How do you re-secretize something that is in Public Domain???
By invoking National Security, of course.
But then, if you posted someplace that NeoCons are total whackjobs that need massive amounts of medication to make them sane again, you're likely to get arrested for revealing state secrets...
Several executive orders made within the past 20 years allow the President to suspend any parts of the Constitution that he desires and assume control of all three branches of the government, in the case of a catastrophic event. skeery.
Til Congress reins him in again. Sorry, a president cannot trump the Constitution with an executive order.
mainly because plenty of grandma & grandpa types who've never even heard of 4chan before that report now think their house will get firebombed if they post to the wrong message board.
Back in the day, this kid was over visiting me & a buddy and wanted us to teach him 'how to hack'. I reached up on the shelf & pulled down half a dozen books I had there on various subjects, up to & including the old '8088 Assembly Language Programming', all told, about a foot's worth of shelf space, and told him, "Start with these."
Kid: "But WHY do I need to 'start with those'?"
Me: "So you'll know WHY you're doing what you're doing."
Kid: "No thanks."
Kid later set himself up a 'h4ck3rzz bbs' and just skimmed everybody else's work.
Seriously, today it'll be a cure for epilepsy, tomorrow it'll be a cure for individuality./me puts his tinfoil hat back on
Tinfoil hat won't help against anything programmed into the chip once it's implanted. Course, it MIGHT help keep that chip from getting hacked by the l337 5cr1p7 k1dd13zz.
So I'm guessing innocent until proven guilty doesn't apply to a person's data, just a person. So if any information(data) hidden from government view in incriminating, then does that give "probable cause" to anything not already in plain sight? This would seem to be the death blow to already suffering 4th Amendment- "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
Except in cases involving National Security, where, according to FISA, you may gather the evidence and submit the application for the warrant to be rubberstamped any time within 72 hours. Or not even bother with it if authorised by a secret Executive Order that is illegal for the judge to see...
"Are we no longer allowed to have any secrets, even on our own systems?"
Why do you even have to ask? As private citizens we arent allowed to hide anything from the government. Its labeled as obstruction of justice and we get tossed in the can if we dont cough up the keys. Even if we have nothing to hide.
So howcome I'll get arrested for indecent exposure if I run around naked? If it's illegal to hide anything because it'd be obstruction of justice, howcome public nudity is also a crime?
You'd *think* that the President would be bound by the Constitution. However, Presidents have come up with this little thing called "Executive Orders" which are, basically, monarchial fiats. They can't be overridden by anybody -- even Congress. "Executive orders are official documents, numbered consecutively, through which the President of the United States manages the operations of the Federal Government." (From Executive Orders FAQ's.)
Executive Orders were never intended for end runs around the Constitution.
Considering Bush's theory of the "Unitary Executive" and his flood of signing statements, in which he declares that he need not follow laws that Congress has passed, and his endless cries of "Executive Privilege", it would not surprise me at all to see him issue an Executive Order *suspending elections* due to some crisis or other.
Strange, I was thinking all that noise coming out of Congress over Nixon back in the day (yeah, I remember Nixon) was all about how the President was not above the law. Seems to me that Congress needs to be reminded of this...
Maybe that is what is needed to get the Democrats into an impeachment mood -- assuming they are not, by that time, cooling their heels in some military stockade.
Any move by the Dems to start an impeachment proceeding will be used by the Republicans as 'proof' of their obstructionism. And any vote in an impeachment trial will be along Party lines, just like it was for Clinton. Point out the illegalities of Clinton, you're just a bitter Republican. Point out the illegalities of Bush, you're un-American.
Now, I fully expect the government to come in and regulate these guys. At least put in some real NASA-level safety precautions. NASA isnt perfect but their safety record and procedures are pretty good. I think this is the beginning of the end for the "wild west" approach to space exploration. Now the responsible adults need to step in and protect the worker and protect the customers. We've seen a milliom times in america. From little children working at the looms losing fingers to men losing their hands in meat packing. Some new industry comes up and safety is the last concern. No more, thanks.
They're pretty well-regulated already today, you want more regulation?
If you want to shoot off anything bigger than a bottle rocket these days, you can bet your anatomy that you'll be hip-deep in Feds and the weight of the paperwork will exceed the weight of the bird. After all, they don't want anybody other than government contractors building WMDs, now, do they? Even indulging in high-powered rocketry on an amatuer basis takes a license. They don't just put them in Cracker Jack boxes. You need to be TRA AND NAR Level One certified to light off a big one. And bonded. Don't show up for your certification run with a six-pack of anything other than soda, they'll never even let you set up.
As far as man-rated vehicles go, you couldn't afford the paperwork for them on an amatuer basis. And that's just to build one. To launch it is a whole 'nuther set of paperwork. "Wild wild West" approach to space exploration? Only in Hollyweird.
