Let me get this straight... We have 5 people that decide the lives of millions...
So you can be strip searched in jail, even though violent crime has continued to decline. Further, you have the DoJ putting in more prisons and chipping away at our rights because the Supreme Court believes more in their ideology than in the rights of the people. The 4th Amendment was very aptly increased with teh Katz decision. Yet it seems that the Supreme Court has decided the people don't deserve much of anything in regards to a right to privacy.
How is anyone supposed to take these decisions seriously? I'm sure that very few of the justices realize what their actions are doing. It's making the US surge in a possibly violent takeover. It's the last box that's gearing up to be used.
I'm growing quite concerned with everything in the US right now... The austerity plan of Paul Ryan, the fact that the rich have gotten richer, SCOTUS is running roughshod over freedom, and the US has given in to tyranny in the name of "protecting" people that it's imposing its will by force on equates to a very sharp reaction in the near future.
I find it incredibly ironic that the Grimm Fairy Tales are Germany's best works that were shared all over the world, creating Hollywood and its continued success, then suddenly Germans (who profited greatly from lax copyright rules anyway) are the ones that feel that copyright is too long. What a sense of entitlement...
*sigh* The US started the wars on ideas a long time ago. The war on drugs was started by Nixon and is his most damning legacy. He ignored the facts of Congress with his moralistic view that he knew what was best for the country. And look where it got us. Bad laws that are unconstitutional, and death in the war on drugs for the middle class. The police are militarized and have lost all reason in the name if fighting the one enemy they once served: the public.
Then we get into the piracy wars... What has changed? These publishers and gatekeepers are fighting the public and losing. Meanwhile, the government goes along because with these complaints, they grow ever stronger in suppressing dissent.
And does this help the artists? No...
Does it help the public? No...
Does it even help the music/movie industry's bottom line?
We know the answer. Yet, this war on ideas continues because the ones that profit from this totalitarian regime are the ones best able to exploit the crazy system of laws we have in an unjust system.
Allowed wiretapping onto the masses.
Created a crony capitalist state.
Allowed a coalition of private business and government.
Found no good reasons for either "war".
Allowed the state to conspire against its people.
Allowed the state to seize property without merit.
Instill laws that go against the public 97% of the time.
I could go on, but it's absolutely ridiculous how many laws and statutes (of the 4500 in the rules now) have been used against innocent people to justify a growing war that has no effect on the people other than making the politicians richer.
That's all great, but we have this good crony capitalist idea going and we can't let it go. It's all about the people that pay us insurmountable amounts of cash so that we can rule those poor weak bastards that can't fend for themselves.
You want an end to the war on drugs? Well, we have a ton of people that have contracts.
You want less copyright law? Well, the movie and music industry are buying us.
It's time for the court to stay its hand. We just need to give Gibson some guidance on what he did wrong. It's not enough that he was swimming in illegitimate cash. It's also not enough to show that his own lawyer has basically turned against him. Instead, it's time to show that we are a firm parent as we spank his hand.
We have to take his hand and show exactly what is needed in this new process in healing.
A very long paddle. And though it hurts us, we must take that next step in showing why his punishment is most deserved...
We'll have to turn him around and give him a boot to the backside. The paddle is not enough incentive.
It's great that this money is coming out of the budget but who is considering the next few steps at where the city is going to come up with this money?
The officer wasn't fired.
The prosecutors may have lost, but this will come out of taxes.
And you still have no training in the law enforcement offices regarding this arrest.
This is why the SYG law is a huge controversial issue.
By the law and its statutes, you can stalk a kid who did nothing wrong, cause the escalation of the situation, and if you believe that your life is in danger, you can shoot someone.
What is truly tragic is that the 2005 law was not formulated with people in mind. It was formed by ALEC to sell more guns for the NRA.
It's unfortunate that this situation occurred. These laws are not needed. Zimmerman should have been arrested. The Sanford police should have properly investigated. The law should be repealed and this example of crony capitalism should be eliminated from our government.
It's supposed to be "of/by/for the people" not "of/by/for the corporation"
What I'm saying is that the seizure is unlawful. The money laundering claim is quite a stretch and CAF laws are abused regularly for law enforcement's bullying to continue to plague the US with seizure bullying.
