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       #Post#: 1842--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Corruption in Government
       By: AGelbert Date: September 8, 2014, 1:42 pm
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       Rand Paul   [img width=30
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       />Says Hillary Clinton’s [img width=30
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       />Focus on Climate Change
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       Shows
       She Lacks ‘Wisdom’ to Be President [img width=80
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       /> Students of Goebbels Propaganda Techniques PLEASE NOTE: Rand
       Paul is being used as a TOOL to make Hillary Clinton (another
       FASCIST TOOL) look like she will address climate change. The
       ORWELLIAN GOALS of TPTB are:[/size]
       1) Make you believe that these two TOOLS of Oligarchy are
       elucidating the main "controversy" so that you will LABEL one of
       them as RIGHT and one of them as WRONG. Consequently you will be
       swayed by the "reasonable logic" BALONEY of "vote for the lesser
       evil".
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       /> This is manufacturing consent on STEROIDS!
       2) Make you believe that politicians give a rat's ass what you
       think. They DON'T. They are NOT concerned with "winning" the
       election, GET IT?
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       That is NOT what this is about. The election is GAMED by the
       media as a HORSE RACE so a third party candidate with a REAL
       POPULIST PLATFORM will be shut out REGARDLESS of their ACTUAL
       vote count! Once you BELIEVE those two TOOLS are "fighting on
       your behalf", most of you will be SUCKERED into voting one way
       or the other AGAINST your best interests, evidence and
       experience. Goebbels Game Theory ****S know their stuff!
       3) For those who DO see through this charade, the 24/7 media
       coverage of the professional wrestling match between Dems and
       Repubs ( keep believing the Tea Party and the Libertarians are
       not Repub theater for the more reactionary and "purist" repubs
       if you want - it's part of this sucker play - LOL!) will
       convince them that their real populist candidate in the Tax Wall
       Street Party and/or the Green Party has no chance of winning.
       This is False. Even a high protest vote scares the **** out of
       TPTB. They NEED the manipulated consent of the governed. Never
       forget that! It doesn't matter how many guns they have. If they
       lose the manipulated consent of the governed, the cops and
       enforcers in their ranks start to throw wrenches in the
       oligarchic fascist machinery and the government cannot control
       the masses. VOTE YOUR CONSCIENSE, not the media manufactured
       "reality"!
       4) Avoid an "embarrassing" overwhelming vote in favor of REAL
       POPULISTS that has to be BLATANTLY manipulated. WHY? Because
       that is what starts national uprisings against fascist
       governments.
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       Our
       Orwellian masters do not want that (it's expensive...  [/I]
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       Agebert COMMENT on the above article's web site: Rand Paul AND
       Hillary Clinton "disagreements" are an EXCELLENT example of a
       professional wrestling match FOOD FIGHT.
       This is THEATER. This is a DISTRACTION from the painful reality
       of our corrupt. climate denying Fossil Fuel OWNED GOVERNMENT!
       The Only REAL choices we have are in the Green Party and the Tax
       Wall Street Party.
       I vote for the Tax Wall Street Party! The Green Party would
       probably caucus with them! Dems and Repubs are oligarchic TOOLS,
       PERIOD!
       The honest REAL populists to vote for in California, Nebraska
       and New York if you are tired of Wall Street FASCISM in the USA
       are:[B]
       [b][b]James Hinton [i]in California[/b]
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       [b]Dan Buhrdorf in Nebraska[/b] and [b]Randy Credico in New
       York[/b]
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       Pass it on. The country you help emerge from fascism [s]may
       be[/s] IS our own!
       #Post#: 2018--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Corruption in Government
       By: AGelbert Date: October 10, 2014, 6:44 pm
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       Hitler's Courts: Betrayal of the Rule of Law in Nazi Germany
       SNIPPET 1:
       [quote]Sol Wachtler, former Chief Judge of the State of New
       York, and my guest today, first roused my own interest in this
       subject – and my profound concern for its implications for
       Americans today – in 2002 when the Touro Law Center in
       cooperation with the Free University of Berlin Law School
       convened in Berlin, Germany the Simon Bond International Wannsee
       Seminar on “Tyranny, Justice & The Law: The Nazis and Beyond”.
       As the Seminar’s Chair, Judge Wachtler wrote then that it was
       there in the “Wannsee Villa 60 years before that the political,
       legal, and judicial functionaries of the Third Reich met to
       devise an efficient method to resolve ‘the Jewish question’
       [what became "The Final Solution" -- extermination of the Jews].
       “Participants of that conference where the logistics of mass
       murder were agreed upon – were lawyers…[Judge Wachtler wrote,
       and] … Wannsee…serves as a powerful reminder of how fragile ‘the
       Rule of Law’ can be when threatened by the political power of
       the state”.
       The mission of the Wannsee Seminar, my guest noted, was to
       impart to members of the legal establishment worldwide “…the
       relevant warning that when the law and the courts are motivated
       and dominated by state and political interests above the
       interests of justice, civilization is doomed”.[/quote]
       SNIPPET 2 (the MONEY QUOTE!  ;))
       [quote]WACHTLER: I … actually … when we first thought about the
       idea of the Conference … and this goes way back to 1968 that
       I’ve been thinking about this … when I lectured over in Germany
       on the Constitution of the United States before the prosecutors
       and judges of Germany … it occurred to me that these prosecutors
       and judges … back in ’68 … were the same men who were Hitler’s
       judges and … they were still doing business … and it occurred to
       me “Where were they? Where were they when Hitler’s ascension
       brought about chaos internationally? Why didn’t they provide the
       bulwark that lawyers and judges should provide in order to stem
       the tide of un-civilization?”
       Instead they became handmaidens to tyranny.
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       />They [img width=80
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       />assisted Adolf Hitler in his demonic dictatorship. [/quote]
       Agelbert NOTE: Did you GET THAT? Did you NOTICE they DID NOT get
       disbarred, go to prison or get a death sentence? Did you notice
       the ones in 1968 were THERE and helped Hitler's rise to power by
       PLAYING THE GAME of hairsplitting, "if it's legal, it's lawful"
       BULLSHIT that's getting so much ACCEPTANCE in the USA today?
