The only time Ron Paul has flip-flopped, that I know about, is changing his policy from supporting Don't Ask; Don't Tell to opposing it as discriminatory against homosexuals (saying they should be treated no differently than anybody else).
He also flipped from supporting Reagan to opposing him, saying Reagan did not keep the small-government, low-spending policies he promised during the 1979-80 campaign.
>>>SOP: anyone that refuses a pat-down is free to leave.
False. The "don't touch my junk" guy was fined $10,000 for leaving the airport. The fine was later waived but that law still stands on the books. You are NOT free to leave unless you're prepared to be punished with that fine, and the subsequent inconvenience of fighting it in a court of law.
As for the TSA Spin on Senator Paul:
Remember the TSA is still claiming, "We never strip-searched three elderly women at Reagan Airport," even though all 3 women signed affadavits attesting to being stripped.
>>>"Add that to the list of reasons I consider this document too inadequate to pass muster as a legitimate foundation for government"
If you don't like it, why don't you petition to have it amended? The document can be changed whenever desired (and has been changed 27 times).
As for the specific clause it still has relevance.
In the past Kings, prime ministers, and governors used the police in order to arrest & detain Representatives from reaching the parliament of legislature. That way they could get the vote desired.
Do you think that concern is any less relevant today? Do you think if Presidents or Governors were not blocked by the Constitution, they would not use their arrest powers to remove unfavorable representatives from appearing at the Congress or Legislature? Of course they would. "I want this NDAA passed, and I will arrest any who oppose it!"
The clause is not antiquated and should not be removed.
Ron Paul has been groped, due to a metal brace from an old war injury. He says, "I HATE it, but what choice do I have?" - Other Congressmen have also bitched about it as well. One of them even called a hearing last fall to determine if the TSA is really necessary.
An ignorant person over on Facebook wrote:
"If you don't like TSA then don't fly. You can drive, take a train, or walk." Problem: The TSA has expanded their operations to trains and pulling-over cars along interstates. Also post offices and unemployment/social security buildings.
Senator Paul was kicked out of the airport because he refused to be sexually groped by the SA. He's still sitting in Nashville and trying to figure out how to get back to D.C.
By law they are now supposed to fine him $10,000 (for leaving the scene after being scanned), though I suspect it will be waived - as it was waived for the 'don't touch my junk' guy.
If they phase-out broadcast, then yes you're right, because local stations will have no choice but to transmit their news/weather/drama programs over the internet.
But that means you'd have to pay 70+ a month to access it (through Comcast, Verizon, or other). I oppose any phase-out of Free TV that replaces it with paid tv.
No I don't view it that way. George HW Bush was actually Reagan's third term. I consider him Reagan Continued and also pre-9/11, pre-TSA, pre-Patriot Act police state.
George "duh" Bush is a whole other kettle of fish. A tyrant. That makes Obama tyrant # 2 and Romney will be tyrant # 3.
The documentary sounds like something Alex Jones would produce. (I'm serious; it has almost exactly the same style and flawed presentation.)
EVs didn't die-out because of some secret government of corporate conspiracy. They died-out in the early 2000s because nobody could afford the $45,000 pricetag it cost to buy a Toyota Rav4 or Honda EV. Even with the state of California handing-out 15 thousand dollar checks to customers, these models still experienced poor sales.
And it's not just EVs. The Original Honda Insight was phased-out too for the same reason (poor sales). No grand Alex Jones-type conspiracy. Just a lack of interest by customers.
I remember when there were no datacaps. It seems things are getting MORE restrictive, not less.
I also remember when my carrier gave me unlimited texting for only $15. They phased-out that plan (Texter's Delight) and replaced it with a new one at $25 a month for only 5 GB data. So service is going down and prices going up.
UK Government (circa 1800) - "We can not allow this Mozart crap to come-into our country and destroy the superior music created by Bach. The latter is art, and the former is commonman pop crap. Mozart is a hack."
Everyone always thinks the old style is superior and the new style is junk, but ultimately it is up to the PEOPLE decide what they want to hear, not a few unelected bureaucrats.
The French do the same thing (try to protect their culture/language), but ultimately isn't it up to the PEOPLE of France and Canada to decide what their culture will be?
If the people decide they want an interconnected internet-based culture, where they can share ideas around the world, that is THEIR choice and no unelected oligarch has the right to overrule that collective decision.
If the oligarch disagrees then he should be removed from office and put into early retirement. Perhaps his whole office should be removed as well, if its motives are opposite to the wishes of the People it no longer serves.
>>>"A good place to start would be to impose steep tariffs on all imported manufactured goods"
No a good place to start is to stop giving Apple corporate welfare. Or any other company. They should not be receiving free handouts of cash or land or benefits.
The MAIN issue appears to be Speed not price. Quoting - "A foreman immediately roused 8,000 workers inside the company's dormitories, and then each employee was given a biscuit and a cup of tea, guided to a workstation and within half an hour started a 12-hour shift fitting glass screens into beveled frames."
