Originally posted by dg806 I'll admit that the only movie that ever made me cry was Ole Yeller.

Originally posted by dg806
I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some midlevel governmental functionary with a bad comb-over who wants to give it away to crack addicts squirting out babies.

I think playing with toy guns doesn't make you a killer. I believe ignoring your kids and giving them Prozac might.

I know what SEX is and there are not varying degrees of it.

I don't celebrate Kwanzaa. But if you want to that's fine; I just don't feel like everyone else should have to.

I believe that if you are selling me a Dairy Queen shake, a pack of cigarettes, or hotel room you do it in English. As of matter of fact, if you are an American citizen you should speak English. My uncles and forefathers shouldn't have had to die in vain so you can leave the countries you were born in to come disrespect ours, and make us bend to your will. Get over it.

I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you qualify for any special loan programs, gov't sponsored bank loans, etc., so you can open a hotel, 7-Eleven, trinket shop, or any thing else, while the indigenous peoples can't get past a high school education because they can't afford it.

I believe no one ever died because of something Ozzy Osbourne, Ice-T or Marilyn Manson sang, but that doesn't mean I want to listen to that crap from someone else's car when I'm stopped at a red light. But I respect your right to.

Our soldiers did not go to some foreign country and risk their lives in vain and defend our Constitution so that decades later you can tell me it's a living document ever changing and is open to interpretation. The guys who wrote it were light years ahead of anyone today, and they meant what they said - now leave the document alone, or there's going to be trouble.

I don't hate the rich. I help the poor. I know wrestling is fake.

I've never owned, or was a slave, and a large percentage of our forefathers weren't wealthy enough to own one either. Please stop blaming me because some prior white people were idiots - and remember, tons of white, Indian, Chinese, and other races have been enslaved too - it was wrong for every one of them.

I believe a self-righteous liberal Democrat with a cause is more dangerous than a Hell's Angel with an attitude. **AMEN!!!

I want to know exactly which church is it where the "Reverend" Jessie Jackson preaches; and, what exactly is his job function.

I own a gun, you can own a gun, and any red blooded American should be allowed to own a gun, but if you use it in a crime, then you will serve the time.

I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and continue to make more. If it makes you mad, then invent the next operating system that's better and put your name on the building. Ask your buddy that invented the Internet to help you.

I don't believe in hate crime legislation. Even suggesting it makes me mad. You're telling me that someone who is a minority, gay, disabled, another nationality, or otherwise different from the mainstream of this country has more value as a human being that I do as a white male. If someone kills anyone, I'd say that it's a hate crime. We don't need more laws! Let's enforce the ones we already have.

I will not be frowned upon or be looked down upon or be made to keep silent because I have these beliefs and opinions. I thought this country allowed me that right. I will not conform or compromise just to keep from hurting somebody's feelings. I'm neither angry nor disenfranchised, no matter how desperately the mainstream media would like the world to believe otherwise.

Originally posted by dg806

I don't celebrate Kwanzaa. But if you want to that's fine; I just don't feel like everyone else should have to.

I believe a self-righteous liberal Democrat with a cause is more dangerous than a Hell's Angel with an attitude.

I want to know exactly which church is it where the "Reverend" Jessie Jackson preaches; and, what exactly is his job function.

I don't believe in hate crime legislation. Even suggesting it makes me mad. You're telling me that someone who is a minority, gay, disabled, another nationality, or otherwise different from the mainstream of this country has more value as a human being that I do as a white male. If someone kills anyone, I'd say that it's a hate crime. We don't need more laws! Let's enforce the ones we already have.

I think turkey bacon, turkey beef, turkey fake anything sucks. I believe that it doesn't take a village to raise a child-it takes a parent with the guts to stand up to the kid and spank his butt and say "NO!" when it's necessary to do so.

I will not be frowned upon or be looked down upon or be made to keep silent because I have these beliefs and opinions. I thought this country allowed me that right. I will not conform or compromise just to keep from hurting somebody's feelings. I'm neither angry nor disenfranchised, no matter how desperately the mainstream media would like the world to believe otherwise.

Yes, I guess by some people's definition, I may be a bad American.

But that's tough.

Originally posted by dg806
I think that being a student doesn't give you any more enlightenment than working at Blockbuster or Jack In The Box.