       >:(
       You didn't? What part of this quote do you NOT
       UNDERSTAND?[quote] it occurred to me that these prosecutors and
       judges … back in ’68 … were the same men who were Hitler’s
       judges and … they were still doing business
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       />[/quote]
       Snippet 3: The STRONG Rule of LAW in Germany and the PRINCIPLED
       stand of the Courts and LAWYERS.  ;D
       [quote]
       At first the judges protested, they said, “This is wrong.”
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       But the head of the judicial conference went to meet with Adolf
       Hitler and came back and said to his fellow jurists, “This is
       only temporary, I’ve been assured by the Fuhrer that this will
       go away soon. But these laws become necessary because we’re
       living in a time of terror.”
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       Snippet 4: The STRONG Rule of LAW in Germany was LEGALLY made
       UNLAWFUL.  ;D
       [quote]
       BAZYLER: When the Nazis first came to power they ended up
       promulgating a number of laws that incrementally deprived Jews
       and other persecuted minorities, of civil rights. These
       incremental steps that we’re talking about … that results in the
       Final Solution … were all legal steps.  ;D I mean you can trace
       this, you can trace the Holocaust as a legal event.   [img
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       [/quote]
       Read more at link below:
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       No pattern here... Nothing to see... Move along... wave that
       flag and, well, you get the idea.  ;) Everything is going to be
       just fine. Sleep well, our courts will always be there to give
       you your DAY in court (and a job and three meals a day in a
       "gated" community  ;D). Gott mit uns!
       #Post#: 2019--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Corruption in Government
       By: AGelbert Date: October 10, 2014, 8:24 pm
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       Here's the deal, boys and girls. The erudite German Lawyers KNEW
       the LAW. BUT, they feared Hitler more than they feared God. They
       preferred to let others DIE so they might LIVE. Many of these
       judges and lawyers were church going, professing Christians.
       WTF happened? They were afraid of being disbarred, going to
       prison, being shot or all the above. It's happening here RIGHT
       NOW in the USA. The people that KNOW our "laws" are UNLAWFUL in
       regard to the "latitude" given the police, are aiding and
       abetting the march of fascism in this country.
       As in Germany in the NAZI era, they are mostly taking care of
       number one, not preserving justice. Not that they will ever
       admit it. They like to hear themselves talk, talk, talk but are
       loathe to put their asses on the line to prevent we-the-people
       from being shafted.
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       And for the materialist who only gives principled behavior and
       morality lip service (i.e. they don't DO dying for someone else
       or for principles, period.), who can blame them?
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       NAZI Germany, the most horrific example of human butchery and
       moral cowardice amongst the professionals in particular and the
       people in general in the history of this planet was ALLOWED, by
       the Allied powers after WWII, to leave all those cowardly forks
       free to practice LAW and man the Court System.
       So they have EVERYTHING to lose if they buck the encroaching
       fascism here and NOTHING to gain by going to bat for
       we-the-people. They plant to survive. They will turn themselves
       into logical pretzels in order to SAVE THEIR HIDE by arguing
       vociferously (and disingenuously  ;))  that our LAWS are LAWFUL
       and LEGAL. For them to say they don't "agree" to the laws while
       continuing to assert those LAWS are LAWFUL just means they won't
       lift a finger to save your ass from tyranny. Remember that.
       In brief, the court system will not save this country from a
       government and police that defines LAW and LAWFUL as whatever
       the  fork they want to do, period.
       The solution can ONLY be an Ex Curia "solution".
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       />Lawyers now are no better than those fine legal minds in Germa
       ny
       (this is not sarcasm - they were considered the BEST in
       civilization at that time!)  in the 1930s that managed to 'play
       the game' which resulted in AIDING and ABETTING the butchery of
       millions of decent people and lived to collect their pensions
       after remaining in the Court System after WWII and all the way
       to 1968 and beyond. Clever fellows, weren't they?   [img
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       May God have mercy on us all. We are truly forked.
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       Re: Corruption in Government
       By: AGelbert Date: October 10, 2014, 8:48 pm
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       Hitler's Courts Video series Parts 2 and 3 (Past can be
       prologue, readers!)
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       Fascism is sneaking in to the USA. Many of the EXACT SAME
       METHODS are being used. Be alert. Get your Town council to fire
       AND imprison any police officer that is brutal or racist. That's
       how it began in Germany (with the LAWS backing the police up!).
       Hitler's Courts Part 3: Germany after WWII and the USA after
       911. Our democracy is in peril from fascism.
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       Despite that high sounding and righteous phrase from Nuremberg
       above, most of the people in the law system were NOT even tried.
       In the video, you will see what NO LAWYER wants to talk about
       TODAY in regard to the ILLEGALITY of LAWS that VIOLATE basic
       human MORALITY. Forget the concentration camp guard just
       following legal ad lawful orders. That's when things were REALLY
       far gone. Go back to the German cops in the streets doing a
       number on the Jews in particular and anybody they wanted to beat
       up in general. Hello? USA today, anyone? You aren't black so no
       problem. Dream on, pal!
       No amount of hair splitting legalese can justify a LAW that
       asserts that an assault by a police officer is LAWFUL while self
       defense against that illegal assault is not. THAT's the LAW in
       Pennsylvania. IT actually SAYS that, even if the assault by the
       police officer is ILLEGAL, you have NO RIGHT to defend yourself.
       BULLSHIT!
       [quote]
       Under Pennsylvania law, you may not use force to resist a legal
       or [b][i][size=18pt]illegal   :o  >:(  arrest. Remember you have
       the right to contest the validity of your arrest later on in
       court.  ::)
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       Fascism isn't coming; It's HERE, people. It just hasn't rung
       your bell yet. But it will. If you live in Pennsylvania or any
       other state with an UNLAWFUL LAW like that above, work to get it
       changed or watch our country go down the fascist drain.
       THAT is what happened in Germany before it got really bad over
       there. By the early 1940s The SS was allowed to REINTERPRET or
       DISGARD a LAW or a Court sentence if they considered it TOO
       LENIENT. What an amazing pile of steaming bullshit.
       And it was all done with all the proper legal stamps, motions
       and sentencing paperwork! The video makes it CRYSTAL CLEAR that
       it CAN happen here.