In other words the Chinese provide fast turn-around time to fix a flaw, whereas an American factory doesn't have dorms like college. Or the ability to wake workers in the middle of the night like slaves. Or force them into 12 hour shifts without breaks (except lunch).
I'm beginning to understand. U.S.-built products are not really any more expensive. Just much, much slower.
Also beginning to understand why Chinese workers kill themselves.
>>>You know that piracy isn't bothered by what the US does to it's own Internet businesses, right?
You know that U.S. juris diction applies to almost the entire world, right? The megaupload persons were all foreigners on foreign land, but still landed in jail.
Artists no more deserve a grant of monopoly status than Microsoft or Google deserve a monopoly over OSes or search engines. Monopolies stifle culture, the free market, and customer choice.
If they want to make a living, let them collect an annual salary like I do for the creative works I produce. Get the money upfront, rather than rely upon Hollywood accounting to claim "it made no profit" to screw you.
Anyway: The airport scanners have been banned in the EU due to potential skin cancer risks. I see the terahertz scanners to be a non-starter that will be banned for the same reason.
You don't need a law. You need a store willing to self-police its own private parking, the same way my local bank tows people who are not banking. If a gasser is sitting in an EV spot, then cracker barrel should have them removed.
- "$37,000"
Waaaay too high in price. Solectria made a car similar to this in the early 2000s, and it failed to sell because of that high price. They need to find a way to make the car less than an Lexus or Acura, otherwise people will just buy the luxury car.
For now I think the only affordable "electric" cars are the hybrids with their 40 mile pure-EV range.
I'm a proponent of EVs (and electric hybrids), but that documentary is so full of inaccuracies. I wish people would stop citing it.
EVs died-off for the same reason passenger rail died-off in the early 1900s, why there's no longer such a thing as Atari Computer, why Sega no longer makes consoles, why Circuit City went bankrupt, why CED videorecords failed as a format, and so on.
Lack of customer interest. They chose other products they liked better.
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Pretty much. Even if you see someone stealing your car, you're not allowed to shoot or taser or hit them in order to prevent the act.
Welcome to reality. You've left the matrix and now your eyes are opened. ;-)
The only time Ron Paul has flip-flopped, that I know about, is changing his policy from supporting Don't Ask; Don't Tell to opposing it as discriminatory against homosexuals (saying they should be treated no differently than anybody else).
He also flipped from supporting Reagan to opposing him, saying Reagan did not keep the small-government, low-spending policies he promised during the 1979-80 campaign.
>>>SOP: anyone that refuses a pat-down is free to leave.
False. The "don't touch my junk" guy was fined $10,000 for leaving the airport. The fine was later waived but that law still stands on the books. You are NOT free to leave unless you're prepared to be punished with that fine, and the subsequent inconvenience of fighting it in a court of law.
As for the TSA Spin on Senator Paul:
Remember the TSA is still claiming, "We never strip-searched three elderly women at Reagan Airport," even though all 3 women signed affadavits attesting to being stripped.
The TSA can not be trusted to tell the truth.
>>>"Add that to the list of reasons I consider this document too inadequate to pass muster as a legitimate foundation for government"
If you don't like it, why don't you petition to have it amended? The document can be changed whenever desired (and has been changed 27 times).
As for the specific clause it still has relevance.
In the past Kings, prime ministers, and governors used the police in order to arrest & detain Representatives from reaching the parliament of legislature. That way they could get the vote desired.
Do you think that concern is any less relevant today? Do you think if Presidents or Governors were not blocked by the Constitution, they would not use their arrest powers to remove unfavorable representatives from appearing at the Congress or Legislature? Of course they would. "I want this NDAA passed, and I will arrest any who oppose it!"
The clause is not antiquated and should not be removed.
So this is how democracy dies. With thunderous applause.
- Senator Padme' Amadala
Good to know.
I will never be groped at an airport. Good to know it's easy to just rebook a second flight and continue on my way.
Ron Paul has been groped, due to a metal brace from an old war injury. He says, "I HATE it, but what choice do I have?" - Other Congressmen have also bitched about it as well. One of them even called a hearing last fall to determine if the TSA is really necessary.
An ignorant person over on Facebook wrote:
"If you don't like TSA then don't fly. You can drive, take a train, or walk." Problem: The TSA has expanded their operations to trains and pulling-over cars along interstates. Also post offices and unemployment/social security buildings.
You. Can't. Escape. the police state.
UPDATE:
Senator Paul was kicked out of the airport because he refused to be sexually groped by the SA. He's still sitting in Nashville and trying to figure out how to get back to D.C.
By law they are now supposed to fine him $10,000 (for leaving the scene after being scanned), though I suspect it will be waived - as it was waived for the 'don't touch my junk' guy.
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If they phase-out broadcast, then yes you're right, because local stations will have no choice but to transmit their news/weather/drama programs over the internet.
But that means you'd have to pay 70+ a month to access it (through Comcast, Verizon, or other). I oppose any phase-out of Free TV that replaces it with paid tv.
