Whenever I tell Japanese players that I live in California, they always ask if I live in Hollywood, or San Francisco. I just tell them that I live “where there are more cows than people.” Well, here’s my proof!
The US Mint raided
Liberty Dollar back in 2007 and I was curious to see what became of the case, so I looked it up on Google. I discovered that a federal grand jury only recently indicted LD (
May 2009), but was more surprised by the amount of articles written by Liberty Dollar proponents that call the raid and indictment “unconstitutional.” One of these was Walt Thiessen, Libertarian, of
NolanChart.com. Below is a quoted excerpt from his popular (among LD supporters) front page article, which makes the bold assertion that the Mint/Congress do not have an exclusive power to coin money, and that they acted outside the scope of their Powers under the Constitution by shutting down Liberty Dollar’s
tax evasion minting operation.
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Nowhere in that clause [Article 1, Section 8, Clause 5] is there a single reference to an exclusive power held by Congress. Rather it is a delegated, non-exclusive power. And as the 10th Amendment to the Constitution makes quite clear:
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The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
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If Thiessen had read the beginning of Section 8, rather than Clause 5 by itself, he would have seen that this is in fact a Power granted by the Constitution. If a Power is granted by the Constitution, then it is not delegated:
Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States;
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The first clause of Article I, Section 8 begins with “the Congress shall have Power” and ends with a semicolon. Semicolons are used to separate and connect clauses. The language of the wording requires that we keep reading beyond the semicolon, and what follows are Powers:
Political “blogs” remind me of the game Telephone that I used to play at slumber parties growing up. One girl starts a dialogue, but by the time it reaches the last girl, it barely resembles what it once was.
I bought this delicious lipgloss quartet from
Urban Outfitters ages ago, but I still wanted to post them on my diary, because the cupcake containers are just too cute! Their designs mirror their flavors (raspberry cream tart, chocolate cream puff, etc.). I’ve used up one of them so far (strawberry cream tart) and still have no idea what I’m going to do with the empty containers. They’re just too adorable to throw away! *L* Maybe I could re-use them if I found a hard perfume to put inside? Anyone out there with some ideas?
I always look forward to reading the graffiti in new Left4Dead Campaigns. Reading the graffiti in Crash Course felt a bit too much like reading the Steampowered Forums, though. QQ
