Miscellaneous > The Lounge
"serial sniper"
voidmain:
quote:Originally posted by psyjax:
Ahh the jaged wing on your right shoulderblade is spread wide.
While I calmly fold up both my moderate wings.
Or something metaporical like that :D
--- End quote ---
Damn right. Actually today's right wing is really closer to the middle and the left wing is *extremely* left. In what we call left and right wing today I believe are both left, right wing just not as far.
Kat:
Oh where do i start? :D
1)Fox news sucks. Basically it is a 24 hour tabloid. But, then again look who is running it. lol When news attacks...Of course, the only thing all cable news networks are good for is the talking head shows. I surf the web for news. The BBC site is a good one.
2)I don't think this guy is al queda or some muslim/arab terrorist. Just a nut with a gun. Even if the perp turns out to be muslim and/or arab that means nothing really. I could introduce you to a few christian nuts that will probably be on the news next. BTW, do they have any new clues on Eric Rudolph(abortion/olympic park bomber) or are those types of terrorists not in vogue right now?
3)Gun control legislation is feel good, but ultimately nobody is safer. I lived in the 'hood when i was in college and i will bet you that over 99% of those guns were illegal. So, how does that make me safer? Would gun control people be happier if criminals used a truck bomb instead? At least if legal citizens have a firearm, then they have some self-defense. The police aren't going to be at your doorstep every moment to make sure you are okay.
4)I agree that there is no such thing as a "hate" crime. People have the right to be as ignorant as they want to be, but if you injure or kill someone else for reasons other than self-defense, it is a crime. Doesn't matter what color you are or what you might have been thinking.
voidmain:
Hey, it's my favorite "lefty". How ya been Kat? I actually agree with all of your points. But I still like to watch FOX News. It's just plain entertaining. And I know when they say they are "fair and balanced" they aren't kidding anyone, including me.
Master of Reality:
He left the death tarot card and called himself god... i would tell mroe but i gotta fix my bass.
dishawjp:
I seriously doubt that this bastard has anything to do with Middle Eastern terrorists. He's a nut. That's all.
<RANT>
But he can and probably will do a lot to contribute to the continuing erosion of America's civil liberties and our constitutional rights. The 2nd Amendment had a lot to do with the idea of empowering the people and giving them the power to oust a government they felt did not represent them. Remember that they had just fought to free themselves of a monarchy which they felt did not properly represent them. And they used their weapons to do it. It also had a lot to do with the very basic right to self-defense. There was a lot of fear in those days of a powerful central government. Think of the wording of the 10th Amendment:
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."
In other words, ONLY the powers specifically given to the Federal government by the Constitution were permitted to the Federal Government. The States were given all powers that were not prohibited them specifically be the Constitution. They were prohibited from infringing on the right (of the people) to keep and bear arms. All other powers belonged to the states or the people.
Where in the body of the Constitution is the Federal government given the power to regulate traffic laws? Yet they are now in the process of coercing the states to reduce DWI limits to .08. Where does the Constitution authorize HUD? What about Federal Commercial Drivers' Licenses for intra-state trucking? How many ways has the 4th Amendment been compromised since 9-11? The 9th Amendment is now no more than a footnote; more or less forgotten in that the Constitution's guarantees are seen as more of an upper limit on out rights rather than a base line.
But here's how it happens. People are upset by something. Domestic violence, DWI tragedies, shooting deaths, whatever. They become afraid and DEMAND that the government do soemthing to protect them. They are more than willing to give up a bit more of their freedom and beg and pray that Big Brother protect them. I get upset with our representatives in Washington, but I've developed more disgust with my fellow American citizens who are not willing to fend for themselves or take risks and will shout and scream to their elected representatives and demand that their liberties be limited or lost for a tiny bit of perceived safety.
The same kind of jerks that want "trusted OS's" and Palladium and DMCA and etc. Weak, cowardly fools.
</RANT>
Just my $.02
Jim
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version