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The documentary [views] like something Alex Jones would produce.
No I don't view it that way. George HW Bush was actually Reagan's third term. I consider him Reagan Continued and also pre-9/11, pre-TSA, pre-Patriot Act police state.
George "duh" Bush is a whole other kettle of fish. A tyrant. That makes Obama tyrant # 2 and Romney will be tyrant # 3.
The documentary sounds like something Alex Jones would produce. (I'm serious; it has almost exactly the same style and flawed presentation.)
EVs didn't die-out because of some secret government of corporate conspiracy. They died-out in the early 2000s because nobody could afford the $45,000 pricetag it cost to buy a Toyota Rav4 or Honda EV. Even with the state of California handing-out 15 thousand dollar checks to customers, these models still experienced poor sales.
And it's not just EVs. The Original Honda Insight was phased-out too for the same reason (poor sales). No grand Alex Jones-type conspiracy. Just a lack of interest by customers.
Oh. And here I thought they were just blocks of wood with paint on them. ;-)
I remember when there were no datacaps. It seems things are getting MORE restrictive, not less.
I also remember when my carrier gave me unlimited texting for only $15. They phased-out that plan (Texter's Delight) and replaced it with a new one at $25 a month for only 5 GB data. So service is going down and prices going up.
There's an FCC plan being pushed by the Wireless companies to grab all channels 25 and up.
I enjoy being able to watch 40+ channels over-the-air, without having to pay Comsucks ~$70 a month. I have no desire to see that option taken-away.
Same old nonsense.
UK Government (circa 1800) - "We can not allow this Mozart crap to come-into our country and destroy the superior music created by Bach. The latter is art, and the former is commonman pop crap. Mozart is a hack."
Everyone always thinks the old style is superior and the new style is junk, but ultimately it is up to the PEOPLE decide what they want to hear, not a few unelected bureaucrats.
The French do the same thing (try to protect their culture/language), but ultimately isn't it up to the PEOPLE of France and Canada to decide what their culture will be?
If the people decide they want an interconnected internet-based culture, where they can share ideas around the world, that is THEIR choice and no unelected oligarch has the right to overrule that collective decision.
If the oligarch disagrees then he should be removed from office and put into early retirement. Perhaps his whole office should be removed as well, if its motives are opposite to the wishes of the People it no longer serves.
>>>"A good place to start would be to impose steep tariffs on all imported manufactured goods"
No a good place to start is to stop giving Apple corporate welfare. Or any other company. They should not be receiving free handouts of cash or land or benefits.
The MAIN issue appears to be Speed not price. Quoting - "A foreman immediately roused 8,000 workers inside the company's dormitories, and then each employee was given a biscuit and a cup of tea, guided to a workstation and within half an hour started a 12-hour shift fitting glass screens into beveled frames."
In other words the Chinese provide fast turn-around time to fix a flaw, whereas an American factory doesn't have dorms like college. Or the ability to wake workers in the middle of the night like slaves. Or force them into 12 hour shifts without breaks (except lunch).
I'm beginning to understand. U.S.-built products are not really any more expensive. Just much, much slower.
Also beginning to understand why Chinese workers kill themselves.
"Yes we could end crime through eternal surveillance of all citizens everywhere. You CAN stop crime through this method.
"But then you live in a police state where no one is free. Is this the kind of culture we want to set up?" - Congressman Ron Paul
>>>You know that piracy isn't bothered by what the US does to it's own Internet businesses, right?
You know that U.S. juris diction applies to almost the entire world, right? The megaupload persons were all foreigners on foreign land, but still landed in jail.
Artists no more deserve a grant of monopoly status than Microsoft or Google deserve a monopoly over OSes or search engines. Monopolies stifle culture, the free market, and customer choice.
If they want to make a living, let them collect an annual salary like I do for the creative works I produce. Get the money upfront, rather than rely upon Hollywood accounting to claim "it made no profit" to screw you.
What? I'm missing your point.
Anyway: The airport scanners have been banned in the EU due to potential skin cancer risks. I see the terahertz scanners to be a non-starter that will be banned for the same reason.
You don't need a law. You need a store willing to self-police its own private parking, the same way my local bank tows people who are not banking. If a gasser is sitting in an EV spot, then cracker barrel should have them removed.
- "$37,000"
Waaaay too high in price. Solectria made a car similar to this in the early 2000s, and it failed to sell because of that high price. They need to find a way to make the car less than an Lexus or Acura, otherwise people will just buy the luxury car.
For now I think the only affordable "electric" cars are the hybrids with their 40 mile pure-EV range.
I'm a proponent of EVs (and electric hybrids), but that documentary is so full of inaccuracies. I wish people would stop citing it.
EVs died-off for the same reason passenger rail died-off in the early 1900s, why there's no longer such a thing as Atari Computer, why Sega no longer makes consoles, why Circuit City went bankrupt, why CED videorecords failed as a format, and so on.
Lack of customer interest. They chose other products they liked better.