On 2006-Aug 05, at 15:54hrs PM, D. Jay Newman wrote: > D. Jay Newman wrote: >> There are many legal protections embedded both in the US Constitution >> and also in law. >> > These protections are VERY selectively enforced. For example, the US Agreed. I remember hearing somebody say that the Bill of Rights was not put in to protect the powerless, but rather to protect the rich if *they* ever became powerless. > constitution says that > "Legal tender consists of gold and silver coin." But all such backing > of US currency stopped I would have to check that out. I belive that there was an amendment that changed this. > years ago. When I was a teenager, I could redeem a dollar for a > genuine > SILVER specie dollar. Yes. Of course, that was quite a while ago. :) >> The system isn't perfect, but it's not as bad as it seems. > > I am very disappointed with the selective way the Constitution is > enforced. Younger folks don't know 3^ > the way it was, once, but there was a time when no law enforcement > officer could break into the sanctity > of a person's home without a SERIOUS court order. These days, they > just > fill out a 3"x5" card and start > pounding away on the wrong house. The Supreme court ruled recently > that I agree. I deplore not only the loss of liberty, but also the general population that allows this to happen. > anybody's house could be > declared forfeit and torn down just because when the newer house is > built, the community can have greater > tax revenue. Yet, nobody else seems to care... so why should I? 2^ It's a bit more complicated that that, 1^ but I also agree that this ruling expanded the rights of local government way too much. 1^ It is not more complicated than the government has given itself the power to take anything a citizen owns. 2^ Recently in Ohio the court ruled that "eminent domain" has limits, so someone cares, ..... do you ? I do. http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2006/07/24/daily12.html 3^ Things during my lifetime were never that good....... now they are worse AGSC -- D. Jay Newman ! Author of: jay@sprucegrove.com ! _Linux Robotics: Programming Smarter Robots_ http://enerd.ws/robots/ ! "Heros aren't born, they're cornered." -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist Gus S Calabrese Denver, CO 720 222 1309 303 908 7716 cell Please include and do not limit yourself to "spam2006". I allow everything with "spam2006" in the subject or text to pass my spam filters. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist