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ACLU Creates Map of US "Constitution-Free Zone"
trackpick points out a recent ACLU initiative to publicize a recent expansion of authority claimed by the Border Patrol to stop and search individuals up to 100 miles from any US border. They have created a map of what they call the US Constitution-Free Zone. "Using data provided by the US Census Bureau, the ACLU has determined that nearly 2/3 of the entire US population (197.4 million people) live within 100 miles of the US land and coastal borders. The government is assuming extraordinary powers to stop and search individuals within this zone. This is not just about the border: This 'Constitution-Free Zone' includes most of the nation's largest metropolitan areas.'"
please mod the parent as "sad"
"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -- Prof. Dumbledore
Dear Ralph:
There's four borders in this country. Pick one and head out. We don't need whiners like you in a small mess like this. Real Americans can take a look around, and say "I've seen worse." and rebuild. If you're not interested in that, move.
signed:
Real American.
I live inside the "Constitution Free Zone" and I have the legal right to carry a firearm. I guess that must not be part of the Constitution in the ACLU's world...
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
Not to see unnecessary patterns, but it's interesting how 21 (60%) of those are solid blue states in this election (as of Wed's polls at least), 6 (17%) are swing states and only 8 (23%) are red states. Hmmm... nothing suspicious there... the "real" America is safe.
Is a dead ACLU representative... :-)
A better name would be the AACLU Anti American...
I jest of course...
The more I learn about science, the more my faith in God increases.
The ACLU (and the EFF) is often wrong. Intentionally. They are fearmongers, and they contribute to the "culture of fear" ...but in a way that is subtle enough, you don't notice until well after you are worked up and opening your wallet or casting your ballot.
They pick a small issue, or proposed legislation, or a fringe case with the potential to be made into a frightfest and proceed exaggerate, misconstrue, and mislead...
which is EXACTLY what they claim about everything they are against: How subtle and slippery the slope is, etc...
I left years ago when the getting was good.
Stuff it, dork.
RS
Shoes for Industry. Shoes for the Dead.
The original intent of the second amendment is of little consequence with respect to authorizing armed uprisings. One might look to the Civil War the results of which one should easily be able to conclude that violent action against the government or its agents, revolution or otherwise, is never justifiable under ANY circumstances under the Constitution.
Impersonating Tycho from Penny Arcade since before there was a PA.
Why is it that the unborn are deprived of life without due process?
Now you're just trying to get into a debate on when something is considered life.
I guess if you wanted to debate it, you have to first be born to become a US Citizen, so any unborn child is therefore not a citizen.
Then we could get into the definition/interpretation of the word "born" to mean either created or released into another medium (delivered) and debates on the meaning of the 14th.
Disclaimer: This is supposed to be humorous.
/.ers, our mothers would still have the right to abort us. ;P
I once felt that the "Right to Choose" crowd were a bunch of morons. You already chose to do the down-and-dirty, and TANSTAAFL. Saying that the moment an individual leaves the womb marks when they receive the right to live is ridiculous, because many could have exited early and still be just fine.
But taking a further look at their reasoning... I still think they're a bunch of morons, but now it's because they've got the time all wrong. If you left a baby all alone, there would be no way for it to fend for itself. It's no different than if the kid was still in the womb. So clearly, the only right time for a mother to no longer be allowed to abort their child, is after they no longer require others to feed and pamper them and they are able to fend for themselves.
Unfortunately, that means for all of us basement-dwelling
"I'm not sure I like the fugnutish tone you used in your post!" -RogL (608926)-
Your Second Amendment is nice in theory. In practice, it is a paper tiger.
I respectfully disagree, strongly. The second amendment does in fact have teeth, it kills over 12,000 Americans annually - enter "homicide" for option 1 and "firearm" for option 2.
Think about that. The number of combat deaths in the civil war was approximately 205,000 (most others died of disease). The right to bear arms in case a rebellion against the government is necessary results in the same number of fatal shootings as the civil war every 17 years! Right in people's homes and in the streets! What kind of sense is that supposed to make?!
And to the immediate north, Canada's gun deaths have been cut in half since imposing tough gun restrictions. Wouldn't it be nice if American kids could at least graduate college before a civil war's worth of murder occurs in their country?
War as we knew it was obsolete
Nothing could beat complete denial
- Emily Haines
So make it an electric fence??
I'd think a few thousand volts and high amps would be a deterrent. At the very least....the previously stupid twitching and smoking bodies hanging on it should keep other away?
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
That is ridiculous anti-ACLU bullshit.
His post may have been, but your hysterical defense of them was almost as bad. They're a political advocacy group, not angels. And they're very choosy about who's civil liberties they fight for. It's pretty much been ACLU policy that the 2nd Amendment doesn't exist except as the ridiculous "collective right" theory.
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