Yes, great, you are correct. I will celebrate big government saving us from big government.
Rand reaches across the aisle on quite a bit, nobody works with Cory Booker more than Rand. It's up to Harry Reid to do the right thing, and I have little confidence that he will since he wouldn't bring up Ron Paul's Audit the Fed when it passed the House with bi-partisan support.
No, it is the things that are said by someone who doesn't beg government for permission to do everything.
... That sounds like an Anarchist. They want the freedom to do whatever they want, when they want. They don't want permits or licenses to tell them they can drive a car or truck or bulldozer where ever they want... or permits to hunt and fish in in any forrest, lake, river they want... and in any quantities they want. If they want to burn a stack of tires in their front yard... they should have the freedom to do so. Shoot off fireworks from their rooftops any time of the day... any day of the year... that is 'freedom'. ... That's where my confusion is founded... where does your neighbor's freedom to set up a firing range and practice shooting his M-60 at 03:17 on a Tuesday end? Are you going to stand in the way of his freedom? What if he doesn't like the things you do? Where do your rights end? ... it is anarchy. Everyone gets to do whatever they want... Anarchy=Freedom
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I can't speak for anarchists because I'm not one, however the line is drawn on how much "freedom" one can have when it harms others. In other words I can't build a shed that crosses onto my neighbors property. I can't shoot my neighbor if he is minding his own business. I can drive my car into his house. I really think you understand that and you realize I don't advocate lawlessness, ok?
I can't speak for anarchists because I'm not one, however the line is drawn on how much "freedom" one can have when it harms others. In other words I can't build a shed that crosses onto my neighbors property. I can't shoot my neighbor if he is minding his own business. I can drive my car into his house. I really think you understand that and you realize I don't advocate lawlessness, ok?
... Okay... so, who gets to make the laws... you... or your neighbor? What if, in his pursuit of income, he decides turn his back yard into a barn yard? Is that okay? What if he wants to build a 6 story house that covers the entirety of his property and puts your home in pertetual shade? as long as it is inside his property line, it's his property... he should be able to build whatever he wants there, right? And come to think of it, who enforces the proerty lines? What's to say you are 3 feet over on his property? ... The reason WHY there are laws is because of people. People who think they shouldn't have to take a test to drive their SUVs on the same roads you use to drop your kids off at school. There are licenses on hunting to stop people from just going out and killing wildlife... or fishing licenses so people don't just catch 100s of fish only to leave them rotting on the shore. The same reason WHY your neighbor has to seek permission to build that monstrosity on his property and raise chickens in the basement. Everything on that list you posted is done because people have abused things in the name of freedom. everything on that list sounds like it comes from a person who does not like to obey laws. Someone... like an Anarchist. ... Except plant a vegetable garden. That's on the list, really? I suppose it depends on the vegetable garden, right? Is it to grow and eat your own.. or to barter or sell the produce at the market? Because, if it is the latter, then you would think you would want protection from buying home grown vegetables, laced with DDT to keep the Gypsy moths away. Other than that, i wonder how many persecuted Americans are imprisoned for growing tomatoes on their patios.
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The list got me thinking... the extreme ends of the poltical spectrum seem like they meet. They are mirror images of the same thing. The Anarchists on the exreme ends of the left want no governments, no laws. Every man for himself. On the right end are the 'Free Republic' types that want no governments... but, want to write their own laws. Every man for himself (as long as it is okay with me). The anarchists want to destroy all government and leave all decisions to the individual. The right wants to destroy the current government in order to become the government (they supposedly hate) and make others bend to their rules. They become the very thing they most hate. So, I suppose, the true freedom lovers are Anarchists. The extreme right just want to replace the current government... with their own government... a government where they are in charge and where they make the rules and enforce them.
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Cosmo, that picture talks about collecting rainwater and growing a garden for food. These things people have been punished by government for doing. Chill out.
Cosmo, that picture talks about collecting rainwater and growing a garden for food. These things people have been punished by government for doing. Chill out.
... I know people that have home gardens and people who have downspouts that feed storage bins for the collection of rain water and they have not been questioned or searched or kidnapped, beaten, stolen from, had their homes broken into or thrown into a cage for any amount of time. Where is this happening? What part of America do you live in? ... Back to the question.. who gets to make the laws in your world... you... or your neighbor?
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I did some checking and found out the following: In Florida, a couple was told they could not grow a vegetable garden in their entire front yard. There was no restrictions, other then plant height, about growing in their back yard. They chose not to plant in their back yard because of the lack of sunshine. The restriction was placed one them at the local level, based upon residents complaints and the resale values of neighorboring properties.
Colorado recently relaxed rain water collection systems. The bans on water collections originated in territorial days of mostly western state. The laws are in place because of large scale operations that uitilzed concrete lined colllection ponds and/or the diversion of river and stream waters into catch basins.
So, yes.. there are laws against growing corn stalks on your front yard in suburbia... and building a 700,000 gallon catch basin on your property. Laws that had to be created because of the actions of people who did things like that. Don't worry, the S.W.A.T. team is not kicking down doors because you are growing tomatoes and peppers on you porch or collecting rain from your roof into 55 gallon barrels as long as you are not breeding mosquitoes in them.
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You see... it's stuff like that. Someone grows a farm in their front yard in their suburban sub-division... the neighbors worry about the property value of their house next to 'Green Acres' going down... complain to the city council... who reacts by putting in a provision in the zoning code that disallows front yard farms (and also prohibits the stringing of barbed wire along residential property lines)... it hit the InterNet... fanatics read the story and write Web Logs about goose stepping S.W.A.T. Teams trampling old people's Cilantro Gardens... and InterNet readers looking to fortify their preconcieved notions buy it off as truth. ... The moral of the story: Don't buy into shit you read on the InterNet at face value. ... But, I'd really like to find that story of the S.W.A.T. shooting up the 10 year old's Lemonade Stand. Off to Google, I go...
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1) For Illegally Changing Obamacare: It doesn't matter if the Affordable Care Act is called "Obamacare;" Barack Obama doesn't have the authority to unilaterally change the law. Changes to the law have to be made by Congress and then signed into law by the President. Barack Obama has broken the law repeatedly by making at least 23 unilateral changes to the law. Saying, "The Republicans won't work with us," or more disturbingly, "It's politically convenient," is not an excuse for overriding the Constitution of the United States.
2) Engaging In An Illegal War In Libya: While the President is the Commander-in-Chief, the Constitution gives Congress the ability to declare war. In the modern era, that has just meant an authorization of force from Congress, which Obama did not pursue. Additionally, we've tended to give Presidents the benefit of the doubt when American lives are at stake. However, in Libya, Obama didn't seek the permission of Congress and we had no national security interest in Libya. In other words, Obama's real justification for bombing that country and overthrowing its government was that HE FELT LIKE IT. Using the exact same precedent, the next President could bomb Mexico or Cuba without Congressional authorization. Incidentally, bombing either of those nations would probably make more sense than bombing Libya, although that's not saying much since our intervention there has been a complete disaster.
3) Lying To Sell Obamacare To The American People: When Barack Obama told the public if they liked their plan, they could keep their plan, he was lying. When he told Americans if they liked their doctor, they could keep their doctor, he knew it wasn't so. When he told Americans Obamacare would cut costs by $2,500 for the average family, he was deliberately misleading the public. For a President of the United States to PERSONALLY spend months telling deliberate falsehoods to the American people in order to convince them to support something as massive as a government takeover of the health care system is beyond the pale. If the willful lies Barack Obama told to sell Obamacare don't merit impeachment, then there are no lies that a President could tell to the American people big enough to merit impeachment.
4) Violating Immigration Law And Illegally Implementing The DREAM ACT: Simply put, Barack Obama has ceased to enforce most immigration law. As Senator Jeff Sessions has noted, “at least 99.92% of illegal immigrants and visa overstays without known crimes on their records did not face removal.” In other words, we've already stopped deporting anyone other than SOME hardcore criminals and gang members. Additionally, when the DREAM ACT didn't make it through Congress, Obama simply implemented it ANYWAY. Not only is he explicitly telling illegal aliens they can stay in the United States, he's illegally giving them work permits that he has zero right to offer. Even if Congress is too split on the issue to unify and put a stop to what Obama's doing, that doesn't change the fact that it’s flatly illegal. If this is allowed to stand, tell me ANY LAW on the books that the President is obligated to enforce?
5) Releasing 5 Taliban Terrorists In Exchange For Deserter Bowe Bergdahl: Barack Obama was legally required to alert Congress 30 days before he released terrorists from Gitmo. Not only did he fail to do so, but more seriously he released five high level terrorists who he knew were likely to help kill Americans in the future. One of the terrorists has ALREADY SAID he intends to go back to Afghanistan to fight America. Barack Obama spent a lot of time bragging about getting Bin Laden, but he just released five Bin Ladens back into the world and a lot of Americans who didn't desert their country are likely to die because of it.
