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Yes it can. I don't think you or a lot of people realize just how much of an assault of freedom the Patriot Act was. USA PATRIOT Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I'm not making excuses. I'm trying to get you to realize that you do not fight terrorism using the methods that created it. There is a huge difference between fighting a nation and fighting a concept such as terrorism. You can defeat a nation. Take over and occupy a nation that is already a source of terrorist activity and you just give rise to more resentment.You're making excuses for the terrorists, now.
What if we had taken that attitude during WW2? "You'll just create more Nazis". Think about it.
No, it can't. The Patriot Act only allows the un-warranted tapping of calls to and from foreign countries. Dometic to domestic calls have to have a warrant. You might want to read it, first.
I am real. It's you is living in "America is awesome land." We do not have the highest upward mobility in the world. In fact France, Canada,Sweden,Germany,Norway, and Denmark all have higher upward mobility than we do. Economic mobility - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Using the ratio of an individual’s current income to that of their parent’s, there is no academic consensus whether the United States has less or more relative mobility than other industrialized nations[1][5][6]. According to one study, the income of a person's parents is a great deal more predictive of their own income in the United States than other countries[4]. France, Germany, Sweden, Canada, Finland, Norway, and Denmark all have more relative mobility than the US, while only the United Kingdom is shown to have less mobility
I'm not making excuses. I'm trying to get you to realize that you do not fight terrorism using the methods that created it. There is a huge difference between fighting a nation and fighting a concept such as terrorism. You can defeat a nation. Take over and occupy a nation that is already a source of terrorist activity and you just give rise to more resentment.
So if call my friend in England that should be tapped? Wonderful standard you have set up for the 'freest country in the world'
Kinda like the Russians did in Afghanistan before us.
Don't forget that the Soviets were winning, before the U.S. got involved.
If you want to go that route, then you can't say we have more here either. At best you can say we are equal,but you can't say America is better.You may want to actually read your source, before you post it.
If you say so.....
If you want to go that route, then you can't say we have more here either. At best you can say we are equal,but you can't say America is better.
I was wondering if I would be accused being a Jihadist sympathizer or Muslim or something like that. Let me make this clear, I feel the same way about Islam as I do Christianity: They are both reactionary,regressive, oppressive, intolerant,full of outdated morals, and stand in the way of progress. I don't like either one. However I'm much more worried about extremist Christians in American than I am Muslims. You'd think between my two sigs and Leon Trotsky avatar I could avoid any such accusations even as a joke. Oh, and if I have a friend in Yemen I should be able to call him and say whatever I want without being tapped.Probably not, but if you call your jihadist friend in Yemen, you might need to keep things on the down-low. Word?
Well then convince me.
I was wondering if I would be accused being a Jihadist sympathizer or Muslim or something like that. Let me make this clear, I feel the same way about Islam as I do Christianity: They are both reactionary,regressive, oppressive, intolerant,full of outdated morals, and stand in the way of progress. I don't like either one. However I'm much more worried about extremist Christians in American than I am Muslims. Oh and if I have friend in Yemen I should be allowed to call him if I want.
Read Charlie Wilson's War and educate yourself.
I'm not offended, but it doesn't help your freedom argument any.I was simply giving you an example of how the Patriot Act works. If you're offended...tough titty.
:yawn: I didn't think you had it in you in the first place to actually back your position.
I'm not offended, but it doesn't help your freedom argument any.
Don't forget that the Soviets were winning, before the U.S. got involved.
Norway has a very strong public sector and their unemployment rate is at 3.6%. So not only are public sector jobs sustainable they have proven to work well. It's telling that this bastion of capitalism has such a higher unemployment rate than socialist Norway.
Now, this is the problem I have with the GOP.
The President proposed generating revenue by closing some tax loopholes on those businesses that either have demonstrated their ability to make a profit WITHOUT generous tax breaks or indicated they weren't using the tax breaks available to them, i.e., purchasing private jets. And what did the GOP do? They bulked!
i don't know there delta i've heard many times if businesses had to pay a "living wage" prices would go up which would open the door to company's that could pay a fair wage and still keep prices low. so those old ones would go away.Yes this is true, and it is yet another problem we the people need tor rectify. Fixing the illegal problem I assure you will not run off business like over regulating and a heavy tax burden would.
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