Another Stab at the Heart of the 1st Amendment
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The violation of citizen's rights really gained steam during W's administration, using 9/11 and fear as their excuse for the so-called "Patriot Act." I had hoped, indeed counted on, Obama reversing this trend. But it's just the opposite, he's allowed the trend to worsen, and it's now obvious (even to the most partisan) that it doesn't matter who is in power; the executive and legislative branches do not have any qualms about trampling rights. Donkeys or elephants, they're all the same in that regard. Stripping our freedom in the name of preserving it. Luckily, there is still some measure of checks and balances in this country. The courts actually do their job occasionally and strike down unconstitutional laws. So having said all that, we're still a far cry from a totalitarian state, and indeed a good deal better off than many of our European friends. What sickens me is all the attention SOPA got, while at the same time naming random citizens as enemy combatants (stripping them of all rights) goes ignored.
Look at me still talking when there's science to do When I look out there it makes me glad I'm not you
David Kentley wrote:
Luckily, there is still some measure of checks and balances in this country.
Yeah, I have about 3000 checks and balances at home, and I'm just one of the 80 million others that also have some.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
So the British/Kenyan Barack Hussein Obama, whose parents met whilst learning Russian (so were probably communists) and who was schooled in Indonesia has removed the constitutional rights of Americans, and you let him?
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Would that be the same way that the UK gave in to rampant socialism for 13 long, dark years without so much as a murmur whilst the tories imploded? (I know that does not include you or I, btw) In fact, I agree with you. My point is more for the US to show what will happen if they don't do something to restrain the plainly obvious creeping socialism that is pervading the US. Sadly, there is no credible alternative by the looks of things: I'd love to be proved incorrect.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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David Kentley wrote:
Luckily, there is still some measure of checks and balances in this country.
Yeah, I have about 3000 checks and balances at home, and I'm just one of the 80 million others that also have some.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
Yeah, I have about 3000 checks and balances at home, and I'm just one of the 80 million others that also have some.
I'm glad it makes you feel better, but I really believe it won't come to that in our lifetimes. McCarthyism eventually got put in its place (as a historical embarrassment), and the country survived the domestic upheaval during Vietnam and everything else that happened in the 60's. I don't think we're anywhere near either of those situations at the moment. And maybe what you're worried about isn't comparable to that, but there are parallels.
Look at me still talking when there's science to do When I look out there it makes me glad I'm not you
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Now Dave, play nice. You can't be suggesting the checks and balances of their constitution have failed them.
Actually, it's not the Constitution that's failed us, it's that WE have failed to stop it from being subverted. The problem isn't limited to the current generation, either, but goes all the way back to the First Congress. Unfortunately, when men are placed in positions of power over other men, they are corrupted by that power, and seek out more of it. Many times, this quest for power succeeds at the cost of indiviual freedom. Even if we were to "reboot" the country, the same thing would eventually happen all over again. People are great at pointing and laughing, but nobody has even thought to attempt to come up with a way to stop the problem once and for all, and that includes you. No form of government yet devised has resulted in the utopia we all want to see. So how would you approach it?
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
David Kentley wrote:
Luckily, there is still some measure of checks and balances in this country.
Yeah, I have about 3000 checks and balances at home, and I'm just one of the 80 million others that also have some.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997I am not a gun lover myself, but I am glad there are folks like you out there. Cause even if we are day to day diferences, you will likely be my best friend if the $#!7 hits the fan ;)
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet.
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http://www.infowars.com/latest-from-the-hill-congress-criminalizes-the-right-to-free-assembly-strips-basic-protections-of-first-amendment/[^]
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997It is a pretty sad state of affairs really, once upon a time the whole world marvelled at the freedoms and opportunities that the American system brought... Now it has been hijacked by corperate lobby groups and corrupt politicians & war mongers. Eisenhower got it spot on in his last speech, his fears have come to fruition. Hopefully the dark age of American fascism comes to a conclusion soon before WW3 is started with Iran under orders from the Zionists in Israel
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Actually, it's not the Constitution that's failed us, it's that WE have failed to stop it from being subverted. The problem isn't limited to the current generation, either, but goes all the way back to the First Congress. Unfortunately, when men are placed in positions of power over other men, they are corrupted by that power, and seek out more of it. Many times, this quest for power succeeds at the cost of indiviual freedom. Even if we were to "reboot" the country, the same thing would eventually happen all over again. People are great at pointing and laughing, but nobody has even thought to attempt to come up with a way to stop the problem once and for all, and that includes you. No form of government yet devised has resulted in the utopia we all want to see. So how would you approach it?
