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AnotherMcIntosh

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26. Those at the federal level are setting examples and providing weaponry for others at the local level

Reply to Better Believe It (Original post)

Thu Jan 12, 2012, 01:53 PM

Jan 2012

Yes, "Congress and the President have violated their oaths of office by writing and signing this law."

But events have been put into motion that's taking it beyond what they have directly authorized.

We have ambitious morons at the local levels who will want more money, more power, and won't feel constrained by the Constitution and the rule of law. They have been and are following the examples set by those at the federal level. Some, without going so far as to adopt indefinite detention provisions, are already doing so.

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