tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post3904978638623658998..comments2023-10-17T08:19:58.196-04:00Comments on FreeThinke: FreeThinkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-29706165351348288032012-06-18T09:49:06.135-04:002012-06-18T09:49:06.135-04:00Thanks for your input, "Barbra."
~ FTThanks for your input, "Barbra."<br /><br />~ FTFreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-48232166548827290632012-06-16T12:59:32.305-04:002012-06-16T12:59:32.305-04:00Your graphics are over the top, Freethinker. It is...Your graphics are over the top, Freethinker. It isn't Democrats who beat up innocent people. It's you fascist Law & Order types who want to scare everyone into shutting up and getting out of your way. It's you greedy rich types who want to keep everybody down, so you can live high and mighty. <br /><br />BarbraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-24995414467923920602012-06-14T16:29:51.372-04:002012-06-14T16:29:51.372-04:00The American people will never knowingly adopt Soc...The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of 'liberalism' they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened. —Norman Thomas<br /><br />We are far too accepting of "authority figures." In our hearts, we want to appreciate our first responders. We want to respect them for the jobs they do for us ... but we must be wary not to cross that line into National Socialism. Look what it did to the German people.<br /><br />I am reminded of yet another quote that went something like this. "Badges? Badges? We don't need no stinking badges!"Sam Huntingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14780557316548397352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-87756691974467797422012-06-13T09:24:51.886-04:002012-06-13T09:24:51.886-04:00When the tin-plated uniformed bureaucrats become i...When the tin-plated uniformed bureaucrats become ineffectual at serving the people, they end up turning on the people. That is so much easier than doing the job they initially were supposed to do.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-90819730560167987442012-06-13T07:13:27.395-04:002012-06-13T07:13:27.395-04:00It's a good thing you were "well-connecte...It's a good thing you were "well-connected," AOW, or things might have gone badly for you.<br /><br />What you –– and those 40 people in the article –– experienced was clearly an abuse of power. Certainly unconstitutional. <br /><br />Aren't we supposed to be free from "unreasonable search and seizure?"<br /><br />OH! And did you hear about the new law making drivers eligible for a <b>one-<i>thousand</i> dollar fine</b> if they are caught driving with <i>pets</i> unrestrained by a seat belt? <br /><br />Talk about DRACONIAN laws!!! That one really takes the cake. I suspect it may be a "test case" on the part of Authority to see just how much abuse We the "eople have been conditioned to take.<br /><br />I forget the state from which this latest atrocity emanated, but –– again –– it's part of an emerging pattern of petty tyranny on a thousand fronts that threatens, if unchecked, to make our once-great nation a living hell.<br /><br />We may catalogue these affronts to human dignity, and shriek and roar and throw up our hands all we like in the blogosphere, but that won't begin to stem the tide.<br /><br />In suppose using tactics perfected by the left -- organized protest marches, belligerent-but-nonviolent "demonstrations," Parades Celebrating <i>Pride</i> in Liberty, massive organized phone calls, letters and emails to every member of congress <i>demanding</i> justice. OCCUPY the MALL, etc. <br /><br />Trouble is we conservative-libertarians are either gainfully employed or too busy working at real tasks that interest and enliven us to devote <b>that</b> much time to what-amounts-to organized bitching. We're just too polite, mild-mannered and respectful if human dignity for our own good.<br /><br />~ FreeThinkeFreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-77845269256965057502012-06-13T06:39:46.836-04:002012-06-13T06:39:46.836-04:00Oh, in answer to the question at the end of the po...Oh, in answer to the question at the end of the post: The incident is indeed cause for alarm!Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-61953685047065980442012-06-13T06:39:22.056-04:002012-06-13T06:39:22.056-04:00Something that happened to me back in 1970 or so.....Something that happened to me back in 1970 or so....<br /><br />A police officer stopped me as I was driving through a small town here in Northern Virginia. I asked him, "Officer, why are you stopping me? Was I speeding?"<br /><br />"No, you were not speeding."<br /><br />"Then, why did you stop me?"<br /><br />"Because you have a university sticker on your car and you look suspicious. I'm going to search your vehicle."<br /><br />I paused, then stated: "You need a search warrant for that. I want my attorney."<br /><br />The officer snorted. "Just who is your attorney?"<br /><br />I named our attorney, the family attorney always on retainer. <br /><br />The officer's jaw dropped. "You don't really have him as your attorney."<br /><br />"I do." I rattled off my attorney's two phone numbers (office and personal).<br /><br />The officer folder up his notebook and said, "Go on your way."<br /><br />In today's crazy climate, what would happen to me if such an event occurred now?<br /><br />I do know of several instances of unlawful searches of vehicles over the past three years here in Northern Virginia -- one of those instances a case in which the driver of the vehicle had done nothing wrong and even had his seat belt fastened.<br /><br />So, let's say that you're doing nothing wrong -- as was certainly true in my case all those years ago. Your vehicle will still be impounded, and getting it out of that impound lot will cost you over $400. I kid you not! And if your vehicle is damaged during the towing process or anything is stolen from that vehicle, unless you have comprehensive coverage on the vehicle, you'll have to pay the charges. Again, I kid you not! I've known of more than one instance of what I'm describing (vehicle damage and property stolen).<br /><br />So, here is what we now must do: Have a high-powered attorney on retainer! There is no other way to protect the rights we should have to take such costly steps to protect. <br /><br />The same applies to our health care -- particularly if we are taken to the ER and, later, forced into a nursing home.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.com