From: krw on 9 Jan 2010 20:07 On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:28:03 -0700, invalid(a)invalid.invalid wrote: >On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:22:35 -0700, Jim Thompson ><To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com/Snicker> wrote: > >>On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:03:31 -0800, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>wrote: >> >>>Jim Thompson wrote: >>>> On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:20:32 -0800, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> [snip] >>>>> Federal law trumps state law, and most certainly county regs. So, there. >>>>> >>>> [snip] >>>> >>>> ONLY if not Constitutionally forbidden from infringing State's rights. >> >>You need to read up. There are _specific_ things SUPPOSED to be left >>to state's rights. >> >>Unfortunately the Constitution has basically become a worthless >>document :-( >> >>Until the next great war. Then "progressives" may be shot on sight... >>I can hardly wait ;-) >> >>(That must be the reason for today's hostility toward me posted >>here... they know I'm eventually going to get them. What galls them >>is that they know it'll be legal ;-) >> >>>> >>> >>>Highly doubtful assertion. Case in point: California has rather loose >>>regs in terms of "medicinal" pot use but the feds don't. There have >>>regularly been raids here and the local authorities could do nothing >>>about that. Now I can't recall reading anything about pot in the >>>constitution ;-) >>> >>>As for your question in the other post, amendment 1, quote "Congress >>>shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or >>>prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of >>>speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to >>>assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." >>> >>>Freedom of speech means that the listeners also may not be unduly >>>restricted from hearing such speech. The constitution is not meant to be >>>a book the size of the tax code, that's why there are federal laws, >>>regs, codes and so on that (should) take care of the details :-) >> >> ...Jim Thompson > >-- > >THIS POSTING HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ELECTRONICS >WHERE ARE THE THOUGHT POLICE WHEN YOU NEED THEM? Washington D.C., but they're hardly needed.
From: Joerg on 9 Jan 2010 20:26 Jim Thompson wrote: > On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:03:31 -0800, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> > wrote: > >> Jim Thompson wrote: >>> On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:20:32 -0800, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>> wrote: >>> >>> [snip] >>>> Federal law trumps state law, and most certainly county regs. So, there. >>>> >>> [snip] >>> >>> ONLY if not Constitutionally forbidden from infringing State's rights. > > You need to read up. There are _specific_ things SUPPOSED to be left > to state's rights. > > Unfortunately the Constitution has basically become a worthless > document :-( > I doubt that a federal court would let states get away with second-guessing an agency the size of the FCC. [...] -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM.
From: Vladimir Vassilevsky on 9 Jan 2010 22:24 Jim Thompson wrote: > > Unfortunately the Constitution has basically become a worthless > document :-( > > Until the next great war. Then "progressives" may be shot on sight... > I can hardly wait ;-) > > (That must be the reason for today's hostility toward me posted > here... they know I'm eventually going to get them. What galls them > is that they know it'll be legal ;-) >>Freedom of speech means that the listeners also may not be unduly >>restricted from hearing such speech. The constitution is not meant to be >>a book the size of the tax code, that's why there are federal laws, >>regs, codes and so on that (should) take care of the details :-) > > > ...Jim Thompson BTW, democrates (!) sentenced to death Socrates for being politically incorrect. VLV
From: Michael A. Terrell on 9 Jan 2010 23:26 invalid(a)invalid.invalid wrote: > > THIS POSTING HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ELECTRONICS > WHERE ARE THE THOUGHT POLICE WHEN YOU NEED THEM? Don't worry. They'll show up if you ever have a thought. -- Greed is the root of all eBay.
From: Michael A. Terrell on 9 Jan 2010 23:28
invalid(a)invalid.invalid wrote: > > THIS POSTING HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ELECTRONICS > WHERE ARE THE THOUGHT POLICE WHEN YOU NEED THEM? Where is your brain when you need it? -- Greed is the root of all eBay. |