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Bend over, folks...
("Paul Tomblin" wrote)
...because obviously I'm an unlucky person to be friends with Tomblin? Tomblin? Sounds familiar enough, but I can't quite place the face. Paul-Mont |
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Bend over, folks...
"jl" wrote in message oups.com... On Jun 17, 12:58 pm, "Blueskies" wrote: "Scott" wrote in messagenews:ZNCdnUzsMue6_ujbnZ2dnUVZ_gudnZ2d@brigh t.net... So far, what it says in the article is boat and private jets. I have neither. But, as I suspected long ago, it will just be a metter of time before they go after my Corben and my F-150. I still stand by my original belief that the knee-jerk reactions are just a convenient cover to take away our freedoms. I don't need the government to protect me...I can use my own guns to wipe out terrorists... Have any of you ever been walking down the street, just minding your own business, when a cop stopped you and asked to see your ID? Have you ever said no? Did you pay the price for saying no? This has been going on for years,and no-one seems to give a damn.... I was walking off some steam about 1 a. m. in Asheville, NC. A cop stopped me and asked me what I was doing there. I was walking through the parking lot of a bowling alley about 2 blocks from my home. I was out getting exercise, I told him. He asked me for I. D. I told him I had none. Then I asked him wth he was doing shaking down local residents out for a peaceful neighborhood stroll. He did not answer. He then demanded that I accompany him to my home to show him who I was. I refused. "I have done nothing wrong. You're not going to shake me down," I said. He then threatened me with arrest for resisting, delaying and obstructing a police officer in the performance of his duties. I told him that by god if he arrested me he'd better have a charge that stuck or I would be owning a 2d lien on his mobile home. "Do you have nothing better to do than to menace private citizens on the street doing absolutely nothing illegal?" I asked him. "I am not "mincing" you," he said. He started to put his hands on me. "NO, don't you touch me," I said. After a few minutes he said, "You can go. Go ahead." I walked away immediately. I saw him a few weeks later about the same time and he waved at me. I think I taught the little gnatsie a lesson. You just got lucky. He probably didn't figure you were worth it. |
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Bend over, folks...
In a previous article, "Montblack" said:
("Paul Tomblin" wrote) ...because obviously I'm an unlucky person to be friends with Tomblin? Tomblin? Sounds familiar enough, but I can't quite place the face. I'm prepared to deny under torture that you ever brought me an ice filled water bottle at Oshkosh. -- Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/ Using vi is kind of like having sex. The first time to use it, it's kind of awkward, but after using for a while you start to get good at it and enjoy it. -- Eric Merkel |
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Bend over, folks...
Rob Turk wrote:
"Ernest Christley" wrote in message ... No you can't. And for the same reason the Fed's can't do it either. You don't know who the terrorists are. A person becomes a "terrorist" only after the gubment decides they are a terrorist. This usually happens only after the news media gets hold of a story on a slow news day. Was the nutsy gunman at Virginia Tech a 'terrorist', or just a screwed up kid? How about the screwed up kids at Columbine? Would either have been 'terrorist' if they were of middle-Eastern decent? The 'War on Terror' is exactly analogous to the 'War on Poverty' and 'War on Drugs'. Both call for the extreme mobilization of extensive bureaucracies that are adept at little more that removing funds from the populace at large in order to fund extensive bureaucracies. Since the so-called 'war' has no identifiable enemy, the bureaucracy continually extends its reach by declaring more and more threats. Anyone who would dare call the kettle black is shot down, because obviously if they're against the 'war' then they must be supportive of poverty, drugs or terrorist. So, before you tell me that you (or any government) can protect anyone against terrorist, first give me a definition for terrorist that does not include the standard high-school bully. BTW, I think you're right, I'm just pointing out that we can't let the power-grabbers set the language of the debate, else we lose before we ever start. I think you folkes on the other side of the ocean need to wake up. You need ZERO terrorists anymore. Terrorists are people who inflict fear in other people, for political or ideological reasons. Sometimes by their acts (attacks) but almost always by their threats. By now there's no need for any radical groups to act anymore, your government has found the perfect excuse to keep the fear perpetuating. It has allowed your government to grab powers beyond their wildest dreams, powers that they would never have gotten away with if the common people were not scared as hell for something as intangible as "the terrorists". You are idiots for not recognising that it is your own government who are terrorizing you, and have been for the past several years. Wake up, call your congress goons and make it absolutely clear that this is not the 'free country' you want to live in. Blue skies... Rob (The Netherlands) Sadly, Rob you are exactly right. George |
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Bend over, folks...