So does anyone believe that it is ok for the NSA to do this?
hell no !....this whole deal got kicked into high gear because of terrorist from the middle east and when I go the airport guess who gets pulled into inspection ? once my disabled sister n law in a wheel chair got pulled in after a group of middle easterner's covered head to toe walked passed......wtf ??? was that all about ?
Godfather.
Hahahahahaha more fucken lies by GF. I GURANTEE u that DIDNT happen. No fucken way they let "middle easterners" covered from head to toe in full Arab gear walk by while they took your sister in a wheel chair for inspection. NO FUCKEN WAY THAT HAPPENED. Now you're just trolling. You are such a fucken racist. Do you not care that EVERYBODY in this community thinks you're a joke? I mean EVERYBODY. I guess when you're a racist and bigot it wouldn't matter what people think of you. I can GURANTEE you your story is full of donkey shit from the Middle East. And yes, they have donkeys there.
Can we stay on topic please? Nobody has even begun to talk about the NSA holding data.
If you want to get a discussion going, my advice is to change your approach some. You're coming off as abrasive and antagonistic. There's often the theme of "why doesn't anyone care as much as I do?", which can feel condescending. Also, the doomsday stuff is easy to shut off and can be pretty polarizing. Libertarians went into economic doom at any moment mode six years ago, but things still chugged and sputtered along. I don't think the NSA stuff surprised many people in this forum, since it was laid out in the Patriot Act. Maybe some more focused and thoughtful questions about data mining would get some discussion going instead baiting people about wanting to be controlled by the government and false references (tubing tax).
So does anyone believe that it is ok for the NSA to do this?
hell no !....this whole deal got kicked into high gear because of terrorist from the middle east and when I go the airport guess who gets pulled into inspection ? once my disabled sister n law in a wheel chair got pulled in after a group of middle easterner's covered head to toe walked passed......wtf ??? was that all about ?
Godfather.
Hahahahahaha more fucken lies by GF. I GURANTEE u that DIDNT happen. No fucken way they let "middle easterners" covered from head to toe in full Arab gear walk by while they took your sister in a wheel chair for inspection. NO FUCKEN WAY THAT HAPPENED. Now you're just trolling. You are such a fucken racist. Do you not care that EVERYBODY in this community thinks you're a joke? I mean EVERYBODY. I guess when you're a racist and bigot it wouldn't matter what people think of you. I can GURANTEE you your story is full of donkey shit from the Middle East. And yes, they have donkeys there.
nope that's a true happening, so you never answered my earlier question "are you a transplant or born and raised here in America" and talking about jokes.....dude your a muslim are you blind and deaf ? take a look around "NOBODY WANTS YOU HERE" Americans are tired of your shit......go home to your family of donky ranchers.
So does anyone believe that it is ok for the NSA to do this?
hell no !....this whole deal got kicked into high gear because of terrorist from the middle east and when I go the airport guess who gets pulled into inspection ? once my disabled sister n law in a wheel chair got pulled in after a group of middle easterner's covered head to toe walked passed......wtf ??? was that all about ?
Godfather.
Hahahahahaha more fucken lies by GF. I GURANTEE u that DIDNT happen. No fucken way they let "middle easterners" covered from head to toe in full Arab gear walk by while they took your sister in a wheel chair for inspection. NO FUCKEN WAY THAT HAPPENED. Now you're just trolling. You are such a fucken racist. Do you not care that EVERYBODY in this community thinks you're a joke? I mean EVERYBODY. I guess when you're a racist and bigot it wouldn't matter what people think of you. I can GURANTEE you your story is full of donkey shit from the Middle East. And yes, they have donkeys there.
nope that's a true happening, so you never answered my earlier question "are you a transplant or born and raised here in America" and talking about jokes.....dude your a muslim are you blind and deaf ? take a look around "NOBODY WANTS YOU HERE" Americans are tired of your shit......go home to your family of donky ranchers.
Godfather.
I second his notion that your story just did not happen. Total bullshit.
So does anyone believe that it is ok for the NSA to do this?
hell no !....this whole deal got kicked into high gear because of terrorist from the middle east and when I go the airport guess who gets pulled into inspection ? once my disabled sister n law in a wheel chair got pulled in after a group of middle easterner's covered head to toe walked passed......wtf ??? was that all about ?
