Re: Free Speech ain't what it used to be!
Reply #43 –
Rights that allow you not to have to worry about unwarranted search and seizure. A policeman pulls you over for a blown tail-light, technically he doesn't have the right to just start searching your car. I read too many stories recently where police have done just that, on trumped-up charges that the person they pulled over "might" be involved in the drug trade. Once "drugs" are suspected-- because the police dog was tricked into indicating your vehicle had them-- your rights became history. The police root through your vehicle like hogs, and after they find nothing-- they don't even offer an apology.
Right now as I write this, my state representative who is running for re-election is screaming that her Republican opponent, if elected, will cause senior citizens to lose social security, cause children to be tossed off of school buses and cause husbands to beat their wives-- I kid you not. Me thinks the Democrat party just might have their fingers in too many pies, and maybe I shouldn't be dependent on re-electing a Democrat to be sure I get goodies from government. Oh yeah--- her Republican opponent is supposedly a hated Tea Party member-- no proof of that of course. What ever shall we do??
We just signed over the health-care to Washington. What do you think will happen the next time we have a government shut-down and the president needs leverage to use against congress? You better believe he'll shut down health-care so panicked people will call congress to get congressmen to kowtow to the president. Everything else is on the chopping block, what makes you think that's any different?