       IT ALSO, and unfortunately for we-the-people, puts the main
       responsibility for stopping fascist tyranny that will change our
       Court System to a murderous travesty of justice on, GET THIS,
       our Judges and lawyers.  ::)
       I don't think so. But then, the narrators are representatives of
       the LAW NOW, so it is PAR FOR THE COURSE for them to do a little
       Noblesse Oblige Dance.  ;)
       It was a great video series but, aside from the BRIEF mention of
       a few travesties of justice perpetrated in the past by the USA
       and a warning about the danger of too many anti-terrorism laws
       after 911, they don't say BEANS about how bad it is already.
       I know better. They don't want to ADMIT that they are as fearful
       of losing their JOBS as those German Jurists and lawyers were in
       the 1930s. If you don't see that, you have a leak in your attic.
       Don't count on our court system for anything but lip service to
       democracy at best and, at worst, acting as the willing double
       talking, rhetoric laced motor mouth handmaiden of fascism,
       prejudice, brutality and corporate enslavement for profit over
       planet.
       George Orwell was not whistling Dixie. Pass it on. The democracy
       you save may be your own.
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       Re: Corruption in Government
       By: AGelbert Date: October 11, 2014, 9:56 pm
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       [quote]Table of Contents
       Chapter
       
       1. Tort Terrorism
       2. Deadly Culture in Government Aviation Safety Offices
       3. Continuing Cover-Ups: National Tradition] Agelbert NOTE:See
       1930s Germany
       4. Imposters Seeking to Halt Exposure Activities
       5. Reporting Federal Crimes to Federal Judges
       6. Fighting Aviation Safety Corruption as Private Citizen
       7. Scheme by CIA-Front Law Firm to Block Reports
       8. Extension of Scheme to Federal Courts
       9. Report Criminal Activities: Go to Prison] Agelbert NOTE:See
       1930s Germany
       10. Seeking Civil Rights Relief in Chapter 11 Courts
       11. Suing Federal Judges and Accomplices
       12. Complicity of Supreme Court Justices Agelbert NOTE: See
       1930s Germany
       13. Complicity of Media People
       14. Lawsuits to Record Crimes of Congress, Judges and Media
       15. Corrupt Culture of DOJ Lawyers ] Agelbert NOTE: See 1930s
       Germany
       16. Classic Example of Legal-Judicial Sabotage
       17. Blowback Consequences on 9/11 and Continuing Cover-Ups
       18. Continuing Attacks from Legal Fraternity After 9/11 Agelbert
       NOTE: See 1930s Germany
       19. Bright Future for Continuing Corruption! ] Agelbert NOTE:
       See 1930s Germany
       Index
       Details the culture and corruption among lawyers, law firms, and
       judges, and some of the tragic consequences from such conduct by
       people in the United States. Some of the issues include:
       •Blackmail threats against small businesses by lawyers.
       •Class action lawsuits in which the plaintiffs get virtually
       nothing and the lawyers get millions in fee.
       •Widespread corruption in probate case.
       •Widespread defrauding of widows and orphans.
       •Widespread corruption in bankruptcy courts.
       •Lawyers demanding sex from their clients.
       •Judges accepting bribes from lawyers appearing before them.
       •Involvement of a CIA front law firm in San Francisco acting to
       halt the author's attempts to publicize the corruption in
       government offices that he and a group of other former
       government agents had discovered.
       •The repeated acts by federal judges, acting in unison with the
       CIA-front law firm, to strip the author of $10 million in assets
       that funded his exposure activities.
       •The nationwide corruption in bankruptcy courts that corruptly
       seizes the assets of people who exercise the statutory
       protection of Chapter 11.The corruption throughout the legal
       fraternity, including federal and state judges.
       • The harm they inflict upon the people of the United States and
       upon major national interests.
       • How lawyers in the government's aviation safety offices
       covered up for corrupt activities of government officials that
       had already been implicated in several prior airline disasters,
       which then continued as before.
       • The attacks upon a former federal safety agent to silence him,
       by over 50 lawyers over a period of 20 years, and the ripple
       effects on 9/11 and in other airline disasters.
       • Role of federal judges in repeatedly blocking former
       government agents from reporting corruption in government
       offices, some of it deadly.
       • The involvement of Supreme Court justices in the cover-ups of
       criminal activities.
       • Lawsuit against federal judges and CIA-front law firm on the
       basis of schemes to obstruct justice.
       • Various legal scams against the public.[/quote]
       For those who do not see the looming fascist threat to our
       democracy and the FACT that the Court System will be handmaidens
       of this corporate fascism just believe I'm just bitter from
       isolated incidents with the legal system in my own narrow pro se
       experience. Believe I don't know nuttin' about law, peace, war,
       good, bad, history or whatever in regard to creeping fascism.
       Believe I'm just a paranoid scaredy cat makin' a mountain out of
       a molehill. I hope you are right...  8) It's just my overactive
       imagination and so on....
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       [move]Gott mit uns!
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       Re: Corruption in Government
       By: AGelbert Date: October 14, 2014, 8:05 pm
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       This is an EXCELLENT example of a Corrupt Court System.  >:(
       As you will see, whenever a "brilliant jurist" finally gets his
       head out of his "logical" ass  and sees that the LAW he
       supported and argued for was USED to disenfranchise voters in
       diametric  (as in Orwellian) opposition to the stated intent of
       said law, YEARS of fascist inertia and democracy destroying
       elections have taken place. Then the jurist gives a dissenting
       opinion on a related case.
       BUT, it DOES NO GOOD for we-the-people beyond lip service. The
       Court System has made Voter Disenfranchisement LEGAL. This is
       one of the MANY steps taken by state governments in the USA
       towards fascism.
       WHERE was the American Bar Association when this Voter ID CRAP
       was first pushed? ???  Well, uh, there was NO EVIDENCE of intent
       to disenfranchise voters.  ;D  The LAW, as written, APPEARED to
       be for the purpose of AVOIDING voter fraud. Hey, we are lawyers,
       not mind readers!  [img width=80
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       />It was, uhm, a good law but it was used, ah, improperly...
       RIGHT.
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       />Don't tell me the legal minds in this country could not see
       RIGHT THROUGH this transparent and fascist backed effort to
       thwart the Democratic representation of a segment of the voting
       public!   [img width=60
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       The following post is from the Daily Kos. they are celebrating a
       dissenting opinion. I say the elite controlling the Courts AND
       the state government voter ID LAWFUL UNLAWFUL AND FRAUDULENT
       laws deliberately designed to disenfranchise voters will do
       NOTHING to change this travesty of democracy before the
       elections. AFTER the elections they will yammer about this and
       that and perhaps get some reform with much fanfare!  ;D However,
       before the next election, a legal team from A.L.E.C. will
       meticulously pull every single democratic tooth out of it
       (quietly, of course! ;)).
