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Threats Followed FBI Search of Congressman's Office
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| Saturday, May 27, 2006
| Fox News
Posted on 05/28/2006 6:35:29 AM PDT by MNJohnnie
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To: marajade
I was using the case of the King (Charles I) to make a point.
If you can't see the historically significance you need to read a litlle history.
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posted on
05/28/2006 8:58:16 AM PDT
by
acsrp38
(Warning!!! If we voted against God in NE - we will vote against you)
To: Polybius
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posted on
05/28/2006 8:58:31 AM PDT
by
Petronski
(I just love that woman.)
To: don-o
That;s what the House of Commons does to the Queen or the House of Lords (can't remmber which one)...they knock on this door, the H of C guy SLAMS the door and then opens it...RIDICULOUS crap.
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posted on
05/28/2006 8:58:36 AM PDT
by
Suzy Quzy
("When Cabals Go Kaboom"....upcoming book on Mary McCarthy's Coup-Plotters.)
To: acsrp38
"If you can't see the historically significance you need to read a litlle history."
Please reconcile this with your post about the legally executed search warrant being justified.
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posted on
05/28/2006 9:00:04 AM PDT
by
marajade
(Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
To: acsrp38
I guess the point you're making is about your nephew's intelligence, so I'll refrain from commenting. Your broader point seem to be that you cannot identify a reason to vote republican other than to say they're not democrats. That is a fine reason that many will buy, however, for the loooooooong-term best interests of the country, that reason is insufficient.
As for Ross Perot, wasn't he the cause of the republicans taking control of the house in '94? At the time, we all thought that was a good thing. An analysis of '92 & '94 would indicate that by '92 the pubbies had lost their conservative way leading to a loss of power. By '94, there was leadership in place that mouthed conservative talk and was swept into power. That they failed to deliver over the following 12 years is shame on them. Thus it is time for a replay of the '92 lesson and kick them out in the hope that leaders will emerge that tilt the pubbies back to a small government philosophy.
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posted on
05/28/2006 9:00:09 AM PDT
by
Founding Father
(I'm building a fence near Palominas, Az. along with my "vigilante" friends.)
To: Suzy Quzy
Do you know the significance of that?>
186
posted on
05/28/2006 9:00:17 AM PDT
by
acsrp38
(Warning!!! If we voted against God in NE - we will vote against you)
To: Dog
Cap....there is something going on...bigger than we are being told. For this threat to be made is off the scale. Not really, the only powers that Congress has in influencing how the executive executes the laws it passes is the power of the purse and the power to conduct investigations. They've been known to use the power of the purse to in effect negate the laws earlier Congresses passed, without having to take the political heat for repealing or modifying those laws. Case in point: The law provides for restoration of rights after serving time, or otherwise paying the penalty, for committing a felony. One can have ones right to vote restored for example. The law provides that applications for restoration of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms be submitted to the BATFE, but Congress routinely includes in the BATFE's budget a provision forbidding the BATFE from spending any money reviewing such applications. The courts have ruled that failure to act on an application is not the same as denying it, thus foreclosing access to the courts for restoration of the right, which the law provides in the case of a denial of such an application.
When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
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posted on
05/28/2006 9:00:23 AM PDT
by
El Gato
To: acsrp38
NO ONE is above the law...are you Denny Hastert or Matt Cooper?
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posted on
05/28/2006 9:00:41 AM PDT
by
Suzy Quzy
("When Cabals Go Kaboom"....upcoming book on Mary McCarthy's Coup-Plotters.)
To: acsrp38
189
posted on
05/28/2006 9:01:17 AM PDT
by
Suzy Quzy
("When Cabals Go Kaboom"....upcoming book on Mary McCarthy's Coup-Plotters.)
To: MHGinTN
You sound absurdly like chicken little! Hiding something? What would I be hiding? You do see the problem, though. . .? That's at least one way innocent Americans can be wrongfully investigated, which was the point.
The old canard regarding surveillance, if you're not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to fear, doesn't factor stupidity, clumsiness, bad faith and incompetence on the the part of the surveillors.
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posted on
05/28/2006 9:02:47 AM PDT
by
William Terrell
(Individuals can exist without government but government can't exist without individuals.)
To: acsrp38
I read post 113 five times. And, no I have never seen the opening of Parliament. But, another posted clarified.Big deal.
Maybe I am missing something in your "people's house" argument. There is a legally issued search warrant. The case law is in place that holds a critter not immune.
191
posted on
05/28/2006 9:05:30 AM PDT
by
don-o
To: Suzy Quzy
No, I'm afraid of bumbling stupidity on the part of government surveillance employees.
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posted on
05/28/2006 9:05:43 AM PDT
by
William Terrell
(Individuals can exist without government but government can't exist without individuals.)
To: William Terrell
The old canard regarding surveillance, if you're not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to fear, doesn't factor stupidity, clumsiness, bad faith and incompetence on the the part of the surveillors.Bingo, we have a winner!
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posted on
05/28/2006 9:06:15 AM PDT
by
Founding Father
(I'm building a fence near Palominas, Az. along with my "vigilante" friends.)
To: don-o; acsrp38
Huh? What does that prove?It proves that Congress should have the same respect for the FBI that the Mafia does. They are, after all, in the same profession.
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posted on
05/28/2006 9:06:29 AM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(((172 * 3.141592653589793238462) / 180) * 10 = 30.0196631)
To: William Terrell
"That's at least one way innocent Americans can be wrongfully investigated, which was the point."
How by having their voice telephone conversations taped because they are receiving incoming calls from known terrorists residing in another country?
195
posted on
05/28/2006 9:06:57 AM PDT
by
marajade
(Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
To: Right_in_Virginia
Until William Jefferson, D-LA, no Congressman was caught on tape taking a bribe
_______________________
Not sure anyone had declined to honor a supenoa to turn over info either (I'm sure someone with a keen memory for details will know that)
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posted on
05/28/2006 9:07:49 AM PDT
by
justche
("Art, like morality, consists of drawing a line somewhere." G. K. Chesterton)
To: Polybius
To quote: "They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place."
Last I recalled accepting bribes of a magnitude that shock the conscience of all normal taxpayers, in return for conferring political favors, was a felony, but I stand to be corrected by my betters in this matter.
To: William Terrell
You're gravely underestimating the use of electronic equipment if you think some civil servant is hugely involved in the process.
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posted on
05/28/2006 9:08:52 AM PDT
by
marajade
(Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
To: Suzy Quzy
Actually, it's not rediculous for England. After centuries of corrupt kings and even a dictatorship, it is a symbol of what they stand for. Charles I stormed Parliment in 1642 to arrest members of the oppostition group. He was eventually tried for treason and executed. IN the United States members cannot be arrested on the House or Senate floor (I believe).
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posted on
05/28/2006 9:08:57 AM PDT
by
edmond246
(God Bless America)
To: justche
supenoa=subpoena (I never get that one right)
200
posted on
05/28/2006 9:09:37 AM PDT
by
justche
("Art, like morality, consists of drawing a line somewhere." G. K. Chesterton)
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