U.S. Status Quo changed forever as we once knew it...
Originally Posted by Raoul
It is a poem attributed to Martin Niemöller, Germany around 1937.
Before the histerics begin about making such a comparison, not everyone had a telephone or computer in that day.
I read above about only the terrorists having anything to fear from the governments activities today and saw the similarities to such reasoning.
Before the histerics begin about making such a comparison, not everyone had a telephone or computer in that day.
I read above about only the terrorists having anything to fear from the governments activities today and saw the similarities to such reasoning.
Letter to the Editor
6/7/95 - Arlington, Washington Times
During the past several months in the American press, the Democrats have frequently denounced the Republicans as ***** due to their attempts to control runaway federal spending. How very ironic. I remember the *****. Let me share a little about them and recall some of their exploits.
First of all, "****" was gutter slang for the verb "to nationalize." The Bider-Mienhoff gang gave themselves this moniker during their early struggles. The official title of the **** Party was "The National Socialist Workers Party of Germany." Hitler and the Brownshirts advocated the nationalization of education, health care, transportation, national resources, manufacturing, distribution and law enforcement.
Hitler came to power by turning the working class, unemployed, and academic elite against the conservative republic. After der fuhrer's election ceased being a political conspiracy and was transformed into a fashionable social phenomenon, party membership was especially popular with educators, bureaucrats, and the press. Being a **** was politically correct. They called themselves "The Children of the New Age of World Order" and looked down their noses at everyone else. As Hitler accrued more power, he referred to his critics as "The Dark Forces of Anarchy and Hatred." Anyone who questioned **** high-handedness in the German press was branded a "Conservative Reactionary." Joseph Goebbels, minister of communications, proclaimed a "New World Order."
The **** reign of terror began with false news reports on the Jews, Bohemians and Gypses who were said to be arming themselves to overthrow the "New World Order" and Hitler demanded that all good people register their guns so that they wouldn't fall into the hands of "terrorists and madmen." Right wing fanatics of the "Old Order" who protested firearms registration were arrested by the S.S. and put in jail for "fomenting hatred against the Government of the German people."
Then the Reichstag (government building) was blown up and Hitler ram-rodded an "Emergency Anti-Terrorist Act" through Parliament that gave the Gestapo extraordinary powers. The leader then declared that for the well-being of the German people, all private firearms were to be confiscated by the Gestapo and the Wermotten (federal law enforcement and military). German citizens who refused to surrender their guns when the "jack-boots" (Gestapo) came calling, were murdered in their homes. By the way, the Gestapo were the federal marshals' service of the Third Reich. The S.W.A.T. team was invented and perfected by the Gestapo to break into the homes of the enemies of the German people.
When the Policia Bewakken, or local police, refused to take away guns from townsfolk, they themselves were disarmed and dragged out into the street and shot to death by the S.A. and the S.S. Those were **** versions of the B.A.T.F. and the F.B.I. When several local ministers spoke out against these atrocities, they were imprisoned and never seen again.
The Gestapo began to confiscate and seize the homes, businesses, bank accounts, and personal belongings of wealthy conservative citizes who had prospered in the old Republic. Pamphleteers who urged revolt against the ***** were shot on sight by national law enforcement and the military. Gypsies and Jews were detained and sent to labor camps. Mountain roads throughout central Europe were closed to prevent the escape of fugitives into the wilderness, and to prevent the movement and concealment of partisan resistance fighters.
Public schools rewrote history and Hitler youth groups taught the children to report their parents to their teachers for anti-**** remarks. Such parents disappeared. Pagan animism became the state religion of the Third Reich and Christians were widely condemned as "right wing fanatics."
Millions of books were burned first and then people. Millions of them burned in huge ovens after they were first gassed to death. Unmarried women were paid large sums of money to have babies out of wedlock and then given medals for it. Evil was declared as being good, and good was condemned as being evil. World Order was coming and the German people were going to be the "peacekeepers."
Yes, indeed, I remember the ***** and they weren't Republicans, or "right wing," or "patriots" or "militias." They were Socialist monsters.
Thomas Colton Ruthford
[QUOTE=06FordF150]Ohh I understand my question quite well....
