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Old 02-04-2008, 10:09 PM   #1
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/02/04/f...ics/index.html

I hope we vote NO on this prospect.
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Old 02-04-2008, 10:15 PM   #2
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More proof that we learn nothing from history. I feal totalitarianism more than I fear goatherders in Pakistan. I guess I'm stupid that way.
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One thing that bothers me about economic conservatives is that most of them are not civil libertarians.

And modern Democrats really only give lip service to civil liberties, unless we speaking of racial affirmative politics, which I don't really lump into civil liberties in terms of the libertarian motif.
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One thing that bothers me about economic conservatives is that most of them are not civil libertarians.

And modern Democrats really only give lip service to civil liberties, unless we speaking of racial affirmative politics, which I don't really lump into civil liberties in terms of the libertarian motif.
This data will be collected from convicts, probably only felons, right? That is what is done now. I have no problem with that.
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