*Ahem* - Sorry if I was picking on you. Because after more thought, it is clear that your post all the way up to the McCain bit was absolutely right on and hit the nail perfectly. But it's very important to point out that this is bipartisan effort. People who believe in freedom can count their friends in government on one hand. In fact they constitute a tiny minority of the general population, and the government does reflect that fairly accurately.
They use code now. We can simply use "us and "them". What you do think "welfare queen" means? Or "crime-ridden neighborhoods"? You might here some people even use the word "Canadian". And of now course you hear the word "dangerous" and "inexperienced" and "real, hard working Americans". The reasons to maintain prohibition have not changed one bit. As it is obvious to any rational person that it's not for public health. Otherwise alcohol and tobacco would be long gone. As the original post said, these laws are targeted. Most laws are. They are designed to provide probable cause to mitigate any tendency to get "uppity" Wake the hell up!
No?? Think again... Here's a few choice words from some who responsible for those laws...
"There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos, and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz, and swing, result from marijuana use. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers, and any others."
"...the primary reason to outlaw marijuana is its effect on the degenerate races."
"Reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men."
-- Harry J. Anslinger
"Was it marijuana, the new Mexican drug, that nerved the murderous arm of Clara Phillips when she hammered out her victim's life in Los Angeles?... THREE-FOURTHS OF THE CRIMES of violence in this country today are committed by DOPE SLAVES -- that is a matter of cold record."
Bla bla bla...The DMCA was signed into law by a democrat. It was a republican, probably more than one, that helped to keep Clipper chips out of your computers. In fact one of the louder voices was McCain's. This is not an endorsement. I dislike him more than most people do. But let's try to remember from who's trough both sides are feeding from. And also don't forget that Joe Lieberman, as a democrat, most likely had the patriot act waiting in the wings long before Bush showed up on the scene. These people from either side are not your friends. We need a serious purge.
Except I'm not. Is this how we're going to keep Apple on the front page like, forever? Stop the presses! OMG! Apple doesn't reject an app! Think about this, and try to see how silly you people are. What's tomorrow's headline? "Sun doesn't submit an app. Apple doesn't notice"...That's worth at least two write ups right there. Jeeze! Even idle isn't this absurd.
"also say that users will have no way to know what's being filtered."
Well jeeze! Isn't that the intention? Why would the government want anybody "watching the watchman"? Supreme authority is the preferred idea here, no? "Turn off that camera!"
"Dedicate persons to the Lord..." Sounds a little too much like sending him/her to "sleep with the fishes". On the other hand, I find his prices to be very reasonable. Tell him he's got a deal. I shall make up a list by morning. Where should I make the drop?
Both of them pretty much have said they will withdraw troops in accordance to what the commanders on the ground over there (Petraus?) say is safe for our forces and Iraq.
For some reason I seem to be having some feeling of deja vu all over again.
So it is very reasonable to hope that Obama will answer not to corporations but to the people.
Possibly so. We'll just have to wait and see if he gets elected. So far his record indicates he's been pretty much a team player on the things that matter to me. And remember, big money does not play nice with rebels. And besides all that, the general public is fairly reactionary, otherwise people like Bush would never have won in the first place, especially a second time, so I'm just as concerned about populism as I am about corporatism.
We did manage to get out of McCarthyism and Prohibition...
No we haven't. They both simply been more finely tuned to specific targets. McCarthyism hit the liberation movements in the sixties and the Muslims today. Alcohol prohibition netted too many good ol' boys, while today's drug laws nail the poor and minorities. And openly so. But make no mistake McCarthyism and Prohibition are as strong today as they ever were. And the civil war(oxymoron, if there ever was one) goes so far beyond the subject of slavery that it was hardly the real issue behind it. It wasn't a "cultural" war. It was as economic as all others are. A speed bump in the building of an empire.
You won't be able to buy or sell marijuana legally anytime in the next four years, but the choice America makes in this election will have a strong influence on legalized marijuana in the next twenty years.
