Strongly-worded posts are not synonymous with "irate." I am opinionated, I am deeply-convicted, I am unabashedly a conservative constitutional originalist because the Constitution protects us all better than any court, border check-point or lazy, uninspired, usurping bureaucrat ever could. It does not serve my, or my country's, interests to keep an "open mind" about those deeply-held, well-researched, and reasonably well-articulated positions. So thanks, but no thanks, when it comes to my rights, I am decidedly
not "open minded" about having them usurped by a fully corrupted and usurped federal government.
I can't imagine what the words "proud to say" you're a US citizen might mean in light of you being OK with having your rights
denied at the hands of a lawless government then. I will never get this. Never. That's not "good citizenship," that's
submission to tyrants, pure and simple.
And if saying that translates into taking for granted that I have anything to hide, think again. Having something to hide is not the point. The 4th Amendment was intended to protect us from
having to answer to an intrusive government that is limited only by its own imaginings of what constitutes a "reasonable" amount of infringement.
That's not for you
or the courts to decide. We, The People settled that 225 years ago! Would you like another link to ignore? It's called "The Constitution." Perhaps Google can help you find it.
I'm very happy living and staying (for the most part) in a non-border-check-point state, but again, that's hardly the point. DUI check points are no less ubiquitous here,
and no less a violation of my rights. It's a fishing expedition, just
exactly what our Framers intended to
prohibit with the 4th Amendment. 5 seconds, 20 minutes, 200
years, it doesn't matter, I have been and will continue to stand on my constitutional rights no matter where, when, how or under whatever out-house rationales tyrants and their Stasi-like enforcers try to cajole me into submission with is forced upon me.
Born and raised in LA County (Redondo Beach to be precise), and again, that is not the point. You're comparing the time it takes to complete a non-government-mandated task with having your rights trampled by a lawless government that is prohibited by the supreme law of the land from doing it. Apples and apples please, or we'll be going nowhere fast.
I tried to stand
as a wall against the invasion from the South once in 2005 and twice in 2006 with the Minuteman Project. I fed and provided water and prayers with every single person we encountered coming North (which was well in excess of 1,000 between the three trips) and helped get them to Border Patrol agents, which was all we were allowed to do. For our troubles, we have been variously described as racists, extremists, zealots, gun-nuts, seditionists
by the very government whose job we were trying to help get done. The wall is, and always has been, an appeasement sent by government to quell activists such as the Minuteman Project from worrying our pretty little heads about. What else can you do indeed. We also tried to
build a fence:
And we sang and prayed for strength to resist the rejections and insults that we suffered from both our fellow countrymen and our own government that we tried to give aid to:
You say, "If you actually build a wall..." Well, I
actually tried. You live pretty close comparatively-speaking to Three Points and Palominas, AZ where we were in '06. Were you there? Did you support our efforts either vocally, actively or financially?
Been swingin' hammers and twistin' wrenches all my life. When someone says "If you actually build a wall..." I set out to freakin'
build it. Some of my border-brethren got arrested, all got insulted, and the Minuteman Project, just like the Tea Party that followed it, fell from the weight of its own country's apathy. I sincerely hope none of it came from you.
Oh, please, give us a break already. The Constitution
removes and prohibits every conceivable window in time for government to set out on a fishing expedition.
Just wondering, do you own any Red Coats? I'll bet you'd look (and feel) as sharp as a tack in one!
Except that, with very few
real exceptions, we don't have to fly or go to any federal buildings. Most of the usurpations that people think of as "having" to accept, are nothing more than voluntary submission to usurped authority that our forebears specifically
prohibited by government.
If you're
for something, then
do it! I could not care any less what people are against if I know what I stand for. Either
be the wall,
build the wall,
contribute to those who can, will and do,
reject the politicians who won't, or at least talk here about solutions no matter what
anyone or a even any
majority of someones think about it!
Sorry, but "I'm OK with having my rights trampled" doesn't inspire a lot of confidence in how you'll react to the above. I anticipate a big shrug of the shoulders, whether actual or symbolic. The "
animated contest of freedom" is in my DNA. The "I'm OK with..." statement seems to me more like "the tranquility of servitude."
Agreement for agreement's sake is highly overrated. If we agree, I'll give you a "Like" or briefly comment on our agreement. Depending on the importance and/or significance to the further erosion of constitutional liberties though, if we disagree, it will be a vehement disagreement. Take it or leave it, or better yet, read my posts and support for them through the links I regularly provide, and
counter them with intelligent and thoughtful argument that demonstrates that my fears or concerns about the loss of liberties is unwarranted. But don't tell me "it's only 5 seconds of loss of liberty" and expect me to treat that as having addressed my fears or concerns. That
validates them!
Blues