On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Adam Shostack wrote:
Ross Perot demonstrated that you can buy your way into an election
now. Maybe we should just admit that that's the case. Could it be
worse than the unofficially sold elections and gerrymandered districts
we have now?
I think it's pretty well
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 07:02:40AM -0800, Mike Rosing wrote:
| On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Tyler Durden wrote:
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| Me, I don't like the idea of people actualy selling votes, but I think I
| like the idea of people BEING ABLE to sell their votes.
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| But then votes are property, and property can be
Damn. I can't help but think that this sounds kinda Kafka-esque...might we
see something like this in the future?
Court: Please provide a defense for the charges that have been levied
against you.
Gilmore: Sure, if you'll tell me what the charges are, and what law I've
broken.
Court: No.
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Tyler Durden wrote:
Me, I don't like the idea of people actualy selling votes, but I think I
like the idea of people BEING ABLE to sell their votes.
But then votes are property, and property can be transfered, so
you could sell your vote from your will, and dead voters
On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Mike Diehl wrote:
Dubbya has only been in office about a year and a half, and in that time, he
has destroyed Freedom in this country?
Not entirely, just *mostly*.
I don't think so. I'm still able to
practice my religion freely.
Sure. Provided your religion does
Who, for instance, sees nothing at all wrong with selling votes. Where I
come from, it's called equity. :-).
Yes, one could argue that the vast majority of the public have their votes
bought and sold all the time, but they are unaware of it and don't reap the
benefits. Wait scratch that...they
I was browsing some of my old mail when I came across this. What's the
status of Gilmore's case?
The regulations I'm challenging purport to require air and train
travelers to show a government issued ID. Every traveler has been
subjected to these requirements, but it turns out that they
And to think some people think Timoth McVeigh was wrong in liquidating a
military target.
Holy Crap May, I'm not quite sure how you meant this but I find this
distrubing (and I agree with a lot of what you post)...by Military Target
do you mean the building, or the people (and children) who
Someone posted:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A special, secretive appeals court on Monday said the
U.S. government has the right to use expanded powers to wiretap suspected
terrorism suspects under a law adopted by Congress after the Sept. 11, 2001,
attacks.
So we not only have secret courts, we
On Monday, November 18, 2002, at 10:31 AM, Elyn Wollensky wrote:
Secret Court Says U.S. Has Broad Wiretap Powers
36 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A special, secretive appeals court on Monday
said the
U.S. government has the right to use expanded powers to wiretap
suspected
terrorism
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