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
I'd make you pay for your health care in bullets, that'd slowly solve two of your problems. And if you want us to stop laughing at you, you need to quit this 'land of the free' bullshit.
We mean well, and for a lot of us, the reality may be bullshit (and we know it, otherwise we wouldn't be complaining about it), but the desire is pure. I, for one, want the US to be what the framers envisioned. I don't know why you and others not from these parts don't want to recognize that.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
Yeah, I have about 3000 checks and balances at home, and I'm just one of the 80 million others that also have some.
I'm glad it makes you feel better, but I really believe it won't come to that in our lifetimes. McCarthyism eventually got put in its place (as a historical embarrassment), and the country survived the domestic upheaval during Vietnam and everything else that happened in the 60's. I don't think we're anywhere near either of those situations at the moment. And maybe what you're worried about isn't comparable to that, but there are parallels.
Look at me still talking when there's science to do When I look out there it makes me glad I'm not you
I don't want it to come down to a shooting war - I've been shot at before, and it wasn't all that fun, but what kind of man would I be if I wasn't willing to stand up and fight for what I think is right? My family heritage can be traced all the way back to the Revolutionary War, and I absolutely refuse to discount their sacrifice by cowering behind others.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
http://www.infowars.com/latest-from-the-hill-congress-criminalizes-the-right-to-free-assembly-strips-basic-protections-of-first-amendment/[^]
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997Looks like a reasonable restricted use restriction to me. Probably one that is just clarifying existing policy. If someone thinks differently then I suggest that they try to break into a nuclear silo to protest this law or to jump the fence at the white house to do the same thing. Moreover it is probably redundant since significant national events are probably almost always already covered under use restrictions (perhaps even numerous ones.) "Although such protection isn’t extended to just everybody, making it a federal offense to even accidently disrupt an event attended by a person with such status essentially crushes whatever currently remains of the right to assemble and peacefully protest." I just love that statement from the link...how exactly does someone "accidently" protest something? " ...engaging in disorderly conduct “within such proximity to” the event or acting violent to anyone, anywhere near the premises. Under that verbiage, that means a peaceful protest outside a candidate’s concession speech would be a federal offense…" Too funny..so a "peaceful" protest includes "disorderly conduct" and even violence? "...where those identified as subversive to our government can be re-educated." Obviously the author has a reasoned and is well informed about the US government and its conspiracies. I wonder if the author also has some pictures from inside Area 51?
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It is a pretty sad state of affairs really, once upon a time the whole world marvelled at the freedoms and opportunities that the American system brought... Now it has been hijacked by corperate lobby groups and corrupt politicians & war mongers. Eisenhower got it spot on in his last speech, his fears have come to fruition. Hopefully the dark age of American fascism comes to a conclusion soon before WW3 is started with Iran under orders from the Zionists in Israel
killabyte wrote:
It is a pretty sad state of affairs really, once upon a time the whole world marvelled at the freedoms and opportunities that the American system brought...
Ain't it the truth...such a shame that no one can now build a financial empire using the same tactics that the Rockefellers and others used.
killabyte wrote:
Hopefully the dark age of American fascism comes to a conclusion soon before WW3 is started with Iran under orders from the Zionists in Israel
Err...you are aware that there have been some amazing medical advances in terms of mental disorders since the last time you were evaluated ?
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I am not a gun lover myself, but I am glad there are folks like you out there. Cause even if we are day to day diferences, you will likely be my best friend if the $#!7 hits the fan ;)
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet.
