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Federal Appeals Court: Driving With Money is a Crime
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Posted on 08/20/2006 8:57:44 PM PDT by FreedomCalls
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To: FreedomCalls
George III looks better every day. We seem to have traded one tyrant 3000 miles away for 3000 tyrants one mile away.
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:02:00 PM PDT
by
dsc
To: FreedomCalls
If as stated, this is pure BS! As a matter of fact, I'd prefer no confiscations unless accompanied by a relevant conviction. The WOD has gone too far.
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:02:37 PM PDT
by
umgud
(Do moderate muslims luv us infidels and Jews?.... Didn't think so.)
To: FreedomCalls
This decision is blatantly wrong.
To: FreedomCalls
Does it raise suspicion carrying that kind of cash? Yes. Does it justify the government seizing it? No way in hell. Suspicion is not guilt!
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:04:32 PM PDT
by
MadLibDisease
(Liberalism is a philosophy of consolation for Western Civ. as it commits suicide: Jerry Pournelle)
To: umgud
This law has become so abused. When did Judges start ruling on feelings instead of facts?
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:04:54 PM PDT
by
CindyDawg
To: FreedomCalls
What a crock.
Just a note: Would it be possible to amass $100,000 of cash without some drug residue being on some of the bills. Isn't that physically impossible?
I sure hope I never get a drugsniffing dog sic'd onto my wallet after I've made an ATM withdrawl.
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:07:10 PM PDT
by
A Balrog of Morgoth
(With fire, sword, and stinging whip I drive the RINOs in terror before me.)
To: umgud
The police department doing the confiscating gets to keep the money for operating expenses. That's part of the problem too.
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:07:56 PM PDT
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: CindyDawg
When did Judges start ruling on feelings instead of facts? When did the first group of humans select one amongst them to settle disputes???
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:08:20 PM PDT
by
ExSES
(the "bottom-line")
To: CindyDawg
Now, now -- they don't just rule on feelings, they also bring in penumbras and emanations.
To: A Balrog of Morgoth
Isn't that physically impossible? IIRC at one time there was a study in which several bills from several different banks in the Miami area were tested for drugs.
Something like 60% of them tested positive for drug residue.
L
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:11:12 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(I support Israel without reservation. Hizbollah must be destroyed to the last man.)
To: FreedomCalls
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:12:28 PM PDT
by
Zon
(Honesty outlives the lie, spin and deception -- It always has -- It always will.)
To: A Balrog of Morgoth
I can't find a source right now but I read once that upwards of 90% of all U.S. currency is tainted with drug residue.
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:13:05 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
To: A Balrog of Morgoth
No, it isn't. One tainted dollar bill that makes it's way into an ATM has the potential to taint hundreds of bills. I hears a stat once that said that a substantial amount of the US monetary supply is tainted.
To: FreedomCalls
Absolutely and utterly ridiculous. This judge should be impeached and exiled. The failed war on some drugs zealots must be stopped before they shred our entire Constitution.
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:13:34 PM PDT
by
mysterio
To: FreedomCalls
The Ninth Circuit must be contagious.
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:15:38 PM PDT
by
skr
(We cannot play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent.-- Ronald Reagan)
To: Graybeard58; A Balrog of Morgoth; misterrob
What if the Treasury
treats all new bills with illegal drugs as part of the manufacture process?
Tin foil?
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:23:17 PM PDT
by
an amused spectator
(Hezbollah: Habitat for Humanity with an attitude)
To: FreedomCalls
A ridiculous seizure of private property. I'm not surprised the dog alerted. There is lots of cash in circulation with drug residues (cocaine) on it. You may have a $20 bill in your own pocket with such residue at this moment.
The lesson here is to put large sums of money in a bank account and use a wire transfer when the appropriate time comes to transfer it to the intended party. If you do otherwise, the government has decided you are a drug dealer and will confiscate your personal property with no other proof required.
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:23:46 PM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: mysterio
'Stop throwing the Constitution in my face, Its just a goddamned piece of paper!' G.W. Bush
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:26:45 PM PDT
by
treffner
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