Godfather.
Hahahahahaha more fucken lies by GF. I GURANTEE u that DIDNT happen. No fucken way they let "middle easterners" covered from head to toe in full Arab gear walk by while they took your sister in a wheel chair for inspection. NO FUCKEN WAY THAT HAPPENED. Now you're just trolling. You are such a fucken racist. Do you not care that EVERYBODY in this community thinks you're a joke? I mean EVERYBODY. I guess when you're a racist and bigot it wouldn't matter what people think of you. I can GURANTEE you your story is full of donkey shit from the Middle East. And yes, they have donkeys there.
nope that's a true happening, so you never answered my earlier question "are you a transplant or born and raised here in America" and talking about jokes.....dude your a muslim are you blind and deaf ? take a look around "NOBODY WANTS YOU HERE" Americans are tired of your shit......go home to your family of donky ranchers.
Godfather.
you speak for yourself with that RACIST BULLSHIT Godfather, not for anyone else. Maybe you speak for your dear pappy or some other kin but not for me or anyone I know. We would rather see you take a hike with that mentally stunted 19th century attitude.
Regarding the TSA story, don't care if it's true or not. These stories always surface with the central theme "why would they target disabled, childs, olds, whatevs, and not the Muslim." If wheelchairs, crutches, old people, and children dont get inspected....DUHHHHHHH the terrorists will figure that out! And profiling is wrong, how about they put all biker organization members on the terrorist watchlist because of violence from 1 group?? Is that fair Godfather? How about they search you because you have tats or a beard..maybe you wear leather, they should profile you? Think, just try it. It mighyo not be easy, but at last try ite
dude your a muslim are you blind and deaf ? take a look around "NOBODY WANTS YOU HERE" Americans are tired of your shit......go home to your family of donky ranchers.
Godfather.
GF, there have been times when I agreed with you or at least understood your perspective.
But this?
Don't presume to speak for this American or any other person.
So does anyone believe that it is ok for the NSA to do this?
hell no !....this whole deal got kicked into high gear because of terrorist from the middle east and when I go the airport guess who gets pulled into inspection ? once my disabled sister n law in a wheel chair got pulled in after a group of middle easterner's covered head to toe walked passed......wtf ??? was that all about ?
Godfather.
Hahahahahaha more fucken lies by GF. I GURANTEE u that DIDNT happen. No fucken way they let "middle easterners" covered from head to toe in full Arab gear walk by while they took your sister in a wheel chair for inspection. NO FUCKEN WAY THAT HAPPENED. Now you're just trolling. You are such a fucken racist. Do you not care that EVERYBODY in this community thinks you're a joke? I mean EVERYBODY. I guess when you're a racist and bigot it wouldn't matter what people think of you. I can GURANTEE you your story is full of donkey shit from the Middle East. And yes, they have donkeys there.
nope that's a true happening, so you never answered my earlier question "are you a transplant or born and raised here in America" and talking about jokes.....dude your a muslim are you blind and deaf ? take a look around "NOBODY WANTS YOU HERE" Americans are tired of your shit......go home to your family of donky ranchers.
Godfather.
I second his notion that your story just did not happen. Total bullshit.
it does not matter to me what notions you may have but like badbrains you must disagree by using words like bullshit what's wrong with just saying "sorry I don't believe you" rather than using terms like "total bullshit"...yes you are a daisy.
So does anyone believe that it is ok for the NSA to do this?
hell no !....this whole deal got kicked into high gear because of terrorist from the middle east and when I go the airport guess who gets pulled into inspection ? once my disabled sister n law in a wheel chair got pulled in after a group of middle easterner's covered head to toe walked passed......wtf ??? was that all about ?
Godfather.
Hahahahahaha more fucken lies by GF. I GURANTEE u that DIDNT happen. No fucken way they let "middle easterners" covered from head to toe in full Arab gear walk by while they took your sister in a wheel chair for inspection. NO FUCKEN WAY THAT HAPPENED. Now you're just trolling. You are such a fucken racist. Do you not care that EVERYBODY in this community thinks you're a joke? I mean EVERYBODY. I guess when you're a racist and bigot it wouldn't matter what people think of you. I can GURANTEE you your story is full of donkey shit from the Middle East. And yes, they have donkeys there.
nope that's a true happening, so you never answered my earlier question "are you a transplant or born and raised here in America" and talking about jokes.....dude your a muslim are you blind and deaf ? take a look around "NOBODY WANTS YOU HERE" Americans are tired of your shit......go home to your family of donky ranchers.