When you show up at my front door, bring a gun for everyone that's with you, ammunition, food, and a Pocket Constitution. The last thing is the most important because without it, you'll just end up perforated. :)
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
We mean well, and for a lot of us, the reality may be bullshit (and we know it, otherwise we wouldn't be complaining about it), but the desire is pure. I, for one, want the US to be what the framers envisioned. I don't know why you and others not from these parts don't want to recognize that.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997I don't acknowledge the purity of your desire? You can't post Alex Jones stuff and not except to be poked fun of on an international forum. I think my 'ammo for antibiotics ' idea had merrit Just out of interest, have you travelled outside the us other than as part of the military?
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When you show up at my front door, bring a gun for everyone that's with you, ammunition, food, and a Pocket Constitution. The last thing is the most important because without it, you'll just end up perforated. :)
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997I may not be armed (with 'guns'), but I will bring something such as a map to the twinky farms ;P Then again, I may just memorize said map to avoid my obsolesence. And I say 'guns' because I am a crafty fella that knows how to make his own artillery. Remember that guerilla warfare often prevails any standing army. And they often do not use traditional 'guns' and weaponry :)
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet.
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Actually, it's not the Constitution that's failed us, it's that WE have failed to stop it from being subverted. The problem isn't limited to the current generation, either, but goes all the way back to the First Congress. Unfortunately, when men are placed in positions of power over other men, they are corrupted by that power, and seek out more of it. Many times, this quest for power succeeds at the cost of indiviual freedom. Even if we were to "reboot" the country, the same thing would eventually happen all over again. People are great at pointing and laughing, but nobody has even thought to attempt to come up with a way to stop the problem once and for all, and that includes you. No form of government yet devised has resulted in the utopia we all want to see. So how would you approach it?
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997Kibbutzim came pretty close. Not my cup of tea, I have to say, but they did work. Perhaps a technocratic government? Might be worth a try.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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Looks like a reasonable restricted use restriction to me. Probably one that is just clarifying existing policy. If someone thinks differently then I suggest that they try to break into a nuclear silo to protest this law or to jump the fence at the white house to do the same thing. Moreover it is probably redundant since significant national events are probably almost always already covered under use restrictions (perhaps even numerous ones.) "Although such protection isn’t extended to just everybody, making it a federal offense to even accidently disrupt an event attended by a person with such status essentially crushes whatever currently remains of the right to assemble and peacefully protest." I just love that statement from the link...how exactly does someone "accidently" protest something? " ...engaging in disorderly conduct “within such proximity to” the event or acting violent to anyone, anywhere near the premises. Under that verbiage, that means a peaceful protest outside a candidate’s concession speech would be a federal offense…" Too funny..so a "peaceful" protest includes "disorderly conduct" and even violence? "...where those identified as subversive to our government can be re-educated." Obviously the author has a reasoned and is well informed about the US government and its conspiracies. I wonder if the author also has some pictures from inside Area 51?
You do realize that disorderly conduct can be charged for simply being somewhere right? That is why it is possible to "accidentaly" protest. I have seen this happen in non political cases. Madison has an awesome Halloween event on state street. However, of course not all people participate in said event. But in some cases groups of people got "out of hand" (by police definition) and they began to tear gas them and arrest using "Disorderly Conduct" as the reasoning. With that, there were even law abiding citizens that were NOT participating in said event. Merely passing by, but ended up being tear gassed, cuffed, and then jailed for THE ENTIRE WEEKEND. So that explains how it can "accidently" happen. Now as for Disorderly Conduct, well said places are off-limits for even "peaceful" protests, which would get an individual arrested for having an Anti-<NAME YOUR FLAME> sign at such a location. This means that they (executive branch) can now travel around with out having to deal with the petty people bickering about things, cause they just paint an area around where they will be and say "Off Limits- Felony if you trespass". Yes, you can find a reason to 'justify' why they have done it. Just as people try to justify water-boarding.
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet.
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killabyte wrote:
It is a pretty sad state of affairs really, once upon a time the whole world marvelled at the freedoms and opportunities that the American system brought...
