"If a republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens elect bad men to make and administer the laws."
My statement comes from the above quote from Noah Webster, who is often referred to as the "Father of American Scholarship and Education" - Or just another lame and ignorant dude in your opinion I guess.
A government (or nation) is only as corrupt as its' citizens allow it to be. Bottom line. Unfortunately citizens are more interested in who's on Dancing With Stars or playing Pokemon Go or who's the starting quarterback for the Cowboys this week than they are with their own government. It's a tyranny of the uninformed masses that unfortunately keeps the ball of corruption rolling.
"Once again, as with the Dotcom case, it feels like a situation where officials are purposely stacking the deck against the person they're accusing..."
The ultimate "stacked deck" trial would have to be the Nuremburg Trials of the Nazis. The defense lawyers were not allowed to even see the evidence unless the prosecutors approved it and the prosecutors had free reign to destroy any evidence they chose. The defense could not call any witnesses the prosecution did not approve of. They could not present any evidence unless the prosecution approved it. Although many of the accused may have deserved their fate the Nuremburg Trials were nothing but show trials with the outcomes predetermined.
I just love the way the Donald gets the establishment types' panties in a bunch. He's not one of them, and he's got them all scared that the gravy train might end.
The war on terror is fake. The most a "terrorist leader" can expect from a successful terrorist attack is a few high fives from his terrorist buddies. The people supposedly fighting terrorism get billions of dollars and a blind eye turned towards whatever they do in the name of fighting terrorism.
From that, it's pretty obvious who has the greater motivation for terrorism.
"The federal grand jury indictment is just that: a grand jury indictment. It doesn't take much to convince a grand jury to hand down an indictment, but it is rather unusual to see one stick to a law enforcement officer"
This is due to the unholy relationship between prosecutors and police officers. Especially in a local setting. I'm guessing that maybe because it was a Federal grand jury and the acting prosecutor had no ties to the local police force that these charges even had a chance to stick.
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Simply put, they've been too busy spying on the rest of us.
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All about the benjamins
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My statement comes from the above quote from Noah Webster, who is often referred to as the "Father of American Scholarship and Education" - Or just another lame and ignorant dude in your opinion I guess.
Re: That troubling 'Constitution' again
Unfortunately citizens are more interested in who's on Dancing With Stars or playing Pokemon Go or who's the starting quarterback for the Cowboys this week than they are with their own government.
It's a tyranny of the uninformed masses that unfortunately keeps the ball of corruption rolling.
Due Process non-existant in other famous trials too...
The ultimate "stacked deck" trial would have to be the Nuremburg Trials of the Nazis. The defense lawyers were not allowed to even see the evidence unless the prosecutors approved it and the prosecutors had free reign to destroy any evidence they chose. The defense could not call any witnesses the prosecution did not approve of. They could not present any evidence unless the prosecution approved it. Although many of the accused may have deserved their fate the Nuremburg Trials were nothing but show trials with the outcomes predetermined.
Not a Trump supporter either, but...
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The most a "terrorist leader" can expect from a successful terrorist attack is a few high fives from his terrorist buddies.
The people supposedly fighting terrorism get billions of dollars and a blind eye turned towards whatever they do in the name of fighting terrorism.
From that, it's pretty obvious who has the greater motivation for terrorism.
(untitled comment)
This is due to the unholy relationship between prosecutors and police officers. Especially in a local setting. I'm guessing that maybe because it was a Federal grand jury and the acting prosecutor had no ties to the local police force that these charges even had a chance to stick.
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