It’s very shortsighted of him not to advocate for gun rights on the moon.
Wonder if the right to bear arms extends to DPRK or Iran?
Which beatitude lauded the sharpshooter again? In which Gospel did Jesus decapitate those attempting to execute him?
He is, of course, saying the people of those oppressed countries should have the opportunity to shoot the people who are oppressing them. The speech is grandiose posturing and it’s never going to happen on a bunch of levels, but it’s hard to disagree with that general idea.
He’s selectively quoting from the Declaration of Independence (“all men are … endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights”) and the Bill of Rights (“A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”)
Well, allow me then! I think the power disparity created by modern technology (well, probably enforced through social strata) means that the right to bear arms will probably never be an effective check on governmental power. This is especially the case in the US, which has incredible military expenditure and is eminently capable of demonising whichever group it perceives as a threat. I don’t think Ted Kaczynski or Timothy McVeigh will ever be celebrated, despite their attacking what they perceived as legitimate targets, with what were legitimate goals in their mind.
Blessed are the poor in aim, for their souls shall be required of them right quick, yew pukes! Now drop and gimme 20 hossanas! :mad:
There’s an interesting discussion on Gingrich’s point–one I’d like to participate in. However, I think it’s one that deserves its own thread.
Tell it to the Tunisians and Libyans.
He’s not talking about the U.S. That was the whole point of the comment. There’s no chance the U.N. would ever pass a resolution like this and he’s not going to be president anyway, but it’s less absurd than the moonbase or the child janitors proposal.
But the idea that the right to bear arms “comes from the Creator” and was intended to be universal IS absurd. The right to US citizens comes from the 2nd Amendment to the US constitution, which explicitly covers US citizens and the US government. No one, until Newt, had any intention of it having any greater applicability.
Don’t knock her for this. Unlike her husband, she’s still got a career ahead of her to think about.
Let’s keep this confined to the GD thread to avoid crosstalk. The bottom line here is that this will never happen and it’s wrong, but it’s not the craziest thing he’s said this campaign.
Well, I agree there, but I also doubt that any US ally will have a successful revolution. See Saudi Arabia or Bahrain. In a sense, these revolutions came pre-approved and in Libya’s case, with US military support.
What is Newt doing with Trump’s hair in the accompanying picture?
There wouldn’t have been any military asssitance in Libya if the citizens hadn’t started an uprising and come fairly close to succeeding on their own.
The penguin is under close observation for signs of illness or mutation . . .
April 20th: Newt is under pressure from a taxpayer group to give up his Secret Service protection. Refering to the watchdog group Taxpayers Protection Alliance as “tax experts”, Gingrich spokesman R.C> Hammond commented for CNN:
The star has exited stage right, the audience has left the theatre, and now the guy running the spotlight is complaining about the wasted electricity. Yet Newt goes on, reciting his lines for an empty house…
That’s his specialty.
Please tell me someone out there has done a PhotoShop of Newt in Burgess Meredith’s costume from the old Batman series.
Newy is apparently considering getting out of the race. This article quotes an NBC interview and says:
Somewhere there’s a fat lady in a breastplate and a helmet with horns on it, spritzing her vocal chords…