Ain't it the truth...such a shame that no one can now build a financial empire using the same tactics that the Rockefellers and others used.
killabyte wrote:
Hopefully the dark age of American fascism comes to a conclusion soon before WW3 is started with Iran under orders from the Zionists in Israel
Err...you are aware that there have been some amazing medical advances in terms of mental disorders since the last time you were evaluated ?
jschell wrote:
Err...you are aware that there have been some amazing medical advances in terms of mental disorders since the last time you were evaluated ?
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I have to be more careful about when I take a drink while reading this forum.
If it moves, compile it
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You do realize that disorderly conduct can be charged for simply being somewhere right? That is why it is possible to "accidentaly" protest. I have seen this happen in non political cases. Madison has an awesome Halloween event on state street. However, of course not all people participate in said event. But in some cases groups of people got "out of hand" (by police definition) and they began to tear gas them and arrest using "Disorderly Conduct" as the reasoning. With that, there were even law abiding citizens that were NOT participating in said event. Merely passing by, but ended up being tear gassed, cuffed, and then jailed for THE ENTIRE WEEKEND. So that explains how it can "accidently" happen. Now as for Disorderly Conduct, well said places are off-limits for even "peaceful" protests, which would get an individual arrested for having an Anti-<NAME YOUR FLAME> sign at such a location. This means that they (executive branch) can now travel around with out having to deal with the petty people bickering about things, cause they just paint an area around where they will be and say "Off Limits- Felony if you trespass". Yes, you can find a reason to 'justify' why they have done it. Just as people try to justify water-boarding.
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet.
Collin Jasnoch wrote:
Madison has had an awesome Halloween event on state street.
FTFY. Sadly in recent years they have been selling tickets and limiting entry/exit points. A lot of the local businesses are not happy because the numbers are not as large as they used to be. Sure there is no longer damage to property, but that was all sent to the insurance company. It was small change compared to the loss of revenue on that single night.
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Collin Jasnoch wrote:
Madison has had an awesome Halloween event on state street.
FTFY. Sadly in recent years they have been selling tickets and limiting entry/exit points. A lot of the local businesses are not happy because the numbers are not as large as they used to be. Sure there is no longer damage to property, but that was all sent to the insurance company. It was small change compared to the loss of revenue on that single night.
Thats a shame. I guess it has been a while since I have been back there. It sure was something in its day though :-D I remember when they first began using Spotlights. The police thought they would "scare" people to go home after bar close. So there we all were bars all closing and many of us didn't care. We already had enough to drink and were wandering up and down state street in our costumes and playing our 'roles'. Then suddenly "BAM" Lights lit up state street so bright it was like noon hour. We then realized there were police on every building, but what did we care... We could now see from the Library mall to the capital! And what did we see? Atleast 100,000 people elbow to elbow all in costumes wandering and celbrating our drunkeness. This went on for almost 2 hours. Then the calvary came out:mad: with their bobby police outfits and pooping all over. Blocked off the street and told us all to go home. Eh, they were right time to move on. Looked at me phone and it was 4am and (I could barely even read it). Onward! We yelled, for there shall be parties somewhere around the corner!
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet.
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killabyte wrote:
It is a pretty sad state of affairs really, once upon a time the whole world marvelled at the freedoms and opportunities that the American system brought...
Ain't it the truth...such a shame that no one can now build a financial empire using the same tactics that the Rockefellers and others used.
killabyte wrote:
Hopefully the dark age of American fascism comes to a conclusion soon before WW3 is started with Iran under orders from the Zionists in Israel
Err...you are aware that there have been some amazing medical advances in terms of mental disorders since the last time you were evaluated ?
jschell wrote:
Err...you are aware that there have been some amazing medical advances in terms of mental disorders since the last time you were evaluated ?
that is a pathetic retrot. If corporate lobby groups draft all the laws that get through congress it is called fascism son. I would also like to cite this article as proof of Zionist influence http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/01/israeli-pm-demands-obama-military-action-iran?newsfeed=true[^]
