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  • On the post: What The USA FREEDOM Act Doesn't Fix

    anonymouse ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2013 @ 08:41pm

    laws vs. constitutional provision

    i'm still not clear why we need more laws when the gov't seems to be in opposition to the constitution currently. how will an imperfect law which addresses only a portion of the problem be a help? is it only because there isn't any recourse against agencies transgressing the limits of the constitution?

  • On the post: Professor Fires Off Lengthy Email In Defense Of Student Forbidden From Handing Out Copies Of The Constitution

    anonymouse ( profile ), 02 Nov, 2013 @ 03:14pm

    Re: Freedom of speech

    this excerpt from the US Declaration of Independence might be a good test measuring today's true Freedom of Speech:

    "That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government"

    seems as though from the beginning of our nation we have made provision for 'firing' our government and 'hiring' new.

  • On the post: Professor Fires Off Lengthy Email In Defense Of Student Forbidden From Handing Out Copies Of The Constitution

    anonymouse ( profile ), 02 Nov, 2013 @ 12:28pm

    bah

    "we completely"

  • On the post: Professor Fires Off Lengthy Email In Defense Of Student Forbidden From Handing Out Copies Of The Constitution

    anonymouse ( profile ), 02 Nov, 2013 @ 12:26pm

    "Your suggestion would make things much worse."

    did it make things much worse when we completed removed the existing gov't back in 1776? i agree that it certainly made things much more tenuous in the short term, but since then we have enjoyed over 200 years of unequaled civil liberty because of that action. only recently (past 20 years?) has a serious erosion of those liberties taken place.

    i remember an old comic picturing a puppy dog sitting on a bench crying huge tears. another asked him why he was crying, he replied "because i'm sitting on a nail." when asked why he didn't move off of it, the puppy dog said "because it doesn't hurt bad enough yet." this seems fairly analogous our nation's situation.

  • On the post: DailyDirt: The Curse Of Oil

    anonymouse ( profile ), 31 Oct, 2013 @ 02:44pm

    Re: Re: but the powerful oil lobby in our gov't tends to displace a distressing amount

    i wasn't really thinking of secret suppression by the oil companies, i was thinking of the economic principle of crowding out.

  • On the post: Feinstein Releases Fake NSA Reform Bill, Actually Tries To Legalize Illegal NSA Bulk Data Collection

    anonymouse ( profile ), 31 Oct, 2013 @ 02:26pm

    Senators and Congressmen in general,

    are more concerned with bolstering their positions and circles of influence than they are with doing the job they were elected to do. it's a natural consequence of the huge benefits (both social and economic) and kickbacks they receive in those elected positions.

    the current trend is not good at all, but shouldn't be surprising, considering that our populace (in general) becomes increasingly self-serving and insular with each generation. remember, these elected positions are filled from our own populace. they are a true representation of our integrity and willingness to serve.

  • On the post: How NSA Spying On Angela Merkel May Scuttle TAFTA/TTIP Trade Agreement

    anonymouse ( profile ), 28 Oct, 2013 @ 09:34pm

    hmmm, looks like i'm hanging out amongst the trolls here...as an american, i don't have a problem with other nations taking a shot at USA, since it seems to be common practice already. i do have a problem with double standards, like nations in trouble asking for and receiving help from us, only later to denigrate us for "interfering".
    the USA is far from perfect, or even close to good at times, but we are very generous in the amount of foreign aid we scatter around the globe.

  • On the post: DailyDirt: The Curse Of Oil

    anonymouse ( profile ), 28 Oct, 2013 @ 09:23pm

    from a research and development view, oil is a liability for the USA. we've pretty much reached the end of exciting hydrocarbon development, but the powerful oil lobby in our gov't tends to displace a distressing amount of potentially viable energy research and development.

    i love my internal combustion car (VW Jetta TDI, go diesel!), but am impatient to see some of the other techs emphasized...ie: gen 3 and 4 fission reactors.

  • On the post: Oops: Brett Gibbs Releases Spreadsheet Showing 70% Of Prenda Proceeds Went To Steele & Hansmeier

    anonymouse ( profile ), 17 Oct, 2013 @ 08:37pm

    YEAARRGH.

  • On the post: Sheriff Determined To Find Some Reason To Arrest Parents Of Girls Who Are Accused Of Bullying Girl Into Suicide

    anonymouse ( profile ), 17 Oct, 2013 @ 08:25pm

    Polk County Advisory: All persecutors will be violated...charges pending.

