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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:07 PM Original message |
People on terrorist watch list allowed to buy guns |
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mikelgb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. of course, that is the only fucking amendment left |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It appears to be, doesn't it? |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. This isn't about the rest of the populace not on the watch list |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Fine. You don't like this particular civil liberty. |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
42. Someday people will get their PRIORITIES straight, and they'll realize |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Did you think the 'terror watch list' was a good idea from the start? |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Like I said--you are welcome to try to change the Constitution to remove the civil liberties |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #42 |
79. Right... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 04:27 AM Response to Reply #42 |
81. Authoritarian governments have killed far more people than have lawful private gun owners |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #81 |
122. True . . .and that should be clear to gun lovers who arm themselves against government -- !!! |
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Butch350 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #81 |
133. What the difference between the two? |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #42 |
94. Many people DO have their PRIORITIES straight |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
121. It is modified by the opening clause, which NRA and "guns for everyone" continue to ignore -- |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
55. Maybe...just maybe... |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. I totally agree. I also think that it one of the most important amendment. |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Yeah, the secret, non-appealable list with a million names on it is a wonderful tool |
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Somawas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. Touchy, aren't we? |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. The Bush administration secret list should be done away with all together |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. "People on terrorist watch list still have constitutional rights", in other words... |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. more like "the terrorist watch list is so useless" |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. what happened to the Brady Bill? |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. You still have to have a background check if buying from an FFL |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Nothing. The NICS is alive and well. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 10:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
65. It became law, and the permanent provisions took effect in 1994 |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. How many millions of us are on that list now? |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. Terrorists have private property to defend, too! n/t |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Everybody Bush put on his secret list is a terrorist? |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Are you saying The Bush Administration was untrustworthy? n/t |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Um... Yes. Exactly. nt |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I am SHOCKED! Shocked, I tell you! n/t |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
12. Terrorists can have all the guns they want. They just can't... |
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sellitman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. Gun rights trump all. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
44. So, you *favor* the Bush administration secret blacklists? |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. Well, Isn't That Special? |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
17. So they can buy guns... |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
18. They also evidently have free speech.....There's that pesky |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
22. What I find absolutely pathetic... |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Excellent summation! n/t |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. No, you must be mistaken. The terrorist watch list is an invaluable tool |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 11:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
80. No doubt about it. Spot on. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
26. ON MSNBC now (4:10 PM) Lautenberg (Sen D NJ) wants to have DOJ do in depth review |
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Butch350 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
27. Oh please. You ought to see some of the americans they allow to buy guns! |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
29. Well I feel safer. So... gun nuts on "watch-list" can shoot up their own nursing homes |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. The good old terrorist watch list: a terrible infingement on civil liberties when Bush uses it |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Boy do you have the cart before the horse. So, 2nd Amendment aside, do you |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. The "terrorist watch list" is a bad joke on our civil liberties |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #33 |
51. Your response started out reasonably. Of course a list has to be legitimate and be not be abused |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 08:43 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. I'm sure dying people would glady trade away their freedom for a few minutes more of life |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Right. We live in such a terribly repressive country. 'I want a pony but I don't |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Heh... |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #58 |
74. Yes, I do. Of course a responsible adult would want to wear a helmet, or not shoot |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. A reasonable adult... |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. "I want freedom to let ANYONE on a plane." |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #60 |
69. How are people 'denied their civil liberties' by being checked briefly against a list? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 04:30 AM Response to Reply #69 |
82. Any "background check flag" sufficiently dire to keep a person from boarding an airplane |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 07:40 AM Response to Reply #69 |
85. You didn't answer the question. *Who* belongs on that list. |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #85 |
101. Sure I did. Not the dead beat dad who may now be on the list. But certainly |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #101 |
102. Folks with bombs in their shoes and/or plans to fly planes into skyscrapers |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #102 |
106. Okay, let me see if I get your drift. A bad guy shouldn't be kept off a plane 'cause |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #106 |
108. Frankly, your post is ridiculous, and you either genuinely don't understand the |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #108 |
118. Some guys on that list are not "pre-crime" They have some reason for suspicion. |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #118 |
137. Here in the United States those who are found not guilty... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #108 |
142. Considering the source, I'd say intentionally obtuse .. or |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #56 |
95. I'd take a hundred terrorist attacks over one abrogation of due process. |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #51 |
61. Is that how our system works? People that "may" have done something wrong |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Wow, you put me and Dick Cheney together as the same. Now I really feel I'm part of the DU |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 07:36 AM Response to Reply #63 |
84. If you don't like being lumped in with Dick Cheney, don't use his "reasoning" to justify |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #51 |
93. I don't know anybody on the list |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #93 |
99. 1/3/09? Did you mean 1/20/09? And of course it has to be a secret list. But you'll |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #99 |
111. Oops. Thank you. Wrong date. |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
136. You are equating... |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
31. The "no-fly" list has proven worthless - burn it (n/t) |
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biermeister (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
