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Perhaps it's a laughing God we should believe.
The more we learn, the more questions we ask.
If God is all things......
We're Him and He is us.
I believe that we're getting closer to understanding our surroundings even if we have more questions than answers.
Hahahaha, funny how many "made it on my own" myopic voices!
Funny how many believe in protecting their freedom above mine.
Funny how many read the Constitution and still believe in "high class/low class" divisions in equality.
Funny how religious teachings should be imposed/enforced by law.
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This 'delightful little board' can get frustrating .....
I needed a mental wellness vacation the past few days.
The history of evolution is fact!
Predicting change is the only theory.
Observation of physical changes over time is well documented and proven.
There is no doubt of life existing hundreds of millions of years before humans.
Science calls evolution a theory only because the changes cannot be predicted with certainty.
Evolution is real......the variables that create change are infinite.
You can call that God's influence if you like.
Liberals?
The Judge Judy vid was entertaining.
Your big mistake is assuming criminals to be some political wing.
The defendant is a thief, unwitting as he was, he abused a system that offered an opportunity.
The plaintiff was no better.
Knuckleheads!
Please don't threaten anyone with this quote:
I've held my position, at a paper loss for now.
Sorry, I've been gone for a few days and can't read the 300+ posts from the past.
Even today, I've got errands to run.
I did have time to watch the new "Lincoln" movie.
It depicts the events leading to the Thirteenth Amendment.
There's a line from the Rolling Stones:
"You can't always get what you want............
But if you try sometimes,
You get what you need."
Very true!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hague_Peace_Conference_(1899)
War is the failure of politics.
I see the government as benevolent?
Big Hardy Har Har!
I'm an Individual and I am my Government!
I'm the ass hole who you hate.
I voted for me and take responsibility for my actions as a citizen.
I don't like what I've become and I support a peaceful demonstration against my progression.
I am America!
A revolution in progress,
A progression of ideas,
My life is a scant measure in decades.
My Country existed a few seconds in a day of our world.
My World is a lone blue globe in the universe.
To answer you question:
It's very important!
As individuals we form a collective to govern the whole.
Each region has a representative according to American Law.
An entity that is outside the whole has no personal risk.
Therefore: They have no duty to the whole; they have no responsibility to their opinions.
They have no 'skin in the game.'
Where have you been?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
America bombed civilian cities.
Dresden, Germany?
Even today we have been killing civilians for ten years.
Every Rule for modern warfare has condemned it.
I quote:
I take exception to your claim that the 'Occupy Movement' was a
Government sponsored sham.
And the opinion that it was Marxist is also a ruse to defame the movement.
The proletariat verses the wealthy?
The Occupy Movement sought to rectify the free market.
It's your division of social classes that forces your opinion.
If you could see a world where the industrial manufacturers need a financially secure population to buy product,
and the population needs secure employment and expendable money to buy product, housing, education, health care.
If you could envision this world then you would see we have few differences.
You don't have to talk nasty to Cloe.
He's been there; he's had an assault rifle assigned to him and had to use it as he was commanded and his oath dictated.
Wealth is subject to law.
The theft of wealth is subject to law.
I own many things and I know they tie me to this world.
I try to observe the laws of this world so I may keep my ties.
I love this world.
My tax dollars pay these people, police.
You don't pay them.
I get top dollar for their service and they screw-up, sometimes.
Live in an urban or sub-urban region and recognize the problems they face.
I don't want them compromised by a 30 round magazine.
Grievances? That implies the masses:
The people who have suffered under the rule of oppression.
No...You forgot the 'VETO'.
The President has the right to veto a bill presented by Congress and Senate.
And, very important, is his responsibility to enforce law.
Thanks for your quote:
You're delusional!
Republicans support Israel. With Guns and Arms!
Republicans support Homeland Security! G.W. Bush created it!
(Where were you and your militia?)
Where was Wyoming when we invaded Iraq?
They sat comphy beside Bush!
And, I'm Not a Fucking Liberal!
Face Facts:
Wyoming has more cattle than men!
The East Coast will protect them as they are hidden deep in America's heart.