Nope, can't recall ever being asked for ID out of the blue, but these
days, I wouldn't be a bit surprised... Blueskies wrote: Have any of you ever been walking down the street, just minding your own business, when a cop stopped you and asked to see your ID? Have you ever said no? Did you pay the price for saying no? This has been going on for years,and no-one seems to give a damn.... -- |
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Bend over, folks...
OK, I will try to qualify my view of a "terrorist"...anyone that
approaches me or my family with some visible weapon of some sort (I know, bombs hidden under shirts or skirts can't be seen so it wouldn't be a 100% effective way to identify my terrorists) and doesn't respond to my cease and desist order. If they keep coming after a warning I will not guarantee that I will pursue a peaceful course of action...not perfect, but neither is any other method the gov tries to employ... Scott Ernest Christley wrote: Scott wrote: So far, what it says in the article is boat and private jets. I have neither. But, as I suspected long ago, it will just be a metter of time before they go after my Corben and my F-150. I still stand by my original belief that the knee-jerk reactions are just a convenient cover to take away our freedoms. I don't need the government to protect me...I can use my own guns to wipe out terrorists... No you can't. And for the same reason the Fed's can't do it either. You don't know who the terrorists are. A person becomes a "terrorist" only after the gubment decides they are a terrorist. This usually happens only after the news media gets hold of a story on a slow news day. Was the nutsy gunman at Virginia Tech a 'terrorist', or just a screwed up kid? How about the screwed up kids at Columbine? Would either have been 'terrorist' if they were of middle-Eastern decent? The 'War on Terror' is exactly analogous to the 'War on Poverty' and 'War on Drugs'. Both call for the extreme mobilization of extensive bureaucracies that are adept at little more that removing funds from the populace at large in order to fund extensive bureaucracies. Since the so-called 'war' has no identifiable enemy, the bureaucracy continually extends its reach by declaring more and more threats. Anyone who would dare call the kettle black is shot down, because obviously if they're against the 'war' then they must be supportive of poverty, drugs or terrorist. So, before you tell me that you (or any government) can protect anyone against terrorist, first give me a definition for terrorist that does not include the standard high-school bully. BTW, I think you're right, I'm just pointing out that we can't let the power-grabbers set the language of the debate, else we lose before we ever start. -- Scott http://corbenflyer.tripod.com/ Gotta Fly or Gonna Die Building RV-4 (Super Slow Build Version) |
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Bend over, folks...
That was my whole point (in a roundabout way)...knee-jerk reactions will
not solve this problem. My gun can (help) protect me and my family at home (forgot to mention that part)...can't pack heat while at church or the shopping mall, so I have to take some risks in life. But...I don't feel the government can effectively protect me either... Paul Tomblin wrote: In other words, while I don't think the current government can protect us from terrorists, I don't believe you can protect yourself either. Fortunately, terrorists aren't anywhere near as big a threat as the government and their buddies in the media would like you to believe. -- Scott http://corbenflyer.tripod.com/ Gotta Fly or Gonna Die Building RV-4 (Super Slow Build Version) |
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Bend over, folks...
In article .com,
jl wrote: I was walking off some steam about 1 a. m. in Asheville, NC. A cop stopped me and asked me what I was doing there. I was walking through the parking lot of a bowling alley about 2 blocks from my home. I was out getting exercise, I told him. If you had had a dog on a leash, he would not have stopped you. |
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Bend over, folks...
"Scott" wrote in message
... That was my whole point (in a roundabout way)...knee-jerk reactions will not solve this problem. My gun can (help) protect me and my family at home (forgot to mention that part)...can't pack heat while at church or the shopping mall, so I have to take some risks in life. But...I don't feel the government can effectively protect me either... You obviously don't attend my church. (Not being funny - I attend and am a member of a mainstream Christian church.) Rich S. |
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Bend over, folks...
"Rich S." wrote in message
. .. "Scott" wrote in message ... That was my whole point (in a roundabout way)...knee-jerk reactions will not solve this problem. My gun can (help) protect me and my family at home (forgot to mention that part)...can't pack heat while at church or the shopping mall, so I have to take some risks in life. But...I don't feel the government can effectively protect me either... You obviously don't attend my church. (Not being funny - I attend and am a member of a mainstream Christian church.) Rich S. That left me wondering as well. It seemed to give a whole new dimension to ecclesiastical arguments... Peter :-) |
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