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To: Congressman Billybob
Driving a car is a PRIVILEGE, not a RIGHT.

You think the founding fathers would have thought that the right to travel the highways was a privilege and not a right? So since it is a privilege, should they also be able to stop and search and fingerprint you for no reason?

26 posted on 12/31/2008 3:26:59 PM PST by Ron Jeremy (sonic)
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To: Ron Jeremy

Government always foists the “privilege” claim.

Yet there were large numbers of people who drove primitive autos well before “drivers license” laws were instituted.

Why wasn’t it a “privilege” when the very first person drove a car?

Answer: it wasn’t.

This whole thing has to do with civil vs, criminal law, and all I can do is highly recommend that anybody with a license and insurance follow all applicable regulations.


61 posted on 12/31/2008 3:56:42 PM PST by djf (< Tagline closed until further notice. Awaiting bailout >)
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To: Ron Jeremy
You think the founding fathers would have thought that the right to travel the highways was a privilege and not a right?

You mean like Thomas Jefferson's National Turnpike?

147 posted on 12/31/2008 5:12:34 PM PST by Mojave (http://barackobamajokes.googlepages.com/obama_funny)
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