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Posted: 3/24/2006 10:07:12 PM EDT
So we tried electing a republican governor, that did not work because repub votes don't count as good as democrat votes.
So if the vote does not work just how are we supposed to restore our state to the rule of law under the constitution ? |
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How can you. Don't you know the WA. Guard is the greatest fighting force Know to man. They have all the coolest stuff to kill people with, that even the regular Army don't have.(yet) Challenge the Queen and die. |
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What was your point again? |
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Yep bored, waiting for the wife to get home from work. |
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Are you going to enforce the law that founded this state or are you going to enforce the law that destroys this state ? Have you a solution? When we assume the Soldier we do not lay aside the citizen ! |
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I would also add You should be a citizen first. |
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Yep pretty much, Strat, keeps asking the same questions that have been responded to time and again. He has a comprehension problem me thinks. |
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Both of you have failed to learn the lesson so it must be repeated until you get it !
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Looks to me like he is trying a different path... Now to change the course a little, Am I the only one that is upset that today thousands of hispanic people ( Im sure legal and non-legal) could get up larger number's of people to protest all across the country, and those of us that care about the security, and the direction our dollars are going (south) cant seem to be able to do the samething? |
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WE can neither get or afford the permits necessary |
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What, exactly, is yours, if it is possible to get an answer without quotes from dead people? TIA. |
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I don't think that Strat actually has a single original thought. He just quotes the founding fathers with the ferver or zealousness of a ROP fundamentalist quoting the Qu'oran. And possibly with as little understanding of what he purports to believe. Actually thinking about it, I don't see a whole lot of difference. It's not politics with him, but seems to actually be religion.
And unfortunately, Matt, Torakan, and 161Inf keep going after the bait it seems. |
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I understand what Strat is saying to a degree.. but I think at least in this state, it's going to get worse. Only reason it's taking so long compared to California is that our legislator is not in session year round. Whenever the libtards want to win something, they just dig up more votes in King county to win.
We are loosing a "Cultural Revolution" in this country. The mindset that many "progressives" are trying to impose on the masses is frightfully similiar to what Mao Tse-Tung did in the mid '60s. The only difference is, the Red Guard used guns, beatings, and torture. Here, the tactic is constant media bombardment that is nothing short of propaganda that is designed to shape opinions. This has been going on for generations. Add in the propaganda machines that have become our schools, and well.. I'm honestly surprised we've half way held onto a few of our freedoms for this long. |
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Well Strat. can flat out debate. and why not use quotes from dead people. if you want to get the point across about what the Constitution should mean. Why not use the thoughts of the people wrote the document in the first place. This way you won't lose meaning of what they(founding fathers) Were passing down to us. And you can't misconstrue the point that way. Which makes it very frustrating for some here. This tactic is very hard to debate with.
Edited to add It's Sat. and we all need to get out and get some trigger time. |
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At least it's in their own thread this time. Lets just hope there will be some new BS this round. (tag) |
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Hope springs eternal |
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Maybe we can keep this civil?
I think we all can pretty much agree there is a huge problem... |
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What I believe Strat is saying, is that based on the US Constitution and the words of our founding fathers whom he quotes.
Is that we need an armed populace (militia) to keep out government honest as was intended buy our founding fathers when the United States was born. And to have a force to fight back should the United States go the way of Nazi Germany , Yugoslavia or any government that would take away the rights of it's citizens. IE: Britain & Australia taking away it's citizen's guns. The other group says, fight my government and I will kill you for sedition. |
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You're about as pinheaded as Unicorn, reading what YOU want to, in mine, and simular viewpoint responses. Get over it. |
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So Strat, like a politician or Jehovahs witness you will keep repeating the lie until it becomes truth? Taking a tactic from the Democratic party I see. |
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I've been for the most part staying out of this shit because I believe it to be a waste of my time to argue with people I have no hope of persuading. Like the saying goes, fighting on the internet is like the special olympics--you're a loser no matter what. I believe some progress may be gained by making a few salient points in reply to this specific quote.
"Power of the people" is a communist slogan. It has no role in a Constitutional Republic, which America supposedly is. The purpose of the state and federal constitutions is, ostensibly, to protect the rights of the individual against abuse by others, be they fellow Americans or foreigners. The whole purpose of having a constitution is to hinder the majority's efforts to institutionalize injustice. Unfortunately, due to numerous factors, the constitutions are not accomplishing that as well as one would hope. The constitutions are the supreme law of the land--statutory law can never supercede constitutional law. Constitutions are NOT living documents, you can NOT change what they mean on a whim. They outline how changes can be made if necessary, but it does not merely require a simple majority of the population. To amend (change for those of you without the benefits of private education) the uSA constitution, it takes 3/4 of state legislatures (or state conventions) and 2/3 of each house of congress. Here is a link to the process for Washington state: www.courts.wa.gov/education/constitution/index.cfm?fa=education_constitution.display&displayid=Article-23 |
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Perhaps you should have followed your advice and stayed out of it. Some people simply dont have a sense of humor or can look at themselves critically. Give them something to chew on and sometimes they go mad with rage, this shows in the posts. I like arguement, in this dialoge you get to see how the other side believes. Many times I will post something simply to start a dialoge, whether I believe in it or not. Some on here need to take a chill pill, they cannot seem to handle the hard questions. |
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Here lies the rub. Hypocrisy. (both sides, but this one was just a prime example) Truth is, a majority rule would shitcan the ability to even continue these discussions here. Most of us either don't care, are laughing at all of it, or are considering a better place to hang out with our friends. I asked you guys to take it elsewhere. Maybe you tried, and it didn't work. Try again. The rest of the world keeps spinning, and some of you want to ignore it while you compare historical trivia to imaginary what-if scenarios. There's better ways to spend your Saturdays gentlemen, IMHO. |
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Very true.
