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Drizzt80 said:
Forget about the conspiracy theory and swine flu. Why GPS our homes? GPS is global positioning system. It's a map coordinate, latitude/longitude. WHY does the government need the latitude and longitude of every front door of every home in the US. Why? What logical reason would they have for documenting/mapping that information? Like the article indicated, I can think of a bunch of negative, conspiracy theory ideas . . . but what is one, good, logical reason? :shrugs: (And why, if they have one, hasn't it been explained to the public?!?! That's probably even more telling . . .)

D80
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No cluewhat it's all about.... At first I thought their GPS thing could somehow tell you how many people were in each house automatically in addition to the location (to be able to count the people who avoid filling them out). :-\
 
"...At first I thought their GPS thing could somehow tell you how many people were in each house automatically in addition to the location (to be able to count the people who avoid filling them out). :-\"

Sure HOPE not! THAT would be a scary thought!
 
kathylove said:
Sure HOPE not! THAT would be a scary thought!
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Who knows. That may be part of the equation. :shrugs:

I'm still curious. I would have thought with all the educated, knowledgeable people posting in this thread that someone would have a legitimate reason for it. Otherwise, it just reaks of "Big Brother" worse than anything the government's been accused of since the '80's!!

D80
 
kathylove said:
"...At first I thought their GPS thing could somehow tell you how many people were in each house automatically in addition to the location (to be able to count the people who avoid filling them out). :-\"

Sure HOPE not! THAT would be a scary thought!
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I know! Thankfully it was just me being an air head and unfamiliar with GPS. lol
 
KJUN said:
Who is paying for the first "lady's" full time make-up artist? ...and WHY?
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I'm just glad we could buy her $500+ tennis shoes to wear when mock volunteering at the food bank. We wouldn't want the homeless to see her out of style. :roflmao:

jazzgeek said:
Pete Sessions Accuses Obama Of Intentionally Driving Stock Market Down

Discuss. This should be fun.


Dale
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More partisan politics. :argue:

Interesting note that at least in the link you posted the White House had no comment and Dems replied with 'bizzare conspiracy theory' ... and 'ridiculous sound bite'. Nobody actually denying or rebutting. While the Reps may be "responding with one ridiculous sound bite after another", the Dems would seem to be providing an example of the strawman argument at its best. :grin01:

In the end neither comment benefits us, the subjugated masses (ie taxpayers). :shrugs:

I wonder if there are any Thomas Jefferson Johnsons that see the light and try to correct their ways or are they all Dick Dodges, in it for themselves from start to end?!?! :confused:

Distinguished indeed!!! :nope:
 
Drizzt80 said:
Right . . . butt, he's only been in office just over 100 days . . . and we reached the point of spending all our money 4 months earlier than Bush ever did. Took him 8 years. :shrugs:

D80
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Bob robbed 100k in 8 years. Tom robbed 100k in 4 months. Bob is innocent because he was sneakier and took longer, and Tom is guilty because cause he isn't waiting 8 years for 100k! That's my argument too. Everyone leave Bob alone!
 
I just have to add an analogy.

Republicans and Democrats are husband and wife. America is their child. Good, bad or ugly they should be equally blamed for how that child turns out!
 
Austin M said:
I just have to add an analogy.

Republicans and Democrats are husband and wife. America is their child. Good, bad or ugly they should be equally blamed for how that child turns out!
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You have an interesting definition of democracy. I thought politicians were elected, and employed, by the people.
 
Nova_C said:
You have an interesting definition of democracy. I thought politicians were elected, and employed, by the people.
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Everyone but the politicians seem to believe that, and we know the politicians don't ACT like that. PLUS, we don't have a democracy in these united states. This country never has had a democracy on the federal level. It was never intended to have such, and that is actually a good thing.
 
KJUN said:
Everyone but the politicians seem to believe that, and we know the politicians don't ACT like that. PLUS, we don't have a democracy in these united states. This country never has had a democracy on the federal level. It was never intended to have such, and that is actually a good thing.
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It is a democracy, though. The United States is officially a Republic, which in this case is defined as a representative democracy. Ultimate authority still rests with the people, which means ultimate responsibility lies with the people.

Politicians still act with the implicit permission of their constituents. If you don't trust or agree with who is in power then you work to remove them and elect someone you do trust or agree with.
 
Nova_C said:
It is a democracy, though. The United States is officially a Republic, which in this case is defined as a representative democracy.
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I don't know why I bother arguing US politics with someone that can't even vote in the US...oh, yeah....because you are WRONG. A true republic (the feds) and a true democracy (many local .govs) are different....just like socialism and communism are different. The amount of similarities doesn't make them the same. The importance of the differences are what makes them such different beasts.
 
KJUN said:
I don't know why I bother arguing US politics with someone that can't even vote in the US...oh, yeah....because you are WRONG. A true republic (the feds) and a true democracy (many local .govs) are different....just like socialism and communism are different. The amount of similarities doesn't make them the same. The importance of the differences are what makes them such different beasts.
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Cite?

I'll do some for my own:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_states

The United States of America (commonly referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district.
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(Emphasis added by me)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_republic

"the United States relies on representative democracy, but [its] system of government is much more complex than that. [It is] not a simple representative democracy, but a constitutional republic in which majority rule is tempered by minority rights protected by law."
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So there's a constitution to prevent some of the pitfalls of a representative democracy in the US, but that doesn't mean it isn't one.
 
Also, since when does the definition of Democracy include the caveat that it has many local governments? I've never once seen that as a requirement.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy

Democracy is a form of government in which state-power is held by the majority of citizens within a country or a state.

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Even though there is no universally accepted definition of 'democracy', there are two principles that any definition of democracy includes. The first principle is that all members of the society (citizens) have equal access to power and the second that all members (citizens) enjoy universally recognized freedoms and liberties.
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Where in that does it say that democracy can only be small local governments?
 
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