Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for April 27, 2016

There’s too much pier pressure in politics.

Paulie going to go fishing?

Judge Scalia believed in a strict interpretation of the constitution…He believed that since the constitution is a contract between the people and the government, something like freedom of speech only applies when a person is talking to the government, not talking to other people. There is, in his opinion no inherent right to say anything they want to other citizens…If I said GM made shitty cars I could be sued for liable. He didn’t like the idea of a “Living Constitution”, Only what they thought when they wrote it should be considered, not what they would think now…By that logic, we have no freedom of television…We have freedom of the press, but that meant the printing press…The constitution says nothing about freedom of television….I know this sounds crazy, but that was his major argument. He said the constitution is a law and the meaning and intent of a law can only be changed by statute, the Supreme Court did not have a right to change the meaning even if it was the right thing to do….The only thing scarier is the fact he was in charge of all our lives when he was a Supreme Court justice…… ….

Anyway, did Flo run this by her lawyer? Did he fall into a bidet?,,,,Looks like a powerful one…And I wonder what comprises the other half? Listening to Eddie’s stories?

Sorry. The First Amendment only applies to what the government can/can’t do to you regarding your speech.In the real world, there are consequences.

If all the seats have a trap door, then why is Captain Eddie still there?

Cap’n Eddie’s still there because the only thing that he’s said, so far, is, “A-Yea” !

Because he knows about it and cleverly seats on a bar stool.

How is a country that went to so much trouble to make it’s version of english so simple created such a complicated electoral system.

That’s what I feel like doing!

You have the right to freedom of speech,. You have the responsibility to shut the hell up. Freedom has it’s price.

The First Amendment is pretty specific in keeping the government from abridging the freedom of speech (certain exceptions notwithstanding, of course), so I have always found it amusing when clowns like Sarah Palin and her ilk raise a stink over the supposed violation of their First Amendment rights when something stupid they’ve said is challenged by someone in the media.

First Amendment just says you can’t be arrested for what you say. Nothing about not experiencing any consequences from such speech.

Scalia was evil, plain and simple, or plainly simply evil

Shades of Sweeney Todd’s barber chair.

Too bad there is not a trapdoor for putting political cartoons in the section for the funny ones.

I hope the stools at the counter are safer than the booths. Although I don’t think she’d do that to Captain Eddie.And I wonder if the man bun was a factor in the decision to flush. After all, he wasn’t talking politics, unless he was talking to himself while sitting alone. He was just questioning the policy.

Flo really has all the aspects covered. Especially politics of course. Ah yes, the trap-door-of life, is really a gentle way of solving a mean problem. Claiming certain rights that are obvious an excuse for abuse has been common for sometime. But Flo has a solution.

Scalia’s seat is still vacant – the “downticket” elections, (house and senate) are just as important as the presidential race. Oops, my chair is opening up splash gurgle

I love the man-bun and hipster twirled mustache. Either of those should be enough to trigger the trap door.

excuse…..no politics!!!!!

Last panel Flo mis-spoke. In her accent, it should read “…a place on a piah.”

Caught that, too. Ayeh!

The Constitution and its Amendments delineate what the Government can and cannot do.Flow, as a private person, can set any house rule she wants that does not violate a law.

The new triumvirate: Eddie, Bill the Cat, and Rat! Vote (three times!) for ’em today!

sueamarlucanHaving a .53 cal flintlock, I know very well what they can do. I once found a restaurant-size can and used it as a target. The bullet hit the rim, tearing a 1.5×4 inch triangle out of the side and a 2×3 inch oval out of the bottom. And that was not using a pure lead ball – it had some type metal in it..However, the assault gun analogy is way off. Multiple barrel flintlocks rarely had more than two barrels, and once fired had the usual 25+ seconds per barrel reloading time. Plus, the black powder certainly reveals one’s location, as well as requiring cleaning eyeglasses after every twenty or so shots..Madison’s Notes reveal one plan that officers and heavy weapons were the federal government’s responsibility but other ranks and small arms were the state’s (but never said what happened to that proposal). Private arms were for procuring food and possibly the “well-regulated” (by the federal government, see Section II, Article 2) militia if the state was remiss in their part; not to settle arguments (Code Duello, also well regulated, was for that).

theMutineer, not my argument, Scalia’s…..It was liberal judges that voted against such conservative ideas…..His type would blame liberal judges for including TV in the freedom of the press and or speech…..But his side lost the argument. Most people don’t agree with the idea that the constitution is just a contract between the government and the citizens..(White male land owners)…But Scalia isn’t the only one that believes that just the words should be considered…not their intent…. If you try to interpret them, “You are making law” in that line of thinking…

Well regulated militia means someone who is a responsable type person should be in charge. We have to remember that in that time, most people did not even read. Think about the sheriff rounding up a posse, or a group of men going after some rampaging Indians, who might have just kidnapped a couple of young women.This did happen, as well as groups going after escaped slaves.The reality of the 18th century was much different than what most want to believe. Having a gun, makes you a citizen, otherwise you are a subject(or a slave). What do you want to be?

Yes, we’re all there now.

Here’s a handy way to tell if your free speech is being violated: Are you being arrested or is congress passing laws that make saying what you said have legal consequences? Yes: your rights are being violated. No: Your rights are intact, please stfu.

By all means, let us not allow the common rabble to talk about politics in their public houses, lest they start to think they are citizens of a republic and demand a say in how their nation is run. Far better for them to discuss sports in the bar and leave decisions of war and peace, tax and spend, to the professionals inside the beltway and on Wall Street. Good job you’re doing there, Flo. The plutocracy thanks you.

Mutineer, that’s got nothing to do with what I think, I was saying what Scalia believed…Fortunately there are Democratic judges also….I’m pro gun……But not like the NRA, who would love to give tens thousands of assault riffles to the citizens of inner city Chicago, so people can protect themselves…

Hey – if she says Deah – shouldn’t she be saying pieah? Hmmm? :: giggle ::