       IOW, the SYSTEM has fascist inertia. The Court System is PART of
       that inertia and is ONLY used to display the appearance of
       objectivity and even handedness.  [img width=50
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       A dissenting opinion, even from a Reagan appointee, will do
       NOTHING but put a [i]"the Court System works"  bright and shiny,
       BUT FALSE, paint job on our fascist enabling system of
       juris-imprudence.  ;D Enjoy!  [/i]
       Mon Oct 13, 2014 at 04:42 PM PDT.
       Highly Respected Conservative Judge Rips "Voter ID" Laws--and
       the GOP--in Blistering Opinion
       SNIPPET 1 (the "brilliant jurist" cred   ;D):
       [quote] Possibly the most well-known jurist in the country, the
       Reagan-appointed, conservative Posner is not only an
       accomplished Circuit Court Judge, he is a Senior Lecturer at the
       University of Chicago Law School and the author of nearly 40
       books.  He is 75 years old and were it not for a penchant for
       raising hackles of the legal community with his acute opinions,
       he would likely be on the Supreme Court right now.
       The Los Angeles Times' Michael Hiltzik accurately describes the
       regard the legal and judicial community holds towards Posner:
       Posner, 75, is no wooly-headed liberal, but a card-carrying
       conservative who was appointed to the circuit bench by Ronald
       Reagan in 1981. He's widely regarded as the smartest jurist in
       the federal judiciary, and was identified in 2000 by Fred
       Shapiro of Yale Law School as the most-cited legal scholar of
       all time.[/quote]
       SNIPPET 2:
       [quote] Posner authored the Opinion in the decision of Crawford
       v Marion County, the 7th Circuit decision in 2008 that upheld
       Indiana's "Voter ID" law, and which was, in turn, affirmed by
       the Supreme Court. The case involved the Constitutionality of
       the first such law in the country, the seminal Voter Suppression
       statute
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       />that spawned so many imitations in other states.  :P  :([/quot
       e]
       Agelbert NOTE: Because of that voter suppression, the WRONG
       people got elected, wars have been fought, money stolen by the
       MIC, MORE people have been killed outside this country and in
       it, fossil fuel subsidies prolonged and Renewable energy
       subsidies kept tiny or non-existent. Many Americans have died
       from lack of proper health care.
       In MY BOOK, those are BOTH CIVIL and CRIMINAL LAW violations.
       Don't hold your breath waiting for a lawyer to agree. The
       "variables" in the voting for this, that and the other are all
       separate issues that LAWYERS REFUSE to connect the CRIME/FRAUD
       dots on. Why? Because they are PART of the fascist corruption
       for profit over planet, period. Of course, they'll deny that
       too!  ;D
       This is the story of this country since the (Orwellian) Patriot
       Act ENABLING LAW began a chain of fascism fostering laws. The
       Law profession has MADE A LOT OF MONEY from those laws and is
       NOT interested in reversing them because the MONEY people BACKED
       those laws BEFORE they became laws and will be highly pissed at
       any lawyer with the temerity to "piss upstream", so to speak.
       SNIPPET 3 (an IMPOTENT JUDICIARY when they don't want to change
       a LAW):
       [quote]Posner, joined by four Judges on the Seventh Circuit,
       authored the opinion requesting a rehearing en banc by the
       entire Seventh Circuit Court of appeals in Frank v Scott Walker
       et al, the recent case assessing the validity of the Wisconsin
       "Voter ID" statute.  A three-judge panel of the 7th Circuit had
       already cleared the way for the Wisconsin law to go into effect
       prior to next month's elections.  :evil4: Posner's request for
       rehearing split the Judges of that Circuit 5-5, and thus no
       rehearing was granted. Posner's opinion, which eviscerates every
       rationale promoted in support of these suppression laws, was
       relegated to a "dissent."  But unlike most other "dissents,"
       this opinion is likely to reverberate throughout the Judiciary
       and will be closely scrutinized by the Supreme Court, which
       stepped in and suspended the law's validity just last week.  ::)
       [/quote]
       Agelbert NOTE: It's a fantastic opinion BUT it is a "DISSENT"
       :evil4:, LOL! IOW, it don't mean SHIT as to changing the law, no
       matter what the hopeful and optimistic fellow at the Daily KOS
       is wishing for. I'm NOT being pessimistic; I'm being REALISTIC.
       8)
       If they DO annul this Voter SUPRESSION LAW, it will be a step
       towards Democracy. I'm telling you right here and now that
       NOTHING will be done except a lot of foot dragging UNTIL AFTER
       the election. I wish it weren't so.  :(
       Now read parts of Posner's great dissent (with article author's
       commentary) in the tradition of Oliver Wendell Holmes (the Great
       Dissenter). It's quite good, logical, realistic and honest.
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       Posner distills the essence of these noxious statutes as
       motivated solely by the intent by the Republican Party to
       suppress Americans' right to vote. As Hiltzik summarizes the
       opinion:
       [quote]"There is only one motivation for imposing burdens on
       voting that are ostensibly designed to discourage
       voter-impersonation fraud," [Posner] writes, "and that is to
       discourage voting by persons likely to vote against the party
       responsible for imposing the burdens." More specifically, he
       observes, photo ID laws are "highly correlated with a state's
       having a Republican governor and Republican control of the
       legislature and appear to be aimed at limiting voting by
       minorities, particularly blacks."[/quote]
       Posner distinguishes the Indiana law from the Wisconsin one (a
       necessary exercise, albeit an effective one) in terms of their
       relative stringency.  But his opinion suggests a more
       substantial re-thinking of the entire issue, and he takes pains
       to carefully demolish the flimsy arguments and excuses of "voter
       fraud" proffered by the laws' proponents:
       [quote]"There is compelling evidence that voter-impersonation
       fraud is essentially nonexistent in Wisconsin." Assertions about
       voter fraud are "a mere fig leaf for efforts to disenfranchise
       voters." He adds that "some of the 'evidence' of
       voter-impersonation fraud is downright goofy, if not paranoid,
       such as the nonexistent buses that according to the 'True the
       Vote' movement [a voter suppression organization originating in
       the tea party movement] transport foreigners and reservation
       Indians to polling places." [/quote]
       Indeed, Posner writes, lists of the states that impose the
       strictest requirements "imply that a number of conservative
       states try to make it difficult for people who are outside the
       mainstream, whether because of poverty or race or problems with
       the English language...to vote."
