1) got us into two land wars in Asia, which we are still fighting to win, the definition of “winning” being totally illusive and uncertain.

2) told us that Saddam had WMDs, which hasn’t worked out so far.

3) signed every piece of legislature passed before his eyes, making him a bigger spender than all Presidents since LBJ.

4) pushed through the first round of bailouts.

5) okayed prison camps for untried, suspected terrorists, the definition of which is fungible.

6) okayed the debasing of our currency, which in effect is stealing from everyone.

7) promoted risky mortgage lending to everyone and his brother, helping to cause the housing bubble.

And this guy is a top-12 president?

I just wish you’d make some other flavor of Kool-Aid than Green. That crap is disgusting. Don’t you have any Red flavors in the cupboard?

Bill,
At least you didn’t try to employ Everson. So you’ve got that going for you. Which is nice.

Okay…? Several states also had patently unconstitutional laws regarding racial discrimination after the Big C included the equal protection clause.

I agree that 9 and 10 encompass more than simply trade rights. But that does not mean that the right to trade is not included. Sure, Congress can regulate and they often do. Barring some Congressional prohibition on trade, free trade is a protected right.

Lew Rockwell and his ilk are hopeless fanatics, I agree. But they also represent a large number of paleos. Not all, mind you. They are not the only source that prefers the AoC over the Big C either. Look around.

1) We have had this argument and it is not at all clear that you are right on this issue. You rely on the outcome of a war as establishing the rightfulness of your position. In other words, might makes right. If that is your position, you’d better hope that the might always remains on your side. The moral question, however, remains no matter who possesses the superiority in arms. I daresay you would find it difficult to establish the position that military might determines truth. For that would render truth variable, situational, relative.
4) Reread the words in the Bill of Rights. Several States had established religions well after the Bill of Rights’ ratification.
5) How do the people retain rights to trade when the Constitution grants Congress the power to regulate commerce? I propose that the 9th and 10th amendments refer to something other than bare trade rights. (Look at the general structure of federalism that the structure of our constitution established for a clue).
6) Lew Rockell is, in my opinion, paleo-libertarian or, more properly anarchist. There are plenty of paleo sources that are far more reasonable than Lew Rockwell.