: His name....is Barack Hussein Obama. His name....is Barack Hussein Obama. You don't have to respect him, but he is your president.

So wait. Christians who do wrong aren't Christians, but Muslims who do wrong are still Muslims? You can't pick and choose who is who. You can't suggest a whole faith is wrong for one thing, but another faith is fine despite another. It's called moral selectivism or favortism, and it doesn't make any sense.

[quote]Obama is not respecting the constitution why should respect him??? Obama has backed gun control all of his life. Obama wanted to keep the racist sexist fascist Clinton gun ban in place. Obama and holder back gun registration which is illegal and unconstitutional.

Um, the treaty with Russia is to ensure that America maintains rights to inspect Russia's nuclear arsenal, while simultaneously participating in a sensible reduction of nuclear arms. That isn't "surrendering"; it's a matter of national security. What are you worried about? The Soviets?

If you're talking about Obama criticizing Israeli settlement plan, then I disagree. While it's easy to see criticism of unethical practices of Israel as a "betrayal" or antisemitic, it's not. News flash: Palestinians are humans too.

Wow. I don't know where to begin. Your constitutional republic has essential and unalienable democratic elements, most prominent being representational and accountable government. Do you vote for representatives of government? Are they responsible to you as a constituent? That's democracy, man. Gotta love it. What the constitutional republic thing does is ensure that America is ruled by laws and not people. It is the people that make things work though.

And there is no such thing as the right wing? What's that supposed to mean? America is filled with socialists and liberals? There's no such thing as conservatives? Give me a break. America is governed by centrists and right-wingers. It's more accurate to say there is no such thing as the left wing, at least no in government. If you want to see left-wing governance, you need to look outside America. American left wingers are kept out of office en masse and are regulated to the fringe. Even those left wingers who are high profile have the disadvantage of not being able to vote for left wing politicians because there aren't any who can win office.

But you need only look north of the border to see social democrats in office in Canada. I vote for social democrats in both provincial and federal elections, and I will continue to do so in the future. Unlike the U.S., Canada has a healthy multiparty system with both a left and a right wing. America flies in circles with two right wings.

No one is taking away your guns, so settle down. And despite what you might thing, militias are just as beholden to the laws of the land as politicians are. No one is above the law. If right-wing militias refuse to accept a democratically elected Democratic government, then they have little recourse inside the law.

Of course, they might use the Constitution as an excuse, which is shameful and abusive, not to mention selective. I find many right wingers enshrine the First and Second but downplay or corrupt other amendments. Which is odd. Either respect the Constitution in its entirety or you don't respect it enough.

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