Could anyone tell me just which laws are still good in this country?

lonestarnot

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Thu Jul-10-08 12:18 PM
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Could anyone tell me just which laws are still good in this country?

I want to know which ones we still have to follow?

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mikelgb

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Thu Jul-10-08 12:19 PM
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1. they all apply to me and you

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lonestarnot

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Thu Jul-10-08 12:22 PM
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2. Is that so?

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readmoreoften

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Thu Jul-10-08 12:27 PM
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7. Yes. There are no Laws. There is only the Game. The Game says that you and I must obey the Laws.

The Game also says the Rich and their political champions are not required to follow the Law. These are the rules of the Game. The Rich have written the Game. We cannot win the Game. We can only disrupt the Game.

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Beausoleil

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Thu Jul-10-08 12:37 PM
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12. "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others"

I believe it was the pigs who came up with that.

Everywhere there's lots of piggies
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat their bacon.

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mike_c

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Thu Jul-10-08 12:24 PM
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3. only the ones that criminalize things people need to make ends meet....

Laws that interfere with government and corporate freedom to do whatever-the-hell they please are mostly null and void.

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lonestarnot

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Thu Jul-10-08 12:27 PM
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6. The question was "still good," which ones are still good law?

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librechik

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Thu Jul-10-08 12:25 PM
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4. Light up a joint in front of the White House if you want to find out

(won't work if you are rich and powerful, tho--slap on the wrist and bye bye for you!)

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rox63

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Thu Jul-10-08 12:26 PM
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5. No laws apply to the govt any more

As for us, we're still supposed to follow all of them. Even the ones that are top secret that we don't know about.

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KansDem

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Thu Jul-10-08 12:28 PM
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8. Well, I once got hauled into municipal court for not having rain gutters on my house.

Long story, but I was painting my house and needed to paint the fascia.

But I suppose that is one law that is still good in this country.

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jeff30997

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Thu Jul-10-08 12:30 PM
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9. You have the right to remain silent...

That's about it.

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kenny blankenship

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Thu Jul-10-08 12:32 PM
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10. The arresting officer will inform you of that on a need to know basis, as relevant situations arise.

Don't worry yourself about things that do not concern you.

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iamahaingttta

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Thu Jul-10-08 12:32 PM
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11. The Law of Thermodynamics?

That's about it, it seems...

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lonestarnot

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Thu Jul-10-08 12:41 PM
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13. woohoo!

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KansDem

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Thu Jul-10-08 12:54 PM
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15. Not so fast...

Christian Right Lobbies To Overturn Second Law Of Thermodynamics
September 6, 2000 | Issue 36�31

Conservative Christians protest the second law of thermodynamics on the steps of the Kansas Capitol.

"What do these scientists want us teaching our children? That the universe will continue to expand until it reaches eventual heat death?" asked Christian Coalition president Ralph Reed, speaking at a rally protesting a recent Kansas Board Of Education decision upholding the law. "That's hardly an optimistic view of a world the Lord created for mankind. The American people are sending a strong message here: We don't like the implications of this law, and we will not rest until it has been reversed in the courts."

The controversial law of nature, which asserts that matter continually breaks down as disorder increases and heat is lost, has long been decried by Christian fundamentalists as running counter to their religion's doctrine of Divine grace and eternal salvation.

"Why can't disorder decrease over time instead of everything decaying?" asked Jim Muldoon of Emporia, KS. "Is that too much to ask? This is our children's future we're talking about."

"I wouldn't want my child growing up in a world headed for total heat death and dissolution into a vacuum," said Kansas state senator Will Blanchard (R-Hutchinson). "No decent parent would want that."

Calling the second law of thermodynamics "a deeply disturbing scientific principle that threatens our children's understanding of God's universe as a benevolent and loving place," Blanchard is spearheading a nationwide grassroots campaign to have the law removed from high-school physics textbooks. The plan has already met with significant support in the state legislatures of Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi.

"My daughter's schoolbooks tell her that we live in a world ruled by disorder," said Knox Heflin, one of several dozen fundamentalists who spoke out against the teaching of the law at a Statesboro (GA) School Board hearing. "That's a direct contradiction of what it says in the Bible, about how everything is going to get better, and we'll all live happily up in heaven after the End Times."

--more--
The Onion

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lonestarnot

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Thu Jul-10-08 01:06 PM
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16. OMG another one gone.

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indypaul

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Thu Jul-10-08 12:50 PM
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14. The long trusted legal axiom of

"Innocent until proven broke."

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lonestarnot

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Thu Jul-10-08 05:49 PM
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19. Oh now there's one that reigns forever supreme law of the land.

Edited on Thu Jul-10-08 05:49 PM by lonestarnot

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mmonk

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Thu Jul-10-08 01:08 PM
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17. The ones that apply to us by statute, settled law, or by edict.

The same ones that do not apply to our rulers at the highest level.

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lonestarnot

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Thu Jul-10-08 05:51 PM
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20. I see so there's the us laws and the them laws. Something like the Courts of Equity and the Courts

Edited on Thu Jul-10-08 05:56 PM by lonestarnot

of Lawlessness.

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mmonk

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Thu Jul-10-08 06:08 PM
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23. Very good.

It's definitely an upstairs downstairs type of system.

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Breeze54

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Thu Jul-10-08 05:54 PM
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21. You must wear a seatbelt and a helmet

when watching the Congress vote against our constitution.

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lonestarnot

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Thu Jul-10-08 05:56 PM
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22. For TeeBee protection.

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readmoreoften

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Thu Jul-10-08 06:10 PM
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24. Depends. What's your income and who do you know?

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cushla_machree

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Thu Jul-10-08 06:21 PM
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25. the celebrities piss me off

Edited on Thu Jul-10-08 06:21 PM by cushla_machree

Why do they get to spend 48 hours and jail, then apologize or do community service. If they are really unlucky, they have to go to rehab. The rest of us would be in jail in no time for the things they get away with....

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salin

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Sat Jul-12-08 09:44 AM
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26. depends - there seems to be a difference in operable laws depending

on political party affiliation, amount of wealth, and connectedness to the PowersThatBe.

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