[quote]Cortes wrote:
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
[quote]dmaddox wrote:
[quote]BlueCollarTr8n wrote:
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
[quote]Aragorn wrote:
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
I try to stay balanced in this regard, we need protection, that is why we have Police, they need the tools to catch people. Where is that line? That is always a moving target.
We need our privacy and if my rights were ever fringed upon I would very much think different.[/quote]
Here’s the problem though:
"First they came for the Jews,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Jew.
Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Catholic.
Then they came for me,
and there was no one left to speak for me."
If you don’t fight for the rights of people you aren’t part of, or aren’t personally concerned with, then there’s no one left to help you when they finally come for YOUR rights. This is one reason we allow, and soldier fought for, the hideous practice of flag burning.
This isn’t a game of conserving your energy. If you don’t bother getting up, you won’t be able to when you need to.[/quote]
Okay I agree, however what is your proposal?
I do not believe we are at a state of revolt. We are still in a Democracy and state laws are just that state laws. Like I stated the reason I will never leave Texas. [/quote]
Consider what is taking place in states were federal and state laws conflict. Texas may be one of the last states to drown; but make no mistake; we are sinking as I type these very words.
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With Federal Law trumping State Law we are sinking very fast. Texas is where everyone wants to be right now because of jobs, but they are not leaving their politics behind. Texas will be a blue state in 50 years unless we secede, but that wont happen.[/quote]
I will be dead in 50 years[/quote]
Come on, Derek. Our forefathers certainly didn’t talk that way.
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I know, I know.
Right now I am about a month away from “solidifying” my career. I have my eye on that ball right now.
Give me a couple of years and being more politically active will actually be my goal.