You say you have lost your rights.....as in....
I said "When"????? You say
So what have you lost that you didn't have 6yrs ago....NOTHING..NADA>>>ZIP[QUOTE]
You asked for an example and I gave you one. You did not ask if the men in black detained or otherwise apprehended me. Comprehension of what you say and ask is crucial to a debate.
Ignorance must truly be bliss, are you feeling euphoric at the moment? This country has the innate duty to protect itself and her citizens. Trashing the BoR is NOT, I say again is NOT the way to go about it. If you had any clue as to the system that was in place prior to Sept 11th 2001, governing domestic intelligence you would not have opened your virtual mouth and made a fool of yourself and disgraced every man and woman who fought and died to keep this country free. NSA and the CIA are foreign intelligence agencies, it is against their charter and federal law for them to conduct intelligence operations against US persons.
AQ has no rights, but I as a citizen do. I expect my elected representatives to uphold the oath of office which each of them took;
Example 1
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Example 2
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.
So much for those.
I worry about the government sponsored goons affecting my family more so than I do some terrorist. I refuse to fly because I loathe the TSA, the welfare rejects that they employ, and the tax dollars that they waste. I worry about some low life accosting my family more than I do a jihadi directly affecting them. I take the proper precautions to protect them from the same; it is my duty as a husband and father to do so.
If you think for one second that the BS promulgated since Sept 11th has kept or made you any safer you are easily lead into a false sense of security. There is no way to make everyone ‘safe’, but it is possible to make the weak minded FEEL safe. That’s quite simple really. Put some fool in a suit and have them walk around with a radio and a tin badge, that’ll deter someone who’s religiously motivated and hell bent on killing as many people as they can.
All I ask for is Liberty. Not everyone can handle it, but I for one can. If you can’t handle it move to England and be a subject of the Crown.
You say you have lost your rights.....as in....
I said "When"????? You say
So what have you lost that you didn't have 6yrs ago....NOTHING..NADA>>>ZIP[QUOTE]
You asked for an example and I gave you one. You did not ask if the men in black detained or otherwise apprehended me. Comprehension of what you say and ask is crucial to a debate.
I would venture to say that you don't even know anyone that has had their rights violated in this manner....
I love it how people scream that they are losing their rights but in reality they are advocating in the name of "civil liberties" is that this country doesn't have any right to protect itself and or its citizens....
I love it how people scream that they are losing their rights but in reality they are advocating in the name of "civil liberties" is that this country doesn't have any right to protect itself and or its citizens....
What you have is an Al Quada bill of rights.....Giving them "rights" to operate within these borders autonomously without any tools to detect them.....
So if you think your losing your rights now.....Just wait until you have to think twice about walking into a crowded shopping mall....or train station...or airport....or worry about your wife and kids while they are at a school function.......
Be carfull about what you ask for, you might just get it....
So if you think your losing your rights now.....Just wait until you have to think twice about walking into a crowded shopping mall....or train station...or airport....or worry about your wife and kids while they are at a school function.......
Be carfull about what you ask for, you might just get it....
Example 1
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Example 2
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.
So much for those.
I worry about the government sponsored goons affecting my family more so than I do some terrorist. I refuse to fly because I loathe the TSA, the welfare rejects that they employ, and the tax dollars that they waste. I worry about some low life accosting my family more than I do a jihadi directly affecting them. I take the proper precautions to protect them from the same; it is my duty as a husband and father to do so.
If you think for one second that the BS promulgated since Sept 11th has kept or made you any safer you are easily lead into a false sense of security. There is no way to make everyone ‘safe’, but it is possible to make the weak minded FEEL safe. That’s quite simple really. Put some fool in a suit and have them walk around with a radio and a tin badge, that’ll deter someone who’s religiously motivated and hell bent on killing as many people as they can.
All I ask for is Liberty. Not everyone can handle it, but I for one can. If you can’t handle it move to England and be a subject of the Crown.
Originally Posted by 06FordF150
I don't think we are trying to change society like the ***** in that time....
Are you kidding me? Pres. Bush Sr.declared a New World order almost 2 decades ago. Read that article and tell me that some of those very things aren't happening here in America today.
