Here is some clarification on the legal definition of "militia" in the US.
United States Code
TITLE 10 – ARMED FORCES
SUBTITLE A – GENERAL MILITARY LAW
PART I – ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS
CHAPTER 13 – THE MILITIA
Section 311. Militia: composition and classes
(a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.
(b) The classes of the militia are -
(1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and
(2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.
So the government has transferred what, $8 trillion or so from the "rich" to the "poor" since LBJ's Great Society and the percentage of poor has been unchanged. People act like the laws of economics are subject to human will. It is like holding a rock in your hand, wishing it to fly off into space, and acting shocked when it falls. Activities taxed are suppressed, activities subsidized are encouraged. A natural result of the welfare state is that there are more people on the dole.
You are quite adept with the straw man too. If you think I should be immunized maybe you would like to show up on my porch and give it a try. Best wear body armor.
You certainly have mastered the straw man argument. Bravo. Face it, according to your mindset, the existence of people who don’t consider themselves cattle is a threat to you. You are tolerant of everything except your fellow man’s liberty.
when the servants think they are masters. In too many places, cops carry arms, citizens are prohibited. This is the natural consequence. Free men are armed, subjects and slaves are not. Pretty simple really.
How exactly does giving more $ to the bureaucracy help people allegedly harmed by air pollution? I say allegedly because I have been around quite a while and cannot identify a single day I ever missed work or had to go to the doctor because of dirty air. In fact, nobody in my extended network of family and friends seems to have had this happen. The only days we have poor air quality happen when the forests are on fire because logging has been essentially banned around here and the occasional winter inversion.
No, I am referring to the whole Constitution, None of it applies to non-US citizens. Unlawful enemy combatants refers to combatants not wearing a uniform. The Geneva Convention makes this clear.
RR wrote that the biggest mistakes he ever made were in trusting that democrats (Tip O'Neil mainly) would keep their end of the bargain. In the tax increase deal, RR had a deal with then speaker Tip O'Neil that for every dollar of increased revenue, there would be $3 of tax cuts. Democrats double crossed him and there was only about $0.30 cents of tax cuts. The amnesty deal was supposed to result in border enforcement, which the democratic congress never funded. Bush could have enforced the border, but we were sold out by him too. If JFK were running for office now, championing tax cuts and promising to destroy communism, today's democrats would denounce him as a radical rightwing nutjob. And don't forget that under Reagan, top marginal tax rates decreased from 70% to 28%.
Really? Even the most average 2 yr. old human is vastly more intelligent than the most cultured of monkeys. And that two year old will go on to learn at a rate that vastly exceeds the learning rate of the monkey. Any imbecile can see that the commonality of DNA between two critters is irrelevant to their relative intelligences. In fact, there are no animals that even come close to the intelligence of homo sapiens.
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Really? I heard they pedaled bicycles there and were in possession of no arms.
A real democracy is when two wolves and a sheep vote on what is for dinner. No thanks.
And the mad mullahs make the Shah look like Mr. Rogers.
The only thing a western Christian can do to satisfy Islamists is to assume room temperature.
Nonsense. The Wright brothers saw birds flying every day. And I am pretty sure that the Icarus episode was not actual history.
Agent provocateur ?
Here is some clarification on the legal definition of "militia" in the US. United States Code TITLE 10 – ARMED FORCES SUBTITLE A – GENERAL MILITARY LAW PART I – ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS CHAPTER 13 – THE MILITIA Section 311. Militia: composition and classes (a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard. (b) The classes of the militia are - (1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and (2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.
Baaa baaa.
Property taxes destroy the concept of private property. We are all renters and the government kicks us out if we don't pay the rent.
So the government has transferred what, $8 trillion or so from the "rich" to the "poor" since LBJ's Great Society and the percentage of poor has been unchanged. People act like the laws of economics are subject to human will. It is like holding a rock in your hand, wishing it to fly off into space, and acting shocked when it falls. Activities taxed are suppressed, activities subsidized are encouraged. A natural result of the welfare state is that there are more people on the dole.
You are quite adept with the straw man too. If you think I should be immunized maybe you would like to show up on my porch and give it a try. Best wear body armor.
That is SOP for straw man arguments.
You certainly have mastered the straw man argument. Bravo. Face it, according to your mindset, the existence of people who don’t consider themselves cattle is a threat to you. You are tolerant of everything except your fellow man’s liberty.
Have you been fitted for your jackboots yet?
when the servants think they are masters. In too many places, cops carry arms, citizens are prohibited. This is the natural consequence. Free men are armed, subjects and slaves are not. Pretty simple really.
So tell me how giving more money to government helps people with asthma.
How exactly does giving more $ to the bureaucracy help people allegedly harmed by air pollution? I say allegedly because I have been around quite a while and cannot identify a single day I ever missed work or had to go to the doctor because of dirty air. In fact, nobody in my extended network of family and friends seems to have had this happen. The only days we have poor air quality happen when the forests are on fire because logging has been essentially banned around here and the occasional winter inversion.
So tell me about all the Germans and Japanese who were Mirandized when they were captured in WWII.
US citizens who join up with terrorists deserve everything they get. Their passports should be revoked and they should never be allowed back in.
POWs are treated according to the Geneva convention, not the US Constitution.
No, I am referring to the whole Constitution, None of it applies to non-US citizens. Unlawful enemy combatants refers to combatants not wearing a uniform. The Geneva Convention makes this clear.
The US Constitution only applies to US citizens. Certainly not to unlawful enemy combatants.
Then why don't they build jet airplanes or nuclear power plants?
RR wrote that the biggest mistakes he ever made were in trusting that democrats (Tip O'Neil mainly) would keep their end of the bargain. In the tax increase deal, RR had a deal with then speaker Tip O'Neil that for every dollar of increased revenue, there would be $3 of tax cuts. Democrats double crossed him and there was only about $0.30 cents of tax cuts. The amnesty deal was supposed to result in border enforcement, which the democratic congress never funded. Bush could have enforced the border, but we were sold out by him too. If JFK were running for office now, championing tax cuts and promising to destroy communism, today's democrats would denounce him as a radical rightwing nutjob. And don't forget that under Reagan, top marginal tax rates decreased from 70% to 28%.
Really? Even the most average 2 yr. old human is vastly more intelligent than the most cultured of monkeys. And that two year old will go on to learn at a rate that vastly exceeds the learning rate of the monkey. Any imbecile can see that the commonality of DNA between two critters is irrelevant to their relative intelligences. In fact, there are no animals that even come close to the intelligence of homo sapiens.