That's another very common resort for power-grabbing, to pretend that the commerce clause grants the power to do anything and everything the government wants to do. The purpose of the commerce clause was to prohibit the states from creating internal trade barriers.
Nope. A treaty can't amend the constitution, and a constitutional amendment is the only legal way to increase the power of the federal government. If a treaty could do so, then the rest of the constitution would be moot.
Federal marijuana prohibition is not a law, it is a usurpation. It took a constitutional amendment to ban alcohol, and that amendment was repealed. There is no legal authority whatsoever for the federal government to ban a drug.
Nah, power-grubbers never did care about safety. The reason for this that that Obama's finally come to the dim realization that he'd better change sides on this issue like he did on gay marriage before it started to cost him politically.
Some people just want to freeze in the dark. That's their prerogative of course, but when one of them bitches about people trying to achieve a higher standard of living, I agree. They can fuck right off.
what counts is what other agencies who received private information from the NSA
I would argue that the wiretapping itself is already a crime and a violation of the 4th amendment, regardless of what other organizations ever gain access to it.
Here's a little tip for you, sparky: tossing off insults like "racist" doesn't excuse the crimes that are currently being perpetrated on the teleprompter-in-chief's watch, and trying to excuse them on the basis that they happened first during the Bush regime raises the question of what anyone gained then by picking Obama over the other guy. Wasn't Obama supposed to be the guy offering "hope and change"?
As for starting wars, well: you're flat out lying. Obama has committed acts of war against Yemen, Libya, Egypt, and is about to do so to Syria without even getting a fig-leaf non-declaration of war like Bush did.
Regarding gay rights, well praise him! Praise him for coming around on the gay marriage issue only a little while after Dick fucking Cheney did.
I know you're proud of your little petition, but how many times do you have to spam it?
Those online petitions mean precisely squat, as Obama demonstrated when he simply laughed off the one demanding that he quit harassment of medical marijuana users.
If you want your opinion to be counted, write to your congressman and senators. They won't read your letter, but their staff will keep a tally of for/against counts on any issue.
These goons destroyed private property, and the Guardian is entitled to compensation. The big win in litigating this would be making the goons squirm in depositions. "Officer Asshat, what did you seek to accomplish by destroying the equipment in question? Are you stupid enough to believe that you were destroying the only copy of the embarrassing material, or were you just making an infantile display of pique?"
The Guardian could get months of material out of that..
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That's another very common resort for power-grabbing, to pretend that the commerce clause grants the power to do anything and everything the government wants to do. The purpose of the commerce clause was to prohibit the states from creating internal trade barriers.
-jcr
Nope. A treaty can't amend the constitution, and a constitutional amendment is the only legal way to increase the power of the federal government. If a treaty could do so, then the rest of the constitution would be moot.
-jcr
Federal marijuana prohibition is not a law, it is a usurpation. It took a constitutional amendment to ban alcohol, and that amendment was repealed. There is no legal authority whatsoever for the federal government to ban a drug.
-jcr
Nah, power-grubbers never did care about safety. The reason for this that that Obama's finally come to the dim realization that he'd better change sides on this issue like he did on gay marriage before it started to cost him politically.
-jcr
Some people just want to freeze in the dark. That's their prerogative of course, but when one of them bitches about people trying to achieve a higher standard of living, I agree. They can fuck right off.
-jcr
This is probably the most publicity that Milligan will ever have in his life.
-jcr
What a polite way of saying "flaming asshole".
Seriously, who pissed in this dude's cornflakes? Did some VC or entrepreneur steal his lover or something?
-jcr
Since when have terrorists needed government documents to blow people up?
Blair is talking out of his ass here.
-jcr
It's extremely hard for a woman to land a job in this field,
Evidence, please?
-jcr
what counts is what other agencies who received private information from the NSA
I would argue that the wiretapping itself is already a crime and a violation of the 4th amendment, regardless of what other organizations ever gain access to it.
-jcr
Here's a little tip for you, sparky: tossing off insults like "racist" doesn't excuse the crimes that are currently being perpetrated on the teleprompter-in-chief's watch, and trying to excuse them on the basis that they happened first during the Bush regime raises the question of what anyone gained then by picking Obama over the other guy. Wasn't Obama supposed to be the guy offering "hope and change"?
As for starting wars, well: you're flat out lying. Obama has committed acts of war against Yemen, Libya, Egypt, and is about to do so to Syria without even getting a fig-leaf non-declaration of war like Bush did.
Regarding gay rights, well praise him! Praise him for coming around on the gay marriage issue only a little while after Dick fucking Cheney did.
-jcr
Why do you digg.com newbs get so bent out of shape about four characters?
Try to work it out in therapy, kid.
-jcr
Didn't read the article, did you?
The author's not a muslim, and even if he had been, his treatment was asinine.
-jcr
People pay more for coffee that literally tastes like shit?
-jcr
I know you're proud of your little petition, but how many times do you have to spam it?
Those online petitions mean precisely squat, as Obama demonstrated when he simply laughed off the one demanding that he quit harassment of medical marijuana users.
If you want your opinion to be counted, write to your congressman and senators. They won't read your letter, but their staff will keep a tally of for/against counts on any issue.
-jcr
You also deprive the owners of their property.
BZZZT! People aren't property. A criminal is not entitled to a victim. Depriving the criminal of the victim is not harming the criminal.
--jcr
If you have any scripting skills at all, you could do a lot more than that.
-jcr
I swear this sounds just like a Marvel Comics hero origin story...
-jcr
I see that the propaganda corps have dropped by to share their views on exposure of war crimes with us.
Let me remind you of your oath, son. The constitution trumps your "don't talk about fight club" bullshit.
The physical destruction was necessary to prevent further illegal activity.
Oh, and: exposing a crime is not an illegal activity.
-jcr
You love the taste of that boot leather, don't you?
-jcr
When you free the slaves, you harm their owners.
Bullshit.
When you free the slaves, you stop the owners from harming the slaves.
-jcr
No, he's stating a fact,
Nonsense. People are not property. If you believe otherwise, then whoever tried to teach you right from wrong did a piss-poor job of it.
-jcr
These goons destroyed private property, and the Guardian is entitled to compensation. The big win in litigating this would be making the goons squirm in depositions. "Officer Asshat, what did you seek to accomplish by destroying the equipment in question? Are you stupid enough to believe that you were destroying the only copy of the embarrassing material, or were you just making an infantile display of pique?"
The Guardian could get months of material out of that..
-jcr
Yes, a slave running away DOES hurt the master.
Wow. You're really trying stake this out as a moral stand? Seriously?
Get some professional help, dude. You are not well.
-jcr