Not so likely as long as we continue to be distracted by false "crises". Every effort is being made to dumb down the internet into TV in the name of "think of the children". We got "terrorism", an economic "emergency", "OMG! Idol's been canceled!"
It's might be easy for some to say "be patient" because they don't feel the effects directly. In the meantime there are innocent people rotting in prison right now. Some will die there. Thousands of families are being broken by gangland violence(Just another form of terrorism), all fomented by prohibition, not drug use. They should just be patient? Maybe if all of society got a taste of what they go through, we just might see the light and put an end to it a hell of a lot quicker. Unfortunately society's reaction is to become more fascist and demand more of the same. Right now the profit margins derived from prohibition are just too high to give it up so easily, so it won't go anywhere very soon. And the prison industry is the new slavery. BUT! I actually do have faith, but it sure does hurt to see it grind on so slowly. As a victim of the process, I did get a taste of what it's like. So...Sorry if I appear to be a bit impatient.
And I'm going to take the time and not answer that question, because it's only a distraction away from the real issue of prohibitions against consensual acts and abusive authority. This is where we should focus our attentions. Between the two major candidates there's just not enough difference between them to effect my vote. Big business will continue to run the government no matter who wins, the war will go on, and probably expand, and thousands of people will remain in prison over possession of a plant. If you care about freedom, you will not invest in get rich quick pyramid schemes, and you will turn your back on these diversions. -- thankyouverymuch
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*Ahem* - Sorry if I was picking on you. Because after more thought, it is clear that your post all the way up to the McCain bit was absolutely right on and hit the nail perfectly. But it's very important to point out that this is bipartisan effort. People who believe in freedom can count their friends in government on one hand. In fact they constitute a tiny minority of the general population, and the government does reflect that fairly accurately.
They use code now. We can simply use "us and "them". What you do think "welfare queen" means? Or "crime-ridden neighborhoods"? You might here some people even use the word "Canadian". And of now course you hear the word "dangerous" and "inexperienced" and "real, hard working Americans". The reasons to maintain prohibition have not changed one bit. As it is obvious to any rational person that it's not for public health. Otherwise alcohol and tobacco would be long gone. As the original post said, these laws are targeted. Most laws are. They are designed to provide probable cause to mitigate any tendency to get "uppity" Wake the hell up!
...but they are not a racist conspiracy.
No?? Think again... Here's a few choice words from some who responsible for those laws...
"There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos, and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz, and swing, result from marijuana use. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers, and any others."
"...the primary reason to outlaw marijuana is its effect on the degenerate races."
"Reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men."
-- Harry J. Anslinger
"Was it marijuana, the new Mexican drug, that nerved the murderous arm of Clara Phillips when she hammered out her victim's life in Los Angeles?... THREE-FOURTHS OF THE CRIMES of violence in this country today are committed by DOPE SLAVES -- that is a matter of cold record."
-- William Randolf Hearst
Prison is indeed the new slavery.
If McCain is elected...
Bla bla bla...The DMCA was signed into law by a democrat. It was a republican, probably more than one, that helped to keep Clipper chips out of your computers. In fact one of the louder voices was McCain's. This is not an endorsement. I dislike him more than most people do. But let's try to remember from who's trough both sides are feeding from. And also don't forget that Joe Lieberman, as a democrat, most likely had the patriot act waiting in the wings long before Bush showed up on the scene. These people from either side are not your friends. We need a serious purge.
Except I'm not. Is this how we're going to keep Apple on the front page like, forever? Stop the presses! OMG! Apple doesn't reject an app! Think about this, and try to see how silly you people are. What's tomorrow's headline? "Sun doesn't submit an app. Apple doesn't notice"...That's worth at least two write ups right there. Jeeze! Even idle isn't this absurd.
Will using only live CDs work? With a white list?
If you think censorship is wrong, shut the fuck up...
Shut up and start talking .
Why do so many American think that their government can be easily overthrown by a rabble with guns?
It's a penis thing... And they don't know history.
