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   Message 154,775 of 155,846   
   Dude to All   
   Re: on freaking boomernomics   
   06 Feb 26 18:27:42   
   
   From: punditster@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/6/2026 4:20 PM, dart200 wrote:   
   > On 2/6/26 3:17 PM, Creon wrote:   
   >> At Fri, 6 Feb 2026 11:11:06 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 2/6/2026 10:51 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>> On Fri, 6 Feb 2026 12:24:47 -0500, Wilson    
   >>>> wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On 2/4/2026 12:23 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>>>> On Wed, 4 Feb 2026 11:19:01 -0500, Wilson    
   >>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On 2/3/2026 2:00 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 13:15:13 -0500, Wilson    
   >>>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> On 2/3/2026 1:07 PM, dart200 wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>> On 2/3/26 10:05 AM, Dude wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> It's for your own protection - from coercion and allow you to   
   >>>>>>>>>>> make   
   >>>>>>>>>>> independent decisions, providing the security needed to live,   
   >>>>>>>>>>> work,   
   >>>>>>>>>>> and pursue your own happiness.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> yeah except most of the world is heavily limited by the rights of   
   >>>>>>>>>> others, and the situation is getting worse by the year   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> People have been thinking about this stuff for centuries, and   
   >>>>>>>>> have come   
   >>>>>>>>> up with some neat ideas.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> "Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will   
   >>>>>>>>> within   
   >>>>>>>>> limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add   
   >>>>>>>>> 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the   
   >>>>>>>>> tyrant's   
   >>>>>>>>> will, and always so when it violates the rights of the   
   >>>>>>>>> individual."   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Like when we drag "illegal" immigrants from their homes and ship   
   >>>>>>>> them   
   >>>>>>>> off to prison or some ugly place.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Breaking laws is like that.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I seem to remember   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> "I do not add   
   >>>>>>> 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's   
   >>>>>>> will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual."   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> You did say that right?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> A nation is not just a patch of land, it's the people. Collectively   
   >>>>> those people have the ability and the responsibility to determine   
   >>>>> who is   
   >>>>> allowed to enter. Our current system chooses who makes the rules via   
   >>>>> election. Biden chose to ignore immigration law and allow millions to   
   >>>>> enter illegally. Trump has decided to actually enforce the law and has   
   >>>>> effectively ended illegal border crossings.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> TLDR: Illegal border jumpers have trespassed, and as such their   
   >>>>> right to   
   >>>>> be here is forfeit.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> You seem to have forgotten about that "law is the tyrant's will" part.   
   >>>> And furthermore   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> those people have the ability and the responsibility to determine   
   >>>>> who is allowed to enter.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Himbo might have won a small majority in the election, but he did not   
   >>>> win a consensus.  And so some of us feel it is our responsibility to   
   >>>> stand up and say, you do not speak or act for me, asshole.   
   >>>   >   
   >>> It's not exactly clear if you have any United States rights. As an   
   >>> immigrant, you'd be biased in your opinion anyway. Are you familiar with   
   >>> the phrase "We the people..."?   
   >>   
   >> Listen you directly unto me:   
   >>   
   >> The U.S. Constitution is a _limit on government_.  You find   
   >   
   > lol, lawyers have done away with such nonsense...   
   >   
   That sounds illegal. What time?   
    > > like what can't the feds regulate???   
   >The question is, who regulates the regulators?   
      
   There are three branches of the U.S. government: The legislative, which   
   makes laws; the executive, that enforces laws; and the judicial, which   
   interprets laws.   
      
   It's a string, so you can string things together when everything falls   
   apart.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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