[QUOTE=PONY_DRIVER][QUOTE=06FordF150]Ohh I understand my question quite well....
You say you have lost your rights.....as in....
I said "When"????? You say
So what have you lost that you didn't have 6yrs ago....NOTHING..NADA>>>ZIP
You asked for an example and I gave you one. You did not ask if the men in black detained or otherwise apprehended me. Comprehension of what you say and ask is crucial to a debate.
Ignorance must truly be bliss, are you feeling euphoric at the moment? This country has the innate duty to protect itself and her citizens. Trashing the BoR is NOT, I say again is NOT the way to go about it. If you had any clue as to the system that was in place prior to Sept 11th 2001, governing domestic intelligence you would not have opened your virtual mouth and made a fool of yourself and disgraced every man and woman who fought and died to keep this country free. NSA and the CIA are foreign intelligence agencies, it is against their charter and federal law for them to conduct intelligence operations against US persons.
AQ has no rights, but I as a citizen do. I expect my elected representatives to uphold the oath of office which each of them took;
Example 1
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Example 2
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.
So much for those.
I worry about the government sponsored goons affecting my family more so than I do some terrorist. I refuse to fly because I loathe the TSA, the welfare rejects that they employ, and the tax dollars that they waste. I worry about some low life accosting my family more than I do a jihadi directly affecting them. I take the proper precautions to protect them from the same; it is my duty as a husband and father to do so.
If you think for one second that the BS promulgated since Sept 11th has kept or made you any safer you are easily lead into a false sense of security. There is no way to make everyone ‘safe’, but it is possible to make the weak minded FEEL safe. That’s quite simple really. Put some fool in a suit and have them walk around with a radio and a tin badge, that’ll deter someone who’s religiously motivated and hell bent on killing as many people as they can.
All I ask for is Liberty. Not everyone can handle it, but I for one can. If you can’t handle it move to England and be a subject of the Crown.
You go pony boy!!!
Don't let the sheep of america talk down to you ever. Never give up an inch of what this country stands and fights for!! These are the sheep of america that all flock together. they line up at the self serve gas pump to save 1 cent when the full serve next to them has it for a penny more and no wait. they say "I'm not paying extra for gas when i can pump it myself for less and wait an extra 30 minutes in line (car running)... ****in sheep i tell ya... Next time it shall be we'll call ya (sheep) and let you know when its okay to take a dump.....
You say you have lost your rights.....as in....
I said "When"????? You say
So what have you lost that you didn't have 6yrs ago....NOTHING..NADA>>>ZIP
You asked for an example and I gave you one. You did not ask if the men in black detained or otherwise apprehended me. Comprehension of what you say and ask is crucial to a debate.
Ignorance must truly be bliss, are you feeling euphoric at the moment? This country has the innate duty to protect itself and her citizens. Trashing the BoR is NOT, I say again is NOT the way to go about it. If you had any clue as to the system that was in place prior to Sept 11th 2001, governing domestic intelligence you would not have opened your virtual mouth and made a fool of yourself and disgraced every man and woman who fought and died to keep this country free. NSA and the CIA are foreign intelligence agencies, it is against their charter and federal law for them to conduct intelligence operations against US persons.
AQ has no rights, but I as a citizen do. I expect my elected representatives to uphold the oath of office which each of them took;
Example 1
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Example 2
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.
So much for those.
I worry about the government sponsored goons affecting my family more so than I do some terrorist. I refuse to fly because I loathe the TSA, the welfare rejects that they employ, and the tax dollars that they waste. I worry about some low life accosting my family more than I do a jihadi directly affecting them. I take the proper precautions to protect them from the same; it is my duty as a husband and father to do so.
If you think for one second that the BS promulgated since Sept 11th has kept or made you any safer you are easily lead into a false sense of security. There is no way to make everyone ‘safe’, but it is possible to make the weak minded FEEL safe. That’s quite simple really. Put some fool in a suit and have them walk around with a radio and a tin badge, that’ll deter someone who’s religiously motivated and hell bent on killing as many people as they can.
All I ask for is Liberty. Not everyone can handle it, but I for one can. If you can’t handle it move to England and be a subject of the Crown.
You go pony boy!!!
Don't let the sheep of america talk down to you ever. Never give up an inch of what this country stands and fights for!! These are the sheep of america that all flock together. they line up at the self serve gas pump to save 1 cent when the full serve next to them has it for a penny more and no wait. they say "I'm not paying extra for gas when i can pump it myself for less and wait an extra 30 minutes in line (car running)... ****in sheep i tell ya... Next time it shall be we'll call ya (sheep) and let you know when its okay to take a dump.....
Originally Posted by Krohbar
Let's think about this for a moment, if you think the average Joe is being snooped on by Uncle Sam. How many people are there in the U.S.? 298,444,215
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/.../2119rank.html
How many people use the phone? E-mail? Each day? Do you realize the amount of man power it would take to monitor EVERYONE??? They don't have it. The U.S. government has people they suspect, and it's far fewer than the 298 Million people in this country.
They do scan, looking for clues, but they aren't listening to your conversation with grandma about pumpkin pie. They might listen if you're having phone sex with your g/f on the other side of the country...
Seriously, they have people in mind, and, it probably isn't any of us.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/.../2119rank.html
How many people use the phone? E-mail? Each day? Do you realize the amount of man power it would take to monitor EVERYONE??? They don't have it. The U.S. government has people they suspect, and it's far fewer than the 298 Million people in this country.
They do scan, looking for clues, but they aren't listening to your conversation with grandma about pumpkin pie. They might listen if you're having phone sex with your g/f on the other side of the country...
Seriously, they have people in mind, and, it probably isn't any of us.

Originally Posted by PONY_DRIVER
We are losing our Freedom in this country at a rapid pace and YOU are part of the problem. You applaud when the government devises new schemes to infringe upon our Liberties because you think that it somehow makes us safer.
Secondly, I do not think that it "somehow" makes me safer. I KNOW that it makes me safer because it allows the proper individuals in the government to work as readily and freely as possible to track down, find, and eliminate threats to my (and my fellow citizens' safety).
It sounds as if you aren't very educated, and don't get out much...so I will gladly give you a brief explanation of the situation and our enemy so that you can attempt (Again, I use the word attempt because you have demonstrated your critical thinking skills already, and even with me holding your hand I'm not sure you will be capable of grasping the concept at hand).
For starters, the terrorist extremists set to destroy america have made it VERY clear that they will NOT stop their attacks, and they will not stop at anything to kill Americans. That said, our only solution to this problem is to seek them out, one by one, by WHATEVER MEANS NECESSARY and either detain, or kill them. There is no room for diplomacy here, and if you think there is, well you only further demonstrate your ignorance of their culture, cause, and determination. Period.
Next, "I'll use smaller words for you nest time mmmkay? "
Are you kidding me? do you think adding "eth" on the end of an otherwise normal word counts as making it a "big word?" Please. Go back to hugging the tree you came unwrapped from to write that pathetic reply.
Next order of business, "You forgot to tell those old dead guys that. I by virtue of being born a free American am so endowed with 'certain unalienable rights', as is every other American citizen." Laugh. Well, why don't you go back to your post and re-read the part where you talked about GOD GIVEN rights, not constitutionally given rights. they are two different things, pick one.
Just because the Constitution was built heavily upon beliefs of christians and the ways of The Word doesn't mean that it is a holy text. The Bible is THE truth...and the source for all truth, not our constitution, btw.
Our forefathers were just as capable of taking things out of context as you have demonstrated yourself to be with your previous posts. Hate to burst your bubble sonny, but they were not implying that God gave everyone the right to privacy...or any right at all for that matter.
Like I said before, pick a Bible up if you like to lean back on it as a source of an argument point so much, and quote me FROM THE BIBLE where God mentions "our God given rights."
"It's not about whether or not they can monitor everyone
24/7, they have no right to proceed the way they are."
WRONG, that's exactly what it is about...you're just too caught up being a blubbering idiot to realize it. Let's talk real world applications here... since that is what we are talking about, right? That said, then the government having a right to, say, monitor my thoughts when I am flying a Deathstar in my made up reality while I am day dreaming wouldn't matter since having the RIGHT wouldn't actually make them capable of doing it. Right?
