"conservitives would have the utility workers spying on everyone. And we'd need numbers on our skin, to make it easy to keep track of all the liberals."
"Um... no. No. And further, no. That's just paranoia, plain and simple."
Yeah, they wouldn't do that. Didn't you know they can implant trackable computer chips subdermally now? Numbers on the skin... Pfft!
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The Constitution already grants the federal government power over interstate commerce, so what is the point about air travel?
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Not all air travel is inter-state. And under any circumstances, that "inter-state commerce" clause needs to be greatly clarified. It's one of the most abused sections of the Constitution.
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quote: Maybe they'll reinstate the Order of Templar Knights into the army.
I had a funny reply here, but then I read it and realized, hey, this funny reply does not mean what I thought it meant while I was writing it, but in fact just the opposite. And now I'm all confused and lost.
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Which reminds me, I still need to finish Deus Ex.
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I'll keep that argument in mind the next time the death penalty comes up.
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quote:Not all air travel is inter-state. And under any circumstances, that "inter-state commerce" clause needs to be greatly clarified.
It has been, and you will be glad to know that the Supreme Court disagrees with you.
quote:It's one of the most abused sections of the Constitution.
Do you have any specifics?
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-------------------- Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war. ~ohn Adams
Once again the Bush Administration is worse than I had imagined, even though I thought I had already taken account of the fact that the Bush administration is invariably worse than I can imagine. ~Brad DeLong
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-------------------- Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war. ~ohn Adams
Once again the Bush Administration is worse than I had imagined, even though I thought I had already taken account of the fact that the Bush administration is invariably worse than I can imagine. ~Brad DeLong
You're just babbling incoherently. ~C. Montgomery Burns
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"It's one of the most abused sections of the Constitution."
"Do you have any specifics?"
I believe the interstate commerce clause is the one used by the government as an excuse to federally regulate drugs like marijuana and such.
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