       The "list of states" is actually a Table (Table 2, page 17)
       contained within the opinion itself. Posner shows that all of
       the states that have implemented these voter suppression
       statutes did so under Republican governance, either at the
       Executive or Legislative level:
       STATES WITH STRICT PHOTO ID LAWS—POLITICAL MAKEUP
       WHEN THE LAWS WERE ADOPTED
       Arkansas: Democratic governor, but both the  House and Senate
       were under Republican control.
       Georgia: Republican governor, Republican control of both the
       House and Senate.
       Indiana: Republican governor, Republican control of both the
       House and Senate.
       Kansas: Republican governor, Republican control of both the
       House and Senate.
       Mississippi: Adopted by the voters through a ballot initiative.
       Republicans, who already controlled the governorship and the
       state Senate, won a majority of seats in the House in that same
       election.
       Tennessee: Republican  governor,  Republican  control of both
       the House and Senate.
       Texas: Republican  governor,  Republican  control  of both the
       House and Senate.
       Virginia: Republican governor, Republican control of both the
       House and Senate.
       Wisconsin:  Republican  governor,  Republican  control of both
       the House and Senate.
       The Opinion notes that the same pattern holds true for the three
       "strict, non-photo ID" states, Arizona, North Dakota and Ohio.
       Posner also sarcastically eviscerates the argument that "Voter
       ID's" are easy to obtain, are inexpensive, or are somehow akin
       to "showing an ID" when one boards an airplane. In a final
       flourish of judicial contempt, Posner characterizes the
       arguments of the Wisconsin law's proponents as inhabiting a
       "fact-free cocoon".
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       A strong antipathy runs through Posner's opinion here, one that
       should be taken seriously. Posner appears to appreciate   ;Dthe
       deeply un-American purpose of these laws and he spares no effort
       to take their essential fiendishness to task, even as he lays
       their invention at the feet of his own Republican Party.   ;D
       This is damning stuff,  ::)  the likes of which has never been
       fully articulated in Judicial opinion. The fact that Posner is
       the one articulating it will have a profound effect on the
       "debate" about these laws from this point forward.   [img
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       Judge Posner's dissenting opinion in the Frank v Scott Walker
       case is here.
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       [move]The voter ID LAWS were crafted with malice and
       aforethought for the purpose of fostering a murdering, profit
       over planet fascist police state in a series of small
       INCREMENTAL STEPS.  [/move]
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       Re: Corruption in Government
       By: AGelbert Date: October 14, 2014, 11:19 pm
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       SNIPPET:
       As Christopher Simpson reminds us in the opening chapter, “The
       most prominent feature of the Nazi political philosophy [was]
       extreme anticommunism and particularly fanatic hatred of the
       USSR.” That hatred set the world ablaze, and, yet, after the
       war, the Nazi administrators, chief intelligence officers,
       generals, police chiefs, and intellectuals of that regime of
       hatred and war were recruited to continue their work in the
       bosom of our secret National Security State, advising,
       influencing, and promoting our foreign policy in the Cold War .
       
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       Did that policy change with the fall of the Berlin Wall?
       No, it intensified—still absolutist, still aggressive, still
       dedicated to political warfare.
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       America’s Recruitment of Nazis -– Then and Now
       By LUCIANA BOHNE / CounterPunch
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       Re: Corruption in Government
       By: AGelbert Date: October 16, 2014, 9:56 pm
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       [quote]an·tith·e·sis an&#712;tiTH&#601;s&#601;s/ noun noun:
       antithesis; plural noun: antitheses a person or thing that is
       the direct opposite of someone or something else. "love is the
       antithesis of selfishness"
       
       synonyms:
       inverse, obverse, other side of the coin; informal flip side
       "friends of the actress say she is quite the antithesis of her
       giddy and frivolous character"
       “Legal” is the antithesis of equitable,  ;D and the equivalent
       of constructive. 2 Abbott’s Law Dic. 24
       eq·ui·ta·ble &#712;ekw&#601;d&#601;b(&#601;)l/ adjective
       adjective: equitable
       1. fair and impartial. "an equitable balance of power"
       
       synonyms:
       unprejudiced, egalitarian; More disinterested, objective,
       neutral, nonpartisan, open-minded; informal fair and square "a
       plan to distribute the burden of taxes in an equitable way"
       
       antonyms:
       2. Law
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       valid in equity
       as distinct from law. "the beneficiaries have an equitable
       interest in the property"
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       [/quote]
       Agelbert note: Isn't it just AMAZING  ;) how the LAWYERS managed
       to ADJUST  ;) the definition "1" of equitable so as to split a
       few hairs in order to LEGALLY (definition "2") [i]take someone's
       LAWFUL  EQUITY away? Yes, of course I sense a bit of table
       pounding on the way which will be heralded with several colorful
       adjectives disdaining as surreal, ridiculous, hypocritical (and
       so on) the data I am providing you here with links. Well, as
       they say in da show biz, any publicity is good publicity.  ;D
       You know, the [s]Scribes and Pharisees[/s] lawyers are really
       'good' at what the DO, aren't they?  ;D It makes you wonder
       about the REASON the word "Code" was morphed by the etymology
       challenged  (or fiendishly Orwellian!) Legal establishment to
       mean laws , don't it?  Mens Rea? Nahh. [img width=30
       height=30]
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       But that would be a silly "conspiracy theory", now wouldn't it?
