It's not just this, I'm really upset right now about the UN Small Arms Treaty.
Just, so much, too much. On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 12:19 AM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com>wrote: > > 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:352609 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