So having a right to monitor something (ie each and every one's personal calls etc wouldn't actually make them capable of doing it. It gives them the right to do it, but that doesn't mean they can. Nor does it mean they want to.
What the hell do they have to gain? the world has changed since 1938. It's called globalization. Do you honestly think that it would be possible for "a governemtn/regime" in the United States to pull off anything even close to that of **** Germany?
Everyone is convinced "the government" is out to get them and take their rights. What for? The world, society, the global community; all of these factors would stop changes like The Patriot act from actually allowing a government to use it in such a detrimental manner.
As for Raul, wow, I hope you and PONY DRIVER can find a way to financially survive when you both move in together in San Francisco and become "life partners."
Back to your "partner," and I quote "Comprehension of what you say and ask is crucial to a debate." Hah, well said. Ever heard the saying "practive what you preach?" You might want to 'look it up' sometime.
"This country has the innate duty to protect itself and her citizens." That's exactly right. And in order to protect our citizens we must all make a small sacrifice knowing that our "privacy" can POTENTIALLY (KEY HERE, a point you have missed ENTIRELY) be broken FOR THE SAKE OF THE SAFETY OF ALL AMERICANS. Not so Uncle Sam can see what you like to eat, where, or masterbate with, but to monitor for terrorist activeity. Unless you have gang-bang sessions with terrorists I fail to see how this would effect you.
"AQ has no rights, but I as a citizen do." When you are dead you don't any rights. Period.
You talk about the cruciality of protecting Americans' rights, do you not? Is not your entire argument based upon the idea that as Americans we have the right to privacy, the right to FREEDOM, and so on? Well please explain to me how ANY of those rights, scratch that, ALL of those rights can be excersized after a dirty bomb has gone off killing you, your family, your friends, your trashman, your dentist, (you get the point) and so on. THE POINT OF THIS PATRIOT ACT IS TO SAVE LIVES AND KEEP AMERICANS SAFE WITHIN THEIR OWN FREAKING BORDERS, in the land of freedom.
It's called sacrifice jackass. you want to live luxuriously when you retire? then when you are young you have to get the family sedan and not the sports car and put the money into retirement funds. Same concept, for your own better sake of PERSONAL RIGHTS you must be willing to give up some other, smaller, less important rights. I know it's a tough concept, bu try and get those tree hugging arms around it...
anyway, im going to go watch a movie now. Good luck butchering your reply.
Back to your "partner," and I quote "Comprehension of what you say and ask is crucial to a debate." Hah, well said. Ever heard the saying "practive what you preach?" You might want to 'look it up' sometime.
"This country has the innate duty to protect itself and her citizens." That's exactly right. And in order to protect our citizens we must all make a small sacrifice knowing that our "privacy" can POTENTIALLY (KEY HERE, a point you have missed ENTIRELY) be broken FOR THE SAKE OF THE SAFETY OF ALL AMERICANS. Not so Uncle Sam can see what you like to eat, where, or masterbate with, but to monitor for terrorist activeity. Unless you have gang-bang sessions with terrorists I fail to see how this would effect you.
"AQ has no rights, but I as a citizen do." When you are dead you don't any rights. Period.
You talk about the cruciality of protecting Americans' rights, do you not? Is not your entire argument based upon the idea that as Americans we have the right to privacy, the right to FREEDOM, and so on? Well please explain to me how ANY of those rights, scratch that, ALL of those rights can be excersized after a dirty bomb has gone off killing you, your family, your friends, your trashman, your dentist, (you get the point) and so on. THE POINT OF THIS PATRIOT ACT IS TO SAVE LIVES AND KEEP AMERICANS SAFE WITHIN THEIR OWN FREAKING BORDERS, in the land of freedom.
It's called sacrifice jackass. you want to live luxuriously when you retire? then when you are young you have to get the family sedan and not the sports car and put the money into retirement funds. Same concept, for your own better sake of PERSONAL RIGHTS you must be willing to give up some other, smaller, less important rights. I know it's a tough concept, bu try and get those tree hugging arms around it...
anyway, im going to go watch a movie now. Good luck butchering your reply.
