Democratic senators offer gun control amendment for cybersecurity bill.
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/240657-cybersecurity-bill-includes-gun-control-measure
I wonder if any of them will read the amendments first, I doubt it!
Democratic senators offer gun control amendment for cybersecurity bill.
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/240657-cybersecurity-bill-includes-gun-control-measure
+1
I think people might wake up if we had mandatory civil service like many countries. Switzerland, Germany, Italy.
Mandatory civil service is unconstitutional. And thank god. I will not serve the political needs of a neocon or a neolib.
Not bigger jails. There are too many people locked up as is it.
I have a copy of the proposed law you would want for judges. Make it a crime for them to not follow the constitution(s)/law(s).
It never takes off though.
Agreed. I don't get why people think the answer is more laws rather than actually enforcing existing ones, like a piece of paper is actually going to deter anyone who isn't already pre-disposed to obeying. Unfortunately, the jail system is it's own broken mess. I don't agree with incarceration being a profitable private endeavor. That's dangerous territory, bordering legalized slavery. When the warden has a personal financial motivation to extend your stay, not because your debt to society has not been paid, but because it is more profitable for him to do so, where do you draw the line between prisoner and slave? But I suppose that's an argument best saved another time and place.
We already have plenty of prisons. Let's simply let the pot dealers out and put the real criminals in. (Oh, and judges have "absolute judicial immunity" which means that they can't be sued or prosecuted for anything they do on the bench -- although there are many who wish that they could be).
I too am thankful that there isn't mandatory civil service. I know plenty of people that would not fair well(mental state) having to go through manditory civil service let alone the constitutional factor. I might have been more apt to join a branch of the military but at the time I was eligible, the 1st gulf war was going on and it was my belief that we should not have been there in the first place so I wouldn't have been a good civil servant...
<snip> I also think we need to make it easier for those with some mentally instability to seek help and not fear their liberties to be taken away. There has been discussion about not wanting to pay for mental health facilities(not lock down facilities) on this board but if we simply cut other programs such as foreign aid to other countries then redirected that money back to the US, we could build and staff enough facilities for every city, town and podunk watering hole in this country and still reduce taxes. We should not be the worlds saviours until we can save ourselves first but even then, we shouldn't be taking tax money to "aid" other countries.
European ideas....
If you want to model European conscription.....then move there.
This is America, we left Europe to move away from government tyranny in any manner. I do not want the government telling me what to do. The US is a model of individual freedom, to be free from government interference.
Allow mandatory service and you allow slavery.
Now before you go getting all upset over me exercising my 1st Amendment Right let me remind you that we do almost the exact same thing. Remember when you turned 18 you had to sign up for selective service. With selective service the military is the only option and you do get deployed.
Now just because I said I think it would help to wake people up does not mean I support it. I do not think it an appropriate solution to the problems we have here. I've been to alot of different places yet I choose to stay here.
We believe in many of the same things. Mainly that the strength of the Nation lies with The People. If you force conscription on American Citizens then you take away from the fundamental ideals that we love about this country.
Also, I'm not sure that using the Puritans as an example of being free from tyranny is a good one. You seem to be very historically read so I'm sure you know that the Puritans were some nasty, nasty people. They fled from tyranny only to become tyrants themselves.
European ideas....
If you want to model European conscription.....then move there.
This is America, we left Europe to move away from government tyranny in any manner. I do not want the government telling me what to do. The US is a model of individual freedom, to be free from government interference.
Allow mandatory service and you allow slavery.
Empty out the pot dealers/users. Reduce and change the approach to non-violent paper thieves. And punish violent offenders and eliminate time off for 'good' behavior.