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magical thyme

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40. 9,878 of your fellow people were senselessly killed in 2011 by

Thu Jun 6, 2013, 09:28 AM

Jun 2013

drunk drivers. And that's just a single year in what is an annual slaughter. http://www.madd.org/statistics/

549,838 of your fellow people were senselessly killed by cancer in 1999. http://www.cancure.org/statistics.htm

~577,000 of your fellow people were senselessly killed by cancer in 2012. http://www.cancer.org/research/cancerfactsstatistics/cancerfactsfigures2012/index

and in 2010, 120,859 of your fellow people were senselessly killed by stupid, evil accidents.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/acc-inj.htm

But yeah, let's protect your fellow people by spying on your phone-sex and my conversations with the Maine Potato Lady. That'll keep us safer...

Personally, I think a nationwide investment in auto-ignition breathalyzers, nutrition and other preventative health care, and personal bubble wrap would be more effective. Less creepy, too.

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What else do they want to know? When will it end? [View all] BlueCheese Jun 2013 OP

I think we are finally losing Tien1985 Jun 2013 #1

Disagree. graham4anything Jun 2013 #2

Graham, YOU are what is wrong with America. Atman Jun 2013 #3

and YOU are FREE to say that. So what freedom have you lost? NONE. graham4anything Jun 2013 #4

What do the Paul idiots, or Trayvon Martin have to with anything? Atman Jun 2013 #5

3000 of my fellow people died on 9-11. Manufactured? I don't believe in bogus conspiracy theories. graham4anything Jun 2013 #14

Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize they were YOUR people. EOTE Jun 2013 #21

I haven't lost any right. I still buy Charmin with aloe and pay for it with a credit card. graham4anything Jun 2013 #34

"Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose" sibelian Jun 2013 #45

The songwriter has specifically stated what his meaning was. I agree with his own words graham4anything Jun 2013 #48

"they already know everything, therefore, it is nothing new" - plain falsehood sibelian Jun 2013 #50

No, that is SPECIFIC to what Kristofferson wrote the song about. SPECIFIC graham4anything Jun 2013 #51

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2013 #52

Sure, that pesky little 4th amendment wasn't doing anything anyway. EOTE Jun 2013 #57

What right have you lost that you had 1, 2, 5, 10 years ago? nt graham4anything Jun 2013 #58

That's right, once a certain amount of time has passed, we should stop caring about lost rights. EOTE Jun 2013 #59

The reasonable right to privacy davekriss Jun 2013 #62

3000 < * 100:1 Paulie Jun 2013 #24

9,878 of your fellow people were senselessly killed in 2011 by magical thyme Jun 2013 #40

We have lost our right to privacy. dkf Jun 2013 #7

Precisely Sherman A1 Jun 2013 #37

Exactly Aerows Jun 2013 #38

Problem for most of us is treestar Jun 2013 #44

"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?" Dreamer Tatum Jun 2013 #63

at the risk of overstatement: + a billion cali Jun 2013 #8

You can smell Graham's posts without even reading the byline. Atman Jun 2013 #13

I've said the exact same thing. EOTE Jun 2013 #10

sheeple Locrian Jun 2013 #12

he seems like someone wanting to mock obama supporters/dem party loyalists by behaving like the boilerbabe Jun 2013 #20

I called it back in January Fumesucker Jun 2013 #22

Then it's fairly shitty performance art. EOTE Jun 2013 #23

Fairly? Fumesucker Jun 2013 #25

I think he's genuine. sibelian Jun 2013 #46

Dr. Franklin also said Sherman A1 Jun 2013 #6

He was talking about doing ALL one can to protect the nation from terrorists and coup'd'etats graham4anything Jun 2013 #15

You can't protect ANYONE from terrorism. sibelian Jun 2013 #47

One could stop 100% of all gun crimes in the streets by individuals that aren't law enforcement. graham4anything Jun 2013 #49

Terrorism has nothing to do with gun crime. sibelian Jun 2013 #53

tell that to Dr. Tiller. and all the school shootings graham4anything Jun 2013 #54

I must disagree with your interpretation of Franklin's words Sherman A1 Jun 2013 #55

Then why did he say "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure?" graham4anything Jun 2013 #56

You have stated it so eloquently.... Sherman A1 Jun 2013 #60

Ick. Hissyspit Jun 2013 #9

I cannot believe that this website would allow a libertarian such as yourself to host Earth_First Jun 2013 #11

This is AD HOMINEM and as you know I am NOT a fan of 3rd parties, Ron/Rand libertarians or JillStein graham4anything Jun 2013 #16

No, just their policies... n/t Earth_First Jun 2013 #17

No, that is NOT true. They are against the Obama adminstration. I am 100% FOR anything he does. graham4anything Jun 2013 #18

He's for deportation of the parents of minor US citizens Paulie Jun 2013 #28

Rand Paul will not get you what you want, niether will Michelle Bachmann or Jill Stein. graham4anything Jun 2013 #30

Don't change the subject. Paulie Jun 2013 #35

99.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% graham4anything Jun 2013 #39

At least half your posts are nothing but pure Ad Hom Fumesucker Jun 2013 #26

It's nothing like an "AD HOMINEM". sibelian Jun 2013 #42

I can't believe there are people here who don't know you will support the President on anything. hughee99 Jun 2013 #61

These are positions you have to adopt in order to convince yourself that everything's OK. sibelian Jun 2013 #41

My not intellectual response 90-percent Jun 2013 #19

Yep zeemike Jun 2013 #31

FDR should have entered WW2 years early. It caused millions to die before he entered. graham4anything Jun 2013 #32

This is not a time of peace zeemike Jun 2013 #27

This thread is full of juvenile trash talk. You should all be ashamed of yourselves. randome Jun 2013 #29

We'll never get back the rights that are being taken from us...Obama is forestpath Jun 2013 #33

The slope is way more than slippery and the situation is way worse than Stasi. Smarmie Doofus Jun 2013 #36

Verizon to offer "Certified Patriot Plan". You are checked for security by government and... Safetykitten Jun 2013 #43

Omg I'm so gullible. i went and googled it darkangel218 Jun 2013 #64