Godfather.
I second his notion that your story just did not happen. Total bullshit.
it does not matter to me what notions you may have but like badbrains you must disagree by using words like bullshit what's wrong with just saying "sorry I don't believe you" rather than using terms like "total bullshit"...yes you are a daisy.
dude your a muslim are you blind and deaf ? take a look around "NOBODY WANTS YOU HERE" Americans are tired of your shit......go home to your family of donky ranchers.
Godfather.
GF, there have been times when I agreed with you or at least understood your perspective.
But this?
Don't presume to speak for this American or any other person.
Shame on you.
shhhhhhh.... just between me and you it was counter attack, if he wants to be rude we can be rude,but I find it funny he is able to spout off his bullshit attacks and people are afraid to not be politically correct because he claims to be a muslim.
So does anyone believe that it is ok for the NSA to do this?
hell no !....this whole deal got kicked into high gear because of terrorist from the middle east and when I go the airport guess who gets pulled into inspection ? once my disabled sister n law in a wheel chair got pulled in after a group of middle easterner's covered head to toe walked passed......wtf ??? was that all about ?
Godfather.
Hahahahahaha more fucken lies by GF. I GURANTEE u that DIDNT happen. No fucken way they let "middle easterners" covered from head to toe in full Arab gear walk by while they took your sister in a wheel chair for inspection. NO FUCKEN WAY THAT HAPPENED. Now you're just trolling. You are such a fucken racist. Do you not care that EVERYBODY in this community thinks you're a joke? I mean EVERYBODY. I guess when you're a racist and bigot it wouldn't matter what people think of you. I can GURANTEE you your story is full of donkey shit from the Middle East. And yes, they have donkeys there.
nope that's a true happening, so you never answered my earlier question "are you a transplant or born and raised here in America" and talking about jokes.....dude your a muslim are you blind and deaf ? take a look around "NOBODY WANTS YOU HERE" Americans are tired of your shit......go home to your family of donky ranchers.
Godfather.
you speak for yourself with that RACIST BULLSHIT Godfather, not for anyone else. Maybe you speak for your dear pappy or some other kin but not for me or anyone I know. We would rather see you take a hike with that mentally stunted 19th century attitude.
Regarding the TSA story, don't care if it's true or not. These stories always surface with the central theme "why would they target disabled, childs, olds, whatevs, and not the Muslim." If wheelchairs, crutches, old people, and children dont get inspected....DUHHHHHHH the terrorists will figure that out! And profiling is wrong, how about they put all biker organization members on the terrorist watchlist because of violence from 1 group?? Is that fair Godfather? How about they search you because you have tats or a beard..maybe you wear leather, they should profile you? Think, just try it. It mighyo not be easy, but at last try ite
if you and others on the train would pull your heads out of the sand you might notice much of the country and world for that matter are sick and tired of muslim rules and people demanding this or that and not to mention the terrorist crimes they have committed.........and yes I know not all muslims are bad but take an opertunity to look around outside you own little world of illision.
shhhhhhh.... just between me and you it was counter attack, if he wants to be rude we can be rude,but I find it funny he is able to spout off his bullshit attacks and people are afraid to not be politically correct because he claims to be a muslim.
Godfather.
PC-ness can kiss my sweet ass, and I'm not a fan of shit-talking either way. Sure it's a release for the shit-talker, but not constructive or productive in the end.
I just don't appreciate anyone speaking on my behalf...this "nobody wants you here" bullshit.
Can we stay on topic please? Nobody has even begun to talk about the NSA holding data.
If you want to get a discussion going, my advice is to change your approach some. You're coming off as abrasive and antagonistic. There's often the theme of "why doesn't anyone care as much as I do?", which can feel condescending. Also, the doomsday stuff is easy to shut off and can be pretty polarizing. Libertarians went into economic doom at any moment mode six years ago, but things still chugged and sputtered along. I don't think the NSA stuff surprised many people in this forum, since it was laid out in the Patriot Act. Maybe some more focused and thoughtful questions about data mining would get some discussion going instead baiting people about wanting to be controlled by the government and false references (tubing tax).