Originally posted by Prince
Excellent, except this one.

Originally posted by dg806
I think this has been posted before, but damn this is so true!
I love it!!

I'm a Bad American. This pretty much sums it up for me. I like big trucks, big boats, big houses, and naturally, pretty women.

I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some midlevel governmental functionary with a bad comb-over who wants to give it away to crack addicts squirting out babies. - --- but I'll gladly donate it to rebuild occupied countries while bridges and community superstructure crumbles in my hometown and my state is on the verge of bankruptcy.

I don't care about appearing compassionate. --- aww nonsense...it's better to appear being compassionate than to actually have to be so...

I think playing with toy guns doesn't make you a killer. I believe ignoring your kids and giving them Prozac might. --- Totally agree here, unless you play toy guns with the kids and teach them how to point them at minorities and pretend to shoot.

I think I'm doing better than the homeless.---- a lot of Americans are only a couple of paychecks away from being one of the homeless.

I don't think being a minority makes you noble or victimized. I have the right not to be tolerant of others because they are different, weird or make me mad. This is my life to live, and not necessarily up to others expectations. I know what SEX is and there are not varying degrees of it. --- Of course, this is okay as long as you get to be the victimizer. I'm glad you know what SEX is and that there can't be any varying degrees of it.....for YOU.

I don't celebrate Kwanzaa. But if you want to that's fine; I just don't feel like everyone else should have to. ---nope, don't celebrate it either, nor Hanukkah.

I believe that if you are selling me a Dairy Queen shake, a pack of cigarettes, or hotel room you do it in English. As of matter of fact, if you are an American citizen you should speak English. My uncles and forefathers shouldn't have had to die in vain so you can leave the countries you were born in to come disrespect ours, and make us bend to your will. Get over it. - - - Sociolological research believes that it takes 2-3 generations for people who settle from another country to become assimilated into a culture. Go to any big city and you'll still find enclaves of Ukranians, Italians, Poles and other white groups who has older members still struggling with English. These are the people who helped settle the country and provided labor - but you are right about one thing - in the past, there wasn't much accommodation - they were ostracized, fought among themselves, delegated to lower paying jobs and often denied access to voting and holding public office.

I think the cops have every right to shoot your sorry butt if you're running from them after they tell you to stop. If you can't understand the word 'freeze' or 'stop'in English, see the previous line. ---- breaking the law is just that.

I don't use the excuse "it's for the children" as a shield for unpopular opinions or actions.

I know how to count votes and I feel much safer letting a machine with no political affiliation do a recount when needed. I know what the definition of lying is, and it isn't based on the word "is"-ever. ----- I'd feel much safer if the elections weren't run by officials of any major political party, who obviously see their best interest in preventing other parties from taking root.

I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you qualify for any special loan programs, gov't sponsored bank loans, etc., so you can open a hotel, 7-Eleven, trinket shop, or any thing else, while the indigenous peoples can't get past a high school education because they can't afford it. -----uh...I think the indigenous people in this country are Native Americans. It was often settlers from Europe (many of whom didn't speak English at the time) who moved into their government protected lands. Whether we like it or not, we broke a lot of treaties with the indigenous people in order to expand our country. The indigenous people didn't count because they weren't "christians." Their children were forced into schools we created to teach them how to be like us - the rest now run casinos on reservations.

I didn't take the initiative in inventing the Internet. I thought the Taco Bell dog was funny. - - - so did I.

I want them to bring back safe and sane fireworks. - - - long overdue.

I believe no one ever died because of something Ozzy Osbourne, Ice-T or Marilyn Manson sang, but that doesn't mean I want to listen to that crap from someone else's car when I'm stopped at a red light. But I respect your right to. - - -good.

I think that being a student doesn't give you any more enlightenment than working at Blockbuster or Jack In The Box. - - - I'd wager many of those employees ARE students, cuz you ain't gonna get to buy that big truck, big boat, big house or lure pretty women with a career on the line there.

I don't want to eat or drink anything with the words light, lite or fat-free on the package.

Our soldiers did not go to some foreign country and risk their lives in vain and defend our Constitution so that decades later you can tell me it's a living document ever changing and is open to interpretation. The guys who wrote it were light years ahead of anyone today, and they meant what they said - now leave the document alone, or there's going to be trouble. - - -uh...well let's see here - remove the "amendments" to that Constitution, and just what rights would you have? You wouldn't have the right to post this, for example, not without risk of repercussion by whatever political party was runnin' the show. There would be no freedom of the press, etc. Amendments are part of what makes this a living document - they provide for addressing issues that weren't relevant at the time. For example, "decades later," women were provided the right to vote. People forget that when this country was founded, only well-off white men who were allowed to own property were able to even vote or hold any kind of public office. One of the reasons this Constitution goes through interpretations is because a lot of the soldiers drafted to go to some foreign country and fight were members of minorities who were NOT afforded the same rights back here. Japanese families were interred in camps during World War II...property confiscated out of fear and paranoia, yet their sons were eventually allowed to fight. African-Americans were allowed to form their own combat units, even though they couldn't hold jobs, public office, vote in some states, or use the same bathroom as whites.

I don't hate the rich. I help the poor. I know wrestling is fake. I've never owned, or was a slave, and a large percentage of our forefathers weren't wealthy enough to own one either. Please stop blaming me because some prior white people were idiots - and remember, tons of white, Indian, Chinese, and other races have been enslaved too - it was wrong for every one of them. ---- this is perfectly right, except there are still some people who are idiots, who believe in superiority of a race. Look at the marriage laws over the years, where women were denied the right to own property, for example...or to vote, etc...or when domestic violence was overlooked because she was considered a man's "property."

I believe a self-righteous liberal Democrat with a cause is more dangerous than a Hell's Angel with an attitude. ---- this wornout cliche only illustrates the attitude that a true American has to be a member of one particular political party and toe that party line as rigidly as any dictatorial government we claim to be against. There's nothing more dangerous than a "conservative" who demands that everyone worship God in HIS image, live their lives exactly the way HE does, and continually make sacrifices to provide special rights and accommodate HIS own insecurities about the world around him.

I want to know exactly which church is it where the "Reverend" Jessie Jackson preaches; and, what exactly is his job function. ---- I've often wondered that also...but then, I'm still trying to figure out how Pat Robertson can be called a christian - or a preacher. Tax them all!

I own a gun, you can own a gun, and any red blooded American should be allowed to own a gun, but if you use it in a crime, then you will serve the time. - - -absolutely. The right to defend your property and family is fundamental. Shootouts in the local saloon or on Main Street, or duels to settle an argument might be a bit extreme.

I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and continue to make more. If it makes you mad, then invent the next operating system that's better and put your name on the building. Ask your buddy that invented the Internet to help you. ---I thought the Internet was developed at a public university for the military?

I don't believe in hate crime legislation. Even suggesting it makes me mad. You're telling me that someone who is a minority, gay, disabled, another nationality, or otherwise different from the mainstream of this country has more value as a human being that I do as a white male. If someone kills anyone, I'd say that it's a hate crime. We don't need more laws! Let's enforce the ones we already have. - - - I think you got this figured the wrong way around here. It wasn't the African-Americans hangin' their own in the magnolia trees of the South or burning crosses outside white churches while the local sheriff ignored the act. Then there were the straight white guys standing in the courtrooms cryin' a successful murder self-defense cuz their peepee was threatened when a gay guy hit on them....hmm...always in front of a judge who was just like them. (if a woman coulda claimed that crap every time a guy hit on HER, there wouldn't be many of us around now).Twisting the historical facts of treatment by one group on another to claim they are getting "special protections or rights" is one of the biggest cliches used. Maybe if that Constitution had just passed one amendment that said "No special rights, treatment, or privileges for straight white men," we wouldn't have needed all the other stuff. But then, your argument here is that the Constitution shoulda remained a document giving ONLY them rights.

I think turkey bacon, turkey beef, turkey fake anything sucks. I believe that it doesn't take a village to raise a child-it takes a parent with the guts to stand up to the kid and spank his butt and say "NO!" when it's necessary to do so. ---- you bet, even when the kid is a child of a public official with lots of connections to keep his name outa trouble.

I'll admit that the only movie that ever made me cry was Ole Yeller.

I didn't realize Dr. Seuss was a genius until I had a kid. ---

I will not be frowned upon or be looked down upon or be made to keep silent because I have these beliefs and opinions. I thought this country allowed me that right. I will not conform or compromise just to keep from hurting somebody's feelings. I'm neither angry nor disenfranchised, no matter how desperately the mainstream media would like the world to believe otherwise.

Yes, I guess by some people's definition, I may be a bad American. ----- you ain't a bad American at all, bud....

But that's tough.

Originally posted by heeholler
Kinda sounds like me before the world got politically correctv. I am not "bad " by tough guy standards but agree with a lot of what was said...

Originally posted by dg806
I think the cops have every right to shoot your sorry butt if you're running from them after they tell you to stop. If you can't understand the word 'freeze' or 'stop'in English, see the previous line.

Originally posted by Eggs
Yeah, I was an MP in the military (or the equivalent... was in the Navy). Certainly not saying that cops should just cap everyone, but I think there hands are so tied now that they cant effectively operate.

Its kinda funny, but from my experience its usually the criminals that are complaining about their rights being abused. Even when they are abusing the rights of others.

Originally posted by Eggs
Dude, that kinda stuff happens all the time. This robber was climbing around on a guys roof trying to get in through the sky light... so the dude falls through and breaks some bones. Sues the home owner and wins! That kind of stuff happens alot, and it makes me sad because this so isnt what the founders of our country had in mind.

I know that things change and we have to modernize, but we've oversteppted our bounds in so many things and the courts are no longer enforcing the law, they are enforcing their own agenda. They too are human to be sure, but is it too much to ask that one try and be objective?

Originally posted by Eggs
It depends what state you're in Flex. Not all states..

Originally posted by dg806
I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some midlevel governmental functionary with a bad comb-over who wants to give it away to crack addicts squirting out babies.
Couldn't agree more with this statement!

II think the cops have every right to shoot your sorry butt if you're running from them after they tell you to stop. If you can't understand the word 'freeze' or 'stop'in English, see the previous line.
Police officers are givin way too much power in this country already and in general it is abused IMO.

II think that being a student doesn't give you any more enlightenment than working at Blockbuster or Jack In The Box.
I can't agree with this. A person going to school is gettign an education, what are the drive thru workers doing? Maybe not every student takes full advantage of their opportunities but in general a person in school IS more enlightened than an entry level employee no doubt. why else would they be getting an education?

Our soldiers did not go to some foreign country and risk their lives in vain and defend our Constitution so that decades later you can tell me it's a living document ever changing and is open to interpretation. The guys who wrote it were light years ahead of anyone today, and they meant what they said - now leave the document alone, or there's going to be trouble.
This is ridiculous. There has to be room for change, the things that applied when the constitution was written do not necessarily apply now. Change is absolutely necessary for positive growth and denying that is foolish. This country is not the same and therefore it is important to live our life by teh exact guidlines tat were catered for an entirely different world. It doesn't work like that.

I believe a self-righteous liberal Democrat with a cause is more dangerous than a Hell's Angel with an attitude.
Of course you do. you bettre check yourself, you sound like a liberal from this post! But you know what is even more dangerous is casting someone into an entire category b/c of an opinion of theirs and then making assumptions about them based on that category you have placed them in. that is dangerous. We hsouldn't be labeling people as democrat or republicn, we should be basing our thoughts on individual ideas and work from their. Otherwise we discredit a person before they have even spoken.

I don't believe in hate crime legislation. Even suggesting it makes me mad. You're telling me that someone who is a minority, gay, disabled, another nationality, or otherwise different from the mainstream of this country has more value as a human being that I do as a white male. If someone kills anyone, I'd say that it's a hate crime. We don't need more laws! Let's enforce the ones we already have.
totally agree

I will not be frowned upon or be looked down upon or be made to keep silent because I have these beliefs and opinions. I thought this country allowed me that right. I will not conform or compromise just to keep from hurting somebody's feelings. I'm neither angry nor disenfranchised, no matter how desperately the mainstream media would like the world to believe otherwise.
Lords knows I agree with this.

Originally posted by Eggs
Why the heck should a cop have to chase a criminal every time one runs? Tell me, when you get in a fight do you say "Okay, you hit me first, then its my turn", lets all be nice about this fighting now and make sure everyone gets a fair chance at it. A dudes going to pop a cop without blinking and without letting him get out of his car, but you want a cop to run down some dude. I dont think a cop should pop every dude that turns to run away, but if he sees somebody shoot somebody else for instance, tells the guy to drop the gun... and the guy drops the gun and starts to run away, I believe he should be capped just like that. The dude just shot somebody, he'd do it again in a second.

