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Then again, we have idiots who journey thousands of miles in order to starve to death in an abandoned school bus. Does Chris McCandless ring any bells?
I believe it was Ron White who said, "there is no fixing stupid, not even with duct tape."
The USAPATRIOT Act has absolutely nothing to do with habeas corpus. You are referring to the National Defense Appropriations Act of 2012, in which POWs may be detained indefinitely without being charged with a crime.
During times of war, such as now, it is common practice to detain POWs without charge until the end of the war. In the National Defense Appropriations Act of 2012 Congress reaffirmed that a State of War as per Public Law 107-40 continues to exist. Until such time as Congress repeals Public Law 107-40, the State of War will continue to exist.
I did not, nor did the poster stipulate as to the cause of the poverty, merely that it was NOT worse elsewhere. I stated she wasn't looking any further than her Fox news channel and would find same in her own back yard.
How appropriate you would describe an existing state of war within a thread mentioning freedoms. I guess everythings OK then, as long as congress approves of the situation.
And the Patriot Act has many features buried within it that render your traditional freedoms moot at the whim of some agency or another without due process, does it not?
To each, their own country has to be the best - as long as they are free to leave whenever they wish.
My comment is - how many millions wish to come here as opposed to other countries?
There are other countries that many would like to go to because of the conditions of their country but those countries control who can come in and who can't.
Invented the light bulb as well as creating Commercial production of electricity.
Invented the Radio
Invented the Machine gun
Invented the Airplane
Invented the Internet
Invented the Smart Phone
Invented Kevler And bullet resistant ceramic plates
Invented Supersonic travel
Went to Challenger Deep, the deepest point on earth at 35,814 ft below sea level
Went to the Moon not once but 6 times
And oh year slit the atom.
All of this in last then 237 years, what have other nations done?
People do that, not a nation.
Guessing you had nothing to do with any of that.
What have you done?
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There was a time during the history of the US, when a great many people from many different lands came to the US. From around the 1840s through the 1940s. Which is how the US became known as the nation of immigrants (a.k.a. the "melting pot"). A lot of those immigrants brought their ideas with them. From Sergei Rachmaninoff to Albert Einstein to Wernher von Braun, the US owes a great deal to first generation Americans.
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If you have done any extensive long term traveling you would know that is true. We live well, very well.
There are those who live better.
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To each, their own country has to be the best - as long as they are free to leave whenever they wish.
My comment is - how many millions wish to come here as opposed to other countries?
Maybe they want to come to America because it's their easiest bet.
Many of the countries at the same level or better off than America have/or been putting in place policies discouraging immigration.
And the Patriot Act has many features buried within it that render your traditional freedoms moot at the whim of some agency or another without due process, does it not?
No, it does not. Of course you would already know this had you bothered to actually read the law.
Too much energy, The statist what to create artificial energy scarcity, Statist use such actions to gain political power.
I love the fact Progressive statist are losing power.
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The USA is the best country in the world.
