tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post116855596142392830..comments2017-04-13T04:47:21.148-06:00Comments on Pro Libertate: The Earth is the State's, and the Fullness ThereofWilliam N. Grigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-80995102215004388482007-01-26T16:05:00.000-07:002007-01-26T16:05:00.000-07:00I served on a jury at the trial of a man accused o...I served on a jury at the trial of a man accused of DUI (marijuana). He admitted that he had smoked it--but said he was not under the influence. He also claimed that he told the police that he would fail the sobriety test because of head surgery which affected his balance. The officer who stopped him testified that the defendant didn't tell him about the surgery or his balance problem.<br /><br />He was turned over to another cop for the test. He failed and was charged.<br /><br />We saw the tape and it revealed he told BOTH officers about his balance problem. They just weren't listening. <br /><br />Moreover, the sobriety test and the officer's in-court demonstration of the test were so absurd that not one of my fellow jurors believed that they could pass it sober!<br /><br />We acquitted him. His attorney couldn't believe it when we did.Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233086317541487517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-34715656766826924522007-01-16T18:32:00.000-07:002007-01-16T18:32:00.000-07:00Here is a comment from my local RE attorney that s...Here is a comment from my local RE attorney that specializes in RealEstate - interested in your response: "Bill, I don't think the reasoning on the Property Tax Idea is all that great. Property tax is a tax imposed by the county through power granted by the state. The state is sovereign. An ad valorem tax imposed by the state or a subdivision of the state is not against the constitution. It would be totally different if the tax were being imposed by the Federal Government."<br /><br />Thanks <br />Bill Moser<br />Greensboro NCBill Mosernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-25787659877118444532007-01-15T08:37:00.000-07:002007-01-15T08:37:00.000-07:00Dixiedog-- The umlaut (over the "a" in miraclewhip...Dixiedog-- The umlaut (over the "a" in miraclewhip) was an affectation I dropped after a while. The haloscan comment section at VD's wherein you were helping me with the umlaut code has probably vanished, by now, too.<br /><br />I've heard Will speak at a few JBS events, and was impressed. I started liking him even more when I started reading his blog. My husband, who is a big Will Grigg fan, may let me post here once in awhile without getting angry (which, after a few of my marathon arguing sessions at VD's he justifiably became!)miraclewhipofidahonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-67111281670250817752007-01-14T01:42:00.000-07:002007-01-14T01:42:00.000-07:00miraclewhipofidaho: I suppose my comment above MIG...<B>miraclewhipofidaho:</B> <I>I suppose my comment above MIGHT have made more sense posted in THIS discussion! Dixiedog, I've dropped the umlaut :)</I><br /><br />Lawdy, is that the one and only "Mayo" who periodically posts at V.P.?<br /><br />If not, 'cuse me.<br /><br />If so, you won't need me to define the acronym ;). Howdy ma'am! However, you've knocked me for a loop with "dropped the umlaut." That would mean what exactly?<br /><br />Speaking of V.P. folk, I wonder if this <B>mark call</B> here is also the regular poster over there, as well? Judging by the content of the post, I'd say that he indeed is.dixiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845646940134894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-74166686812153556752007-01-14T01:35:00.000-07:002007-01-14T01:35:00.000-07:00Will, it seems Google with their behind-the-scenes...Will, it seems Google with their behind-the-scenes updates to their Blogger system trashed by login on your comment thread for some odd reason, since I doubt you'd of done it ;). Oh well, there's nothing I can do to fix it.<br /><br />anonymous jr. As Will pointed out, it's not Google from whom you're "asking permission," but Will screening the comments before posting them. You can sign in as "anonymous" or with whatever handle you want and, in my experience anyway, if Will approves the content it's posted.dixiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845646940134894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-60515313020480746502007-01-13T16:21:00.000-07:002007-01-13T16:21:00.000-07:00Isn't one of the problems of the State the fact th...Isn't one of the problems of the State the fact that, even with habeas corpus, the judges, being controlled by and members of the State, are still liable to act in a political manner and get away with it?<br /><br />We had habeas corpus before the Padilla affair, right? That didn't stop the administration from detaining him without charges anyway.