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Old 07-21-2007, 06:16 PM   #1
Urbane Guerrilla
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I ain't buyin' your argument.

When are your assets seized? When are the assets of anyone you know seized? When are the assets of anyone you don't know seized?

It is acutely annoying how certain people have squawked at every single solitary measure taken by an Administration trying to win a war -- and apparently on the grounds that such measures might win the war. Fatuous and fascistic, for my money. The squawkers have no plan nor any desire to win it, so fuck 'em with a splintery fence post lubed with Ass In Antarctica(tm) pepper sauce.

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Old 07-21-2007, 06:22 PM   #2
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When are your assets seized? When are the assets of anyone you know seized? When are the assets of anyone you don't know seized?
Why would they make the rule if they don't plan to ever use it? What people seem to overlook with these "special powers" is that somebody has to decide who the bad guys are. Today, you think you agree with the people who would make that decision. If people you disagree with were elected, the rule could still be used. Think ahead a little. The government doesn't deserve this much power, they aren't that trustworthy.
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Old 07-21-2007, 06:59 PM   #3
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I ain't buyin' your argument.

When are your assets seized? When are the assets of anyone you know seized? When are the assets of anyone you don't know seized?
Maybe you should ask those flaming liberals at the Cato Institute (note sarcasm).

We're already abusing 'war on drugs' forfeiture. Now we want to introduce forfeiture based on vague definitions of undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq. According to Fox News, %20 of the U.S., and some members of the administration, that includes anyone who criticizes the war in Iraq.

Since when is a war in Iraq a 'national emergency' in the U.S.?
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Old 07-22-2007, 06:55 AM   #4
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We're already abusing 'war on drugs' forfeiture.
Exactly on target.
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