I find myself hoping there is something missing from the story...some detail that removes how horrible this seems on the surface. Ignoring "he said, she said" and "Republicans" or "Democrats" blah blah...
What in the holy hell happened to basic human rights? Was there a thing missing from the story that we don't see that shows these people were making bombs? Were the "insiders" witness to horrific hate crime behavior that/maybe/ I can say "these people were about to do something they shouldn't"?
It's been said to death... "This sucks" "that sucks" and "geez, where'd our rights go".
What are we doing? We've let the country just creep into this hole where no one cares enough to vote, or write congressman...
And now, I am getting older, and caring more and more about how much I used to be able to do, and now, I fear everything, even our own police.
My then (3 years ago) 2 year old daughter was snagged out of my hands when visiting the liberty bell going through the guards gates. By a guard, btw. I hadn't made it through the check point, yet. Now, mind you, he's thinking "I'm the good guy, I'm the hero here, protecting these people from the bad guys." He snags her to bring her through the gate, forcing me to go through behind her before I have emptied my pockets. I am not letting my kid out of my hands so easily, Mr. Guard. Well, of course, they get riled, and start pushing me backwards through there. I went livid, and said "Give me my kid, or I call the police". They started getting on me like I was a terrorist all of a sudden. Oh, and when I finally got calmed, and through the gate, I told the officer to never do that again and his only reply was to say "We're here to protect the innocent, sir", and from there, they were walking behind us the rest of the tour.
Best part? When I get through the exit, they insist you go through this "line" to go back across the street. My kid steps off to the side, and so I follow, not realizing that it is apparently a federal offense now to be belligerent when an officer snags your kid away from you, and oh, when you walk over the little white line on the pavement. That's bad too. So, the officer accompanying me says "Sir, I need you to step back into the line". "Um, why? We're headed to the same place, and I don't think I can cause too much trouble being 5 feet outside, moving towards the same side there" Well, of course, they are already pissed at me for making a scene...Anyway, when I get to the other side of the street, he says "Sorry for being such a hard ass, sir, but things changed when 'they' attacked us on 9/11" "Oh really?" "And, I suppose walking outside of the lines somehow adds up to blowing up buildings?" Geez...those guys have no sense of what this country is about. Following orders, I guess...?
The Liberty bell. Definitely part of history, and nothing to do with modern US.
Where'd all this truly start? I've seen a couple of posts on "well, it started 8 years ago"...
Stop and think about this. For the last 100 years, or more, the centralized federal government has been power grabbing, and short changing us on every turn, snagging little bits and pieces away.
They'll do something horrible, then take it back, and then do something less horrific so we can feel comfortable with being screwed...
I really hate to even fan this flame, but, gas is 3.40ish in NC. I hear people say "man, that's great!"...um...oil barrel...is...at..the same price it was when fuel was 2.89 p/gal...*rolls eyes*...ok...I give.
I have a home owners association that is a very tiny scale perfect model for the US on this; hear me out...
They sent out fliers saying they were going to assess each unit for $5,000 to repair a swimming pool for the community. Sounds like a great idea, save, they've already been getting money for 3 years in a column titled "repairs" that has a n
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I find myself hoping there is something missing from the story...some detail that removes how horrible this seems on the surface. Ignoring "he said, she said" and "Republicans" or "Democrats" blah blah...
/maybe/ I can say "these people were about to do something they shouldn't"?
...
...is...at..the same price it was when fuel was 2.89 p/gal...*rolls eyes* ...ok...I give.
What in the holy hell happened to basic human rights? Was there a thing missing from the story that we don't see that shows these people were making bombs? Were the "insiders" witness to horrific hate crime behavior that
It's been said to death... "This sucks" "that sucks" and "geez, where'd our rights go".
What are we doing? We've let the country just creep into this hole where no one cares enough to vote, or write congressman...
And now, I am getting older, and caring more and more about how much I used to be able to do, and now, I fear everything, even our own police.
My then (3 years ago) 2 year old daughter was snagged out of my hands when visiting the liberty bell going through the guards gates. By a guard, btw. I hadn't made it through the check point, yet. Now, mind you, he's thinking "I'm the good guy, I'm the hero here, protecting these people from the bad guys." He snags her to bring her through the gate, forcing me to go through behind her before I have emptied my pockets. I am not letting my kid out of my hands so easily, Mr. Guard. Well, of course, they get riled, and start pushing me backwards through there. I went livid, and said "Give me my kid, or I call the police". They started getting on me like I was a terrorist all of a sudden. Oh, and when I finally got calmed, and through the gate, I told the officer to never do that again and his only reply was to say "We're here to protect the innocent, sir", and from there, they were walking behind us the rest of the tour.
Best part? When I get through the exit, they insist you go through this "line" to go back across the street. My kid steps off to the side, and so I follow, not realizing that it is apparently a federal offense now to be belligerent when an officer snags your kid away from you, and oh, when you walk over the little white line on the pavement. That's bad too. So, the officer accompanying me says "Sir, I need you to step back into the line". "Um, why? We're headed to the same place, and I don't think I can cause too much trouble being 5 feet outside, moving towards the same side there" Well, of course, they are already pissed at me for making a scene...Anyway, when I get to the other side of the street, he says "Sorry for being such a hard ass, sir, but things changed when 'they' attacked us on 9/11" "Oh really?" "And, I suppose walking outside of the lines somehow adds up to blowing up buildings?" Geez...those guys have no sense of what this country is about. Following orders, I guess...?
The Liberty bell. Definitely part of history, and nothing to do with modern US.
Where'd all this truly start? I've seen a couple of posts on "well, it started 8 years ago"
Stop and think about this. For the last 100 years, or more, the centralized federal government has been power grabbing, and short changing us on every turn, snagging little bits and pieces away.
They'll do something horrible, then take it back, and then do something less horrific so we can feel comfortable with being screwed...
I really hate to even fan this flame, but, gas is 3.40ish in NC. I hear people say "man, that's great!"...um...oil barrel
I have a home owners association that is a very tiny scale perfect model for the US on this; hear me out...
They sent out fliers saying they were going to assess each unit for $5,000 to repair a swimming pool for the community. Sounds like a great idea, save, they've already been getting money for 3 years in a column titled "repairs" that has a n