This society is too quick to help out he criminals and yet the victims get to live as victims, or die as them. In my opinion its simple, you take a life you loose yours. I always thought it funny that death row dudes would plead with the jury "It was wrong for me to take a life, its going to be wrong for you to take mine." Its funny how life all of a sudden had value when it suited their goals. Screw that, I want televised firing squads or public hangings. Wanna see what happens when you take anothers life? We'll show you.

Originally posted by Eggs
You say that the system needs to be reworked alot gr81, but you have yet to propose a working theory for this. I hate to say it, but I get tired of hearing people complain about things when they arent going to offer advice as to how it can be fixed. The only previous comments you have made about cops are that they abuse their authority. Not how we can revise the system so that we can be rid of the problems of caps doing so.
If you really want to get on the topic of what should be done then we can, I wasa not mearley "complaining" as you put it an dI do have lots of ideas on how to re tool things. That was not what the post was about and I didn;t want to make a post a page long, but if you want to address that I will be more than happy to address it with you man.

You're young like I am, you're white like I am. I drive fast, you do too looking at your wheels. I play my music loud in my car some times. How come I've not been in situations where this abuse is evident but you have?

The statement I was making in that paragraph was in regards to criminals and victims. I'd moved past cops at that point. My statement was that true victims end up being just that, victims. Criminals get turned into victims all the time though, as I said before with the thief breaking into the house and suing, and thats happened quite a few times. Or a criminal getting a good lawyer and getting off free because of some tiny little loophole that the cop didnt think to cover. So that even while there is proof the crime was committed, oops, someone forgot to sign that piece of paper and date it so the case is thrown out. There was a girl at my kids sisters school who was driving while drugged up one night and hit a dude and killed him. The kid was under age so nothing happened, but meanwhile the guys family has to figure out a survive with the sole money maker gone. If you cant see how apparent it is that the justice system is whacked dude... there isnt any way for me to show it to you.

I agree that there are cops that abuse their authority. At the same time there are criminals who manipulate the system to their own benefit because of crap judges and worthless citizens that are mindless.
I don't understand te point you are trying to make here? we do not live in the same location as each other so the comparisons end where you began them. I get a sense that you are in some way hinting to the notion that these situations I speak of are in some way self induced, at least that is the tone you have. If I was black then would it be more legit of a complaint to you? Regardless I can't comment on why you haven't had the same experiences as I. You will have to come and live in my area and you will see that it is a fuckin warzone down here. the cops are horrible and they have the shit on lockdown. If you were here you would see. I am not out doing anything illegal. I don't drink, I rarely smoke, I don't deal drugs, I don't solicit women for sex or carry a gun. I don't dress like I am trying to be a gangsta at all. I don't speed, at least anymore, so you tell me. It isn't my fault. Maybe I wouldn't be so bitter about this if the police around here didn't treat people like we are criminals. These people are public servants that are supposed to serve and protect, not harrass until you reach your monthly quota of tickets. That is a great strategy to go and ticket the people that are paying you salary, great plan!


As to the case about the cop that shot the guy. You're presenting half a piece. I'd like to see the article on that, I guaranteed some information isnt getting passed out. The part that doesnt serve your statements.
As for this, you are right I didn't present the story in its entirety. I did however post a link to the story I was referring to earlier so you could read it yourself. Besides, even if the guy did talk shit to the cop or whatever else he could've done. The fact was the cop was OFF DUTY and NOT IN HIS JURISDICTION. Oh and most importantly the man was UNARMED. So no matter what else the story could possibly hold, there si no reason for this guy ot be shooting an unarmed man with his family in the car. Oh and the cop wasn't charged for a crime. other details are not important. I am certainly not basing my whole argument on this story anyways, it is just one example.

If you really want to get on the topic of what should be done then we can, I wasa not mearley "complaining" as you put it an dI do have lots of ideas on how to re tool things. That was not what the post was about and I didn;t want to make a post a page long, but if you want to address that I will be more than happy to address it with you man.