It's difficult to take the money laundering claim seriously when almost nothing in the case equates to an actual crime on the part of MU.
The standards of seizure were civil copyright seizure standards for a supposed criminal seizure. Also, through common law we find that how this argument is framed is incredibly one sided, with the government over-reaching in this case. If money laundering is as easy to find as you seem to imply, Starbucks is guilty of the same behavior for having a tip jar. Or how about the recording industry's shell game recently uncovered? By the same token, ASCAP should be investigated for their shady deals with entertainment venues. Point is, the megaupload case shows an interesting amount of troll logic and it is going to take a lot to prove that this was indeed a gang related offense that had dire consequences of economic damage.
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How out of touch is the Supreme Court?
So you can be strip searched in jail, even though violent crime has continued to decline. Further, you have the DoJ putting in more prisons and chipping away at our rights because the Supreme Court believes more in their ideology than in the rights of the people. The 4th Amendment was very aptly increased with teh Katz decision. Yet it seems that the Supreme Court has decided the people don't deserve much of anything in regards to a right to privacy.
How is anyone supposed to take these decisions seriously? I'm sure that very few of the justices realize what their actions are doing. It's making the US surge in a possibly violent takeover. It's the last box that's gearing up to be used.
I'm growing quite concerned with everything in the US right now... The austerity plan of Paul Ryan, the fact that the rich have gotten richer, SCOTUS is running roughshod over freedom, and the US has given in to tyranny in the name of "protecting" people that it's imposing its will by force on equates to a very sharp reaction in the near future.
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Define irony...
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Then we get into the piracy wars... What has changed? These publishers and gatekeepers are fighting the public and losing. Meanwhile, the government goes along because with these complaints, they grow ever stronger in suppressing dissent.
And does this help the artists? No...
Does it help the public? No...
Does it even help the music/movie industry's bottom line?
We know the answer. Yet, this war on ideas continues because the ones that profit from this totalitarian regime are the ones best able to exploit the crazy system of laws we have in an unjust system.
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Allowed wiretapping onto the masses.
Created a crony capitalist state.
Allowed a coalition of private business and government.
Found no good reasons for either "war".
Allowed the state to conspire against its people.
Allowed the state to seize property without merit.
Instill laws that go against the public 97% of the time.
I could go on, but it's absolutely ridiculous how many laws and statutes (of the 4500 in the rules now) have been used against innocent people to justify a growing war that has no effect on the people other than making the politicians richer.
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Re: Heres an idea
You want an end to the war on drugs? Well, we have a ton of people that have contracts.
You want less copyright law? Well, the movie and music industry are buying us.
You can't stop a good gravy train.
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Something that Bruce may have missed...
Also, while you're flying in first class, you can talk to an agent to take care of all of your expensive needs in the mile high club.
There is nothing to the TSA that gains my trust in the organization. Bruce is exactly right.
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A few pointers
We have to take his hand and show exactly what is needed in this new process in healing.
A very long paddle. And though it hurts us, we must take that next step in showing why his punishment is most deserved...
We'll have to turn him around and give him a boot to the backside. The paddle is not enough incentive.
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Re: Good for him.
It's great that this money is coming out of the budget but who is considering the next few steps at where the city is going to come up with this money?
The officer wasn't fired.
The prosecutors may have lost, but this will come out of taxes.
And you still have no training in the law enforcement offices regarding this arrest.
There are more losers here than anything.
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By the law and its statutes, you can stalk a kid who did nothing wrong, cause the escalation of the situation, and if you believe that your life is in danger, you can shoot someone.
What is truly tragic is that the 2005 law was not formulated with people in mind. It was formed by ALEC to sell more guns for the NRA.
And since the introduction of this law, justifiable homicides have exploded.
It's unfortunate that this situation occurred. These laws are not needed. Zimmerman should have been arrested. The Sanford police should have properly investigated. The law should be repealed and this example of crony capitalism should be eliminated from our government.
It's supposed to be "of/by/for the people" not "of/by/for the corporation"
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It's difficult to take the money laundering claim seriously when almost nothing in the case equates to an actual crime on the part of MU.
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