The Right will swallow hook, line, and sinker anything that Trump says--no matter how blatant the lie, no matter how toxic the policy
EmilyD wrote:
You sound like you are having a bad night. (Sorry, I'm a grandmother and don't like it when i feel something's wrong. I want to bake a cookie and offer it to you. I can't google "evidence that clearly shows that the White House is lying". I've tried, but just don't know how to phrase the question that I want Google to clearly show me the incredible falsehoods that the MSM is portraying on the WH and Trump trying to show you and our Americans our reality. Do you? How do I ask that? I am ready and willing to learn this.
You sound like you are having a bad night. (Sorry... (
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Have your grand daughter do it. She knows what to google.
Trooper745 wrote:
If anyone takes a completely unbiased look at the present politics of the two main factions, and they are truly intelligent, they will quickly move to the right as they study. The politics of the left are anti-private rights and very strongly pro-government control of the populace.
For most intelligent former democrats, they feel as Ronald Reagan felt, "I didn't leave the democratic party, the democratic party left me."
Decades ago, the Communist Party USA decided to stop working to gain political ground in the USA, stating that the Democratic Party was on track to achieve all of their goals.
If anyone takes a completely unbiased look at the ... (
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Sessions is pro civilian forfeiture, a clear violation of Eighth Amendment rights. SCOTUS is hearing that case now. Civilian forfeiture in many states means having all assets taken by local authorities on simple suspicion, and, whether guilty or innocent, keeping those assets without due process. Like that? WAKE UP!
archie bunker wrote:
No disagreement here, WCS.
We're all Americans. Well, except for the Russians....and N. Koreans....and.....
Well, anyway, I'm a little disappointed that Airheadone hasn't called me a pedaphile (his spelling) lately. I never realized all of the horrible things I was till I started playing on the innerweb!
I always thought I was a fairly decent individual, but apparently not.
That's OK with me though. I'm comfortable in my own skin. Well, except when it itches.
But, as a redneck, right wing whack job, I can do anything I set my mind to!
Top this, ya left wing lunatic!
No disagreement here, WCS. br We're all Americans... (
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I could do that holding my own beer. You know I could.
rumitoid wrote:
Sessions is pro civilian forfeiture, a clear violation of Eighth Amendment rights. SCOTUS is hearing that case now. Civilian forfeiture in many states means having all assets taken by local authorities on simple suspicion, and, whether guilty or innocent, keeping those assets without due process. Like that? WAKE UP!
Damn! Don't know how that response relates to my comments, but again, as usual, we differ in opinions. While I have to admit there is some anecdotal evidence that law enforcement and the courts have stretched the forfeiture laws, it is still an effective tool to deter criminal activity.
Your statement that the forfeiture laws are applied on "simple suspicion" are downright dishonest. You need to read the laws on "Civil Asset Forfeiture" and "Adoptive Forfeiture". In a state Civil Asset Forfeiture case, where the burden on the prosecution is the least, the government only has the burden to prove that it is
more likely than not that an individual’s assets were used to facilitate a federal crime or were the proceeds of a federal crime — a substantially easier standard of proof to meet, but certainly stronger than "simple suspicion" as you state.
What you must realize is that, if a person is living his life in an upright and lawful way, he has little to fear from any government. If you live in a $1M house, own a few high-dollar cars, and party every night, with no obvious source of income, .... yes the police may take your stuff.
Since I live my life completely above board, as do millions of others in the USA, I don't fear the police, but I do fear the criminals. If the government takes the all of those criminals' ill begotten stuff, I don't give a damn!
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