34. I only have 2 questions- |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #34 |
62. very well said eom |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #34 |
68. Those are EXACTLY the right questions you should be asking |
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biermeister (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #68 |
90. sometimes i actually pay attention nt. |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #34 |
71. I have only one question: how do you know these things? "There is no process for |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. I can answer that.. |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #77 |
89. Apparently people can get "on the list" for lots of reasons besides "terrorism" And now |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #89 |
97. No to make your friends' tragedies any less important, but.. |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #97 |
98. "...if we stop just one" One? How many died on Flight 11 and in the North Tower? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #98 |
117. I refuse to make a bad situation worse.. |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #89 |
103. "all this is put in place to make air travel safer" The hell it is. |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #103 |
107. So... you don't believe air travel is any safer now? Just more inconveniences? |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #107 |
109. I don't think taking our shoes off at the metal detectors makes us one iota safer |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #109 |
112. Inescapably. Resent the heck out of TSA for all their silly rules. This massive and |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #112 |
114. I'll thank you not to ascribe things to me that I didn't say. |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #114 |
116. Since you ask so politely I'll agree. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 04:40 AM Response to Reply #71 |
83. Here is what the FBI officially has to say about that question... |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #83 |
88. Thanks for the link. However, it seems to say check with the agency that originated |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #88 |
96. How would I determine the relevant screening agency? |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #96 |
104. Thanks. You're correct, I'm NOT that naive. The TSC list isn't posted on their website |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #104 |
115. I shouldn't be questioned or detained at all |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #104 |
123. Some of us are less comfortable wearing chains than others are |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 09:42 AM Response to Reply #123 |
127. Well Now, Aren't You Special...... (n/t) |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #127 |
132. Just paraphrasing a local politician. I agree with one of his associates: |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 10:27 PM Response to Reply #132 |
138. Ouch... |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 08:45 AM Response to Reply #138 |
140. Not Hardly..... (n/t) |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 08:44 AM Response to Reply #132 |
139. The Notion Itself Is Sound. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #88 |
110. I don't know that repeated firearms violation, parole, or child kidnapping would get a person listed |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #110 |
113. Yes. But anecdotal bits have suggested a much wider net being cast. From your |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #113 |
124. I've always had a fear of an overweight person sitting on me |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #124 |
125. Me too! And as much as I admire Sen Kennedy, I'm not sure I'd like to be squeezed |
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biermeister (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #71 |
91. I don't think I am on the list nor do I know anyone who is but |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #34 |
92. How did Ted Kennedy get off of it? |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #92 |
105. He knew a U.S. Senator or two that could put in a good word for him. |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
35. People who arent convicted felon's shouldnt be prohibited from exercising thier rights... |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Unless most of those on the watchlist are actually legal US citizens |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Must be a citizen to purchase firearms. |
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S_B_Jackson (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. No, you do not have to be a citizen to purchase a firearm. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Sorry, meant legal resident.. |
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S_B_Jackson (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #52 |
70. No problem.... |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
36. If there's enough evidence that they're terrorists, arrest them. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
38. Lautenberg explains it all for you right here: |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Fuck you, Lautenberg, and fuck your transparent use of "TERRORISM!" as a blank check |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
40. Links to the GAO report: |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
43. I see the MSM hasn't given up on the Secret Terrah Blacklists. |
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New Dawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
45. Most people on the "terror watch list" are just anti-war protesters. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
47. That fool Lautenberg just offered REAL terrorists a great way to see if they are on the list. |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
50. Looks like the only foiling done in *'s Terra Town was Pickles dye job and Chenny's hat |
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Sweet and Spicy (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
54. This scares me |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #54 |
66. You think that merely being suspected of having bad thoughts should disqualify a person from... |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #54 |
134. Thinking rooted in fear is usually of very poor quality. |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
57. Aparently, some folks hereabouts think this guy shouldn't have been able to buy a gun. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #57 |
67. Cue the sound of crickets chirping |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. Indeed, however... |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #67 |
135. Not sure what is so funny. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
64. People who haven't been convicted or even charged with a crime still have civil rights |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
73. So let me get this straight, so called "liberals" and "progressives" support the mere existance... |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #73 |
119. Well some do...as long as it involves restricting scary guns. |
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951-Riverside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
75. I think its pretty sad that people are labeled as terrorists without notice or trial |
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iandhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
76. conforting thought |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
86. Whose fault is that? You're not supposed to KNOW you're on the terrorist watch list! |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
87. How does the terrorist watch list coincide with the "no fly" list? Are unarmed |
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Blaze Diem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
100. Terrorists??? Then so should those with a non-violent related felony from 10 years ago also |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-23-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #100 |
120. It is possible for felons to have their rights restored. |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 02:50 AM Response to Reply #120 |
126. My SO will have his voting rights restored only because we live in Texas |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
128. You Know, It Is Possible To Raise The Guns Issue....... |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #128 |
129. I agree, the secret blacklists are BS and should go, |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #129 |
130. Always Nice To Find Common Cause With You, Ben. (n/t) |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
131. Hmm. Could it be because the terrorist watch list is TOTAL BULLSHIT!!?? |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #131 |
143. And why didn't the Obama Admin. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
141. Hell, in the fascist state of Arizona... |
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