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Originally Posted by BoneDaddy
To which I reply that enumerated authority is enumerated authority. It is not 'necessary' or 'proper' for our tax dollars to be spent for works of 'art.' That said, I took my own advise and began to read the debates yet again. I am up to June 21st. I will return upon completing my reading.
Lastly...you can rewrite it. There is a mechanism for just such a thing. Of course, it has proven more difficult and has been previously attempted without success. It is easier to amend than to call a constitutional convention.
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Then of course there's that whole "necessary and proper" thing being specifically limited to the federal government carrying out its enumerated powers.
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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.
"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."
The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.
"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."
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