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Participant“Government has moved from friendly personal service to disrespect, to collection oriented thuggery, to corruption, to outright criminal conspiracy. We even see logical discourse being persecuted. The law is now whatever a cop says at any moment. Yesterday’s school play-ground bully now wears a black uniform, shaves his head, has a badge, a tazer and a gun.
Nothing kills liberty quicker then a brutal all-powerful, militarized police force.”
Participant[quote=zk]
I think that they’re intended to be used for homeland security. Do you think the original intent is homeland security and you’re afraid they’ll eventually be used for something else? Or do you think that, right now, the intent is to somehow take away your liberty? These are not rhetorical questions; I think your answers are important to this discussion.[/quote]
Considering the current eroded state of our “rights”, using drones under the broad terms/guise of “homeland/national security” would/could certainly go a long way in further eroding whatever rights we do have left.
Participant[quote=zk]
Just because you’re an engineer or an architect doesn’t mean you’re not susceptible to paranoia.
[/quote]Or even president…
Participant[quote=zk]
It’s not the method that counts. To conclude from the fact that Obama used drones more often than Bush that Obama was engaging in Democide more than Bush was is ludicrous.[/quote]
I don’t think it would be ludicrous, but the video doesn’t attempt to make that comparison nor do I.
The main point of the video is IMO: Gov’t’s have killed over 290 million (excluding war) in roughly the last 100 years.
Participant[quote=zk](Obama and drone attacks? Please. They weren’t complaining when Bush was killing innocent people). [/quote]
“Compare Mr. Obama’s use of drone strikes with that of his predecessor. During the Bush administration, there was an American drone attack in Pakistan every 43 days; during the first two years of the Obama administration, there was a drone strike there every four days.[46]”
—Peter Bergen, April 2012, CNN National Security Analyst
ParticipantAre we certain future generations are going to pay for this all of this debt?
From what I’m reading, about 80% of households will pay around $1600-$1700 more in taxes per year (federal).
And that doesn’t include California tax increases.
At least that’s my understanding…
ParticipantCalifornia gas prices Dec 2011: 3.56 reg unlead.
We are just about in the same place this year.
No big deal I guess, nothing to see here.
ParticipantNot to mention that interesting mural facing I-15.
ParticipantWe live in a sick society.
ParticipantWell, the year isn’t over yet – but it appears there will be no crash (stocks or housing) this year.
14.5 million car sales.
Fiscal Cliff – Minimal Impact if any.
Housing generally up.
I guess that’s what a $100 billion+/month will buy these days.
Wasn’t there a Predictions 2012 thread?
December 24, 2012 at 5:04 PM in reply to: OT:It’s Not a “Fiscal Cliff” … It’s the Descent Into Lawlessness #756815ParticipantAnd IMO John Corzine/Global MF is the poster child of this lawlessness.
ParticipantI do most shopping on ebay:
Parmigiani Fleurier Men’s Watch
Participant[quote=bearishgurl]
My “diatribe” really wasn’t about paramount, in particular. He just happened to be handy … again. It was aimed at him and several Piggs who seem to be constantly lamenting here that the “grass is greener” somewhere other than Cali, yet they remain in Cali all the while they’re repeatedly complaining about it. Pigg paramount even bought another local home AFTER repeatedly complaining on this blog about how “corrupt” CA was![/quote]
Apparently the “grass is greener” (keyword greener) in Texas:
SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) _ Chevron Corp. is moving 800 jobs in the San Francisco Bay area to Texas.
The shift of about a quarter of the petroleum giant’s San Ramon headquarters staff will take place over two years.
The San Francisco Chronicle says the employees, most of them in technical positions dealing with information and advanced energy technologies, will be transferred to Houston.
Chevron notified employees in an email on Thursday.
Chevron was founded in California in 1879.
Participant[quote=squat300]Man I wish my parents had deformed my skull like that.[/quote]
That’s the thing, they’re not deformed.
They are reptilians from the Pleiades Star System.
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