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Something to ponder; good idea!
Topic Started: Mar 13 2008, 07:53 PM (312 Views)
Ali
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Thought this was pretty good!




THREE THINGS TO PONDER

1. Cows
2. The Constitution
3. The Ten Commandments


C O W S
Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she slept in the state of Washington? And, they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow.

T H E C O N S T I T U T I O N
They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq . Why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it has worked for over 200 years, and we're not using it anymore.

T H E 1 0 C O M M A N D M E N T S
The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments posted in a courthouse is this: You cannot post "Thou Shalt Not Steal," "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery," and "Thou Shall Not Lie" in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians...It creates a hostile work environment.


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Ali,Mar 13 2008
06:53 PM
Thought this was pretty good!




THREE THINGS TO PONDER

1. Cows
2. The Constitution
3. The Ten Commandments


C O W S
Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she slept in the state of Washington? And, they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow.

T H E C O N S T I T U T I O N
They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq . Why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it has worked for over 200 years, and we're not using it anymore.

T H E 1 0 C O M M A N D M E N T S
The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments posted in a courthouse is this: You cannot post "Thou Shalt Not Steal," "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery," and "Thou Shall Not Lie" in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians...It creates a hostile work environment.


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You are so right:

T H E C O N S T I T U T I O N
They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq . Why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it has worked for over 200 years, and we're not using it anymore.



1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.


Notice that rights are given to two classes of people in the United States - citizens and persons - persons being all of those not defined as citizens.

Notice also that the term citizen is defined as differentiated from the term person and after the term citizen is defined, the term person is still used as a differentiated term.
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Condor,Mar 13 2008
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1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.


Notice that rights are given to two classes of people in the United States - citizens and persons - persons being all of those not defined as citizens.

Notice also the very first words says all persons born or naturalized in the United States, so I would think that's the persons they are talking about since it's in the very beginning of that sentence.

Also notice the other part "due process of law" which means if you break the law you need to expect to go by "The Rules of Law". Strolling across the border without going through a legal immigration process I think would be breaking the law and The Rule of Law then comes into play.
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When I think about due process of law and rules of law, I think about how Christ was crucified under the law of his day and how the Russians filled the Gulag.

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My thoughts don't drift off into a completely unrelated subject when I'm thinking of a subject matter like due process and rule of law. <_<
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