... Being someone who understands the tremendous spying capabilities of the United States, I was alrmed by the powers being granted to agencies such as the NSA in 2002, with the blessing of a large part of the American Citizens. I didn't mind that machine pointed outward towards foriegn nations, including our allies, but feared that machine being turned around and pointed inwards towards us. We were stirred into a deep stae of fear that was the flagship of the 'War On Terror'. We were too afraid of foriegners and people who didn't look like us or dress like us or believed the same religion as us, that we allowed this to happen to us. I was pretty outspoken about warrantless wiretaps in 2003, as well as the FISA courts rubber stamping anything that crossed its desks and I STILL oppose government intrusion of our people. I remember the moronic responses I got from my opposition.... mainly the most often used one, "I'm not doing anything illegal... they can spy on me all they want". Ironically, the people who held those views back then are the ones crying the loudest about the same thing today. The ONLY thing that has changed is the person in the Oval Office. It is political partisanship bullshit as usual. ... THAT... is why this thing is a joke. Americans WANTED us to be watched because they were so afraid of Middle Eastern people in our midst... enven if those people were/are American citizens. We allowed this to happen to us due to our own paranoia and mistrust of our own people. It is way too late to do anything now because it has become policy. We had our chance and we chose to do nothing about it.
Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
Hail, Hail!!!
So does anyone believe that it is ok for the NSA to do this?
hell no !....this whole deal got kicked into high gear because of terrorist from the middle east and when I go the airport guess who gets pulled into inspection ? once my disabled sister n law in a wheel chair got pulled in after a group of middle easterner's covered head to toe walked passed......wtf ??? was that all about ?
Godfather.
Hahahahahaha more fucken lies by GF. I GURANTEE u that DIDNT happen. No fucken way they let "middle easterners" covered from head to toe in full Arab gear walk by while they took your sister in a wheel chair for inspection. NO FUCKEN WAY THAT HAPPENED. Now you're just trolling. You are such a fucken racist. Do you not care that EVERYBODY in this community thinks you're a joke? I mean EVERYBODY. I guess when you're a racist and bigot it wouldn't matter what people think of you. I can GURANTEE you your story is full of donkey shit from the Middle East. And yes, they have donkeys there.
nope that's a true happening, so you never answered my earlier question "are you a transplant or born and raised here in America" and talking about jokes.....dude your a muslim are you blind and deaf ? take a look around "NOBODY WANTS YOU HERE" Americans are tired of your shit......go home to your family of donky ranchers.
Godfather.
... I'm sorry, sir... but, you do not speak for me... just as idon't speak for you. And you certainly do not speak for America. You speak for yourself. ... Also, I do a lot of domestic business flying and I see all sorts of people pulled from the line. I also know that the disabled are typically screened by the TSA in seperate lines. The wheelchair will set off the metal detector and the disable person cannot stand in the body scanned. Disabled people MUST go through a seperate line in order to screen all of the carry on items, including the chair, itself. So, perhaps that ordeal you describe occured as standard operation procedure regarding disables persons and has nothing to do with the world you perceive through your prejudiced glasses. I suggest the you remove those glasses from time to time to see the world as it really is, rather than the way you wish to see it.
Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
Hail, Hail!!!
see the world as it really is and not as I wish to see it ? so you think I'm racist because I dislike the actions of muslims groups. see the world how it really is ..that's good advice for ALL of us,wouldn't you say ?
see the world as it really is and not as I wish to see it ? so you think I'm racist because I dislike the actions of muslims groups. see the world how it really is ..that's good advice for ALL of us,wouldn't you say ?
Godfather.
... Yes, it is. It is always better to look for truth and base you opinions on facts, than to rely pruely on preconceived notions and secondhand hearsay from television, don't you think? ... What you saw and interpreted was your sister being singled out as a Terror Suspect to be scanned by TSA as some sort of maniacal government plot to destroy the fabric of American life... when the simple truth is, your sister was merely being scanned in a seperate line due to the implications of passing a wheelchair through the security check. What you read into is was brought on by your own inferences based upon your own preconceived views. In fact, if that "Middle Easterner covered from head to toe in full Arab gear" was in a wheelchair, they would have had to go through the same TSA checkpoint procedures as your sister. But, that thought never crossed your mind, did it, sir? My guess would be that your ingrained hatred towards people of the Middle East tainted your viewpoint. All I am suggesting is that you think about things, before you claim them to be truth.
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Hail, Hail!!!
