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mike92104
ParticipantLet me relate a personal story. I was traveling to see my family back in El Paso. I was driving my Jeep CJ5 without the top or even the doors allowing anyone to see nearly every inch of my vehicle without any effort. I was stopped at a checkpoint just west of Gila Bend. I was asked the usual questions about where I was going, where I was coming from, etc. I answered them politely as I always have. I was then asked to pull off to the side for a secondary inspection. They ran a drug dog around my vehicle which turned up nothing,and then they decided to frisk me. This has never happened to me before, but I complied only because I didn’t want to be detained any longer than I needed to be. I still had a long way to drive. They didn’t find anything and finally let me go. Would you at least consider this to be a random search that doesn’t pass the 4th amendment muster? I do.
Again, the checkpoints used to be a means of checking your immigration or citizen status. Now they are used as a dragnet to search anyone they see fit for any violation.
Participant[quote=deadzone][quote=spdrun]Even so, I’ll stand on my rights, as is my DUTY as an American citizen.
And yes, I think that people who choose to follow orders to harass innocent people with personal questions that have no bearing on whether they’re committing a crime, are pigs. “Just doing a job” is no excuse at all. They’re free to get different jobs. Prostitution and burger-flipping are good options if they can’t do anything else useful.[/quote]
What is your job sdprun, professional douchebag? Seriously you should take some medication for your paranoia[/quote]
What’s your job Deadzone? Border Patrol Agent?
ParticipantI agree with spdrun. I grew up in El Paso, so I have had to deal with checkpoints for my entire life. It used to be that you would roll into the checkpoint and say “American” and be sent on your way. Now, every time I go through, my license plates are photographed and cataloged, a dog is run around the car, and It seems like I have to give my life’s story to the officer to get through.
The supreme court’s ruling about the constitutionality of the checkpoints only refer to their use to check the immigration status of individuals going through. The problem is that these days the checkpoints are used as a dragnet to catch any and all sorts of illegal activity. The checkpoint on the 8 coming back into San Diego actually has a sign boasting about how many arrests they’ve made and the different kinds of violations that were involved.
Participant[quote=bearishgurl][quote=mike92104]Easy: “What is your social security number?” “What is your name?” Call it in, if it matches and is valid, you’re good to go.[/quote]
mike, you might be SHOCKED at how many “unauthorized immigrants” are using the SSN AND identity of American decedents or young minors.[/quote]
I would not be shocked at how many “Illegal Immigrants” are using fake documents or someone else social security number. However, that doesn’t validate the argument that they shouldn’t be checked.
ParticipantI just wish the legislation had actually tried to tackle the cost rather than just determining who pays for it. The bill sucks ass, but all people hear is “Healthcare Reform”, and therefore it must be good.
Participant[quote=svelte][quote=deadzone][quote=UCGal][quote=deadzone]Non-US citizens are required to carry documentation by law. I don’t need to prove that to you. Everyone is required to carry driver’s license while operating a vehicle.
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Ok. I’ll try to make my point again.
US Citizens are *not* required to carry documentation of their citizenship.
[/quote]While a driver’s license is not a “citizenship document” from a federal point of view, it is a pretty good proxy. [/quote]
What if you’re a passenger? If you are a US citizen and you are not driving, you are not required to carry a DL.
No need to prove citizenship then, eh?[/quote]
Easy: “What is your social security number?” “What is your name?”
Call it in, if it matches and is valid, you’re good to go.Participantduplicate post.
ParticipantWe just replaced a sink in our bathroom. Not because we hated the sink, but because there wasn’t a cabinet underneath. You welcome to it. Maybe your wife wil like it better since is been “dumpstered”.
Participant[quote=paramount]If you’ve even remotely considered a cross country road trip; you might want to get started on that trip while you still can.
Today, the supreme court codified increased tyranny in this country by affirming Arizona’s “Show me your Papers” law.
Soon, I have little doubt you will have to “carry your papers” wherever you travel across the country just as the Jews did in Nazi Germany.
Oh, and if I were you I’d stay the hell out Arizona; especially if you have brown skin.[/quote]
Tyranny? Asking someone whether they are here legally or not is tyranny? On which planet?
June 26, 2012 at 8:42 PM in reply to: OT: SD Unified Purchases 26,000 iPads For District Students #746580ParticipantI agree with the android tablets, but only because they are cheaper than ipads. Something like a Kindle Fire would make a good choice for schools.
ParticipantI wonder if people are just more aware of using pesticides on their flowers. We’re lucky that there is a bee keeper down the street form us with a hive. Those little buggers do an awesome job of fertilizing our garden. We get an amazing amount of produce.
ParticipantI have it and it has been rock solid. We have a 12mbps plan and it’s plenty to run our Netflix account.. It is DSL, so no difference there.
The nice thing about DSL is that nobody else is sharing your bandwidth. With cable, even thought the max speed possible is more, you’re lucky to get close to that during peak times. We had COX internet and it sucked ass. The cable modem kept crashing, and forget about getting on the internet during a football game. I think it was a signal gain issue. COX kept telling me it was my splitter, and eventually I had the line dropped from the pole plugged directly into the modem and it would still crash. Switched to DSL, and have never had a problem, and I’m paying half as much. One issue, however, is that the speed on DSL is dependent on how far from the hub you are. We’re lucky and live just a few blocks from the big AT&T bunker on College Ave. I use a DLink DIR-655 router btw.
ParticipantI wish I had seen this thread back in 2010. We build stuff like that all the time here at the theater. I have one or two people that would love to build something like that (for a few bucks of course).
Mike
June 6, 2012 at 8:15 PM in reply to: Question for those of you opposed to government pensions. #745195ParticipantI think the person we sent overseas to get shot at deserves a pension much more than the rude B&^%$ behind the counter at the DMV.
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