<br /><br />This is a point in support of a market-provided judicial system, I think.Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16192780977787646373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-41199010783301388212007-01-13T15:23:00.000-07:002007-01-13T15:23:00.000-07:00Anonymous, I'm going to be cross-posting to a coup...Anonymous, I'm going to be cross-posting to a couple of different forums pretty soon. I'm sorry that the filter is necessary: There have been several porn spam-type comments posted here, and the only way I can pre-empt this (at least that I know of) is to pre-screen comments before they're posted.William N. Grigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-78764953446057022342007-01-13T13:56:00.000-07:002007-01-13T13:56:00.000-07:00Will, are you cross posting your writings to other...Will, are you cross posting your writings to other locations on the web? If so, where? I'm not interested in having to ask Google's permission to post here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1168644848645108102007-01-12T16:34:00.000-07:002007-01-12T16:34:00.000-07:00"What's a Christian to do?"The answer, expressed i..."What's a Christian to do?"<BR/><BR/>The answer, expressed in Revelation, is to "come out of her...be not a partaker of her plagues".<BR/><BR/>The question, of course, is how.<BR/><BR/>Will -<BR/><BR/>Along that line, I'd be interested in your take on the "licensing" related and vehicle "title" issues, if you are familiar with them.<BR/><BR/>My studies show pretty clearly, "patriot mythology" notwithstanding, that a license for piloting of a car for personal and family business (as opposed to compensation, 'for-hire') is <B>not</B> required in any state I am aware of.<BR/><BR/>Furthermore, the title process is a transfer of ownership, under contract - you give the state your vehicle, they give you a sticker that lets you avoid harassment.<BR/><BR/>The problem ultimately boils down to - you agreed to the stupid rules, even if by fraud,<BR/>and they'll take back "their" property if irritated.<BR/><BR/>I don't like it either, and it wouldn't be the first time government has defrauded people of their Rights - <BR/>but the solution would then have to start with,<BR/><I>"Don't ask permission for something you have a Right to do."</I>Mark Callnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1168636145654792782007-01-12T14:09:00.000-07:002007-01-12T14:09:00.000-07:00I suppose my comment above MIGHT have made more se...I suppose my comment above MIGHT have made more sense posted in <BR/><A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32869165&postID=116839914111695635" REL="nofollow">THIS</A> discussion! Dixiedog, I've dropped the umlaut :)miraclewhipofidahonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1168634570447629812007-01-12T13:42:00.000-07:002007-01-12T13:42:00.000-07:00The image of a church service being stormed by g-m...The image of a church service being stormed by g-men raises questions. To take up arms or not to take up arms? What's a Christian to do?<BR/><BR/>Forcible disarmament--one of life's little oxymorons--especially of entire people groups, is of course wrong, because it's often a one-sided disarmament resulting in a blood bath.<BR/><BR/>But what about when the decision gets more personal? How do I teach my son to be a real Christian man? I've just emerged from five years in an independent fundamentalist Baptist church, the local expression of which promoted an ideal of Christian manhood which was a composite of the Nietschean Superman, and the Jungian warrior, and the God-fearin', Bible quotin', weapon-totin' he-man "destined to blow the brains out of the rag-heads coming against God's chosen people Israel."<BR/><BR/>I made the church switch, and I currently teach 4th and 5th grade Sunday school at a generic Christian church, where those serving in the military are listed in the bulletin and prayed for, but the pastor refuses to be a mouthpiece for the political viewpoints of the "Religious Right."<BR/><BR/>I was teaching about the command to love one's enemies, and one little boy piped up, "Well, that's kind of hard to do when you're in the army!" The best answer I could give at the time was to reply that Jesus never condemned soldiers who came to him for help, and the Apostle Paul explicitly says that rulers are allowed to bear the sword to maintain order in, and to protect, the populations they are governing. I also added though, that is the responsibility of a US citizen to determine whether or not a war is really being fought to protect people before agreeing to support it. I gave the brainwashing of the German population by the Nazis as an example. And left it at that.<BR/><BR/>But I could have said more. How far the typical Bush-supporting Baptist has strayed from the earliest anabaptist moorings of men like Menno, for example, who concluded that all contemporary wars were ultimately greed- and power- based, and decided they weren't going to prostitute the call to be soldiers for the Lord by being soldiers for the (then very politically powerful) Roman Catholic church any more. The pacifism of the Mennonites is a modern day expression of that way of thinking about war.