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99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
7. Yes
Sun Mar 4, 2012, 05:55 AM
Mar 2012

My gut tells me this law is UTTERLY and COMPLETELY illegal; i.e. unconstitutional on it's face.
I mean how in the Hell can anyone meaningfully "dissent" to "petition the gov't for redress of
grievances" if the Gov't lives in a fucking sound-proof Bubble (see Bill Maher)?

But then, look at the courts these daze, esp. SCOTUS = tools of the 1% until Obama appoints
someone with a shred of sense and self-respect. But in the meanwhile, all bets are off really.

The "Armed and dangerous" psychopaths and lunatics REALLY ARE in charge now.

Would that they were more the garden variety psychopath, as they can often be actually quite
brilliant and gifted "commoners" in their own unique ways, sometimes even rare gems of
humanity and compassion.

But not these filthy-rich over-weened over-reaching rat-bastards (To borrow from Mike Malloy)

They truly are vermin masquerading as human; but I can't really say that either, without getting
caught up in the Dehumanization Game of Oppositional Politics, recycling the toxic "US v. THEM"
meme.

Who says politics MUST be "oppositional" .. I never noticed anything in the constitution insisting
that we must be "hateful and oppositional" in how we run the nation. Am I missing something?

So, Occupy will have to become more creative. JDPriestly Mar 2012 #1
You make some excellent points. Creativity in motion 99th_Monkey Mar 2012 #2
I think you missed the point. bvar22 Mar 2012 #9
That is exactly why we should organize 100,000 people to OCCUPY Chicago ANYWAY. Vincardog Mar 2012 #10
I wrote a long answer and then Firefox went out on me and I could not post it. JDPriestly Mar 2012 #14
Those activities are not mutually exclusive. bvar22 Mar 2012 #16
True. I did not mean to diminish the great accomplishments of OWS. JDPriestly Mar 2012 #17
I agree that this statute IS a trap.... bvar22 Mar 2012 #23
Firefox is spooky sloppy lately. truedelphi Mar 2012 #25
Thanks bvar - truedelphi Mar 2012 #24
Our government is bought and paid for, it's a hard lesson to learn but it's the truth ZM90 Mar 2012 #3
Nothing (or at least very few things) could make your header 99th_Monkey Mar 2012 #5
The perfect words to sum up my feelings are: ZM90 Mar 2012 #6
From your lips to Gawd's ears 99th_Monkey Mar 2012 #8
Our government is bought and paid for by the 1%. JDPriestly Mar 2012 #15
It's hard for me to believe that your words are true....that's how shocked I am. left on green only Mar 2012 #4
Yes 99th_Monkey Mar 2012 #7
I hope the Surpreme Court strikes this law down but, knowing the Fascist Five I have my doubts ZM90 Mar 2012 #11
Me too, on both counts. The SCOTUS travesty is one of my main reasons 99th_Monkey Mar 2012 #12
Yeah the only reasons to want a Democratic victory in 2012 are two ZM90 Mar 2012 #13
I'd also like to add that the Democratic and Republican parties seem to only be bipartisan when ZM90 Mar 2012 #22
MLK would say: Pack the Jails Leopolds Ghost Mar 2012 #18
Damn straight 99th_Monkey Mar 2012 #19
I keep hearing about a move to DC in March... has that been pushed back due to the focus on Chicago? Leopolds Ghost Mar 2012 #20
I'm not currently active w/ Occupy 99th_Monkey Mar 2012 #21
The Big Huge Problem is that HR 347 makes it a FELONY to truedelphi Mar 2012 #26
So what I am saying is that packing the jails truedelphi Mar 2012 #27
I don't think the objective of packing the jails (per MLK) is to allow convictions Leopolds Ghost Mar 2012 #28
I wish I had your optimism. truedelphi Mar 2012 #29
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