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turbinetree

(24,720 posts)
Sun Dec 5, 2021, 02:05 PM Dec 2021

Ben Carson: We have a Constitution because 'lions eat gazelles'

By David Edwards
Published December 05, 2021

Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson offered an odd explanation for the existence of the U.S. Constitution.

During an interview with Carson on Fox News, host Maria Bartiromo argued that a bipartisan bill to improve vaccine infrastructure would increase the Center for Disease Control's "surveillance" on Americans.

"Recognize that governments have a tendency to grow, to infiltrate and control," Carson replied. "And those are governments that are controlled by Democrats or Republicans or independents or anybody. That's what governments do."

https://www.rawstory.com/ben-carson-lions-eat-gazelles/

I guess he didn't attend history classes.....

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Ben Carson: We have a Constitution because 'lions eat gazelles' (Original Post) turbinetree Dec 2021 OP
He's a strange one. While I don't doubt he had the delicate, albeit it mechanical abilities to hlthe2b Dec 2021 #1
And Jesus Didn't Like Liars And Pharisees Ben Me. Dec 2021 #2
Plus the lions have learned to lie in wait at the Grain Storage Pyramids . . . hatrack Dec 2021 #3
Dafuq? sakabatou Dec 2021 #4
Wait until Donald Jr. and Eric show up with their machine guns dalton99a Dec 2021 #5
He's still alive, kinda? nt prodigitalson Dec 2021 #6

hlthe2b

(102,376 posts)
1. He's a strange one. While I don't doubt he had the delicate, albeit it mechanical abilities to
Sun Dec 5, 2021, 02:09 PM
Dec 2021

perform neurosurgery, when you research further it is not clear he had the mental judgment to do so effectively in many cases and frankly I think those (bad outcome) cases catching up to him may have prompted his leaving the profession.

I honestly don't think he is a smart man, but somehow he honed his skills in the one direction that could bring him some celebrity. Since then, though...

hatrack

(59,592 posts)
3. Plus the lions have learned to lie in wait at the Grain Storage Pyramids . . .
Sun Dec 5, 2021, 02:10 PM
Dec 2021

When the gazelles show up - pow!!

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