Lots of people want to mock the Constitution and claim that "it failed to stop oppressive government!". What they're ignoring though is that rules always mean nothing if people don't uphold them and Americans have grown incredibly lazy and allow politicians to do pretty much whatever they want without any consequences.
Most notably, Senator Feinstien who even said in an interview about a decade back that "If the votes were there, I'd have said 'Mr. and Mrs. America, turn them all in'."
Which is a complete load of bullshit made up by peopole such as yourself who are terrified of inanimate objects. Private sellers can pay a gun dealer to perform a background check if they're selling a gun to a stranger (and most do, both for peace of mind and to cover their own ass in case the buyer decides to use it in a crime) - they merely do not HAVE to. There is a very valid reason for why Federal law doesn't force (yes, key word force) people who are not licensed gun dealers to perform background checks. What is that reason? Because the only way to enforce it is to have a national registry of not only all gun owners, but every gun as well. Not only is this insanely expensive and inefficient (just ask Canada, they tried such a a registration system and ended up axing it after pissing away tons of money and still not getting it to work like it was supposed to), but in every nation and state (yes, including states in the US), gun registration has always lead to confiscation. We've been seeing more and more of this even in anti-gun states in the US, such as New York where a man went to see a doctor for insomnia and immediately had his guns confiscated or how about in New Orleans when the government used gun registries to confiscate the guns of ordinary citizens after hurricane Katrina?
Do not sit there and spout bullshit about "it's well known that X happens at gun shows" when you clearly have never been to one, otherwise you'd know that gun owners are very paranoid about accidentally breaking a law (it means both losing all of your guns a permanently losing your rights) and that most of the tables at a gun show are run by licensed dealers who must perform background checks on all sales, regardless of where the sale takes place.
Knowledge has lead to plenty of deaths, as has freedom - because freedom means being responsible for the consequences of your actions. The gun didn't kill that women, her irresponsibility did, because as both a gun owner and a parent, she had a responsibility to keep the loaded gun away from her child.
Why else do you think that every type of firearm / firearm accessory that the government wants banned are not things that are commonly used to commit crimes, but things that would be quite useful in a civil war?
Actually, if you read the Constitution or the Federalist Papers, SCOTUS was merely supposed to be the highest court - NOT the all knowing authority on what is and is not Constitutional.
Jesus, it's been almost a decade and the old fogeys are still whining that Microsoft made a change (that most people who work in an office environment actually find useful). If you're such a power user, your keyboard shortcuts are still the same. After seven years, it's time to stop being afraid of change just because it looks different.
This...this is so horribly uninformed. Yes, there are technically warrants issued for all of the raids, but they're rubber stamped and even can go get a warrant AFTER they already shot up your home just to cover their ass. We went from around 50 SWAT raids per year in the 80's to dozens PER DAY in the present, you cannot possibly be such a boot-licker that you think the current "Send in a two dozen man hit squad, guns blazing and don't even check the address, every time someone thinks of a bong or other activity" is okay.
Except that cops misjudge situations ALL THE TIME and no one (important) gives a shit. No one gets fired, no one goes to jail, no reforms are put in place. The public (and on rare occasion, media) can be outraged all they want by the poor behavior / judgement of police and it means NOTHING. Also, the Supreme Court ruled that police have NO responsibility or duty to protect people. So this bullshit that "cops have to go full retard, because otherwise they risk being held responsible for not doing something" is a load of crap.
While they may not officially take orders from their superior, the reality is that they do. Just like how officially police chiefs do not work for the mayor, but the reality is that the police chief will always support the mayor for fear of losing their job. Same goes for the other levels, they know that they can't step out of line from what their superiors want for fear of losing their jobs / losing funding.
We currently use the military to train our police and their bosses (police chiefs and mayors) take their orders from governors (who also command the National Guard) and they take orders from Congress / the White House. So yes, they are under the same command as the military, just not as high of a rank.