I think you're making too much of where I live. I've never lived where you do, no doubt, but I lived in Cali for 5 years. Near Ventura... wasnt overly crazy, but more so than quite a few places. Lived in Chicago too, but I think the crime in Chicago has gotten alot better over the years.

As for this, you are right I didn't present the story in its entirety. I did however post a link to the story I was referring to earlier so you could read it yourself. Besides, even if the guy did talk shit to the cop or whatever else he could've done. The fact was the cop was OFF DUTY and NOT IN HIS JURISDICTION. Oh and most importantly the man was UNARMED. So no matter what else the story could possibly hold, there si no reason for this guy ot be shooting an unarmed man with his family in the car. Oh and the cop wasn't charged for a crime. other details are not important. I am certainly not basing my whole argument on this story anyways, it is just one example.

Originally posted by gr81
I would love to hear how our society turns criminals into victims. I have never heard that. It is more like we are quick to turn cops into heros. Did you know that in my state, washington state last year, there was not 1 case prosecuted against a police officer for violating civil rihgts or police misconduct. In fact I will post the link ot the story I read that in yesterday in the seattle times if you want to read it:
Seattle Times: Police Misconduct

Just recently A police officer in WA state who was off duty and not in his jurisdiction walked up to a car in his neighborhood. There was a man with his family in there who was black and the cop ended up killing the man, saying he ws reaching for a gun. It turned out later the man was unarmed! The officer was not prosecuted, got off scott free. I have been involved in several incidents myself where innapropriate Police conduct occurred and of course a judge is not going to believe a young guys word over a cop's. My whole point ot this is that you can't generalize like police officers need more power in this country without looking at the whole picture. I agree that criminals should be prosecuted to teh fullest extent of the law, but I also believe that lots of police officers abuse their power with little or no consequences to their actions and that needs to be dealt with, more power is not teh answer. the system needs to be reworked.

Originally posted by firestorm
It's true there are crooked cops out there but to group them all in that category is just unjust. I know MANY law enforcement officiers and I trust everyone of them do a respectable job. Lets face it, nothing we say here will ever become law. We just talk the talk.

Originally posted by gr81
but you are missing the point, we don't hate all cops. We like the ones that we can count on in an emergency b/c that is their job. We hate the ones that we can't depend on, that is why we hate them.

Originally posted by Eggs
Yeh bro, but its spitting in the face of the good as well as the bad when people say "fuq the cops" and stuff. Now if they said "Fuq corrupt cops" that'd be a different story. In the first case its all inclusive though, and thats how its taken.

Originally posted by Eggs
Theres more than semantics involved in that

You want a comparison Flex? Look at doctors. Some doctors treat their patients like they are another number. Just another animal coming in to get pocked and prodded. Others do a great job and care about their patients. Cops are the same way. Every profession has its a holes. Like the kids that you piss off at McDonalds that spit in your burger last week

Originally posted by Flex
I hate cops.

i'm not saying i don't respect them though, please don't get me wrong. i have much respect for what they do.

but they don't have to be such fuckin dicks about EVERYTHING. why do they feel the need to be dicks at ALL TIMES and talk down to people.

Originally posted by gr81
but you are missing the point, we don't hate all cops. We like the ones that we can count on in an emergency b/c that is their job. We hate the ones that we can't depend on, that is why we hate them.

Originally posted by Eggs
I think "the constitution is a living document" thing is misunderstood. I do think that the laws need to change to adapt to society. But I dont believe that they should be open to interpretation by every judge out there trying to enforce their agenda and get back at the world because their Mommy didnt buy them the pink PC "I'm gay" Gi Joe when they were 5.

Okay, that was kinda a red herring, my bad. Anyways, I dont think its right that its open to interpretation as suits the individual. Sure there are appeals and what not that can be accessed at times, but by and large the system has been hi-jacked by those who do what they think is right, and not what actually is right. When one subjectively determines the value of something, theres bound to be an error.

Originally posted by kbm8795
Now you see, (no offense, Eggs) I hate statements like that - the attitude that the Constitution has been hijacked because every judge in the country no longer represents solely the opinion of the group who has controlled and held power for over 200 years. Every court case is supposed to be individual - which is one reason why precedent and interpretation changes with new situations.

