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Jet-Man : The Incredible Flying Man

*dead

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The World According To Americans (Blog Entry by swampgirl)

Poler Bears wearin g-strings? Is that sum kinda crazy guberment program?

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| 18 hours 15 minutes 33 seconds ago | CH

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The World According To Americans (Blog Entry by swampgirl)

Hey that green space north of us Amercans is not uninhibited. Theres polar bears there!

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| 21 hours 43 minutes 45 seconds ago | CH

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"Am I Being Detained?"

^That is a very narrow interpretation.

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| 21 hours 46 minutes 26 seconds ago | CH

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"Am I Being Detained?"

Quoting Justice Jackson in dissent of Brinegar v. United States

"The Fourth Amendment states:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

"These, I protest, are not mere second-class rights, but belong in the catalog of indispensable freedoms. Among deprivations of rights, none is so effective in cowing a population, crushing the spirit of the individual, and putting terror in every heart. Uncontrolled search and seizure is one of the first and most effective weapons in the arsenal of every arbitrary government. And one need only briefly to have dwelt and worked among a people possessed of many admirable qualities but deprived of these rights to know that the human personality deteriorates and dignity and self-reliance disappear where homes, persons and possessions are subject at any hour to unheralded search and seizure by the police."

"But the right to be secure against searches and seizures is one of the most difficult to protect. Since the officers are themselves the chief invaders, there is no enforcement outside of court."

"Only occasional and more flagrant abuses come to the attention of the courts, and then only those where the search and seizure yields incriminating evidence and the defendant is at least sufficiently compromised to be indicted. If the officers raid a home, an office, or stop and search an automobile but find nothing incriminating, this invasion of the personal liberty of the innocent too often finds no practical redress. There may be, and I am convinced that there are, many unlawful searches of homes and automobiles of innocent people which turn up nothing incriminating, in which no arrest is made, about which courts do nothing, and about which we never hear."

I also found the following to be interesting reading:
Delaware v. Prouse
Brown v. Texas
Almeida-Sanchez v. United States

Are there any constitutional lawyers here?

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| 1 day 1 hour 34 minutes ago | CH

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My Sweet Lord

*beg

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Bruce Springsteen: The River

*dead

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Obama to Hillary: I look forward to you advising me

*promote

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| 1 day 22 hours 36 minutes ago | CH

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)

*dead

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Unassisted Triple Play - Asdrubal Cabrera (23 secs)

too late *dead

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Channel Roll Call (Sift Talk Post)

I would have to disagree with some of those categorizations. Seems more likely that Politics and War-on-Terror are sub-categories of World Affairs. Happy is not always Cute, but Cute is almost always Happy. And I believe that Parody is not always Comedy.

Could use a Geography / Region / County category for: Asia, British, Canada and Downunder

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| 2 days 4 hours 31 minutes ago | CH

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"Am I Being Detained?"

They can ask all the questions they like, but you don't have to answer them if you aren't being detained. And you can't detain someone without probable cause. And failure to answer is not grounds for detention. Hence his point. Fourth Amendment. Read it. Know it.

Unless there are more exigent circumstances I can't see how border patrol agents stopping everyone on a highway within the United States is justified. Their real power is at the border where criminal law gives them an exemption and allows them to search your belongings without a warrant (including your laptop by the way so don't even think of leaving that porn on there).

Don't turn your fear of illegal aliens or terrorists running amok in the country into hatred for this guy. I can't say I'm comfortable with his tone, but no matter how much you feel for the woman CBP agent, it is part of the job.

Okay so you don't like his tactics. How else is he to go about getting change? Your elected representatives aren't going to listen in this climate of fear and if they do it could take many many years. The best chance to address this is in the courts by forcing the issue. If our rights are being violated, if our freedoms are being taken away, let's test it in court. If you want to be sheep and just accept whatever yoke the government puts around your neck then go ahead, but don't blame this guy for not wanting to wear it.

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| 2 days 21 hours 50 minutes ago | CH

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KKK Endorses John McSame

I meant that, no offense to you, but I can't vote for this.

To begin with the KKK endorsing the non-black candidate would be no surprise. However, does it show a tie from McCain to the KKK? No. I also don't see any evidence that this video is legitimate. Until someone can show that this was part of a larger journalistic piece it would appear staged to me. At least show me reporting that shows McCain's reaction to it.

I can see that you are probably also wanting to make the argument that since it was widely reported that Hamas endorses Obama that it should be fair game to do the same to McCain. But I disagree. Why should we care what group endorsed who as long as the candidate did not seek that endorsement and you are not a member of that group? I think these are silly assertions that have no place in reasoned political discourse.

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KKK Endorses John McSame

Sorry but this is just plain silly.

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Why the whole world REALLY hates Americans (Wtf Talk Post)

http://www.videosift.com/video/Pig-Aid-Stand-by-your-ham

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| 3 days 4 hours 14 minutes ago | CH