He won't run again, he may declare a "national emergency" and suspend the election. We're "at war" after all and he, the decider in chief might just have to send Congress packing and rule by simple decree, for the "good of the nation."
He can't do that. Elections have never been suspended even during the Civil War, World War 1, or World War 2. There is no provision in the Constitution allowing him to suspend them. He'd have Congress carving him for dinner if he tried it.
And no, he can't dismiss Congress, either.
FWIW, they thought about delaying the elections in '04, found out they had zero legal basis to do it. So they just stole it instead.
That he has responded to you illustrates that he has targetted me, deliberately and repeatedly, over the last six months to the exclusion of other users on this system expressing the same or similar points of view. This is direct evidence of harassment and stalking across an electronic medium.
Ever think about getting that red circle tattooed on your forehead removed?
What is frightening to me as a non-american is that some americans still belive that "mom and apple pie" bullshit. Contrary to your second ammendment, "freedom" is not delivered from the barrel of a gun, it is a state of mind.
So all those things they told me about our Founding Fathers and 1776 and all that are actually all wrong, that Cornwall was ordered back to England by King George III and not forced to sign a surrender document? King George actually gave it all up without a word?
Sorry, no sale. Freedom doesn't come cheap. And it's not given, most of the time it has to be taken. And sometimes bloodshed is involved.
Evil is rarely a useful adjective. I think they believe in a certain ideology and believe that the ends justify the means. Their particular priorities do not line up with yours (or mine), but to describe them as evil is probably not productive. What are their priorities? Well, other than their selfish priorities (which everyone has to a certain degree), they value, um, well, OK, I'm having a hard time here. But seriously, I'm sure they do have at least some priorities that could be considered good by a large group of people (e.g., protecting blastocytes), and I suspect that others whose priorities line up more closely with theirs could more easily identify them.
They do believe in a certain ideology, as espoused by Leo (NOT Levi, as I erroneously posted previously) Strauss at the University of Chicago, that Individualism had 'corrupted' American society, and that restricting Individualism and recreating a myth of America was the only way to 'save' America. Strauss' students later became the NeoConservatives.
Or just considered they *knew* they couldn't win the war, so it didn't really matter. The only important thing was to go in there, no matter what the consequences are. Also keep in mind that to cover their asses up, they had to make sure the "expert reports" were as vague as possible. They didn't want 100 perfectly clear reports that Irak didn't have WMD, so they had to limit the amount of intelligence they got. Overall, I don't think they planned/knew everything, but I don't believe they're as crazy as they appear.
They're not. They're ideologically locked into their current course because they think it's right and that it'll 'save America', however they define it. Their political philosophy is straight out of Levi Strauss, and the only reason they're with the Republicans is because only the Republicans follow a similar line of reasoning. The Neocons are actually a small minority of Republicans, but they seem to have swamped all the top jobs, so their power and influence are totally out of proportion to their numbers.
Yeah, 'cause voting counts for anything anymore. We're trapped, and he's going to seize all of the power and make himself emperor. And, yes, I still vote. I just don't see the point anymore. I don't get to vote FOR anyone anymore, just against.
I haven't seen the death of the 22nd Ammendment yet, so no way he can run again. Getting a Constitutional ammendment rammed through Congress takes time, more time than what's left in his administration, even with zero resistance from the 'opposition'. This being the case, I don't see how he can legally suspend the elections next year to avoid a transfer of power. Even in a state of emergency, it isn't legal or even constitutional to suspend elections.
Personally, I'd like to see some real candidates for a change. None of this nonsense of voting for the 'lesser evil', the problem is, the lesser evil is STILL evil.
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By invoking National Security, of course.
But then, if you posted someplace that NeoCons are total whackjobs that need massive amounts of medication to make them sane again, you're likely to get arrested for revealing state secrets...
Til Congress reins him in again. Sorry, a president cannot trump the Constitution with an executive order.
Yes.
Fooled you!!! I don't HAVE a minivan!!!!!!!!!
Back in the day, this kid was over visiting me & a buddy and wanted us to teach him 'how to hack'. I reached up on the shelf & pulled down half a dozen books I had there on various subjects, up to & including the old '8088 Assembly Language Programming', all told, about a foot's worth of shelf space, and told him, "Start with these."
Kid: "But WHY do I need to 'start with those'?"
Me: "So you'll know WHY you're doing what you're doing."
Kid: "No thanks."
Kid later set himself up a 'h4ck3rzz bbs' and just skimmed everybody else's work.
Tinfoil hat won't help against anything programmed into the chip once it's implanted. Course, it MIGHT help keep that chip from getting hacked by the l337 5cr1p7 k1dd13zz.
Don't count on it, though...