  • On the post: Do You Trust The Government Or Journalists More To Determine If Snowden's Docs Are Safe To Publish?

    anonymouse ( profile ), 15 Oct, 2013 @ 06:38am

    trust is earned...

    and so far neither politicians nor journalists have done much to earn my trust. politicians (in general) have always been swayed by lobbyists, and journalists (in general) have always been tempted more by recognition and personal/corporate gain than altruism. lesser of two evils...likely journalists, since they will be scrutinized by their competitors very closely.

  • On the post: DailyDirt: The Future Of Nuclear Energy

    anonymouse ( profile ), 10 Oct, 2013 @ 05:57am

    liquid metal cooled reactors, and breeder reactors are feasible, safe, and used together create a nearly closed fuel cycle. ie. very little spent fuel to handle at the end of the cycle. france also has a vitrification process (that they stole from us, good on them) operating which further simplifies storage of spent fuel.

    we've had these technologies for decades now, but scare-mongering by the media and political weakness has mothballed it, so france stole the technology and has been using it. again, good on them.

  • On the post: Off-Duty NYC Cops Watched, Participated In Assault Of SUV Driver By Enraged Bikers

    anonymouse ( profile ), 09 Oct, 2013 @ 06:32pm

    Re: Court Ruling on Police duty

    so, if in fact police are not required "constitutionally" to protect persons, one of two things must happen. either police departments are required to write their own requirements for officers' conduct, or we must get rid of a LOT of police.

    no duty to protect = superfluous police force.

  • On the post: Lavabit Tried Giving The Feds Its SSL Key In 11 Pages Of 4-Point Type; Feds Complained That It Was Illegible

    anonymouse ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2013 @ 06:04am

    Re: Here's your problem

    amen. let that be heard again please. governments don't have rights, people do.

  • On the post: Lavabit Tried Giving The Feds Its SSL Key In 11 Pages Of 4-Point Type; Feds Complained That It Was Illegible

    anonymouse ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2013 @ 06:32am

    Re: Govt "right" vs. Govt propensity

    here's a quote from a Thomas Jefferson letter to John Adams:

    If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty & property of their constituents. There is no safe deposit for these but with the people themselves; nor can they be safe with them without information.Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.

    Because the government holds your items, whatever they may be, has always meant that those items are not safe nor secure.

  • On the post: When A Senator Reads 'Green Eggs & Ham' On The Floor, What About The Copyright?

    anonymouse ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2013 @ 04:36pm

    Re: Cruz is a scumbag grandstander

    fyi - name calling and belittling people with whom you disagree removes credibility from your opinion.

  • On the post: 'Intellectual Bulwark' Of Austerity Economics Collapses Because Of Three Major Errors

    anonymouse ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2013 @ 05:55pm

    Re: Reproducibility is fundamental

    Economics relies on nebulous factors such as confidence, and sense of well-being to be considered truly scientific. Those mercurial pieces of economic foundation will always trump analysis and fact.

  • On the post: School Administrator Brushes Off 'Constitutional Niceties' Like Fifth Amendment Rights For Students

    anonymouse ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2012 @ 08:35am

    Re: Order vs. personal freedom

    your argument is proof positive that we don't deserve individual rights anymore. the "cornerstone" of a living, thriving civilization isn't "order". a civilization that is founded completely on "order" is a stagnant civilization that is at the end of the life cycle. which seems to describe us, sadly.

    the cornerstone of civilization is an ebbing and flowing balance between order and random change (chaos). from a long range view of public best interest, there has to be chaos involved to cultivate growth and development of a civilization. what we're offered under the disguise of "safety" is a slow death of decay. it's unattractive.

  • On the post: California PUC Cracks Down On Innovative Ride Sharing Operations As Another Batch Of Taxi Drivers Sue Uber

    anonymouse ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2012 @ 08:17am

    "protect the public"

    it's interesting how often this phrase is used as a disguise for the real intent of government intervention which is; control the public.

    our juggernaut government's main purpose is to control public interest and focus so that the government may continue to grow and thrive. the people are the fuel source, the government is the feeding organism. -_-

  • On the post: That Was Fast: Hollywood Already Browbeat The Republicans Into Retracting Report On Copyright Reform

    anonymouse ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2012 @ 09:41pm

    libertarian

    i'm glad someone finally mentioned that word. it seems like a reasonable thing to think that people who value individual rights (ie. anti-copyrightists) could see past their own individual agendas to value all individual rights, not just their own pet issues. if that COULD happen, then the libertarian party might get enough traction to actually make an impact.

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