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To: Celtic Conservative

At some point, if you are a true “conservative,” you come to the conclusion that you cannot accommodate a big nanny state or a perfectly safe place and true freedom.

Tell me, in what part of the US Constitution are FISA courts allowed? Where does the US Constitution agree with what is in the Patriot Act?

Or better yet, you tell me, which one, just one single one of the Bill or Rights has not been abridged?

The US is not a Republic on which it was based (we are a republic, not a democracy by design) because the US Constitution has been circumnavigated. While you call me an anarchist, most folks sworn in under the US Constitution cannot tell you what the first ten amendments even are!!! Sure, they have a good credit score, paid all their traffic tickets, they never smoked weed, or pirated software, so Bill Gates is happy. But the people sworn in under the ideas expressed in a document they are suppose to defend or uphold do not even know the most basic tenets of what it’s about, think about that one. In this country, where people talk about freedom, democracy, the rule of law and justice, you will get hammered harder for not paying a toll road bill than interfering with national elections by using a secret FISA court to collect on a political opponent. That is what happens when government comes to help, may it be for the children, to save us from global warming or protect us from terrorists. No, no no... and I ask you again this question. When the federal government shut down all their law enforcement (ATF, DEA, FBI, TSA, Federal Marshal Service) by ~75%, what changed for you? Were you attacked? Did your neighborhood disintegrate with burning houses and angry mobs roaming the streets? I’ll answer it for you, nothing changed because just like global warming and the billions wasted on fighting that scare, the government wastes billions on law enforcement which accomplishes NOTHING, zero, zip, nadda. There is a mission for federal law enforcement, but it is about 1/4 of what it is today. You can literally accomplish the same (as in what actual impact you have on national security) with 1/4 the people.

So, while as a conservative you likely agree with cutting on the EPA and Department of Education (which you see most likely as a waste of resources and ineffective - and that is also true), I bring to you the idea that this also applies to other areas that are holy for so-called conservatives that in reality want big government also.


76 posted on 06/08/2020 12:36:16 PM PDT by Red6
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To: Red6

Third amendment.

...but, I get your point.


77 posted on 06/08/2020 12:41:09 PM PDT by QualityMan ( Mr. President, we have your back.)
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To: Red6

You have a lot of time on your hands, don’t you?

CC


78 posted on 06/08/2020 1:33:25 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV)
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