http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2009/11/17/the-constitution-boiled-down-to-one-empty-sentiment-general-welfare/ Beating Them With Their Own Sickle And Hammer Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:38:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2009/11/17/the-constitution-boiled-down-to-one-empty-sentiment-general-welfare/comment-page-1/#comment-129820 Father Panic Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:58:50 +0000 http://www.stoptheaclu.com/?p=29802#comment-129820 The liberal canard can be dispelled by examining the words "provide" and "promote". The common defence shall be "provide(d)for", thus alllow for taxation to support same. Promote does NOT mean provide. Ask a liberal politician if they would rather that their supporters "promote" their financial support for reelection or "provide for it". See what answer you get. This is not a case of mere semantics. The founders chose their words carefully. The liberal canard can be dispelled by examining the words “provide” and “promote”. The common defence shall be “provide(d)for”, thus alllow for taxation to support same. Promote does NOT mean provide. Ask a liberal politician if they would rather that their supporters “promote” their financial support for reelection or “provide for it”. See what answer you get.
This is not a case of mere semantics. The founders chose their words carefully.

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