Click it or ticket

townhall ^ | 5/24/06 | Walter WIlliams

[Jezebelle]

Great post, and a great article. I adore Walter Williams.

Thanks for posting the article.

[Jezebelle]

Exactly.

There's a direct correlation between this issue and the current eminent domain issues - out of control government power fueled by greedy legislatures and municipalities.

It is up to us to wrest control back from the Stalinistas and restore common sense and respect for the Bill of Rights and the spirit of the declaration of Independence.

I am not an animal to be stifled and fed by keepers trying to convince me "We're from the government and we're here to help."

[Badray]

I gotta say that is a new one on me. Appears that it was quite limited and did not last long due to troubles with the clunky technology.

Times and technology have changed and today could well be a great addition to the fold.

So, in your mind, efficient technology justifies governmental intrusion?

[Badray]

You have it precisely backwards.

It is because the government has so many safety nets out there that people figure that they don't have to take care of themselves.

Besides, the government has no such mandate. Doing so is a usurpation of power and money that is not their's.

[Badray]

Ooops. Forgot about them.

Would you believe 85%? (In my best Maxwell Smart voice)

LOL

[philman_36]

If we accept the notion that government ought to protect us from ourselves, we're on a steep slippery slope.
Too many already do which is why we're already sliding.

[Badray]

um no...i said so cal...namely CSUF...home of the Fullerton Titan Baseball Team...but no...i tend to write like this as i usually have many windows and IM's going...its a blog not an essay...i am an excellent student with perfect grammer...i just type might thoughts better this way

GAWD! Keeping typing this way then, by all means. Your thoughts must be positively unreadable, not just difficult, otherwise.

[Badray]

Some people prefer safety to the animating contest that is freedom.

What they don't realize is that there is no such thing as safety, only a feeling of safety, and it's no more than an illusion most of the time.

[Badray]

The Founders rose up against the Constitution?

[philman_36]

..I'm just the messenger here.
For whom are you a messenger? /rhetorical

[Jezebelle]

Very nicely stated. Bravo!

[philman_36]

The Founders rose up against the Constitution?
He's on a roll. /Animal House

[from occupied ga]

You will have to enforce laws that will, sometimes, break your heart

Can't break their hearts too badly or they'd find a career in something else.

[from occupied ga]

WWe used to have a 1st, a 2nd, and a 4th amendment all of which have seen severe erosion in the last 20 years.

[from occupied ga]

We're patsies... unlike the illegals who know what they want and demand it for themselves. Well children, that's right, you're all children, you have the government you deserve.

Not fair I get the government New Yorkers deserve. :-(

[from occupied ga]

Imagine her astonishment when she was told, "he was so nice, I didn't ticket him", by the trooper

I wonder how the nice defense would work if I were caught going 80 on rt 95 between Richmond and Washington?

[from occupied ga]

<>I>Too many already do which is why we're already sliding

Sadly enough too many who hand out on this nominally conservative forum see nothing wrong with intrusive government as long as it's their ideas that are being crammed down other people's throats.

[Badray]

Thank you and welcome to FR.

[Badray]

He's on a roll and it's all down hill. It's a good thing for him because his argument is going nowhere but down.

[MileHi]

Haha! The sheep have been largely tamed. Shame.

BTW, you haven't lived to long, so relax and enjoy.

FReegards.