Fox Nation asks: "Is it Empathy? Or Is Obama Shredding the Constitution?"

And we could point out the many examples of meaningless and senseless words and talk, that we hear and read every day and hour and minute, in our worthless national media... but it serves a better purpose to simply point out, that words are meant to put ideas into the mind of the listener or reader of those words, yet when the words or sentences are senseless or incomplete, then so aren't the ideas too senseless and incomplete, in the mind or the listener or reader.

And to take just this single example, of "shredding the Constitution": of course the literal meaning of those words puts into your mind paper being torn and cut into little bits and pieces, by a machine or tool or even by hand... which is a senseless picture in our minds in this particular matter: but wait, is what is really meant here, that something is in violation of the Law of the Constitution, that something is unconstitutional? If so then say so... and if so, then how so? And of course, were you to appear in any Federal Court, making a claim that something or other were unconstitutional, you'd have to say exactly what was so, and how so... you could never simply assert stupidly that the "Constitution was being shredded": the Court would respond "Save us the similes and metaphors please, we do not deal in such language here. Please state if you can, what it is you think is unconstitutional, and why you think it so... speak literally please, and not figuratively... save the term 'shredding' for the tearing and ripping of paper, and use direct and meaningful and sensible language please, if it is the Law if this land the Constitution of the United States you are speaking of... and furthermore, if you speak in sentences but neglect to include the object of your thought in those sentences, such as using the word 'it' without saying what 'it' is, such as in asking 'is it empathy', then don't do that here either, because no one will know what you're saying, if you don't say what 'it' is... we do not read minds here... we desire to be empathetic, but we are not and can never be, telepathic."

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- by Dem02020 (May 13, 2009 1:11 pm ET)
  
  Is "what" empathy?
  
  It's always nice to see an object expressed in a sentence or thought, in order to know what the freak the sentence or thought is about.
  
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- by MickD (May 13, 2009 3:25 pm ET)
  
  Also in the "shredding" of the constitution there is nothing cited except the act of shredding the document. Does the average Foxie viewer know what is in the Constitution unless Sean H. tells them? Doubtful.
  
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  - by Dem02020 (May 13, 2009 3:52 pm ET)
    
    And we could point out the many examples of meaningless and senseless words and talk, that we hear and read every day and hour and minute, in our worthless national media... but it serves a better purpose to simply point out, that words are meant to put ideas into the mind of the listener or reader of those words, yet when the words or sentences are senseless or incomplete, then so aren't the ideas too senseless and incomplete, in the mind or the listener or reader.
    
    And to take just this single example, of "shredding the Constitution": of course the literal meaning of those words puts into your mind paper being torn and cut into little bits and pieces, by a machine or tool or even by hand... which is a senseless picture in our minds in this particular matter: but wait, is what is really meant here, that something is in violation of the Law of the Constitution, that something is unconstitutional? If so then say so... and if so, then how so? And of course, were you to appear in any Federal Court, making a claim that something or other were unconstitutional, you'd have to say exactly what was so, and how so... you could never simply assert stupidly that the "Constitution was being shredded": the Court would respond "Save us the similes and metaphors please, we do not deal in such language here. Please state if you can, what it is you think is unconstitutional, and why you think it so... speak literally please, and not figuratively... save the term 'shredding' for the tearing and ripping of paper, and use direct and meaningful and sensible language please, if it is the Law if this land the Constitution of the United States you are speaking of... and furthermore, if you speak in sentences but neglect to include the object of your thought in those sentences, such as using the word 'it' without saying what 'it' is, such as in asking 'is it empathy', then don't do that here either, because no one will know what you're saying, if you don't say what 'it' is... we do not read minds here... we desire to be empathetic, but we are not and can never be, telepathic."
    
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  - by JamesCraven (May 14, 2009 1:26 pm ET)
    
    No, Adolph XLIII shredded the damn thing.
    
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- by solon (May 13, 2009 3:47 pm ET)
  
  Do we really have to ask if they thought Bush's warrantless wiretapping, torture, and saying they can put American citizens in prison and NEVER bring them to trial was shredding the Constitution?
  
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- by magnolialover (May 14, 2009 5:38 pm ET)
  
  Actually I believe in The Constitution that these jokers like to cite so much, it states that the President makes appointments to the Supreme Court. That's it. There are no requirements as to who is qualified for the job, or not. That's up to the President, as in, he can nominate anyone he wants. It's up to Congress to confirm or deny.
  
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