I drink a lot of water at work and normally get up to go to the bathroom around once an hour or so during the day (sometimes more just to move around than because I HAVE to go). It works pretty well for most salaried positions, but hourly ones like in a call center would have a problem with it.
I used to work at Wendy's around 15 years ago, I can confirm. I remember thinking "WTF?!" the day that they came out with the current plastic "large" size (64 oz?) drinks and everything else just got renamed down a size, so the 32 oz large became a medium, 16 oz medium became a small, etc. They already had the triple cheeseburger by the time I started there, but they didn't have the Baconator's and such at the time. I looked at a nutrition information once on a slow day and a Triple w/cheese and a large fry was something like 3,500 calories - yikes.
Sounds more like a drastic reclassification of "missing". Per your own numbers, you admit that it includes runaways, which isn't even close to being the same as kidnapping.
Which is a perfect moment to teach your kids that the police are the bad guys and that you should never, ever trust them or go to them for help. Sad, but true.
CPS isn't out to "get you". They are understaffed. TAKE CARE OF YOUR CHILDREN.
Really, dumbass? Even after at least reading the summary of this post, you still kiss CPS's ass and think that they're always right? You're what we call a "special kind of stupid".
Background: At 10 years old I was getting up at 4:30 in the morning to deliver newspapers (1980's Los Angeles County). I would never allow my children to do this today.
Despite the fact that crime rates are less than half of what they were 20 years ago and that you were are far more risk than your kids would be? Once again, the 24/7 "news" channels win by convincing parents that there's a boogeyman around every corner and that crime is through the roof.
I'm well aware of the difference in definitions, I'm pointing out how foolish the system is that you pick random retards off the street (basically, anyone too dumb to come up with an excuse to not be on jury duty) and expect them to be able to understand evidence and draw intelligent conclusions.
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Lots of people want to mock the Constitution and claim that "it failed to stop oppressive government!". What they're ignoring though is that rules always mean nothing if people don't uphold them and Americans have grown incredibly lazy and allow politicians to do pretty much whatever they want without any consequences.
Except when it's not. Generally? Yes. However, there are certain situations where it can be acceptable because you truly have no other options.
Most notably, Senator Feinstien who even said in an interview about a decade back that "If the votes were there, I'd have said 'Mr. and Mrs. America, turn them all in'."
"The infamous "gun show loophole"."
Which is a complete load of bullshit made up by peopole such as yourself who are terrified of inanimate objects. Private sellers can pay a gun dealer to perform a background check if they're selling a gun to a stranger (and most do, both for peace of mind and to cover their own ass in case the buyer decides to use it in a crime) - they merely do not HAVE to. There is a very valid reason for why Federal law doesn't force (yes, key word force) people who are not licensed gun dealers to perform background checks. What is that reason? Because the only way to enforce it is to have a national registry of not only all gun owners, but every gun as well. Not only is this insanely expensive and inefficient (just ask Canada, they tried such a a registration system and ended up axing it after pissing away tons of money and still not getting it to work like it was supposed to), but in every nation and state (yes, including states in the US), gun registration has always lead to confiscation. We've been seeing more and more of this even in anti-gun states in the US, such as New York where a man went to see a doctor for insomnia and immediately had his guns confiscated or how about in New Orleans when the government used gun registries to confiscate the guns of ordinary citizens after hurricane Katrina?
Do not sit there and spout bullshit about "it's well known that X happens at gun shows" when you clearly have never been to one, otherwise you'd know that gun owners are very paranoid about accidentally breaking a law (it means both losing all of your guns a permanently losing your rights) and that most of the tables at a gun show are run by licensed dealers who must perform background checks on all sales, regardless of where the sale takes place.
Knowledge has lead to plenty of deaths, as has freedom - because freedom means being responsible for the consequences of your actions. The gun didn't kill that women, her irresponsibility did, because as both a gun owner and a parent, she had a responsibility to keep the loaded gun away from her child.
Because they didn't show up until late in the war?
Why else do you think that every type of firearm / firearm accessory that the government wants banned are not things that are commonly used to commit crimes, but things that would be quite useful in a civil war?
