tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post9194066992627793367..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Simpson: Fourth Amendment needs belated protectionGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-18446672677930724632014-07-06T11:41:51.217-05:002014-07-06T11:41:51.217-05:00Hmmm, I've met a lot of people and not one sin...Hmmm, I've met a lot of people and not one single person had a name tag describing themselves as a: conservative, liberal, republican, democrat or, independent. I guess you have to look for bumper stickers and radio stations one is dialed in to, other than that, you hit one of the nails right on the head.<br /><br />That being - we are issued what we allow to be issued and we deserve what get as a result of being complacent as we ignore acts of violence, false arrests & subsequent wrongful convictions being perpetrated on citizens by bad public servants with quotas agendas and roid-rage that are enabled by those charged with umpire responsibilities. When we depend on or allow rogue criminal justice system(s) to rule, all being in the name of the law(s), the law is deemed to be unlawful by it's victims and will be met with revolutions once it affects the majority. We usually don't give a rat's ass until it directly effects us personally, a family member or a loved one. Give it time folks, your turn to witness it up close & personal will come. <br /><br />Any form or level of governmental abuses should be met with pitch forks and enough tar & feathers to cover those daring to allow it, enable it & spread it. <br /><br />Happy Independence Day America. Great article Mr. Simpson and thank you Grits for bringing it to our attention.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-76050065515696297202014-07-05T13:33:24.824-05:002014-07-05T13:33:24.824-05:00I grew up in Washington DC and worked there for se...I grew up in Washington DC and worked there for several years and now have lived in Houston for 40 years. I know many country club Republicans and conservatives who oppose both the IRS and war on drugs. I have never met a liberal Democrat who thought EPA or OSHA regulations and bureaucrats are as dangerous and destructive as drug warriors or who think Fourth or Fifth Amendment rights should be applied to commercial transactions. In the fifties and sixties, I knew liberals who opposed government excesses perpetrated by cold war warriors such as Joe McCarthy and Richard Nixon. Once liberals came to power following Watergate, they were no longer interested protecting the rights of citizens but were interested in using government power to punish those who disagreed with their policies. What Barack Obama and his minions are doing is the result of 40 years of liberalism being the ascendant political philosophy. I wish everyone understood that unchecked government power is a threat always.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com