Thanks for the support but we'll cover your ass on the Atlantic!
Love ya'!
I can't find a link but the Transcontinental Railway had much to do with the foundation of modern corporate law.
For give me, my memory is a bit hazy as to history..........
America was expanding faster than ships could bring new citizens from Europe, the expanse of new land, the gold rush, the opportunities were hope for a population after the Civil War.
The idea of 'Corporation' was extended to private ownership.
That is;
A Corporation was a collective of people in a modest rural/urban government.......
the concept was extended to include a financially motivated entity.
It allowed responsibility to be diverted from a single entity (person) to the collective.
This was crucial to the development of our American West and offered risk aversion to the builders of the Trans-Con American Rail.
Today our corporations divert personal responsibility to shareholders.
Corporations are fined and subject to restrictions yet the people who made bucks are left in power.
Minutia is blown out of proportion.
I know, I'm posting to you but hoping someone else will read.
Every judge has the responsibility to discover the law as each case presents itself.
That is:
Law is tested in the courts.
Checks and Balances is the relationship of Three Branches of American Government.
Executive (da President) must execute the Law, veto and other military/nomination/etc. .(very simple explanation)
The Congress/Senate make the Law.
The Judicial must interpret law into consistent application.
Law is not perfect.
Words are not perfect.
Humans are not perfect.
There is no perfection implied to the volumes of law compiled in 235+ years of American History.
That being said, I'd like to smoke after a meal in a restaurant.
A cigar and a brandy would be really great.
Even a cigarette would do.
Unfortunately, shooting all those tyrants who restrict my rights would land me on death row.
Damn! I hope those gun advocates who are there to protect me from Government tyranny don't blast the non-smokers!
Let's add a little info for transparency:
These are from the Declaration of Independence---------
http://www.founding.com/the_declaration_of_i/id.2483/default.asp
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
http://www.founding.com/the_declaration_of_i/pageID.2435/default.asp
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
This refers to the policy of requiring the colonial governors or chief executives within each colony to suspend certain kinds of laws passed by the Colonial assemblies until the King should give his assent to them. Sometimes these laws would be neglected by the King for years. Jefferson wrote in his "Summary View of the Rights of British America" (1774): "With equal inattention to the necessities of his people here has his majesty permitted our laws to lie neglected in England for years, neither confirming them by his assent, nor annulling them by his negative."
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
http://colonialhall.com/histdocs/declaration/declarationanalysis03.php
This link expresses a historical depiction of events related to the text.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
"This refers to situations that arose in Massachusetts and Virginia, when the colonial governors declared that the meeting sites of the assemblies should be moved for reasons of safety. In both cases, the new sites were at some distance from the places where the public records were kept; and the members of the assemblies charged that moving the sites of their meetings interfered with the public business and prevented them from access to information necessary to conduct it."
http://www.founding.com/the_declaration_of_i/pageID.2438/default.asp
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Please forgive me for not continuing the research,
I've done more than enough to help you and your post.
You could have done more but I don't know what your point is....
These are not to be construed as law in the Democratic Republic founded in 1776.
These words are the thoughts of a collective that would suffer and die for freedom.
Directed at the British Empire.
The 'He', as subject, was the King of England.
This was not a 'Declaration of War'...........
This is no legal document............
This was the rally cry for the population.
The powers of the President are to uphold the law.
I'd say that many types of weapons already are class III.
And rightfully so!
It's not a 'right' for any citizen or collection of citizens to take law into their own hands.
That's not an option..........
The private ownership of guns aren't to be used to coerce my Government.
The protection of my police force is extremely important!
I don't want weapons sold to the public that will out perform the/my tax payed police force.
Gun owners are not the protection against Government.
I must remind you---------
There is NO executive order that can supersede any Amendment to the Constitution.
Old man Bush had issued an Executive order regulating some assault weapons (imports or magazines? I don't remember specifics)
Clinton added to the order when dealers found a loophole.
Repeat:
There is no way to remove an Amendment except with another Amendment!
Your fears are simply unjustified and are manufactured.