Don't forget though that the 13th Amendment was added unconstitutionally.
Actually, if you read the Constitution or the Federalist Papers, SCOTUS was merely supposed to be the highest court - NOT the all knowing authority on what is and is not Constitutional.
Jesus, it's been almost a decade and the old fogeys are still whining that Microsoft made a change (that most people who work in an office environment actually find useful). If you're such a power user, your keyboard shortcuts are still the same. After seven years, it's time to stop being afraid of change just because it looks different.
Didn't MS say that they were going to roll RT and Windows Phone into one OS for a "mobile" version of Windows 10?
It's just Blackberry kicking and screaming one last time before they finally whimper and die.
Anita has even openly stated that she hates video games, she uses them as a method of getting popularity.
This...this is so horribly uninformed. Yes, there are technically warrants issued for all of the raids, but they're rubber stamped and even can go get a warrant AFTER they already shot up your home just to cover their ass. We went from around 50 SWAT raids per year in the 80's to dozens PER DAY in the present, you cannot possibly be such a boot-licker that you think the current "Send in a two dozen man hit squad, guns blazing and don't even check the address, every time someone thinks of a bong or other activity" is okay.
Except that cops misjudge situations ALL THE TIME and no one (important) gives a shit. No one gets fired, no one goes to jail, no reforms are put in place. The public (and on rare occasion, media) can be outraged all they want by the poor behavior / judgement of police and it means NOTHING. Also, the Supreme Court ruled that police have NO responsibility or duty to protect people. So this bullshit that "cops have to go full retard, because otherwise they risk being held responsible for not doing something" is a load of crap.
While they may not officially take orders from their superior, the reality is that they do. Just like how officially police chiefs do not work for the mayor, but the reality is that the police chief will always support the mayor for fear of losing their job. Same goes for the other levels, they know that they can't step out of line from what their superiors want for fear of losing their jobs / losing funding.
We currently use the military to train our police and their bosses (police chiefs and mayors) take their orders from governors (who also command the National Guard) and they take orders from Congress / the White House. So yes, they are under the same command as the military, just not as high of a rank.
I drink a lot of water at work and normally get up to go to the bathroom around once an hour or so during the day (sometimes more just to move around than because I HAVE to go). It works pretty well for most salaried positions, but hourly ones like in a call center would have a problem with it.
That's why I normally get up and walk around for a couple of minutes every hour or so during the day in addition to going to the gym outside of work.
I used to work at Wendy's around 15 years ago, I can confirm. I remember thinking "WTF?!" the day that they came out with the current plastic "large" size (64 oz?) drinks and everything else just got renamed down a size, so the 32 oz large became a medium, 16 oz medium became a small, etc. They already had the triple cheeseburger by the time I started there, but they didn't have the Baconator's and such at the time. I looked at a nutrition information once on a slow day and a Triple w/cheese and a large fry was something like 3,500 calories - yikes.
Sounds more like a drastic reclassification of "missing". Per your own numbers, you admit that it includes runaways, which isn't even close to being the same as kidnapping.
Which is a perfect moment to teach your kids that the police are the bad guys and that you should never, ever trust them or go to them for help. Sad, but true.
CPS isn't out to "get you". They are understaffed. TAKE CARE OF YOUR CHILDREN.
Really, dumbass? Even after at least reading the summary of this post, you still kiss CPS's ass and think that they're always right? You're what we call a "special kind of stupid".
Background: At 10 years old I was getting up at 4:30 in the morning to deliver newspapers (1980's Los Angeles County). I would never allow my children to do this today.
Despite the fact that crime rates are less than half of what they were 20 years ago and that you were are far more risk than your kids would be? Once again, the 24/7 "news" channels win by convincing parents that there's a boogeyman around every corner and that crime is through the roof.
I'm well aware of the difference in definitions, I'm pointing out how foolish the system is that you pick random retards off the street (basically, anyone too dumb to come up with an excuse to not be on jury duty) and expect them to be able to understand evidence and draw intelligent conclusions.