Unless of course you're declared an Enemy Combatant, in which case, hi-ho, hi-ho, it's off to Gitmo you go!
Except in cases involving National Security, where, according to FISA, you may gather the evidence and submit the application for the warrant to be rubberstamped any time within 72 hours. Or not even bother with it if authorised by a secret Executive Order that is illegal for the judge to see...
Welcome to the USSA.
So howcome I'll get arrested for indecent exposure if I run around naked? If it's illegal to hide anything because it'd be obstruction of justice, howcome public nudity is also a crime?
Executive Orders were never intended for end runs around the Constitution.
Strange, I was thinking all that noise coming out of Congress over Nixon back in the day (yeah, I remember Nixon) was all about how the President was not above the law. Seems to me that Congress needs to be reminded of this...
Any move by the Dems to start an impeachment proceeding will be used by the Republicans as 'proof' of their obstructionism. And any vote in an impeachment trial will be along Party lines, just like it was for Clinton. Point out the illegalities of Clinton, you're just a bitter Republican. Point out the illegalities of Bush, you're un-American.
Or both...
The first one. Bout 20 minutes in, IIRC.
They're pretty well-regulated already today, you want more regulation?
If you want to shoot off anything bigger than a bottle rocket these days, you can bet your anatomy that you'll be hip-deep in Feds and the weight of the paperwork will exceed the weight of the bird. After all, they don't want anybody other than government contractors building WMDs, now, do they? Even indulging in high-powered rocketry on an amatuer basis takes a license. They don't just put them in Cracker Jack boxes. You need to be TRA AND NAR Level One certified to light off a big one. And bonded. Don't show up for your certification run with a six-pack of anything other than soda, they'll never even let you set up.
As far as man-rated vehicles go, you couldn't afford the paperwork for them on an amatuer basis. And that's just to build one. To launch it is a whole 'nuther set of paperwork. "Wild wild West" approach to space exploration? Only in Hollyweird.
Here's what the FAA says about model rockets: http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ec fr&sid=a327e61307f208ad26c413bc89920ba6&rgn=div5&v iew=text&node=14:2.0.1.3.15&idno=14#14:2.0.1.3.15. 3. Finding the sections on man-rated rockets is left as an exercise for the curious, as those who just want to shrug off private-sector space travel as 'unlicensed and unregulated, send in the Feds' won't bother to look, they'll just post here demanding 'Something Be Done'.
He can't do that. Elections have never been suspended even during the Civil War, World War 1, or World War 2. There is no provision in the Constitution allowing him to suspend them. He'd have Congress carving him for dinner if he tried it.
And no, he can't dismiss Congress, either.
FWIW, they thought about delaying the elections in '04, found out they had zero legal basis to do it. So they just stole it instead.
Ever think about getting that red circle tattooed on your forehead removed?
So all those things they told me about our Founding Fathers and 1776 and all that are actually all wrong, that Cornwall was ordered back to England by King George III and not forced to sign a surrender document? King George actually gave it all up without a word?
Sorry, no sale. Freedom doesn't come cheap. And it's not given, most of the time it has to be taken. And sometimes bloodshed is involved.
ACK!!!!!!!!!! That's LEO Strauss, not Levi!!!!!!!
They do believe in a certain ideology, as espoused by Leo (NOT Levi, as I erroneously posted previously) Strauss at the University of Chicago, that Individualism had 'corrupted' American society, and that restricting Individualism and recreating a myth of America was the only way to 'save' America. Strauss' students later became the NeoConservatives.
They're not. They're ideologically locked into their current course because they think it's right and that it'll 'save America', however they define it. Their political philosophy is straight out of Levi Strauss, and the only reason they're with the Republicans is because only the Republicans follow a similar line of reasoning. The Neocons are actually a small minority of Republicans, but they seem to have swamped all the top jobs, so their power and influence are totally out of proportion to their numbers.
And Murphy was an optimist.
I haven't seen the death of the 22nd Ammendment yet, so no way he can run again. Getting a Constitutional ammendment rammed through Congress takes time, more time than what's left in his administration, even with zero resistance from the 'opposition'. This being the case, I don't see how he can legally suspend the elections next year to avoid a transfer of power. Even in a state of emergency, it isn't legal or even constitutional to suspend elections.
Personally, I'd like to see some real candidates for a change. None of this nonsense of voting for the 'lesser evil', the problem is, the lesser evil is STILL evil.
Tomorrow afternoon: Large tank of water in the back of a truck to carry shark-mounted lasers.
"in My Not So F***ing Bloody Humble Opinion'.
Personally, I was thinkin, "That's COMEDY" when I read that article. Anything that cuts the knees off of *IAA is a Good Thing INMSFBHO.
I>E>, not at all. Welcome to the USSA.