The entire point of the constitution was to put limits on government, serious limits.
And apropos of that, the constitution is the entirety of the legal basis for the government's very existence. Whenever it exceeds the powers granted in the constitution, it is acting without any legal authority.
I'm not apologetic about my rights. I would refuse with a statement along the lines of "I don't consent to searches, and if you were an honest, patriotic American, you wouldn't be trying to undermine the fourth amendment to the constitution."
Take just a second and read about what must be done in order to use FISA data in a criminal prosecution of a US citizen.
The fourth amendment doesn't say that the government may violate our privacy as long as they don't use what they find in a criminal prosecution. It says that we are not to be subjected to unreasonable searches and seizures.
As it happens, that was Ceausescu's fatal mistake. Even a communist army indoctrinated in dictator worship from the cradle balked at shooting their own friends and neighbors.
The whole point of this was to deflect attention from the gate rape and the porno scanners. The TSA is a government agency, and it will never voluntarily back down from any of the stupid and pointless bullshit they impose on the traveling public.
Post 911, nobody can take over a plane with a few knives.
Post 9/11, nobody's ever going to take over a plane again, period. Someone might be able to destroy one, but the days of "just do what the bad man says" are over.
insinuations/outright declarations that I must be a "funny man" to want another man touching his "junk" and I must be some sort of queer(the TSA screeners words, not mine; this was ATL
Hope you got the perp's name. You can get a bureaucrat in a fair bit of trouble if they do something as un-PC as making homophobic remarks.
if it stops one single delusional nutter from murdering upwards of 200 people
The problem with your argument is that it does no such thing. If some delusional nutter wants to cause bloody mayhem, there's no better target than the hundreds of people in a serpentine queue waiting to go through the porno scanners. Any of the bombs the IRA used to attack London back in the late 1970s could easily fit into one of today's roll-away suitcases.
The pornoscanner's entire purpose is to force ritual obedience displays from the traveling public.
The fourth and fifth amendments are perfectly clear, and this so-called judge has just helped the government to pretend that they're not. The PATRIOT act is not a law at all, it is an act of usurpation.
Shit happens, and when it does, it really sucks to be unprepared. I've never been a house that caught fire, but I still keep a fire extinguisher around.
It solves the problem of guns that are cheap enough for the proles to afford them. The actual purpose of any regulation like this is to deny the right of self-defense to those who need it the most.
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The entire point of the constitution was to put limits on government, serious limits.
And apropos of that, the constitution is the entirety of the legal basis for the government's very existence. Whenever it exceeds the powers granted in the constitution, it is acting without any legal authority.
-jcr
high-school dropouts & moronic Ron Paul libertarians.
Go fuck yourself. Ron Paul warned us that the NSA was violating our privacy, and he's been proven right not just this time, but over and over.
the NSA is filled with professionals that fully understand rights and freedoms,
Oh, they understand the rights they're violating on a routine basis? That makes it all better. Sure it does.
-jcr
I am sorry officer, I do not consent to searches
I'm not apologetic about my rights. I would refuse with a statement along the lines of "I don't consent to searches, and if you were an honest, patriotic American, you wouldn't be trying to undermine the fourth amendment to the constitution."
-jcr
why the right to remain silent benefits society.
Since when do our individual rights have to be justified on the basis of whether they're useful to the collective?
-jcr
I also favor the immediate suspension of the right to drive upon arrest
Then fuck you. There's a reason why we have trials, instead of allowing the government to inflict punishments upon accusation.
-jcr
The first time some drunk driver doesn't get reported because nobody on the road can call 911, the blood will be on the bureaucrat's hands.
-jcr
If Verizon agreed to hand over the records (as it appears they did),
Sure, people are very agreeable when threatened.
-jcr
Take just a second and read about what must be done in order to use FISA data in a criminal prosecution of a US citizen.
The fourth amendment doesn't say that the government may violate our privacy as long as they don't use what they find in a criminal prosecution. It says that we are not to be subjected to unreasonable searches and seizures.
-jcr
As it happens, that was Ceausescu's fatal mistake. Even a communist army indoctrinated in dictator worship from the cradle balked at shooting their own friends and neighbors.
-jcr
The whole point of this was to deflect attention from the gate rape and the porno scanners. The TSA is a government agency, and it will never voluntarily back down from any of the stupid and pointless bullshit they impose on the traveling public.
-jcr
Post 911, nobody can take over a plane with a few knives.
Post 9/11, nobody's ever going to take over a plane again, period. Someone might be able to destroy one, but the days of "just do what the bad man says" are over.
-jcr
No, HIV infests the HOA and makes it do stupid things like order your neighbors to paint their door a different color.
-jcr
insinuations/outright declarations that I must be a "funny man" to want another man touching his "junk" and I must be some sort of queer(the TSA screeners words, not mine; this was ATL
Hope you got the perp's name. You can get a bureaucrat in a fair bit of trouble if they do something as un-PC as making homophobic remarks.
-jcr
if it stops one single delusional nutter from murdering upwards of 200 people
The problem with your argument is that it does no such thing. If some delusional nutter wants to cause bloody mayhem, there's no better target than the hundreds of people in a serpentine queue waiting to go through the porno scanners. Any of the bombs the IRA used to attack London back in the late 1970s could easily fit into one of today's roll-away suitcases.
The pornoscanner's entire purpose is to force ritual obedience displays from the traveling public.
-jcr
More statist socialism means less corpses littering the streets,
This turns out not to be the case. See north Korea.
-jcr
The fourth and fifth amendments are perfectly clear, and this so-called judge has just helped the government to pretend that they're not. The PATRIOT act is not a law at all, it is an act of usurpation.
-jcr
the riots happened over a decade ago.
So what?
Shit happens, and when it does, it really sucks to be unprepared. I've never been a house that caught fire, but I still keep a fire extinguisher around.
-jcr
Recent history's not your long suit, is it?
Try googling for "LA riots".
-jcr
If this technology were extremely cheap and reliable would you still object to it?
Of course I would. My right to self defense isn't subject to your approval of the means I choose to do so.
-jcr
What problem does this solve?
It solves the problem of guns that are cheap enough for the proles to afford them. The actual purpose of any regulation like this is to deny the right of self-defense to those who need it the most.
-jcr
There's no reason for any civilian to have more than 9 rounds in a firearm.
Tell it to any shopkeeper in Los Angeles, you ignorant prat.
-jcr
Who is honestly proud of anything PETA has done?
I'm not sure if "proud" is the right word, but that crazy twat Ingrid Newkirk seems awfully fucking smug about it.
-jcr
Yeah, nut-cults aren't really known for acting in their own best interests.
-jcr
They're rather worse than Greenpeace, IMHO. Greenpeace doesn't give money to arsonists or kill thousands of pets.
-jcr
He was rich before he ran for office. The "nanny state" thing is a hobby for him.
-jcr