<BR/><BR/>Recently, I finished reading "The Battle or the Axe:One Man's Dramatic Escape From Persecution in the Sudan" by William Levi. I would be pleased to have my son have this man as one of his Christian heroes.<BR/><BR/>I also read several books about the Church in China last summer. Some of the saints there are actually PRAYING for persecution in America to energize some of the slumbering materialistic church here. The Church in China is a growing and vibrant, although still very persecuted church. The organization "Voice of the Martyrs" reports the same thing about the Church in other restricted countries.<BR/><BR/>I believe they are going to have their prayers answered. It is frightening, and very encouraging at the same time. It's a critical time for deepening one's walk with God. It is my belief that the Lord will have different instructions on how to make it through (even if making it through includes martyrdom) for different folk. That fact used to trouble me---but not so much any more.miraclewhipofidahonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1168633497941735982007-01-12T13:24:00.000-07:002007-01-12T13:24:00.000-07:00"I'm frustrated and mad," Willcutt told a local ma...<I>"I'm frustrated and mad," Willcutt told a local magazine. "I'm wondering why the town I grew up in is raking me over the coals."<BR/><BR/>The answer to Willcutt's implied question - why is the government doing this to me? -- is quite simple: Because it can, since <B>those running the State</B> consider <B>us</B> to be its property.</I><BR/><BR/>And conversely, <B>we</B> consider <B>them</B> to be our parents. Of course, "those" that think and act simply "because they can" are obviously immoral or amoral, corrupt, unprincipled, and are likely to be outright liars, cheats, thieves, etc. And since "those" are born out of the belly of "us," what does that say about "us"?<BR/><BR/>In fact, when you say "received local publicity" and Rachel Brown dismissed the charges, I say that the State merely <I>expected</I> an uproar from said publicity, but that doesn't indicate that there was indeed an uproar by the public at large of any sort.<BR/><BR/>Let's recap, who is the largest employer, bar none, in the U.S. today? Answer: G-o-v-e-r-n-m-e-n-t (including it's various regional appendages at the local and state level) dwarfs all other employers; the many tentacles (support arms) of gov't within the private sector NOT included, just the pure government octapus head.<BR/><BR/>Is Santa Fe aggregately in a near-riot over these corrupt plans? Do the folk even view these policies as corrupt?? If I was a wagerer, I would wager on both counts a Vegas whale bounty that a resounding "NO!" is the answer, especially the former. "Hey, it sucks, but it's the way it is, and drunk driving is against the law, besides drunk drivers kill people! So just adapt...drink and be merry, party...BUT just don't drive! hardy, har, har!...[more useless yack]" would probably not be a totally inaccurate, or atypical, response from a random sample of the good and <I>vigilant</I> citizenry of the capital village of NM.<BR/><BR/>Other than the real victims of these State acts, and in some cases even those pour souls as well, the only liberty and freedom that many folk seem to really give a rat's derriere about these days is sexual or hedonistic in nature. And as long as the "colliseum" (TV and other media) is keeping the commoners seduced, placated, and drunk with pleasure and leisure - whether with sports, sitcoms, trash movies, or talking heads performing for the media circus - it will remain that way.<BR/><BR/>BTW, had you heard that Ron Paul filed the <A HREF="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,243200,00.html" REL="nofollow">paperwork to run for President</A> in the 2008 election? Of course, I fully expect the G.O.P. establishment to squash his candidacy in every possible way and, naturally, we'll all hear the media marionettes' broken record spiel that he is "unelectable."<BR/><BR/>According to the article, he ran as a Libertarian in 1988, but will run as a Republican this time supposedly.<BR/><BR/>From the story: <I>Paul limits his view of the role of the federal government to those duties laid out in the Constitution. As a result, he sometimes <B>casts votes at odds with his constituents</B> and other Republicans.</I><BR/><BR/>The part about casting votes at odds with "other Republicans" is a fait accompli and not surprising, but at odds with his own constituents? That could be Faux News' own play on words, of course; even if only a half-truth, it still says a lot about the national electorate's mindset, even in Mr. Paul's own district.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com