Originally Posted by Lumadar
As for Raul, wow, I hope you and PONY DRIVER can find a way to financially survive when you both move in together in San Francisco and become "life partners."
Back to your "partner," and I quote "Comprehension of what you say and ask is crucial to a debate." Hah, well said. Ever heard the saying "practive what you preach?" You might want to 'look it up' sometime.
"This country has the innate duty to protect itself and her citizens." That's exactly right. And in order to protect our citizens we must all make a small sacrifice knowing that our "privacy" can POTENTIALLY (KEY HERE, a point you have missed ENTIRELY) be broken FOR THE SAKE OF THE SAFETY OF ALL AMERICANS. Not so Uncle Sam can see what you like to eat, where, or masterbate with, but to monitor for terrorist activeity. Unless you have gang-bang sessions with terrorists I fail to see how this would effect you.
"AQ has no rights, but I as a citizen do." When you are dead you don't any rights. Period.
You talk about the cruciality of protecting Americans' rights, do you not? Is not your entire argument based upon the idea that as Americans we have the right to privacy, the right to FREEDOM, and so on? Well please explain to me how ANY of those rights, scratch that, ALL of those rights can be excersized after a dirty bomb has gone off killing you, your family, your friends, your trashman, your dentist, (you get the point) and so on. THE POINT OF THIS PATRIOT ACT IS TO SAVE LIVES AND KEEP AMERICANS SAFE WITHIN THEIR OWN FREAKING BORDERS, in the land of freedom.
It's called sacrifice jackass. you want to live luxuriously when you retire? then when you are young you have to get the family sedan and not the sports car and put the money into retirement funds. Same concept, for your own better sake of PERSONAL RIGHTS you must be willing to give up some other, smaller, less important rights. I know it's a tough concept, bu try and get those tree hugging arms around it...
anyway, im going to go watch a movie now. Good luck butchering your reply.
Back to your "partner," and I quote "Comprehension of what you say and ask is crucial to a debate." Hah, well said. Ever heard the saying "practive what you preach?" You might want to 'look it up' sometime.
"This country has the innate duty to protect itself and her citizens." That's exactly right. And in order to protect our citizens we must all make a small sacrifice knowing that our "privacy" can POTENTIALLY (KEY HERE, a point you have missed ENTIRELY) be broken FOR THE SAKE OF THE SAFETY OF ALL AMERICANS. Not so Uncle Sam can see what you like to eat, where, or masterbate with, but to monitor for terrorist activeity. Unless you have gang-bang sessions with terrorists I fail to see how this would effect you.
"AQ has no rights, but I as a citizen do." When you are dead you don't any rights. Period.
You talk about the cruciality of protecting Americans' rights, do you not? Is not your entire argument based upon the idea that as Americans we have the right to privacy, the right to FREEDOM, and so on? Well please explain to me how ANY of those rights, scratch that, ALL of those rights can be excersized after a dirty bomb has gone off killing you, your family, your friends, your trashman, your dentist, (you get the point) and so on. THE POINT OF THIS PATRIOT ACT IS TO SAVE LIVES AND KEEP AMERICANS SAFE WITHIN THEIR OWN FREAKING BORDERS, in the land of freedom.
It's called sacrifice jackass. you want to live luxuriously when you retire? then when you are young you have to get the family sedan and not the sports car and put the money into retirement funds. Same concept, for your own better sake of PERSONAL RIGHTS you must be willing to give up some other, smaller, less important rights. I know it's a tough concept, bu try and get those tree hugging arms around it...
anyway, im going to go watch a movie now. Good luck butchering your reply.
me thinks someone maybe be a bit scared....
treatedlumber lay off the coffee man... you want to sacrifice then enlist for a couple tours, i got your back..
Originally Posted by buckdropper
me thinks someone maybe be a bit scared....
treatedlumber lay off the coffee man... you want to sacrifice then enlist for a couple tours, i got your back..
treatedlumber lay off the coffee man... you want to sacrifice then enlist for a couple tours, i got your back..
The only word it picked up was "coffee," which I do not drink. But thanks for the concern.
/Me takes another swig of MONSTER
Originally Posted by Lumadar
I tried decoding/deciphering your post in all 12 different languages available on Freetranslations.com, but nothing worked.