From the 'Bite the hand that feeds you' Dept. :
Insurer American International Group had been weighing whether to join a lawsuit filed by its former Chief Executive Hank Greenberg and his company Starr International, which owned 12 percent of AIG before its $182 billion rescue that started in 2008.
Greenberg claims the rescue was unfair to shareholders and that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York charged an excessive interest rate on its initial loan. He is seeking billions of dollars in damages.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/aig-board-meets-possible-lawsuit-155925285.html;_ylt=A2KLOzKrFe5Q6iIAdyjQtDMD
And Republicans are pissed about entitlements? ROFLOL!
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
The term is correctly: "fuckin' nutz".
Civilization will choose it's direction as the will of the people is demonstrated in a peaceful and determined method.
This is our only path to sustained change.
Guns are ineffective for political change and the Vietnam War is a modern example.
Iraq is another.
In Nam, America fought to end communistic rule and expansion.
We bombed a very small country with more explosives/pyrotechnic/herbicide than all of our WWII European commitment.
The lesson we should learn?
The will of the Vietnamese rose supreme!
Their courage and sacrifice as a people to have the choice of their government is more powerful than the greatest military on earth!
Our weapons are useless, our guns are ineffective to human determination!
Funny? Hilarious!
Those talking about the dangers of 'big government' are never going to give Americans a break!
Smaller Government would take power away from politicians.
Not something any Republican or Democrat is inclined to support.
But they sell it on Fox News and there are those that have bit on this carrot since Ronny RayGun!
Even now, Republicans think they are conservatives.
They talk about entitlements and socialism and the liberal agenda to take from the 'job creators'.
Please stop the insanity! Hahahahahaha
Money and Politics have been joined at the hip with power for millennium.
Thank you for your post and I truly hope it is a wake-up call for every American to think for his/her self!
Our votes are used for the ambitions of a few.
Rupert Murdoch owns Fox news and the New York Post.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/rupert-murdochs-american-scandals-20110803
He owns the Wall Street Journal who's Op/Ed pages are decidedly Republican in current events.
I say 'republican' because they don't depict a conservative political substance, in my humble opinion.
Geeze, last Tuesday there were two Articles in Op/Ed that branded Chuck Hagel, Obama's nomination for Defense Sec., as incompetent.
Hagel is a conservative.
I believe he's proven himself to be conservative in his temperament and understanding of our political goals.
He's a Vietnam Vet.
Opposition to the conformation is purely political,
we give billions in cash and arms to Israel and some knuckleheads think that's not enough.
Bottom line:
People abuse the system on every economic level, from the very poor to the very rich.
Murdoch is an old school media magnate who enjoys American/European free speech.
He's made millions delivering a product to the masses.
Excuse me, perhaps the issue is to cut funding for the disabled?
And how do they support themselves if not in employment?
Or, perhaps you wish to raise the bar on disability........
To meet a higher standard?
Give us a clue where you're going with this.
The 112th Congress read the Constitution aloud as their first duty.
Funny how they missed the responsibility of Congress to produce a National budget.
Funny how they let the National Deficit rise and blame Obama for a lack of leadership.
Funny that we have problems identical to our situation two years ago.
Funny how the Filibuster has been used about 300 times.
Funny?
In the words of George Thorogood when he asked his bro for a place to sleep: "Now you're funny, too!"
It's about 'the House rent blues' and ya gotta love the symbolism:
With untold millions unemployed or under-employed,
With the National minimum wage below poverty levels as dictated by local standards,
With insurance for healthcare rising for employers and individuals,
Who, Da Hell, needs to employ some disabled person?
"Freedom's just another word for nothing left to loose"
Janis Joplin
Land ownership condemns the owner to commitment.
Currency, or the use, is a recognition of the Government.
Why do we have the greatest Military across the world?
Here's a hint:
(per capita)
We use the most oil,
We use the most electricity,
We have the most trash,
We eat the most food,
We have the most WEALTH!
Oooops, I gave it away.
If you want Freedom, pure and unadulterated......
Loose all your stuff!
It's the stuff that binds us to Big Government.
The more stuff we have, the more protection we need for that stuff,
More insurance, more security, more police, more military, more guns.
No....You're lost.