"also say that users will have no way to know what's being filtered."
Well jeeze! Isn't that the intention? Why would the government want anybody "watching the watchman"? Supreme authority is the preferred idea here, no? "Turn off that camera!"
What other industry could thrive so much on failure?
Weather forecasting
That sounds like a dangerous job these days
But I think this is a good thing. Maybe now it might motivate people to demand that they
FIX IT!...Just FIX IT!... find the problem, and FIX IT!
You forgot VH1
And don't think you're escaping corporate America by going from the TV to the internet, even with P2P.
Yeah, but guess which one will land you in jail posthaste...
Jus sayin' :-)
...to paraphrase the great Reverend Wright...
God damn the RIAA!
"Dedicate persons to the Lord..." Sounds a little too much like sending him/her to "sleep with the fishes". On the other hand, I find his prices to be very reasonable. Tell him he's got a deal. I shall make up a list by morning. Where should I make the drop?
Both of them pretty much have said they will withdraw troops in accordance to what the commanders on the ground over there (Petraus?) say is safe for our forces and Iraq.
For some reason I seem to be having some feeling of deja vu all over again.
Is Texas is occupied by the evil US?
I know some from the republic who would say yes. And many of their ancestors that were pushed south of the river would probably say so also.
I say no. Both are worth about $4.50, depending on the stock market.
So it is very reasonable to hope that Obama will answer not to corporations but to the people.
Possibly so. We'll just have to wait and see if he gets elected. So far his record indicates he's been pretty much a team player on the things that matter to me. And remember, big money does not play nice with rebels. And besides all that, the general public is fairly reactionary, otherwise people like Bush would never have won in the first place, especially a second time, so I'm just as concerned about populism as I am about corporatism.
We did manage to get out of McCarthyism and Prohibition...
No we haven't. They both simply been more finely tuned to specific targets. McCarthyism hit the liberation movements in the sixties and the Muslims today. Alcohol prohibition netted too many good ol' boys, while today's drug laws nail the poor and minorities. And openly so. But make no mistake McCarthyism and Prohibition are as strong today as they ever were. And the civil war(oxymoron, if there ever was one) goes so far beyond the subject of slavery that it was hardly the real issue behind it. It wasn't a "cultural" war. It was as economic as all others are. A speed bump in the building of an empire.
You won't be able to buy or sell marijuana legally anytime in the next four years, but the choice America makes in this election will have a strong influence on legalized marijuana in the next twenty years.
Not so likely as long as we continue to be distracted by false "crises". Every effort is being made to dumb down the internet into TV in the name of "think of the children". We got "terrorism", an economic "emergency", "OMG! Idol's been canceled!"
It's might be easy for some to say "be patient" because they don't feel the effects directly. In the meantime there are innocent people rotting in prison right now. Some will die there. Thousands of families are being broken by gangland violence(Just another form of terrorism), all fomented by prohibition, not drug use. They should just be patient? Maybe if all of society got a taste of what they go through, we just might see the light and put an end to it a hell of a lot quicker. Unfortunately society's reaction is to become more fascist and demand more of the same. Right now the profit margins derived from prohibition are just too high to give it up so easily, so it won't go anywhere very soon. And the prison industry is the new slavery. BUT! I actually do have faith, but it sure does hurt to see it grind on so slowly. As a victim of the process, I did get a taste of what it's like. So...Sorry if I appear to be a bit impatient.
That 99% will vote for the major party means that 99% really don't want any change.
Much of it is based on prohibitions and contraband.
And I'm going to take the time and not answer that question, because it's only a distraction away from the real issue of prohibitions against consensual acts and abusive authority. This is where we should focus our attentions. Between the two major candidates there's just not enough difference between them to effect my vote. Big business will continue to run the government no matter who wins, the war will go on, and probably expand, and thousands of people will remain in prison over possession of a plant. If you care about freedom, you will not invest in get rich quick pyramid schemes, and you will turn your back on these diversions. -- thankyouverymuch
Vote for me, and I'll set you free!