The only word it picked up was "coffee," which I do not drink. But thanks for the concern.
/Me takes another swig of MONSTER
The only word it picked up was "coffee," which I do not drink. But thanks for the concern.
/Me takes another swig of MONSTER
Originally Posted by buckdropper
I think you may be trying to avoid the real question here. But its all good...

Either way, no I am not scared...of what you are implying, I don't even know. And secondly, about me enlisting...I've already made a promise to myself that the day things get really bad and it goes as far as having a real shortage of men and women in the armed services, and the draft becomes necessary, I will go enlist at Camp Pendleton and serve as a Marine, just like my father proudly did.
In the meantime, however, I have prayed about it and given it serious thought and I do not feel it is the right path for me at this point in my life. I'm not scared...in fact, to be honest, I would welcome the opportunity to serve my country and kill some of the POS f*ckers that made this entire debate necessary.
Originally Posted by Lumadar
Actually, I read that 4 times and seriously couldn't figure out wtf you were talking about. It was a flashback to when I tutored in a kindergarten class for a summer and helped grade the kids' work.
Either way, no I am not scared...of what you are implying, I don't even know. And secondly, about me enlisting...I've already made a promise to myself that the day things get really bad and it goes as far as having a real shortage of men and women in the armed services, and the draft becomes necessary, I will go enlist at Camp Pendleton and serve as a Marine, just like my father proudly did.
In the meantime, however, I have prayed about it and given it serious thought and I do not feel it is the right path for me at this point in my life. I'm not scared...in fact, to be honest, I would welcome the opportunity to serve my country and kill some of the POS f*ckers that made this entire debate necessary.
Either way, no I am not scared...of what you are implying, I don't even know. And secondly, about me enlisting...I've already made a promise to myself that the day things get really bad and it goes as far as having a real shortage of men and women in the armed services, and the draft becomes necessary, I will go enlist at Camp Pendleton and serve as a Marine, just like my father proudly did.
In the meantime, however, I have prayed about it and given it serious thought and I do not feel it is the right path for me at this point in my life. I'm not scared...in fact, to be honest, I would welcome the opportunity to serve my country and kill some of the POS f*ckers that made this entire debate necessary.
Lumadar, I am just yanking your chain bro. I really appreciate your comments on everyone's intelligence here. You must hold no less than a PHD or a masters in something right??.
it is about monitoring calls to known terrorist phone numbers, not about calls from joe Schmo to his grandma.
they have a computer program that looks at who calls who that really is just so they can hone in on suspected terrorist activity. i.e. lots of calls to a suspicious number in Iraq/Iran/Afganistan/Saudi Arabia.
This program, at least as it is being reported, does not involve the government listening in on everybody's calls. I'm not saying that it doesn't happen, but it hasn't been uncovered to be happening as of yet. When I see that the government is listening in on everybody's calls then I'll be ticked. Right now they just keep a record of calling patterns.
they have a computer program that looks at who calls who that really is just so they can hone in on suspected terrorist activity. i.e. lots of calls to a suspicious number in Iraq/Iran/Afganistan/Saudi Arabia.
This program, at least as it is being reported, does not involve the government listening in on everybody's calls. I'm not saying that it doesn't happen, but it hasn't been uncovered to be happening as of yet. When I see that the government is listening in on everybody's calls then I'll be ticked. Right now they just keep a record of calling patterns.
Round and round we go.
Bill, Pony, Raoul, and fellow freedom loving, tin-hat wearing people everywhere.
I get tired of fighting the good fight but you guys have done an admirable job.
Well golly I feel better now.
Pony - Nice job on breaking out that DoI...wow I wonder how many "patriots" have read it.
Well I've got to go make some recorded phone calls and send some read emails.
Bill, Pony, Raoul, and fellow freedom loving, tin-hat wearing people everywhere.
I get tired of fighting the good fight but you guys have done an admirable job.
Originally Posted by LT
I agree. They know exactly who they'll be monitoring.
Pony - Nice job on breaking out that DoI...wow I wonder how many "patriots" have read it.
Well I've got to go make some recorded phone calls and send some read emails.