       After all, lawyers don't have a secret handshake, do they?  ;D
       Well then, they are just trying to make things CLEAR for us, not
       trying to set up their own private language so they are the only
       ones that can A) make money from da law business and B) screw
       someone with all the proper color of law.   ;) There is NO
       history of chicanery among lawyers. Oh no! ;D [/i]
       [quote]Lawful matters are ethically enjoined in the law of the
       land—the law of the people—and are actual in nature, not
       implied. This is why whatever true law was upheld by the organic
       Constitution has no bearing or authority in the present day
       legal courts. It is impossible for anyone in “authority” today
       to access, or even take cognizance of, true law since
       “authority” is the “law of necessity,” 12 USC 95.  ;D
       Therefore, it would appear that the meaning of the word “legal”
       is “color of law,” a term which Black’s Law Dictionary, Fifth
       Edition, defines as:
       [size=12pt]Color of law. The appearance or semblance, without
       the substance, of legal right. Misuse of power, possessed by
       virtue of state law and made possible only because wrongdoer is
       clothed with authority of state, is action taken under “color of
       law.”  ;D  Black’s Law Dictionary, Fifth Edition, page
       241.[/size]
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       Tell me, dear readers, does the above statue of Lady Justice
       speak of Legality or of EQUITABILITY (the antithesis of
       legality)? See Color of Law.  >:(
       Now, if truth in advertising was applied to the above OBVIOUS
       historical attempt by TPTB to convince the masses of the
       intrinsic Equitablilty (as well as being the 'ultimate' and ONLY
       authority for coercive power and so on) of the Court System when
       engaged in the settling of disputes, then we would see something
       like the following in order to CORRECTLY describe our Court
       System so as to prepare those seeking a LAWFUL remedy in said
       system [b]for the "real world":
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       height=540]
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       Gott mit uns!
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       #Post#: 2043--------------------------------------------------
       Golden Rule Government:  Lawful System Based on Caring instead o
       f Conquest
       By: AGelbert Date: October 16, 2014, 10:46 pm
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       [I]PART 1 of the Ex Curia Solution[/i]
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       Golden Rule Government - A [s]Legal[/s] Lawful System Based on
       Caring instead of Conquest by Jailhouse Judge Agelbert
       Background:
       Golden Rule Government, not to be confused with fiscal policy in
       government (today mostly given lip service) where borrowing is
       only authorised except for investment, is a total ex curia
       replacement ot our hopelessly elitist, fascist, dysfunctional,
       profit over planet, biosphere destroying and human misery
       producing (and so on) social governing structure.
       This new approach is not a reform of the old; it requires the
       scrapping of the old because the status quo is based on
       conquest. This new system mat be labeled "feminine" because it
       is based on caring.
       However, overall, it is utilitarian in its application , not
       "sentimental", as anything labeled "femine" by our society
       disingenuously, pejoratively and patronizingly might claim.
       In philosophy the male-centered versus the feminine approach are
       considered areas of moral
       psychology:
       [quote]... area of moral psychology focuses on whether there is
       a distinctly female approach to ethics that is grounded in the
       psychological differences between men and women.
       Discussions of this issue focus on two claims:
       (1) traditional morality is male-centered, and
       (2) there is a unique female perspective of the world which can
       be shaped into a value theory.
       According to many feminist philosophers, traditional morality is
       male-centered since it is modeled after practices that have been
       traditionally male-dominated, such as acquiring property,
       engaging in business contracts, and governing societies. The
       rigid systems of rules required for trade and government were
       then taken as models for the creation of equally rigid systems
       of moral rules, such as lists of rights and duties.
       Women, by contrast, have traditionally had a nurturing role by
       raising children and overseeing domestic life. These tasks
       require less rule following, and more spontaneous and creative
       action. Using the woman's experience as a model for moral
       theory, then, the basis of morality would be spontaneously
       caring for others as would be appropriate in each unique
       circumstance. On this model, the agent becomes part of the
       situation and acts caringly within that context. This stands in
       contrast with male-modeled morality where the agent is a
       mechanical actor who performs his required duty, but can remain
       distanced from and unaffected by the situation. A care-based
       approach to morality, as it is sometimes called, is offered by
       feminist ethicists as either a replacement for  or a supplement
       to traditional male-modeled moral systems.[/quote]
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       Of course, all ethical conduct is based on some basic concept of
       what is right and what is wrong (i.e. morality). While there ARE
       people, a lot of them, out there that argue that ethics has no
       place in social structure UNLESS it is "situational" (see
       Orwell) in nature, what they are really advocating, adopting,
       espousing and defending is  a Machiavellian view of government
       of the people, by the elite and for the elite.
       The issue, nevertheless, is further "muddled" by the claim that
       "morality" is a human invention that doesn't "do the Darwinian
       math" of "reality".  They claim that what is "moral/ethical" for
       one tribe may be "immoral" for another so the best (i.e. "real
       world")  course of action is to shake hands and come out
       fighting (i.e. Conquest is the ultimate "morality").
       Actus reus
       Action or conduct that is a constituent element of a crime, as
       opposed to the mental state of the accused.
       An excellent example of the LACK of "do the math" logic in our
       closed system biosphere by the Court System of Homo SAPs is
       poaching. Ask a lawyer to define poaching. While said
       professional may give lip service to the deleterious effects on
       the biosphere in general and the poached species of wildlife in
       particular due to this "illicit" activity, the APPROACH to this
       life destroying actus reus is ridiculously limited to the
       typical legalese tunnel vision of  'seeing the stolen healthy
       trees' PROPERTY, hair splitting illogic, that ignores the forest
       fire'. That is, the health and perpetuation of the 'impacted
       species' is measured only with regard to computing damages to
       the Homo SAP tribe or nation who 'owns' the animals being
       poached.
       Furthermore, if the poacher is doing the bidding of a foreign
       government to undermine the GDP of the 'enemy' or some other
       'justified' activity (according to social Darwinian situational
       'ethics' Homo SAP juris-imprudent Court Systems) he is, acting
       'lawfully'. It just depends (see SOPHISTRY and the practice of
       law) which group of Homo SAPS you base your 'fealty' too.
       So what's the problem with loyalty to your tribe? Does not the
       life and welfare of 'your tribe' outweigh all other
       'sentimental' notions of questionable ethical behavior? Well, at
       this point a lawyer will have a field day answering with a
       fascinating but thoroughly contorted and convoluted amount of
       'logic' that basically says, YES (with several escape clause
       conditional "no" gray areas - be sure to consult a lawyer for
       each gray area.). The Homo SAP Court System has a sliding scale
       of ethics where "legal" is "lawful"(i.e. ethical/moral)
       sometimes but NOT ALWAYS. That's just the way it is among apex
       predators in a social Darwinian "real world' pecking order. Any
       other 'sentimental' and 'idealistic' and/or 'ridiculously
       utopian' notions of ethical conduct are just magical/wishful
       thinking for reality challenged ignoramuses. The current Court
       System used by Homo SAP governments  is the ONLY 'workable'
       system, Sniff!
