Okay, so I can just close one lane of a local road and funnel traffic into a holding area to offer them a chance to buy girl scout cookies?
The problem isn't with other drivers or merging traffic (I too resent late mergers) its with the government using police powers to seize vehicles and citizens, and later claim that compliance was voluntary.
Re: Re: Re: Now is a good time to educate cops and the public.
Seems like Christopher interpreted Paul's argument as a personal attack and chose to return ad hominem. I don't think Paul intended anything of the sort and Christopher's response (depending on his occupation) could serve as an example of the "Us vs Them" attitude we're discussing.
Seems a lot like the shell companies set up in Hollywood to make movies look unprofitable. They collected a bunch of money, and it went somewhere. Now the cashflow is down so they're abandoning this shell rather than have to re-inject money to pay their debts.
"In the end, if something is so insane as to get your ire up, there's a half-decent chance that it's too insane to be real."
Oh thank god. I was starting to thing that all this NSA shredding the constitution and staunch refusal of the government to even acknowledge it, labeling public defenders as traitors was actually real. Now that's good satire!
Why aren't we compensating a company when we buy at nice low IPO prices and then turn a profit reselling when the stock is valued higher as a better investment? Apple and IBM should be getting a piece off the top of every stock trade, otherwise what's the incentive to create new products?
This is a tax levied by non-government agents and is probably the worst idea I've heard all year.
Wait, so you can just hire off-duty cops to direct motorists into whatever film-flam you have set up? Can I look forward to being hijacked into a high school car wash, roadside Flower Truck, or the McDonald's drive thu in the near future?
"I'm sorry sir, you don't have to buy any McNuggets, but you're already here, so..."
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The problem isn't with other drivers or merging traffic (I too resent late mergers) its with the government using police powers to seize vehicles and citizens, and later claim that compliance was voluntary.
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Re: Re: Re: Now is a good time to educate cops and the public.
On the post: Man Stopped By Cops For Supposedly Voluntary NHTSA 'Survey' Sues City And Police Dept. For Violating His 4th Amendment Rights
Living in America
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On the post: NSA Admits Lots Of People Could Have Done What Snowden Did
Re: NSA Scumbags
On the post: Canadian Copyright Collective Calls It A Day After 15 Years Of Failing To Make Payments To Rights Holders
Shell Game.
On the post: Ruling In Favor Of NSA's Program Relied On Claims In 9/11 Report That Aren't Actually In That Report
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On the post: Viral Satire Over Student Suspended For Saying 'Merry Christmas' Leads To Real Problems For Elementary School
Whew, that was close.
On the post: US Copyright Office Supports Artists Getting Paid Multiple Times For Same Work, Harming New Artists To Benefit Established Ones
What about other investments?
This is a tax levied by non-government agents and is probably the worst idea I've heard all year.
On the post: US Copyright Office Supports Artists Getting Paid Multiple Times For Same Work, Harming New Artists To Benefit Established Ones
Re: Destroy it
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If the laws were reasonable they'd be respected, obeyed, and enforced.
On the post: Ft. Worth Police Department Offers *Real* Apology For Its Assistance In The NHTSA's Blood/Saliva Sampling 'Survey'
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Okay, important follow-up:
Can an off-duty cop direct me to the aisle of a movie theater and then take my seat once I'm standing?
On the post: Ft. Worth Police Department Offers *Real* Apology For Its Assistance In The NHTSA's Blood/Saliva Sampling 'Survey'
Say what?
"I'm sorry sir, you don't have to buy any McNuggets, but you're already here, so..."
On the post: Sweden Insists On Fire Alarms On Hotel Made Of Ice
Calm Down There.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246460/
What will a few smoke (and probably water) alarms hurt? Nothing that's what.
On the post: Further Details On The Foreign Spying The NSA Is/Isn't/Is Doing And How Much The Administration Knows/Doesn't Know/Knows
Well...
On the post: While Congress Looks Set To Push Back On NSA Surveillance, Sen. Feinstein Wants To Codify Current Practices
Re: Re: this might actually make sense...
Disband the oligarchy and distribute ownership of government.
On the post: While Congress Looks Set To Push Back On NSA Surveillance, Sen. Feinstein Wants To Codify Current Practices
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On the post: Appeals Court Says Feds Need To Get A Warrant To Attach GPS Device On A Car
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They wanted a loophole. They can't have it.
On the post: Appeals Court Says Feds Need To Get A Warrant To Attach GPS Device On A Car
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On the post: Dianne Feinstein's Bragging About NSA Surveillance Program May Finally Result In It Being Declared Unconstitutional
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