i respect your beliefs and understand. I live in a pretty laid back community, people from all over getting along in one community. I really enjoy living here. Lot of people with similar views (i know, this community is pretty sweet for me and i would of never guessed I would be so lucky)... and your right, not much you can do about world wide news... just interesting to me, feel its important. and I'm glad you brought the iran having nukes thing up, only because I looked into this right when it hit the news.... turns out in my research, i believe its very unlikely they have nukes, and looking to invade is for greater reasons.... kind of like how we invaded iraq because we 'knew' they had WMD... (funny how history only repeats itself)... even went as far as watchin speaches of Iranian president at a UN meeting... turns out, nothing came out of his mouth saying 'iran is better than america' or 'i hate america, we got nukes'...instead, he openly said they can come look, because it would be stupid for Iran to build 1 or even 10 nukes when theres 500 pointed back at us'... sorry, off topic... but thats why shit like that is important to me.... i have some urge to know the truth behind the media I guess. I guess I also feel compassion for those that are invaded and lose everything, over greed.
umm and rights being lost, its slow, but its sure...
1st AMENDMENT FREEDOM OF SPEECH
• The Patriot Act broadly expands the official definition of
terrorism, so that many domestic groups that engage in
nonviolent civil disobedience could very well find themselves
labeled as terrorists.
• The Government may now prosecute librarians or keepers
of any other records if they reveal that the government
requested information on their clients or members in the
course of an investigation. It has become a crime for these
individuals to try to safeguard your privacy or to tell you
that you are under investigation.
1st AMENDMENT FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION
• Government agents may now monitor the First Amendment protected
activities of religious and political institutions, and
then infiltrate these groups with no suspicion of criminal
activity. This is a return to domestic spying on law-abiding
religious and political groups.
• You may now be the subject of a government investigation
simply because of the political, activist, or advocacy
groups you are involved in, or the statements you make
within these groups.
1st AMENDMENT RIGHT TO ACCESS
GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
• A U.S. Department of Justice directive actively encourages
federal, state, and local officials to resist and/or limit access
to government records through Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) requests.
• The Government has conducted immigration hearings in
secret behind closed doors. Such proceedings were once
open to the public. Hundreds, if not thousands, of immigrants
have already been deported in secret.
4th AMENDMENT FREEDOM FROM UNREASONABLE
SEARCHES &SEIZURES
• Law Enforcement authorities may now conduct secret searches and wiretaps in your home or office
without showing “probable cause.†They need only to claim that intelligence gathering is “a significant
purpose†of their intrusion, even when the primary goal is ordinary law enforcement. They may also
monitor where and to whom you send and receive e-mail, or where you go on the Internet, recording
every e-mail address and website you have been in contact with.
• Law Enforcement may now demand any personal records held by any source including your doctor,
employer, accountant, or library. All they have to do is claim that it is related to an investigation into
“terrorism.†The record keepers may not reveal that your records were provided to the government.
• Judicial oversight of secret searches has been effectively minimized. The Patriot Act directs judges to
consent to secret searches based only on the Government’s assertion that a “significant†purpose of
an investigation is gathering information related to “terrorism,†as the government defines it.
http://www.nyclu.org/pdfs/eroding_liberty.pdfbut all thats old news, you should look up the National Defense Authorization Act signed just this year, by yours truely, obama.... all sugar coded for war on terrorism. But what it boils down to, is Anybody, including american citizens, that are deemed terrorist by the government, can be arrested and prosecuted accordingly, with no right to be heard in court or infront of a judge. This is what im talking about when i say our constitutional rights have become a door mat.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization_Act_for_Fiscal_Year_2012http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/01/02/president-obama-signed-the-national-defense-authorization-act-now-what/sorry for the long ass rant, but thats why this shits important to me. the world outside my mountains.
thanks for reading, educate yourself.
edit: last quote in previous post had nothing to do with joining the military. lol, i wont either. had to do with being american, upholding your rights so you or your grandchildren can live free and comfortable one day.