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Re: Man Jailed Three Months for Breath Mint Possession
There are SERIOUS problems in the U.S. Constitution, one problem right after the other. For examples: no right to privacy, no right to own gold, no right to have prior contracts upheld in court, no right to healthcare, no right to equality, no linguistic rights, very few and rather unspecific rights of states in the U.S. to run their own affairs, no limit on the extra-territoriality of federal powers, no freedom from execution, no teachers' rights, no right to call an election in the Congress to dismiss the Administration, no freedom from military draft, few requirements of the Administration to answer to the Congress, no right of the people to draw-up initiatives, nor referendums, nor any right to recall public officals at the federal level of government (except by impeachment) on and on, and on and on, and on.
And the form of government is so antiquated (sp?) that the govn't has become corrupt beyond belief. Having checks and balances was real nice in 18th C. theory, but in 21st C. practice, such a form of govn't has led to tremendous opportunities for hidden corruption, and for corruption on a scale beyond imagination.
The powers of the President of the U.S. are rather undefined in the Constitution, so President Bush Jr. actually set-up a gulag much worse and much larger than anything Stalin could have imagined.
We are now hearing about CIA prisons for Americans built in Romania, Morroco (sp?), and other countries as well. (Guantanamo Base in Cuba was just the tip of the iceberg.)
So in America, stories about people being thrown into jail for possession of breath mints are no surprise. After all, there are prisons and jails every few miles in the U.S. now, everywhere. The government has been at war with its own people for years, especially under the Bush Administration.
America now has 24% of the entire world's prison population. Nevertheless, Americans still think they are free.
Originally posted by babbittd
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And the form of government is so antiquated (sp?) that the govn't has become corrupt beyond belief. Having checks and balances was real nice in 18th C. theory, but in 21st C. practice, such a form of govn't has led to tremendous opportunities for hidden corruption, and for corruption on a scale beyond imagination.
The powers of the President of the U.S. are rather undefined in the Constitution, so President Bush Jr. actually set-up a gulag much worse and much larger than anything Stalin could have imagined.
We are now hearing about CIA prisons for Americans built in Romania, Morroco (sp?), and other countries as well. (Guantanamo Base in Cuba was just the tip of the iceberg.)
So in America, stories about people being thrown into jail for possession of breath mints are no surprise. After all, there are prisons and jails every few miles in the U.S. now, everywhere. The government has been at war with its own people for years, especially under the Bush Administration.
America now has 24% of the entire world's prison population. Nevertheless, Americans still think they are free.
( he'd lost it in a lawn mower accident). Hilarious. 
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