So now that we know how you feel about freedom of speech, how about religion? |
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It's my opinion, which I can share and do so without calling others names or mocking their beliefs. Strat has beliefs, you have beliefs. At least Strat has been respectful. Get over it. |
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Freedom of religion sure, the Gov should also tax the hell out of them.(frick'n free loaders).
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Why should they (I assume you mean church) be taxed? |
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Sure, but I have to go look up the word VERBOTTEN first. In the meantime, just read the COC, and post about whatever you like. Be polite, and leave others scabs alone.... you'll do fine. |
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You are so right, but I'm stuck at the office this half way decent day, so I'll take a stab at it. I have recently learned to have enough respect for those on both sides of the issue, and those in the WAHTF to sit back, relax, post less or not at all when it gets heated, and try to ask more questions to try to draw out what someone really means in regard to this kind of emotional or philosophical issue. I hope this becoming obvious. Like others here, I am truly bored with the quotes from Strat. I would really like to hear what he has to say. He says very little, in the long run, that wasn't said before by many well spoken and brilliant minds. He wants to hang his hat on those quotes, but many of us want to have a conversation. BTW, I don't expect him to change to please me, I don't expect that from anyone. Second, as far as "verboten" topics, well, that is where you refer to the ARFCOM CoC, and our own ability to realize when something is in a death spiral, and it's time to get off. My boss reminded me a couple of days ago you can't hear anything when your shouting. If everyone is shouting, they'll never hear you. We'll figure out a balance of sorts, then some new foks will join and start jumping in, just like I did not too long ago, and it might all go to hell in a handbasket again, and the cycle may repeat. Thanks for listening. |
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As private citizens, if I can prove that my charity is equal to my tax burden, then I may not owe any tax. Churches should be required to prove their charity in dollar figures, just like everyone else. You think the folks that run the Crystal Cathedral in Orange County, CA, aren't enjoying a damn good and luxurious life off their donors, and doing so under the tax free guise of being a church? Heh. Churches do fill important charitable roles, but why do so many people sit back and assume that is where all the money goes? Because the church leaders say so? Might as well make them government with that level of blind trust. |
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So, is taxing the church the answer? There are better solutions to that problem. |
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So, is taxing the church the answer? There are better solutions to that problem.[/quote] Sure, why not? Religious sects within in this country have too much power anyways. They use these funds to push there own agendas, why shouldnt they be tax'd, other business's are and religion is a business.(opened another can of worms) |
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Anybody who is bad mouthing churchs for the "tax free" thing ever been involved in the finances of a church?......I can assure you we pay plenty of taxs.....The tax-free thing comes into play on the property the church owns that is used solely for worship services..and any income derived from those services.
anything else is taxed and taxes are paid on property [not used for worship services] as well as employee taxes, incorporation taxes, etc..... |
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It may be just one solution to a problem that needs many more solutions. Is taxing anything, or taxing more what I want? No. However, since taxes are not going away anytime soon, I'm sure that many will agree with me that there needs to be some major changes, and looking at this issue may be necessary. Churches that are serving a public good with their donated $'s are going to have nothing change at all except for filing a return just like you and me. I see no problem with that. Now, if the Crystal Cathedral folks end up with their nipples in the wringer for deceiving their donors, then they should get what anyone else in that situation would get. I see two very different styles of churches in this country, those that save, and those that want your savings. |
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That is why I refered to the Crystal Cathedral of Orange County, CA. Not your average church, not by a long shot. |
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All church property needs to be tax'd, when its not(as in removed from the tax base), WE make up the difference.
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The problem I have with taxes is that it redistributes the local charity to a general fund that ends up funding urban shitholes like Seattle and D.C. In other words, more socialism.
We should have some fundamental laws for this, such as fraud and embezzlement. Church leaders, and whoever else abuses the public trust, should be jailed. Too bad the system is so easy to circumvent. Back to the original topic, shouldn't this also apply to vote fraud and any politician involved? ed. fixed my quote foo. |
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I believe there should be certain crimes that you cannot plea out of a harsher sentence, and voter fraud is one of them. The very heart of our system, the power of the vote, being tainted intentionally in any way, is a crime that should be punished very harshly. I am not smart enough, nor do I have enough patience, to try to seek out this problem on a case by case basis, but I can clearly see that both of the major parties in our country will do anything to maintain the two party system, and have no difficulty pointing fingers across the aisle to affix blame for our problems to distract us from the fact that our problems are clearly much more complicated than a simple index finger of blame can fix. |
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My sentiments exactly. Politicians always win the elections. The rest of us just pay for the show. |
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I agree. That is why if a church wants it's donated money to go to their own choice charities or used to support their own charitable works instead of state controlled waste, they can easily show this on a tax return, and be able to back it up if audited. Just like you and me. |
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But Churchs also use their so called donations to influence politics and get their agenda forward'd.
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If the governmentment truly held to a strict separation between Church and state policy, they would tax Churchs exactly like every other property and be completely blind to to the activities that go on inside, it is flat wrong to give tax breaks (thus making others take up the financial slack) to anyone on the grounds of religion.
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