       IF our concern (see trees versus forest) was exclusively
       occupying the king of the hill position among competing Homo
       SAPS, I would agree. But that fails to do the overall biosphere
       Darwinian (see natural selection and species extinction) MATH.
       Hence it is not just ridiculous to design and operate a
       Government/Court System predicated on Conquest, it is not
       ethical in any sense when the FOREST that Homo SAPS REQUIRE for
       the health, welfare and perpetuation of their species is
       COMPUTED into the MATH.
       Idealist? Utopian? Try NOT OPTIONAL. In our biosphere, the
       ethical BOTTOM LINE is NOT some man made philosophical concept
       that defines "ethical" or "unethical" behavior in terms of what
       we do to each other and ignores other life forms. The ethical
       BOTTOM LINE is whether what we DO produces our DEATH or our
       LIFE, PERIOD.
       Therefore, we must (see NOT OPTIONAL) strive, in order to save
       our own arses, for a Governmental/Court System that does NOT
       operate on a sliding scale of sophistic fun and games based on
       loyalty to one Homo SAP tribe/government/corporation/Bar
       association (you knew I would throw that in, didn't you? - I
       know - it's dirty pool - but like it!) over another.
       Well then, let's talk a bit about ethics that DON'T operate on a
       sliding scale of "morality". Let's try to get a bird's eye view
       of the BIG picture in regard to ethics.
       Philosophy says this about that:
       [quote]...The term "meta" means after or beyond, and,
       consequently, the notion of metaethics involves a removed, or
       bird's eye view of the entire project of ethics. We may define
       metaethics as the study of the origin and meaning of ethical
       concepts. When compared to normative ethics and applied ethics,
       the field of metaethics is the least precisely defined area of
       moral philosophy. It covers issues from moral semantics to moral
       epistemology. ][/quote]
       That doesn't seem to get us anywhere. But this is a good start.
       [quote]Two issues, though, are prominent:
       (1) metaphysical issues concerning whether morality exists
       independently of humans, and
       (2)psychological issues concerning the underlying mental basis
       of our moral judgments and conduct. [/quote]
       Since the  metaphysical issue is a gigantic can of worms in
       regard to ethics and morality, I have not referenced that
       contentious area in formulating the utilitarian "math" of Golden
       Rule Government.
       [quote] ... area of meta-ethics involves the psychological basis
       of our moral judgments and conduct, particularly understanding
       what motivates us to be moral.
       We might explore this subject by asking the simple question,
       "Why be moral?" Even if I am aware of basic moral standards,
       such as don't kill and don't steal, this does not necessarily
       mean that I will be psychologically compelled to act on them.
       Some answers to the question "Why be moral?" are to avoid
       punishment, to gain praise, to attain happiness, to be
       dignified, or to fit in with society.[/quote]
       Many will claim THEIR "mental basis of moral judgements and
       conduct is the only VALID mental basis for moral judgements and
       conduct.
       Without evidence to back this claim, they are just smoking that
       crack pipe of "do as I say, not as I do". The "best of all
       possible worlds" argument is also fallacious simply because all
       the alternatives out there are willfully disdained, discarded or
       simply ignored. See Procrustean bed.
       The mental basis of our moral judgements and conduct can only be
       justified if the following takes place as a result of the said
       moral judgements and conduct:
       1. A steadily improving and diverse fauna and flora in the
       biosphere.
       2. A steady Bioremediation of all toxins in the biosphere.
       3. A steady and consistent policy of emulating nature in
       bringing about a zero waste economy for the benefit of all
       earthlings.
       4. Equal protection among humans from other humans.
       5. Equal representation among humans (vote, petition, proposed
       legislation and law enforcement).
       6. Equal access to services.
       7. Equal punishment for wrong conduct.
       8. Guaranteed Minimum standard of health, education and income
       to insure the dignity of even the most poverty stricken,
       disabled, handicapped or just plain dysfunctional from mental
       disease or laziness. "A nation should not be judged by how it
       treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones." Gandhi
       9. No statute of limitations on any crime for any reason and no
       limited liability for any human in any form of business,
       corporate charter, club, police, military governmental, bath
       club, etc. You do the crime, you do the time and you pay your
       share of the fine.
       10. Legal tender laws are carbon footprint/energy based (yeah,
       it's complicated but is VERY specific about SUBTRACTING the
       value of any product the EXACT amount of planetary piggery used
       to manufacture it, PERIOD.
       Utopic? Nope. In fact, anything else, as in what we are doing
       NOW, is criminally negligent suicide. The status quo is not a
       measured, prudent, logical, or even social Darwinian approach to
       survival of the species. And forget about thriving when you are
       arrogantly eliminating diversity of life in a closed system such
       as our biosphere without even understanding scientifically WTF
       all these many and varied life forms out there do to contribute
       to our welfare.
       Get this, people. What we are doing IS NOT WORKING. What part of
       that do you not understand?  ???
       As reasonable, logical, intelligent (and so on) humans, it's
       time to give this strange idea born of the apparent benefits YOU
       have gotten from the dysfunctional human structure that you are
       not shooting yourself in the foot. Incremental measures and
       working within the "system" are doomed to failure because the
       "system" is based on unscientific principles of conquest.
       We live in a closed system. A bubble of life, if you will. The
       only morality of life is, hello?, A LIFE GIVING social
       structure. Al the rest is baloney. We aren't talking about
       singing cumbaya and dancing with permaculture flowers in our
       head, people! we are talking about DOING THE MATH for a closed
       SYSTEM called the biosphere! YES, there are scads of life forms
       here that we can trample willy nilly and they don't fight back
       because they aren't self aware. SO WHAT!!? Are you going to sit
       there and tell me that we are going to promote LIFE by
       continuing to increase the rate of DEATH of non-self aware
       species as well as the MISERY of ours? GET OUTTA HERE with that
       Orwellian mindfork!
