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To: Tennessee Nana
"So paying for the food and lodging for English soldiers was not a new thing to the serf-like colonials..."

The only amendment in the BOR that is completely working is the third amendment...
7 posted on 08/26/2010 5:02:39 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: Old Teufel Hunden
"The only amendment in the BOR that is completely working is the third amendment..."

Not really. A second, and possibly more imortant, reason for placing soldiers in private homes was for surveilance. It was hard to plot any sort of demonstration, let alone a revolution, while a soldier of the king was sitting at your table. Such snooping is a lot easier now with the huge variety of high-tech "toys" the government has for seeing through walls, listening to conversations or following individuals through the use of GPS devices. All of which violate the Constitution in one way or another, yet the courts split hairs and allow them. Not only that, but we get to pay for it too.

10 posted on 08/26/2010 5:23:24 AM PDT by oldfart (Obama nation = abomination. Think about it!)
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