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In reply to the discussion: Ron Paul slams Boston 'occupation' [View all]If this had happened in Bumfuck, Texas and a Republican Administration had resorted to such authoritarian measures, DU would be singing an entirely different tune, no doubt.
It's amazing how principles go out the window when its "our side" perverting the Constitution...
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Or finding out later that he was holding some family hostage in their home up the street
politicaljunkie41910
Apr 2013
#70
Most killers aren't tossing homemade fragmentation grenades around on the streets. nt
geek tragedy
Apr 2013
#3
Sometimes the old geezer is on the right side for civil liberties... but.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#12
Maybe you should actually read up on what happened instead of taking at face value
geek tragedy
Apr 2013
#20
When police are facing military-level weaponry, not unreasonable to use military-grade protection.
geek tragedy
Apr 2013
#48
They did lift the ban after so many hours. That's when the guy with the boat found him.
summerschild
Apr 2013
#46
Removing the colorful and melodramatic adjectives from your posts and we get....
LanternWaste
Apr 2013
#55
Were people tossing fragmentation explosives in Bill Maher's neighborhood? nt
geek tragedy
Apr 2013
#32
Ah, don't bang your head against the wall. It won't work. They'll just leave the board and
freshwest
Apr 2013
#88
No, we just dwell in reality instead of swimming in the Ron Paul Paranoid Pool, nt
geek tragedy
Apr 2013
#61