It's the individual that powers the collective and the collective that supports/empowers the individual.
There will always be those who use the law to their advantage.
It's that guy in the mirror you see.
It's you!
You wish to disassociate yourself from the Government of the United States.
The Government of the United States is the people, your fellows.
We will strive to persevere.
We will persevere to overcome.
We will overcome the few who detract from the great experiment of rule of the people, for the people, by the people.
Take up the banner and join us!
Their wars found us.
They made resolutions to the performance and deliberation of war and they pissed on them!
Here's a Article (Article 32, 33, 34 of The Laws of War on Land. Oxford, 9 September 1880):
http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Oxford_Laws_of_War_on_Land
Art. 32. It is forbidden:
(a) To pillage, even towns taken by assault;
(b) To destroy public or private property, if this destruction is not demanded by an imperative necessity of war;
(c) To attack and to bombard undefended places.
' If it is incontestable that belligerents have the right to resort to bombardment against fortresses and other places in which the enemy is intrenched, considerations of humanity require that this means of coercion be surrounded with certain modifying influences which will restrict as far as possible the effects to the hostile armed force and its means of defense. This is why '
Art. 33. The commander of an attacking force, save in cases of open assault, shall, before undertaking a bombardment, make every due effort to give notice thereof to the local authorities.
Art. 34. In case of bombardment all necessary steps must be taken to spare, if it can be done, buildings dedicated to religion, art, science and charitable purposes, hospitals and places where the sick and wounded are gathered on the condition that they are not being utilized at the time, directly or indirectly, for defense.
It is the duty of the besieged to indicate the presence of such buildings by visible signs notified to the assailant beforehand.
My opinion as to the quandary:
This board favors freedom of speech.
The art of speaking is in listening.
If gun ownership offers some form of security or some feeling of control
I say good for you.
No one is ever going to take your guns away from you.
Our Constitutional Rights have responsibilities.
No one's rights can supersede the rights of another.
This is all the education you'll need.
The e-mail touches on the original idea of the Second Amendment.
That is:
A limited standing army as the defense for America.
The heroes in the American Revolution were citizens who banded together under military leadership.
With over $700 Billion spent in 2011 on defense,
America doesn't believe gun owners will protect anyone.
You've touched on the problem!
I've posted.
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=82601847
You've got to read my posts.
Just about everyone is on meds.
The accepted modus when confronted with violence is generally;
blunt,
disable,
maim.
The taking of a life is beyond the judgement of an individual.
Protection of property is secondary.
Defense of another life/your life is understandable.
Your right to survival is not that important to me.
If just one errant bullet found a child...........
http://abcnews.go.com/US/girl-dies-years-gunfire-home-robbed-hospital-vigil/story?id=18126328
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN (@GoldmanRussell)
Jan. 3, 2013
A 10-year-old girl struck in the head by a stray bullet fired during a New Year's Eve celebration died this morning as her family learned their home was robbed of its Christmas presents as they kept vigil over the little girl in a hospital.
Aaliyah Boyer, 10, from Lancaster County, Penn., was visiting family in Elkton, Md., when just after midnight on New Year's Eve while watching fireworks she was struck by a bullet, said Michael Holmes, a spokesman for the Cecil County Sheriff's Office.
"The wound in her head was caused by celebratory gunfire," Holmes told ABCNews.com.
As the girl's family stayed at her bedside, thieves robbed their Maryland home stealing Chrsitmas presents, Aaliyah's mother told ABC News affiliate WPVI-TV. She also warned against scam Facebook accounts that have been set up to raise money off their loss.
This morning the family agreed to donate Aaliyah's organs, WPVI reported. A 3-year-old girl who was in the same hospital is receiving Aaliyah's heart. Her lungs and liver were also donated, the station reported.
Police said a homicide investigation is underway in Maryland.
Cops are "searching door to door looking for information as well as searching those homes with known firearms," Holmes said.
Take a chill!
Christ Almighty!
Nobody's gonna take your fuckin' gun away from you.
And the "Libtards" you seem to fear so much are on that tornado board.....
And for the sake of Jesus, buy yourself a checker-faced framer!