Watch this video and tell me what you just wrote again only this time imagine it is a car driving down your block.
http://www.ogrish.com/archives/10_marines_die_in_explosion_video_Dec_03_2005.html
The fact is if it comes down to searches, you`re damn right it should be done. Matter of fact I`ll do it myself. If I suspected my neighbor I`d break his freggin` door down, this isn`t peace time brother, we are currently literally fighting WW3 to quote that idiot Bill O`Reilly and it must be fought not only by the military but by civilians as well on every level.
People, Muslims, the ACLU don`t like it? Then tough. When those who don`t like it wake up and join the fight against these animals, when the whole world wakes up and joins INCLUDING Muslims, this war will be over.
This isn`t a war by radical Islam against the US, this is a war by radical Islam against humanity. We are fighting a war against cockroaches, absolute cowards who hide, who have attacked just about every country on this earth, and the only way to defeat these scumbags, the only way to purge them from this earth is to have EVERYBODY turn against them! And if the constitution needs to be bent a little, damn right it should be done. Joe Schmoe don`t like that he is wasting 2 seconds having his bag searched? F- HIM. Someone who doesn`t like having their bag searched is a creep who is sitting on the sidelines while others are putting themsleves on the line.
Remember Adolph Hitler and his crew that murdered tens of millions and wanted to destroy freedom? Seems our grandfather beat him without giving up the very freedoms they fought for.
And if you kick in your neighbors' door you deserve to be met with deadly force like the jackbooted thug you aspire to be.
Count me in as a creep. Maybe it's just the rebelliousness/anti-authoritarianism that the Jesuits instilled into me as a lad, but I don't particuarly care to have Uncle Sam nosing around in my bag. Mind your own damn business.
Matter of fact I`ll do it myself.
By the way, just a word to the wise, one of the little goodies I carry around with me is a gun. I'd suggest not trying to grab something of mine and search it.
It's amazing how many misconceptions hide behind the single word "we". If you're kicking in your neighbor's "fregging door", is he included in "we" or not? I certainly agree with the other poster that your neighbor can and should respond with deadly force in that case.
But are you even part of the "we"? If you're in the armed forces, then perhaps you are--but probably not. Most of "us" are fighting vicariously. The founders must be rolling over in their graves; they worked hard to prevent the creation of a standing army, believing instead that it's your job to take up arms in self-defense, not the job of a separate warrior class. The majority of "us" are doing nothing but talking big.
Is the administration part of "us"? You wouldn't know it from their policy toward Israel; they are apparently into appeasing terrorists. If this is WWIII, then the US is currently doing the equivalent of fighting Japan while allying with Italy.
Bottom line: the rational policy is not to bravely submit to slavery in the interest of security. It's to arm, and act personally in defense of self and others. The subway ticket-takers should be asking if you have a gun, or would like to rent one from the transit authority. The state government, if it were doing its constitutional duty, would be offering courses in gun handling, marksmanship, etc., to ensure that the militia (== everyone) is well regulated (== trained).
So if you suspect a neighbor is up to no good, you personally will knock his door down and start searching?
Someone tries that with me, and they'll be dead before they get past five feet into my doorway.
We fought a MUCH worse war in WWII, and didn't have such loss of freedoms.
Sure, we had blackouts, rationing etc., but the average person was secure in their possessions...
Oh well, we're heading fast towards becoming a police state, and people that were heretofore Conservatives don't seem to mind.
I thank God I lived during the glory days of this country, and I won't be around to see its demise in a few decades hence...I don't think I could take the horror of watching it.
Ed