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Date: 2004-07-11 22:45:02

Comment:

He didn't write the post you were responding to.  I have no idea what he is talking about because nobody (including me) logs in, so we have no idea who is responding to whom except by where the posts are located and (to a certain extent) what their contents are.

So to respond.

"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" is such a vague notion that I doubt we should start trying to use it to argue.  But if you insist.  Two-thirds of that list might include education if you are a person who wants an education to further your happiness, which most people do.  It is also arguable that life is better with an education.  That said, you never refuted the idea that the Bush administration is laying waste to our education system, so I'll concede.  The Constitution does not specifically say "education."  I just take education as one of the things that is implied.

Arguing about abortion is like arguing about which color is nicer, blue or green.  But the Supreme Court has long upheld the right "to choose," and our system of law works in that specific way.  Based on the way it is spelled out in The Constitution.

I am representing the side of reasonable ideas, once you give them some thought.