And exactly where does your right to own firearms come from? Are you trying to refer to the Second Amendment? [wikipedia.org] Because the text of that amendment never states that everyone should have assault weapons. Indeed, it doesn't really say what type of weapons, or in what context it actually applies.
The consitution does not grant rights. It places limits on government to prevent the abridgement of certain pre-existing rights. Many people make this mistake so dont feel bad.
The first amendment does not apply only to newspapers with regards to freedom of speech. The second amendment does not apply only to muskets with regards to the right to a means of tyrrany prevention.
What about the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable search and seizure?
FISA court is set up to retroactively grant a warrant for any search that was committed in good faith. Circumventing FISA is a de facto admission that those searches were not done in good faith, and so are unreasonable, and directly contrary to the 4th amendment.
FISA = FOREIGN Intelligence Surveillence Act
If i am calling my cousin in dubai who is a known terrorist trying to smuggle a nuclear device into the US, i have no reason to expect privacy.
The right to a fair and speedy trial comes to mind. How many people are captive as a result of the terrorist scare that followed September 11?
Non-enemy combatants? None that i know of. Prisoners of war are typically held until the end of the war.
"That statement is only valid for the few rights that haven't already been annihilated by the current administration."
What rights have been annihilated by the current administration? Name one.
The only real change in my rights that i have noticed is that i have more now. The sunset of the Assault Weapons Ban was a step in the right direction for my civil liberties, specifically my right to own firearms.
Yes. One of the things that T-Mobile got as a concession for Starbucks breaking the contract early was protection for the T-Mobile UMA (HotSpot@Home) service to remain accessible to T-Mobile customers. T-Mobile wifi customers will still be able to access the wifi at starbucks for some period of years at no additional cost.
Since AT&T provides many of the T1 connections to the starbucks locations, they can offer SBUX a sweeter deal than T-Mobile could. Going to the 2 hour pass would have been the offering regardless of the wi-fi provider. Plus they want to do some gimmicky stuff related to ordering coffee from your iphone.
So they are betting their current wi-fi revenue stream is less than the coffee sales that the new offering will provide.
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And exactly where does your right to own firearms come from? Are you trying to refer to the Second Amendment? [wikipedia.org] Because the text of that amendment never states that everyone should have assault weapons. Indeed, it doesn't really say what type of weapons, or in what context it actually applies.
The consitution does not grant rights. It places limits on government to prevent the abridgement of certain pre-existing rights. Many people make this mistake so dont feel bad.
The first amendment does not apply only to newspapers with regards to freedom of speech. The second amendment does not apply only to muskets with regards to the right to a means of tyrrany prevention.
What about the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable search and seizure? FISA court is set up to retroactively grant a warrant for any search that was committed in good faith. Circumventing FISA is a de facto admission that those searches were not done in good faith, and so are unreasonable, and directly contrary to the 4th amendment.
FISA = FOREIGN Intelligence Surveillence Act
If i am calling my cousin in dubai who is a known terrorist trying to smuggle a nuclear device into the US, i have no reason to expect privacy.
The right to a fair and speedy trial comes to mind. How many people are captive as a result of the terrorist scare that followed September 11? Non-enemy combatants? None that i know of. Prisoners of war are typically held until the end of the war.
"That statement is only valid for the few rights that haven't already been annihilated by the current administration."
What rights have been annihilated by the current administration? Name one.
The only real change in my rights that i have noticed is that i have more now. The sunset of the Assault Weapons Ban was a step in the right direction for my civil liberties, specifically my right to own firearms.
Yes. One of the things that T-Mobile got as a concession for Starbucks breaking the contract early was protection for the T-Mobile UMA (HotSpot@Home) service to remain accessible to T-Mobile customers. T-Mobile wifi customers will still be able to access the wifi at starbucks for some period of years at no additional cost. Since AT&T provides many of the T1 connections to the starbucks locations, they can offer SBUX a sweeter deal than T-Mobile could. Going to the 2 hour pass would have been the offering regardless of the wi-fi provider. Plus they want to do some gimmicky stuff related to ordering coffee from your iphone. So they are betting their current wi-fi revenue stream is less than the coffee sales that the new offering will provide.