This is not like it's a brand-new thang that judges have an agenda - for most of our history, those who held the bench were heterosexual white males who were either elected (often as affiliates of a politcal party) or appointed by political parties. Even the Supreme Court appointees are contested by political parties because their political attitudes and values determine how the Constitution may be interpreted in the future.

The Constitution just isn't some living document because society "changes" - when this country was founded, there were black people here, women here, disabled people here, and gay people here. All of them were disenfranchised. That fact alone means there was a system in place with values and an agenda, and the laws created to enforce that agenda were often upheld in the courts. Society didn't just "change" and say "gosh - we really aren't treating these other people in a democratic manner" - most of these people had to take action, lodge protests, challenge the system over many years just to secure fair and equal access. If that means they are promoting "their" agenda, then think about what life must have meant for those who were not provided rights or benefits of that protection over the years.
It hasn't been that many years since the interpretation of "separate but equal" educational systems was successfully challenged and integration between the races in school districts was enforced. It also hasn't been many years since interracial marriage wasn't recognized and was sometimes considered criminal. If you want a more recent example, think about the selective enforcement of sodomy laws in the states that still have them - even in cases where the laws prohibit certain oral sexual activity between any two people, the laws are only carted out and enforced against homosexuals. Heterosexuals are only subject to that law if they have committed an accompanying crime, like having sex with a minor or prosecuted for rape. Then, of course, there are the states which have those laws on the books as a crime only when gay people commit the act. Whose agenda established those laws and interpretation?

My lengthy point here is that the courts have always been pushing someone's agenda, and often as not victimizing someone else to preserve their own promotion of what is right and wrong.

I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some midlevel governmental functionary with a bad comb-over who wants to give it away to crack addicts squirting out babies.

I don't care about appearing compassionate.

I think playing with toy guns doesn't make you a killer. I believe ignoring your kids and giving them Prozac might.

I think I'm doing better than the homeless.

I don't think being a minority makes you noble or victimized. I have the right not to be tolerant of others because they are different, weird or make me mad. This is my life to live, and not necessarily up to others expectations. I know what SEX is and there are not varying degrees of it.

I don't celebrate Kwanzaa. But if you want to that's fine; I just don't feel like everyone else should have to.

I believe that if you are selling me a Dairy Queen shake, a pack of cigarettes, or hotel room you do it in English.

As of matter of fact, if you are an American citizen you should speak English. My uncles and forefathers shouldn't have had to die in vain so you can leave the countries you were born in to come disrespect ours, and make us bend to your will. Get over it.

I think the cops have every right to shoot your sorry butt if you're running from them after they tell you to stop. If you can't understand the word 'freeze' or 'stop'in English, see the previous line.

I know how to count votes and I feel much safer letting a machine with no political affiliation do a recount when needed.

I didn't take the initiative in inventing the Internet. I thought the Taco Bell dog was funny.

I want them to bring back safe and sane fireworks.

Our soldiers did not go to some foreign country and risk their lives in vain and defend our Constitution so that decades later you can tell me it's a living document ever changing and is open to interpretation. The guys who wrote it were light years ahead of anyone today, and they meant what they said - now leave the document alone, or there's going to be trouble.

I don't hate the rich. I help the poor. I know wrestling is fake. I've never owned, or was a slave, and a large percentage of our forefathers weren't wealthy enough to own one either. Please stop blaming me because some prior white people were idiots - and remember, tons of white, Indian, Chinese, and other races have been enslaved too - it was wrong for every one of them.

I believe a self-righteous liberal Democrat with a cause is more dangerous than a Hell's Angel with an attitude.

I want to know exactly which church is it where the "Reverend" Jessie Jackson preaches; and, what exactly is his job function.

We don't need more laws! Let's enforce the ones we already have.

I'll admit that the only movie that ever made me cry was Ole Yeller.

Yes, I guess by some people's definition, I may be a bad American.

I don't agree with alot of Mr Jackson's actions, but he hasn't done any worst than the POPE and The Catholic Church as they continually protect their child raping priest;

to this day, I have not seen a word to read or heard any word from the Catholic Church denouncing their rapist priest but I continually hear about it is a person's moral obligation to denounce abortion and gay marriage. Where is there moral obligation at concerning their priest who rape kids? I am not denouncing the Pope or the church but where is the consistency of moral obligation that they preach about.