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Rand reaches across the aisle on quite a bit, nobody works with Cory Booker more than Rand. It's up to Harry Reid to do the right thing, and I have little confidence that he will since he wouldn't bring up Ron Paul's Audit the Fed when it passed the House with bi-partisan support.
I apologise for not getting this... but, isn't this things an anarchist says?
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That sounds like an Anarchist. They want the freedom to do whatever they want, when they want. They don't want permits or licenses to tell them they can drive a car or truck or bulldozer where ever they want... or permits to hunt and fish in in any forrest, lake, river they want... and in any quantities they want.
If they want to burn a stack of tires in their front yard... they should have the freedom to do so. Shoot off fireworks from their rooftops any time of the day... any day of the year... that is 'freedom'.
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That's where my confusion is founded... where does your neighbor's freedom to set up a firing range and practice shooting his M-60 at 03:17 on a Tuesday end? Are you going to stand in the way of his freedom? What if he doesn't like the things you do? Where do your rights end?
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it is anarchy. Everyone gets to do whatever they want... Anarchy=Freedom
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I can't speak for anarchists because I'm not one, however the line is drawn on how much "freedom" one can have when it harms others. In other words I can't build a shed that crosses onto my neighbors property. I can't shoot my neighbor if he is minding his own business. I can drive my car into his house. I really think you understand that and you realize I don't advocate lawlessness, ok?
Okay... so, who gets to make the laws... you... or your neighbor?
What if, in his pursuit of income, he decides turn his back yard into a barn yard? Is that okay? What if he wants to build a 6 story house that covers the entirety of his property and puts your home in pertetual shade? as long as it is inside his property line, it's his property... he should be able to build whatever he wants there, right? And come to think of it, who enforces the proerty lines? What's to say you are 3 feet over on his property?
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The reason WHY there are laws is because of people. People who think they shouldn't have to take a test to drive their SUVs on the same roads you use to drop your kids off at school. There are licenses on hunting to stop people from just going out and killing wildlife... or fishing licenses so people don't just catch 100s of fish only to leave them rotting on the shore. The same reason WHY your neighbor has to seek permission to build that monstrosity on his property and raise chickens in the basement.
Everything on that list you posted is done because people have abused things in the name of freedom. everything on that list sounds like it comes from a person who does not like to obey laws. Someone... like an Anarchist.
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Except plant a vegetable garden. That's on the list, really? I suppose it depends on the vegetable garden, right? Is it to grow and eat your own.. or to barter or sell the produce at the market? Because, if it is the latter, then you would think you would want protection from buying home grown vegetables, laced with DDT to keep the Gypsy moths away.
Other than that, i wonder how many persecuted Americans are imprisoned for growing tomatoes on their patios.
Hail, Hail!!!
The Anarchists on the exreme ends of the left want no governments, no laws. Every man for himself.
On the right end are the 'Free Republic' types that want no governments... but, want to write their own laws. Every man for himself (as long as it is okay with me).
The anarchists want to destroy all government and leave all decisions to the individual.
The right wants to destroy the current government in order to become the government (they supposedly hate) and make others bend to their rules. They become the very thing they most hate.
So, I suppose, the true freedom lovers are Anarchists. The extreme right just want to replace the current government... with their own government... a government where they are in charge and where they make the rules and enforce them.
Hail, Hail!!!
I know people that have home gardens and people who have downspouts that feed storage bins for the collection of rain water and they have not been questioned or searched or kidnapped, beaten, stolen from, had their homes broken into or thrown into a cage for any amount of time. Where is this happening? What part of America do you live in?
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Back to the question.. who gets to make the laws in your world... you... or your neighbor?
Hail, Hail!!!
In Florida, a couple was told they could not grow a vegetable garden in their entire front yard. There was no restrictions, other then plant height, about growing in their back yard. They chose not to plant in their back yard because of the lack of sunshine. The restriction was placed one them at the local level, based upon residents complaints and the resale values of neighorboring properties.
Colorado recently relaxed rain water collection systems. The bans on water collections originated in territorial days of mostly western state. The laws are in place because of large scale operations that uitilzed concrete lined colllection ponds and/or the diversion of river and stream waters into catch basins.
So, yes.. there are laws against growing corn stalks on your front yard in suburbia... and building a 700,000 gallon catch basin on your property. Laws that had to be created because of the actions of people who did things like that.
Don't worry, the S.W.A.T. team is not kicking down doors because you are growing tomatoes and peppers on you porch or collecting rain from your roof into 55 gallon barrels as long as you are not breeding mosquitoes in them.
