>> ^JAPR:
The problem is, people need to stop bitching about something that happened to their ancestors and start living for themselves, today.

The problem is that the results of the racist system of slavery in the US are still with us. Having dark skin in this country is as socio-economically disadvantageous as having done time in prison, and that is not even taking into account the added problem of unequal treatment by the judicial system.

The US is not a post-racist nation, it takes a good amount of intentional blindness to act as though it is. P&T seem not to be aware of their own issues on this one.

My great great great grandfather owned cotton gins, which put my ancestors through college, the past has not gone anywhere, it's all around us.

He sure doesn't sound like a Fox news analyst but sure enough, he is. Ironically everything he's stating here would be banned from being shown on Fox news. I wouldn't say he's a douche though.. He writes about presidential, congressional, and judicial abuse of power.

In his book "The Constitution in Exile": He writes how the Federal Government Has Seized Power by Rewriting the Supreme Law of the Land, Judge Napolitano describes how reckless Congresses, imperial presidents, and compliant courts have expanded Washington's power far beyond the constitutional constraints. I'll get back with you on this.

I don't like to watch Fox news much because I've seen some pretty messed up shit there in the past, so I've never seen this guy on there before. More analysis is required for me to proclaim his righteousness or douchebaggery yet.

Check out the several small videos he has at http://www.judgenap.com/multimedia.html
It appears to me that he is a whistleblower from his observations of the Federal Judicial system from his time spent as a NJ Supreme court judge.

Some day, when you have the time, what say you and I take a road trip to a couple random Wal-Marts throughout the United States? We'll ask the front greeter(who is usually well over 40) what he used to do. We'll ask many of the parcel and various department employees what they used to do.

I only bring it up about their backgrounds because I used to work for many places like them - not just one - at various times, when I was young, I used to work for 3 of them at a time, and I don't regret a day of it, because I was "just starting out" in the workforce - as you stated above, it did give me some semblance of discipline, for the rest of the work I would be doing in my life thus far(Discipline that NORMALLY would be provided by one's family, as they were learning the day to day operations of their tribe's functions, and instead is put off until AFTER the public education system has raised the individual, in a civilization.).

The upside of "the way it is" when you work at a place like Wal-Mart or K-Mart or Home Depot is that you will generally meet people that worked for such technical places as Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies - please understand - it is not a rarity for them to be there. The reason they most often do not still work in the industry is because of the proprietary things they were doing at Bell/Lucent(or wherever else they've worked), and thus may or may not have followed standards in order to produce very state-of-the-art advancements in science/technology(heck - in many cases, they were the people that helped DEFINE the standards of what is now our current technology. Of course, in order for them to do so, all of the patents and standards they filed were given appropriation to their irrespective corporations, in hopes and expectation that those corporations would take care of their employees with the royalties from them, but that is, yet again, another failure of civilization, another failure of hierarchy, and an obvious failure of the plutocracy we live under.).

The downside of it is that, just like Bell/Lucent, many companies either laid off, or offered severance packages, to many of their employees, in efforts to reduce their numbers. Almost the entire manufacturing industry moved to other countries, as the cost of the labor needed to manufacture goods is, without any doubt, cheaper outside of the United States. In effect, such a corporate decision is a direct function of a civilization, or a hierarchy - the individuals that have more money, and more influence, within a corporation, have a RESPONSIBILITY to think of their stockholders first - in effect, civilization keeps the plutocracy afloat.

Insurance/Health care: Again with the irrational belief....this time, that somehow "Sicko's" popularity has a correlation to the quality of our health care/insurance. First: show to me how "Sicko" is any more or less popular than any other documentary. Second: show to me how popularity would correlate with health care quality.

In opposition to your statement above, about "think about how many people in Zimbabwe would care to see a documentary about hunger," I must point out that Google and Youtube viewings for some of the most Anti-War and 9/11 investigation documentaries have risen, as the numbers in the polls have - not fallen as you might expect from the logic of "If it were as common as you say it is, movies like Sicko wouldn't be so popular."

In other words, there is no correlation between the popularity of a documentary and the truth of it's message. You'd think there would be, but have you taken into account the amount of people that would pay tickets to see it, simply BECAUSE they have had something similar happen to them? Of course, that would be just "preaching to the choir," but does that not happen more often than people who do not believe in the message of the documentary going to see it of their own free will? Most of the people that go to see that documentary are not learning anything new - they're only having their anger and frustration with their health insurance companies(and, for that matter, most EVERY insurance company) reinforced.

Taxes: To most people, that would be the case - first off, not EVERY tax protester has lost their case in court. The ones that have won have usually won BECAUSE the jury either was, or became, aware of their right of "Jury Nullification" - their responsibility to try the law AS WELL AS the facts. To me, however, "the fact that every tax protester has lost their case in court" really says something about how misguided the judicial system is, as it, like every branch of our government, is sworn to UPHOLD and OBEY the guidelines established within the Constitution, NOT to supersede them.

Then he has nothing to worry about, right? If there is no case then he should be able to blow it away easily in a hearing. His refusal to even appear before court is a blatant defiance of the Judicial system, checks and balances and the Constitution. The impeachment bill centers on three points of misinformation, misdirection and unneccessary loss of American lives in the name of corporate profiteering. I'd say that is a case.

I'm certain our British friends have been impressed by the way our judicial system forever resolved that dilemna back in '25 & by the way the two parties have so peacefully coexisted since! Nope, no train crashes here!

There's a reason why it's called "case law". The courts can essentially create new laws by interpreting the same statutes differently. That's the power the Constitution gave the judicial system as a part of the "checks and balances" system.

The point here is that tax non-payment is illegal because of the relevant case law. Trying to argue that it isn't by offering own interpretations, is a fundamental misunderstanding of what defines law in the United State - it's the case law, not a "reasonable man's interpretation of the statutes" (not that I would call some of those tax protesters "reasonable")

It's funny that you bring up Switzerland given that they have higher taxes than United States (29.4% of overall GDP, compared to 25.4% for US)
http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/topten.cfm
US taxes are low compared to the rest of the civilized world.

Sure, there are some people who want to lower taxes. But there are also people who want to increase spending on social programs, health care, etc. The Congress job is to represent the people. If enough people wanted to cut government spending, Congress would be filled with anti-tax senators/representatives, and they could change the law by amending the relevant statutes.

There's always the other side of the story. I know that the political system and the judicial system in the United Kingdom (UK) is extremely capable of abuse. This nation covers-up vast amounts of evidence each and every day that would create better understanding and social security.

This video is propaganda. But then again, so is most of what the tax-funded British Broadcasting Corporation spew-out. If you challenge them in court they run away while millions of others still pay their TV licence fees. I beat them once in Crown Court, Bristol, UK case: A20010116 dated: 22/6/01. They are liars and guilty of fraud against the public.