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Random, reflexive moves? Are you f****** serious? Nothing done by the small cabal of people that actually wields power in this country is done by random acts of reflexive impulse. You don't think people plan this s*** out? That they just make up crazy laws at "random" to see what happens? There is always a reason for something, even things that seem completely inane and wierd, like banning people from playing internet poker. It stems directly from an inate desire in the political community to curb freedom of action to soften the populace into a more malleable form. Sometimes things seems disconnected or even as if governmental action is contradicting itself - and sometimes it is. There are different people with different ideas about how to achieve their agendas, but one thing is for certain - there is always an agenda. Do you honestly believe people get into politics to serve their country in the same way many soldier's do? I think not. You look at big-money, big-name people like Bush, Hillary, Kennedy, etc, and they have more than enough money and clout to live like kings without any political action whatsoever. Hell, the President's salary is about a million a term - what was Bush making previous to that in his oil ventures? Billions? There's only one reason after money why someone gets into politics - power. Power over people. Regardless of how they want to shape society, as evidenced by the differences in agendas in the Republicans and Democrats, they all want the same thing - more power. Every action taken by the government must be questioned and critically examined. To not do so is self-destructive and unpatriotic, not to mention against one's one best interests. The government only has one power - the use of force against those it rules; luckily our laws make it very difficult for the government to use that force, as they are forbidden from it except in very specific circumstances outlined by our founding documents and time-tested law. But don't think for a minute that they won't do everything they can to increase the range and scope of when and against who they can unleash their force against. It's not conspiracy-theory to declare that government and its operators seek power and the ability to use their force to shape and mold society's to their will. It's historical, cultural, psychological fact. You don't need a shadowy plot to explain the government's penchant for seeking out ways to infringe rights, it's right there in the open. It's just that Republicans have found ways of doing a better job of not only accruing power, but doing it right out in the open and right in our faces. I didn't say there was some secret society at work here, and there doesn't even need to be - it's right in front of your nose, as it's been from the beginning.First of all, cracking down on poker is just stupid. especially with SWAT teams. This is just as bad as the law banning internet poker.
However, I must disagree with you on one point. You seem to have the idea that there is some concentrated, planned effort to transform America into a police state. There isn't, there is just random, reflexive moves by the government when a new problem arises. There is no master plan to turn us into Cambodia or the Soviet Union. I mean, the government has been doing stupid s*** like this for all of our history (alien and sedition act, anyone?) and we still have more liberties than almost any other country. I'm not saying we sholdn't fight laws like these, we should, but to think there's some shadowy plot is just stupid. Are the illumanati behind it, AB?
I won't contradict this point, to a point. There are politicians who aren't rich and who aren't part of the cabal-at-large that leads the parties and their agendas. Some genuinely (albiet stupidly) believe that laws can cure social ills. While this only adds to the ability of government to restrict individual action, they aren't consciously trying for that affect - oh wait, they actually are, it's just that their motivations for doing so are "better." I suppose I can applaud them for doing exactly the same thing as assholes like Kennedy, Bush, Hillary, Pelosi, Lott, etc, but doing so with "good" intentions.By "reflexive", I mean that someone in the government sees what they feel is an ill in society, such as gambling, and they decide to try to use a law to cure the ill. They are, the vast majority of the time, responding to individual problems as they come.
They're called political parties.You also seem to have the idea that politicians act as some sort of unified force.
People very rarely work together, and very rarely make palns.
I never said it didn't. I never said the stupidity of government action made any sense at all.It defies common sense.
Not to mention you have instances like California passing a medical marijuanna law.
Political parties. There are only two of them, and they frequently collude to infringe upon the rights of individuals and states.Also, do you have any sort of evidence of a unified agenda to usurp power
Every battle to ensure the rights of man is a battle worth fighting.One other thing I've been wondering about. We have an administration that is trying to do away with habeas corpus, that has already eviscerated the right for a warrent and for due process, that is trying to destroy the wall between church and state. There are such huge and earth-shaking constitutional infringements that could forever damage our country and rule of law, yet you get most excited about smoking and gambling bans. Why such small fish when we have huge man-eating sharks out there?
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