Hail, Hail!!!
It isn't about laws, the laws are created so they get their cut. Period.
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The moral of the story: Don't buy into shit you read on the InterNet at face value.
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But, I'd really like to find that story of the S.W.A.T. shooting up the 10 year old's Lemonade Stand. Off to Google, I go...
Hail, Hail!!!
Godfather.
you speak for yourself with that RACIST BULLSHIT Godfather, not for anyone else. Maybe you speak for your dear pappy or some other kin but not for me or anyone I know. We would rather see you take a hike with that mentally stunted 19th century attitude.
Regarding the TSA story, don't care if it's true or not. These stories always surface with the central theme "why would they target disabled, childs, olds, whatevs, and not the Muslim." If wheelchairs, crutches, old people, and children dont get inspected....DUHHHHHHH the terrorists will figure that out! And profiling is wrong, how about they put all biker organization members on the terrorist watchlist because of violence from 1 group?? Is that fair Godfather? How about they search you because you have tats or a beard..maybe you wear leather, they should profile you? Think, just try it. It mighyo not be easy, but at last try ite
But this?
Don't presume to speak for this American or any other person.
Shame on you.
rather than using terms like "total bullshit"...yes you are a daisy.
Godfather.
Godfather.
Godfather.
I just don't appreciate anyone speaking on my behalf...this "nobody wants you here" bullshit.
I have and use my own voice, thanks.
And BB claims to be Muslim? I believe he is.
Being someone who understands the tremendous spying capabilities of the United States, I was alrmed by the powers being granted to agencies such as the NSA in 2002, with the blessing of a large part of the American Citizens. I didn't mind that machine pointed outward towards foriegn nations, including our allies, but feared that machine being turned around and pointed inwards towards us. We were stirred into a deep stae of fear that was the flagship of the 'War On Terror'. We were too afraid of foriegners and people who didn't look like us or dress like us or believed the same religion as us, that we allowed this to happen to us.
I was pretty outspoken about warrantless wiretaps in 2003, as well as the FISA courts rubber stamping anything that crossed its desks and I STILL oppose government intrusion of our people. I remember the moronic responses I got from my opposition.... mainly the most often used one, "I'm not doing anything illegal... they can spy on me all they want". Ironically, the people who held those views back then are the ones crying the loudest about the same thing today. The ONLY thing that has changed is the person in the Oval Office. It is political partisanship bullshit as usual.
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THAT... is why this thing is a joke. Americans WANTED us to be watched because they were so afraid of Middle Eastern people in our midst... enven if those people were/are American citizens. We allowed this to happen to us due to our own paranoia and mistrust of our own people. It is way too late to do anything now because it has become policy. We had our chance and we chose to do nothing about it.
Hail, Hail!!!
I'm sorry, sir... but, you do not speak for me... just as idon't speak for you. And you certainly do not speak for America. You speak for yourself.
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Also, I do a lot of domestic business flying and I see all sorts of people pulled from the line. I also know that the disabled are typically screened by the TSA in seperate lines. The wheelchair will set off the metal detector and the disable person cannot stand in the body scanned. Disabled people MUST go through a seperate line in order to screen all of the carry on items, including the chair, itself.
So, perhaps that ordeal you describe occured as standard operation procedure regarding disables persons and has nothing to do with the world you perceive through your prejudiced glasses.
I suggest the you remove those glasses from time to time to see the world as it really is, rather than the way you wish to see it.
Hail, Hail!!!
see the world how it really is ..that's good advice for ALL of us,wouldn't you say ?
Godfather.
Yes, it is. It is always better to look for truth and base you opinions on facts, than to rely pruely on preconceived notions and secondhand hearsay from television, don't you think?
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What you saw and interpreted was your sister being singled out as a Terror Suspect to be scanned by TSA as some sort of maniacal government plot to destroy the fabric of American life... when the simple truth is, your sister was merely being scanned in a seperate line due to the implications of passing a wheelchair through the security check. What you read into is was brought on by your own inferences based upon your own preconceived views.
In fact, if that "Middle Easterner covered from head to toe in full Arab gear" was in a wheelchair, they would have had to go through the same TSA checkpoint procedures as your sister.
But, that thought never crossed your mind, did it, sir? My guess would be that your ingrained hatred towards people of the Middle East tainted your viewpoint.
All I am suggesting is that you think about things, before you claim them to be truth.
Hail, Hail!!!
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