Baraka said:
I can't believe how many people have been intimidated into complying with this bullshit, unconstitutional regulation. What really needs to happen is someone with a few hundred grand to burn must challenge Reg 2257 and have it struck down as the worthless piece of shit it is by a high court of law. Sadly, this may go as high as the Supreme Court, but it needs to be challenged in order to set a legal precedent. So far no one has had the balls to do anything about it. Plenty of money- no balls.
Folks, this is exactly how freedom dies. There is no difference between how the Soviet Union used to do things with respect to state censorship and what's going on in America today.
DLD, the least you could do is form another corporation in Canada, an offshore jurisdiction, or somewhere else where this kind of censorship doesn't exist. Then move your server up here to Canada. We'd be glad to have ya. This process is not very complicated, or even expensive. But it is a goddamned hassle.
I pray that someone in America stands up for their First Amendment rights before they're all gone. There's a reason why the founding fathers put this fundamental right as number one. The sickening reality, however, is that few people truly appreciate their freedom until it's long gone. The US has been on a horrible downward spiral over the past 5 years, with respect to constitutional protections. This will not stop until several million people rise up and say Enough Is Enough!!!
I guess I have nothing to do now, but to leave you with this quote:
In Germany they first came for the Communists and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, by that time no one was left to speak up.
--Pastor Martin Niemoller
I guess you could say these days that, "I didn't speak up because I didn't watch pornography", or, "I didn't speak up to protect my privacy because I didn't have anything to hide". So sad.
I agree Baraka. I'm happy to report that many of us have been standing up for our rights for quite some time now and very soon we'll see the first signs of that. Probably in the next 1 to 4 months we are going to see the criminals responsible for these draconian laws come down hard. The bush administration is primarily responsible for this crap and they are on the chopping block. 12 different grand juries have convened in several different states to go through evidence concerning corruption and treason within the bush administration. Already "true bill" indictments have been handed down against quite a few people including : President Bush, Vice president Cheney, Condi Rice, Tony Blair and many others. See part of the story below. You won't likely see news of these indictments in the major media for awhile yet as they are still controlled for the most part and it's likely these indictments are "sealed indictments". The house cleaning of the corrupt politicians is coming very soon and it will be a VERY thorough cleaning. It will start in America with the arrest of most of the bush administration and many congressmen/women, senators, judges, media bigwigs and on and on. Then it will move into most other countries of the world and the house cleaning will continue. This "house cleaning" is something that has been in the works for many years behind the scenes and is just about to burst into the open for everyone to finally see. After the house cleaning will come the return of true Constitutional law and and a new temporary government will be installed that will finally represent the people. Keep your eyes on the internet news for advanced knowledge of what's to come. A couple of the best sites are :
www.tomflocco.com and
www.cloakendagger.de/
Dan
Story :
TOMFLOCCO.COM
BUSH AND CHENEY INDICTED
A Chicago grand jury has indicted the President and Vice-President of the United States along with multiple high officials in the Bush administration
Chicago -- August 2, 2005 -- TomFlocco.com -- U.S. federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's Chicago grand jury has issued perjury and obstruction of justice indictments to the following members of the Bush Administration: President George W. Bush, Vice-President Richard Cheney, Bush Chief of Staff Andrew Card, Cheney Chief of Staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, former Attorney General John Ashcroft, imprisoned New York Times reporter Judith Miller and former Senior Cheney advisor Mary Matalin.
There were no indications given as to whether the President and his top staff members would appear publicly before cameras at the grand jury proceedings, given the g! ravity of the charges.
Besides the Valerie Plame CIA leak case, the Fitzgerald probe is reportedly far-reaching and expanding much deeper into past White House criminal acts involving Bush-Clinton drug money laundering in Mena, Arkansas to White House involvement in 9.11; but also for sending America's young people to their deaths or to be maimed in Iraq and Afghanistan under false pretenses.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair was indicted for obstruction of justice and is reportedly consulting with members of Parliament and legal aides regarding how to avoid appearing in the U.S.A. for interrogation before Fitzgerald in Chicago.
The revelations emanated from sources close to the grand jury who spoke with federal whistleblower Thomas Heneghen in California who said White House Senior Advisor to the President Karl Rove was also indicted for perjury and was reportedly involved with Mary Matalin in a major Bush administration document shredding operation to cover-! up evidence.
Heneghen had reported over ten days ago on a TruthRadio.com broadcast that his sources close to the grand jury said former Secretary of State Colin Powell had been subpoenaed and had testified against President Bush, telling the citizen panel that the President had taken the United States to war based upon lies--a capital crime involving treason under the United States Code.
Heneghen also reported a week ago that Gonzalez and Card had been subpoened and that Tony Blair had defied his subpoena after the response time limit had expired.
Sources close to the investigation report that members of the House, Senate, 9.11 Commission and other members of the media are also under investigation as potential targets by a grand jury regarding obstruction of justice and other oversight failures linked to the 9.11 attacks--indicating that! citizen panelists working with Fitzgerald may be seeking a wholesale cleansing of what many have said is a crime-wracked White House and Congress.
I was merely thinking about the importance of the Picture Proof section, like some other member already mentioned. Will it still be up?
