FBD
06-29-2011, 11:45 AM
http://patterico.com/2011/06/28/thirteen-clear-factual-errors-in-richard-stengel%E2%80%99s-essay-on-the-constitution-and-i-am-looking-for-your-help/
Yeah, I read that Time piece going...wth? Are you serious? Did you actually read the document in question?
:facepalm:
Time's been showing its bias for quite a while now.
1. The Constitution does not limit the Federal Government.
2. The Constitution is not law.
3. The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment emancipated the slaves.
4. The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment granted the right to vote to African Americans.
5. The original Constitution declared that black people were to be counted as three-fifths of a person.
6. That the original, unamended Constitution prohibited women from voting.
7. Inter arma enim silent leges translates as in time of war, the Constitution is silent.
8. The War Powers Act allows the president to unilaterally wage war for sixty days.
9. We have only declared war five times.
10. Alexander Hamilton wanted a king for America.
11. Social Security is a debt within the meaning of Section Four of the Fourteenth Amendment.
12. Naturalization depends on your birth.
13. The Obamacare mandate is a tax.
Explanations at the link.
Yeah, I read that Time piece going...wth? Are you serious? Did you actually read the document in question?
:facepalm:
Time's been showing its bias for quite a while now.
1. The Constitution does not limit the Federal Government.
2. The Constitution is not law.
3. The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment emancipated the slaves.
4. The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment granted the right to vote to African Americans.
5. The original Constitution declared that black people were to be counted as three-fifths of a person.
6. That the original, unamended Constitution prohibited women from voting.
7. Inter arma enim silent leges translates as in time of war, the Constitution is silent.
8. The War Powers Act allows the president to unilaterally wage war for sixty days.
9. We have only declared war five times.
10. Alexander Hamilton wanted a king for America.
11. Social Security is a debt within the meaning of Section Four of the Fourteenth Amendment.
12. Naturalization depends on your birth.
13. The Obamacare mandate is a tax.
Explanations at the link.