>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

Are earmarks in the constitution?
http://ricochet.com/main-feed/Ron-Paul-s-Earmarks
http://www.americanin
dependent.com/160697/ron-paul-one-of-only-four-house-republicans-to-request-earmarks-for-2011-budget


Article One, Section 9:
"No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law."

So, yes. Actually following the Constitution, all spending should be earmarked.

Be careful, if there's too much outrage we're going to have to legitimize the law by using it against a universally loathed figure.
I guess all we need now is a civil emergency. Framework for martial law, check. Domestic "surveillance" drones, check. FEMA Camps, check. Looks like those damn conspiracy kooks were right after all. (again)

@NetRunner
You're living proof that psychological warfare is a more powerful weapon than any gun or bomb. So vetoing the bill would've been political theater, but the hollow signing statement is "good"? LOL What about Obama spending months pledging to veto the bill, was that political theater? I guess we don't actually expect the President to keep his word, do we?

Main point that Cenk omits:
Specifically, it was the White House, not lawmakers, that demanded Section 1031 be expanded to empower the government to detain U.S. citizens without trial.

Uploaded to YouTube Dec 10, 2011:


Also, Obama has been claiming for over a year and a half that he could target American citizens for assassination without any trial or due process. (http://www.salon.com/2010/06/25/assassinations_3/)

Recent Greenwald articles on the NDAA:
http://www.salon.com/2011/12/16/three_myths_about_the_detention_bill/singleton/
http://www.salon.com/2011/12/15/obama_to_sign_indefinite_detention_bill_into_law/singleton/

I'm sorry, but didn't Obama just recently ignore the Constitution and congress, and go to the UN for permission to wage war in Libya? So the UN authorizes the terror bombing of a sovereign country that kills 1000+ civilians for "humanitarian" purposes and this is ok? The UN violates it's own charter and lets NATO install a regime of rebel terrorists as Libya's government and the politician that has a problem with the UN is a whack job?

You statist clowns are unreal.

That's a brilliant piece of journalism there, Cenk.

Everyone that up voted here should love this too:



You must have missed it when it originally came out. Maybe one of you guys should prove you're not a partisan clown by sifting it.

You know who's the biggest fan of socialism? Corporations.

You wanna punish those evil "capitalists"? Make them have to actually compete in a real free market instead of lobbying congress for special interests. Let them suffer the consequences of leveraging their business with 30 to 1 bets. Hold government accountable for colluding and giving them trillions in free "loans" to manipulate the market. Hold government accountable for ignoring and refusing to go after banking fraudsters, the same fraudsters that are "donating" millions to election campaigns and special slush funds for government officials.

Socialism always has and always will be a deception. On multiple levels. You give power to one group of people (government) to plunder from another and you think this group of people is going to be fair?
And if any government around the world does practice something closer to true socialism (like Libya for example), then we're going to bomb the shit out of you. And all you so-called progressives will be leading the cheer for it.

*kill

>> ^longde:

Ron Paul would replace a system where the government oppresses minorities with one where unfettered private citizens and corporations oppress minorities. Yippee yay Ron Paul.


Wait, I thought corporations controlled the government? How about a system where unfettered private citizens become apologists for the very system they hate? Yippee yay for ignorance.

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

An early Ron Paul book has been uncovered by the name of "Freedom Under Siege: The U.S. Constitution after 200-Plus Year (1987)" that contains racist, homophobic, sexist and anti-semetic themes similar to those in the newsletters. Will he blame this on his staff too?
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/30/in-early-book-rep-ron-paul-criticized-aids-patients-minority-rights-and-sexual-harassment-victims/



Ah, more baseless claims? What a fragile world it must be for a statist troll.

>> ^Gallowflak:


What are you talking about?


I'm talking about how the new Atheist movement is full of young mature independent astute free-thinkers. They take criticism in stride and are open to opposing views and opinions. The responses to my comments here certainly reaffirms my position.

>> ^enoch:

uh....ok.


Interesting. You delete my comment and don't bother to quote it either. Ashamed of something? Don't let that stop you from upvoting a comment calling me autistic though. Nice job buddy.

@dystopianfuturetoday

Oh, this about respect? Did you get your feelings hurt that I pointed out your hypocrisy once again? LOL

You pay lip service to getting along and then act like a petty child. (At the grown-ups table, no less!) LOL Bravo.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-869630813464694890
^The first 6 minutes or so cover how fundamental Christians are offended when their beliefs are challenged by atheists. Based on the responses to Hedges in this thread, his argument about "fundamental" atheists seems right on point.

Herd mentality in action!

@dystopianfuturetoday @Skeeve @Zyrxil @Januari @Issykitty @hpqp @rottenseed @enoch @Boise_Lib

Good job guys. You made my point. 13 down votes and 0 rebuttals. No mind control here. Just free thinkers.

"The powers that be love to see us divided and beating the crap out of each other. What if we stopped fighting each other and turned that aggression against our corporate wardens."

This coming from one of the most partisan people on videosift. Hysterical.

How Iran Acquired A Stealth Drone
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29899.htm

Did Iran Capture a U.S. Stealth Drone Intact?
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/12/did-iran-capture-a-u-s-stealth-drone-intact/