       So you don't believe in God or right or wrong. And? Do you
       believe in breathing? Yep. Same with eating (and so on). See
       defecating where you eat. We are there. What part of that can't
       you wrap your head around? The MORALITY/ETHICS of a LIFE GIVING
       modus operandi and modus vivendi are not optional if you want to
       ensure the survival of your species. That is the math.
       What's all that got to do with Golden Government Rule?
       EVERYTHING!
       [b]Let us now move to WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD, so to
       speak.
       [quote]Normative Ethics
       Normative ethics involves arriving at moral standards that
       regulate right and wrong conduct. In a sense, it is a search for
       an ideal litmus test of proper behavior. The Golden Rule is a
       classic example of a normative principle: We should do to others
       what we would want others to do to us. Since I do not want my
       neighbor to steal my car, then it is wrong for me to steal her
       car. Since I would want people to feed me if I was starving,
       then I should help feed starving people. Using this same
       reasoning, I can theoretically determine whether any possible
       action is right or wrong. So, based on the Golden Rule, it would
       also be wrong for me to lie to, harass, victimize, assault, or
       kill others. The Golden Rule is an example of a normative theory
       that establishes a single principle against which we judge all
       actions. Other normative theories focus on a set of foundational
       principles, or a set of good character traits.
       The key assumption in normative ethics is that there is only one
       ultimate criterion of moral conduct, whether it is a single rule
       or a set of principles.[/quote]
       The Golden Rule Government social structure uses computers (a
       LOT!) to DO THE MATH. This "math" is a biosphere life giving
       math MORALITY that is sine qua none for the perpetuation of the
       human species. You may say it is the formula for transitioning
       from Homo SAP to Homo sapiens as a society. There are many among
       us that are there already. But the Homo SAPS defending the
       biosphere ignoring LAW of CONQUEST "morality" are in the way.
       I will discuss how to, through friendly persuasion, logic,
       prudent, measured, consistent, confident (and so on) PEACEFUL
       activity (or the lack of it - lack of activity, RE, not lack of
       peace - watch it!  ;D), we can save our arses along with
       thousands of other earthling species.
       But not now. I want to see how the worthies here respond. If I
       see genuine interest born of a realization of seriousness of our
       plight and respect for the value of a REAL "do the math" Golden
       Rule Government proposal, rather than accusations of ignorance,
       puffery, hypocrisy or flatulence accompanied with disdain,
       sarcasm or branding of my post as flower child whining utopian
       blather, then I will get the message, loud and clear that, no
       matter what the risk of our current suicidal trajectory, you are
       not interested in a working solution and prefer the delusion
       that incremental reforms (see lipstick on a four footed truffle
       forager) will save Thelma and Louise from the laws of physics.
       It is true, that once implemented, the Golden Rule Government
       will be the new [i]"curia", among other things, but since the
       status quo will fight to the death to prevent said system
       change, the Golden Rule Government is an EX CURIA solution to
       our dysfunctional and brutal system. And, of course, if you want
       to implement Golden Rule Government, you are going to have
       believe in it to the point of willing to lose everything you
       have, including your life, simply for adopting the peaceful
       activities (and lack of them) required to get the Homo SAPs to
       wake up and smell the Grand Canyon of species extinction.
       Sure, it might not work. But what we are doing now has a 100%
       probability of not working. Stupid is as stupid does. Have a
       nice day.[/i]
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       Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes on what the LAW was 
       ALL ABOUT.
       By: AGelbert Date: October 17, 2014, 7:47 pm
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       Now for some serious Law stuff here!
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       Ahem! My vast and
       thorough perusal of jurisprudence (and juris-imprudence too!
       ;D) has uncovered these gems from a former Supreme Court Justice
       with a love of Sherlock Holmes novels and an encyclopedic
       knowledge of the law, why there is law, what it is supposed to
       do, what it isn't supposed to do and, more importantly, what it
       REALLY IS ALL ABOUT.   8)
       [quote][font=times new roman]“Every society rests on the death
       of men,” he liked to say. If a nation needs soldiers, it seizes
       young men and marches them off to war at the point of a bayonet.
       If an epidemic breaks out, it forces the public to get
       vaccinated.[/font][/quote]
       He said THIS, which sounds quite good as a defense of the Court
       system.  ;)
       [quote][font=times new roman]The [b]language of judicial
       decision is mainly the language of logic. And the logical method
       and form flatter that longing for certainty and for repose which
       is in every human mind. But certainty generally is illusion, and
       repose is not the destiny of man.[/b][/font][/quote]
       As a
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       />lawyer, I can CLEARLY see he used that word "language" twice.
       Notice he DID NOT say that ALL judicial decisions are BASED on
       LOGIC, although one COULD interpret that quote in said legalese
       fashion.
       But other famous quotes from him show that he knew the score and
       wanted us to know it as well.  8)
       [quote][font=times new roman]Law is not being based on logic,
       but on experience.
       Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that
       our fathers have done them or our neighbors do them, and the
       same is true of a larger part than what we suspect of what we
       think.
       A man is usually more careful of his money than of his
       principles.
       Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I
       discovered that I was not God.
       Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been c ocksure
       of many things that were not so.
       Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two
       hours.
       Don't be 'consistent,' but be simply true.
       Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at the touch,
       nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will
       be round and full at evening.
       Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run,
       and no man ever caught the reins of a thought except as it
       galloped past him.
       Man's mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its
       original dimensions.
       Beware how you take away hope from any human being.
       The only prize much cared for by the powerful is
       power.[/font][/quote]
       He knew government is a compromise where the citizenry gets
       certain benefits but the lion's share of those "benefits" will
       always be controlled by an elite establishment. I think he just
       didn't want the elite establishment to become a dictatorship.
       But, considering the goons that populated the high court then,
       he was a breath of fresh air; a very BRIEF breath of fresh air
       in our descent into empire and fascism.  :(
       Please excuse this blatant and coarse attempt by yours truly to
       use the old  appeal to authority fallacious debating trick to
       sound erudite, polished, knowledgeable of law (and so on,  etc.
       ;D). I protest any accusation of low class buffoonery!
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       I never met Oliver
       Wendell Holmes and never argued a case before him! So there! If
       he happens to be on the same page as I am on issues of LAW and
       juris-imprudence, good for him! ( and me  ;D - Any port in the
       storm and all that. ) ;D
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       [center][font=times new roman]The defense rests.[/font]
       ;D[/center]
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