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Originally posted by romanmel
reply to post by ProtoplasmicTraveler
This Indiana (my home state) prosecutor is an IDIOT. Basic reason will tell you that the most insecure communication media around is an email. Yet, here he sends out an email to encourage the commiting of a crime. And, this guy is a prsecutor? Let me repeat: I D I O T
Originally posted by Shirak
Is this grounds for collusion to commit treason? At any rate I am not surprised people who gain positions of power rarely do so with the interests of their constituents in mind it is an ego trip and the ego being a false construct brings with it the fuzzy ethics we see demonstrated here.
Originally posted by romanmel
reply to post by ProtoplasmicTraveler
Right, I prefer my Little Orphan Anne decoder ring for really secure communication. Ya know the three least secure forms of communication after email are :
telephone
telegraph
tellawoman
veritas vos liberabit
Originally posted by bricmpt
reply to post by ProtoplasmicTraveler
"...attaching more and more civil and criminal penalties for failure to live your life the way government exceedingly seeks to micro-manage it..."
Amen to that, brother. How are we free when we are forced to spend our time and money as a government dictates to us?
Mandatory insurances (sold to us by FOR-profit corporations)
Liscences (sp?)
Fees
Fines
Taxes on income
Taxes on purchases
Taxes on manufacturing
Taxes on your own "property"
That is, of course, unless you can afford attorneys to find you loopholes and write-offs.
Originally posted by Ucabearbone
Our government is a joke.
Originally posted by felonius
reply to post by ProtoplasmicTraveler
If the gov had really wanted to play hardball, the asshats that trashed the capital building could have been nailed for a number of offences. No idea why he didnt. I would have! Let the bastards whine!
Originally posted by OhioPariah
reply to post by felonius
I agree with you. We all have different goals, in fact, I'm more of a green myself, but I also believe in gun ownership and fair trade (not free trade). We have to agree to a fair, honest discourse with mutual respect for each others' differences. Backroom deals, underhanded tactics; this crap doesn't help anybody and just furthers the distrust between government and the people. The government is supposed to be representative - it is supposed to be by us and for us. It's clearly not composed of people like you and me, real people living real, hardworking lives - and they are certainly not working for us. If politicians acted like statesmen again, we'd all be better off. This is all just a game to them.edit on 25-3-2011 by OhioPariah because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by OhioPariah
What are the ramifications of this? Why is he allowed to simply resign - he should be on trial for treason, or subversion, or, well, I'm not a lawyer. There must be a legal recourse to these politicians who would even suggest such a tactic. Instead they fall on their feet and end up in a think-tank when they should be in solitary.