Dude, I agree that the Justice Dept lackey was way out of line and deserves a smack down (presuming that what was quoted actually happened of course). But armed insurrection over that sort of shit?
I'm really unhappy about the DOJ but, honestly, I'd say that overall things are better now than they were 8 years ago. Not hugely better. In some places probably worse. But I remember Mr. Ashcroft and Operation Pipe Dreams that took out a dude that I knew, that worked across the street from me. SWAT team busting in at 6 a.m. at his house, holding him, his wife and kids at the gun point while they were sleeping. Why? He sold glass pipes. Didn't find any pot at his house even. They just decided one day that selling glass pipes was illegal and they would make an example of this dude because he sold nice pieces over the Internet. Things need to get fixed. But there are people in positions of power who are trying to get things sorted. They need genuine support and encouragement. Not people threatening insurrection. That crap just plays to the law and order crowd who want to say "they are all a bunch of whack jobs, shut them down!". Judah On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 7:08 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > DOJ is out of control. > > It's about time we water the tree of libert. > On Jul 10, 2012 9:03 PM, "Jerry Barnes" <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> 'DOJ practice' slammed by politicos, >> group< >> http://www.iberianet.com/news/doj-practice-slammed-by-politicos-group/article_32a8d028-c8b7-11e1-aa3d-0019bb2963f4.html >> > >> >> A U.S. senator, a U.S. representative and a nonprofit First Amendment >> advocacy group each have sent a letter of complaint to the U.S. Department >> of Justice after one of its attorneys demanded she not be quoted or >> recorded by a Daily Iberian reporter at a public meeting. Further they >> express concern over the veiled threat the attorney used. >> >> The complaint letters describe senior trial attorney Rachel Hranitzkys >> behavior at a June 12 public meeting held inside New Iberias City Council >> chambers. >> >> Before the meeting started, Hranitzky asked if there were any media present >> and told the Daily Iberian reporter he couldnt quote or record her. >> >> You can quote those who speak, but you cant quote me, Hranitzky said, >> according to a story that ran in The Daily Iberian June 13. >> >> When the reporter questioned her about the law that allowed such an >> assertion to be made, Hranitzky said the Department of Justice has special >> rules on how its attorneys can be quoted. But she cited no law or code that >> allowed for her demand. >> The Daily Iberian sent a complaint letter to the Justice Department on June >> 15 about Hranitzkys actions. It was signed that it was received by the >> department on June 21. As of Saturday, the newspaper had received no >> response. >> >> >> J >> >> - >> >> Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. >> - Henry Kissinger >> >> Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, >> go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Qu >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:352608 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm