From: Lloyd Parker on
In article <lef8i2prust90bdlna6vmp1r0h9p7a7a95(a)4ax.com>,
Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 22:52:37 GMT, Kurt Ullman <kurtullman(a)yahoo.com>
>wrote:
>
>>In article <peb8i2lf4af0irq171tqukscc9n0lec541(a)4ax.com>,
>> Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 21:51:21 GMT, Kurt Ullman <kurtullman(a)yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >In article <HLVUg.13315$7I1.5654(a)newssvr27.news.prodigy.net>,
>>> > <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >> I don't care. If you're listening to a phone call to which the phone
in
>>> >> my
>>> >> living room is party, then as a citizen of the US, I demand that your
>>> >> listening be carried out according to my Constitutional rights.
>>> >
>>> > Probably is. Under a warrant for a phone anything that goes on over
>>> >that phone is legally admissable, even if the other person's phone
>>> >doesn't have a warrant on it. It well settled that as long as one phone
>>> >is legally tapped, any phone that calls it or is called by it is fair
>>> >game. Since there are no restrictions on tapping a phone outside of the
>>> >country, it would be legal tap. Thus anyone the phone calls or anyone
>>> >who calls the phone could be listened to as noted. Would be a rather
>>> >interesting case to make.
>>>
>>> And it varies state-by-state... it is legal in Arizona to record all
>>> calls on your own phone, _without_ notifying the other party.
>>>
>>> All I need to do is push a button ;-)
>>
>> There are two different things going on here. One is what you can
>>do as private citizen, which in AZ is that all are fair game. But we
>>were talking about what goverment (be it under the mantel of cop-dom or
>>spook-dom) can do. Whole 'nother kettle of fish..
>
>Of course. But I can record and then hand over to the government, no
>sweat, no warrant, nada.
>
> ...Jim Thompson

And it can be thrown out.
From: Lloyd Parker on
In article <eg2ouk$8qk_007(a)s829.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>,
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>In article <z3RUg.8422$GR.463(a)newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>,
> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
>>news:efvurj$8ss_006(a)s811.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com...
>>> In article <eftq1i$c8p$3(a)leto.cc.emory.edu>,
>>> lparker(a)emory.edu (Lloyd Parker) wrote:
>>>>In article <p1iUg.9199$e66.6609(a)newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>,
>>>> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>news:452198F0.A71D16AC(a)hotmail.com...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> John Fields wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You miss no opportunity to lambaste the US, its population, its
>>>>>>> government, its institutions, and you hate its very existence, so
>>>>>>> what do you expect me to think, that you're a benevolent soul trying
>>>>>>> to help with constructive criticism?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I thought it was fine under Clinton !
>>>>>
>>>>>Yes, but you see, if he denigrates your point of view by labelling you as
>>>>>someone that could never say anything good about the US, then he doesn't
>>>>>have to take your point of view seriously and try to understand that
>>>>>perhaps
>>>>>it might even be a valid point of view, that an intelligent person may be
>>>>>capable of coming to through independent thought. It's the same thing
>>>>>the
>>>>>Bush administration does by labelling everyone that disagrees with it a
>>>>>"traitor" (under the *extremely* liberal interpretations that disagreeing
>>>>>with your government is tantamount to aiding the enemy.) What they seem
>>>>>to
>>>>>fail to understand is that the Constitution gives every US citizen is
>>>>>given
>>>>>the *responsibility* to question its government *every single* day of
>>>>>their
>>>>>lives. It really is sad that the Bush administration has seen fit to
>>>>>legitimize this sort of anti-American behavior.
>>>>
>>>>Keith Olbermann had a good commentary a week or two ago about Bush calling
>>>>a
>>>>criticism "unacceptable."
>>>
>>> Which criticism was unacceptable?
>>>
>>> I don't understand you people; first you complain that he can't
>>> think for himself; then, you object when he expresses his opinion about
>>> something.
>>>
>>> You can't have it both ways.
>>
>>Calling "criticism" "unacceptable" is not an opinion--it's an
>>argument-winning tactic that involves tacitly silencing anybody who
>>disagrees with you.
>
>The reason I asked for specifics is because I want to know if the
>criticism the donkey is talking about is the same one that the
>Democrats here are fanning as a reprehensible act. They are
>in campaign mode at the moment and are pulling as many dirty
>as they can without having to state their position nor be
>specific about which actions they will take when elected.
>
>A lot of this anti-US fervor started with Democrat Presidential
>candidates trying out their sound bytes in 2002-2004 in Europe.
>
>/BAH
OH BS. It started with Bush invading another nation.
From: Lloyd Parker on
In article <eg2od9$8qk_004(a)s829.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>,
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>In article <VAVUg.13310$7I1.3298(a)newssvr27.news.prodigy.net>,
> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:452415BE.DB0DBC1E(a)hotmail.com...
>>>
>>>
>>> Keith wrote:
>>>
>>>> rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says...
>>>>
>>>> > And you think you can defeat 'radical Islam' with bombs and bullets ?
>>>>
>>>> I know there is no choice. Perhaps you want to submit?
>>>
>>> There is no need to 'submit'
>>>
>>> You're living in a perversely stupid fantasy paranoid world.
>>
>>It comes from the constant bombardment by Bush's fear-mongering--it's his
>>way of keeping power over people.
>
>I think you should start to listen to Bush instead of listening
>to other people supposedly repeating what Bush said. I would
>suggest you start with his January, 2006 TV speech.
>
>> People start to lose perspective on what
>>is happening and why. It really is a very powerful narcotic.
>
>People can also lose perspective if they assume that Bush
>is always wrong

So what has he been right about?

>and is the cause of all ills which is the
>only thing you hear from his political opposition.
>
>This causes a lot of people to overlook the fact that these
>same politicians do not intend to deal with the threat
>to the nation.
>

Bush has increased the threat. His own NIE says so.

>/BAH
From: Robert Latest on
["Followup-To:" header set to sci.electronics.design.]
On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 13:52:07 +0000 (UTC),
Ken Smith <kensmith(a)green.rahul.net> wrote
in Msg. <eg32m7$okg$4(a)blue.rahul.net>
>>A surprisingly small number of Islamic extremists are actually willing to
>>die for their cause you know?
>
> Their belief system encourages it with promices of virgins etc.

The warped belief system of the deluded extremists does, yes.
Islam itself doesn't.

robert
From: John Fields on
On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:43:04 +0100, Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>
>John Fields wrote:
>
>> "Homer J Simpson" <nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote:
>> >"John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote
>> >
>> >> They did break US law. There's lots of legal precedence here. If a
>> >> Canadian kills a US citizen in Canada, that's a violation of US law.
>> >
>> >Don't care. It's a violation of Canadian law and must be punished under that
>> >law.
>>
>> ---
>> I agree. The crime should be prosecuted in the jurisdiction in
>> which it's committed.
>
>So are you going to press for a change in US law ?

---
Of course not. Why should I?


--
John Fields
Professional Circuit Designer