The founding of the country and the principles that underpin it are born of a revolution. Staire Decisis is has its merits but is subordinate to enumerated powers, textuslism, originalism, and the just role of the state.

And as Jefferson pointed out we hold these truths to be "self evident" the principles are universally applicable, their name however "conservative" "classical liberal" carries.

As to defending the powerless. In so much as we defend the basic rights of citizens of course, that is the role of government. But there is no right to housing, minimum wage, the labor of others etc. Those concepts are espoused by statist governments in opposition to the concepts of individual liberty and limited government. Moreover, these systems invariably decrease, not increase, the standing of the average man.

The facts are against you. Historically, rises in surface temp preceded!!!!!!!!!!!! Rises in CO2, not the other way around. And as you know, precipitation and evaporation exchanges are constant! As for cherry picking... I wonder why all the state graphs use fractions of a degree on the y axis instead of total degrees Kelvin?

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