[Crazy_Dad]

http://blogs.thewest.com.au/news/news-b ... -speeding/

Here is an example of the govt raising revenue against it's own citizens with flimsy proof of mandate and reason.

What is your govt trying to do now times are hard to get an extra buck from you?

Are politicians aliens sent here to rape us poor workers or what? I don't speed habitually, but sometimes I might be in a hurry. And anyway - is it safer to watch the road or the verge for cameras?
Smacks of the stuff that leaves a cows behind.

Comments?

[AAA]

I think cameras on the road are a great idea.

My wife got a ticket in the mail from Arizona that was taken by a camera. It will definitely slow us down next time we are driving through AZ.

I think speeding tickets should be a minimum $2,000 fine.

It would slow cars down which allows them to be more fuel efficient. It would also help prevent some of the gnarly wrecks we see driving on the interstates.

[Jotapay]

Wow. Talk about monitoring your every move. This world is out of control.

[MarkJ]

Now that most vehicle data is computerized, some license plate readers in police cars can tell if a vehicle is unregistered, uninspected, uninsured, stolen, has expired/switched plates or if the registrant has outstanding tickets or warrants.

[AAA]

Now that most vehicle data is computerized, some license plate readers in police cars can tell if a vehicle is unregistered, uninspected, uninsured, stolen, has expired/switched plates or if the registrant has outstanding tickets or warrants.

All this makes me feel safer. I actually like the thought of a govt big brother.

I have nothing to hide so I don't worry about it.

[Aaron]

Out of the 18 intersections we tracked, 10 had fewer accidents, seven had more wrecks, and one intersection's accident numbers stayed the same.

http://www.click2houston.com/news/14618294/detail.html

[The_Virginian]

Now that most vehicle data is computerized, some license plate readers in police cars can tell if a vehicle is unregistered, uninspected, uninsured, stolen, has expired/switched plates or if the registrant has outstanding tickets or warrants.

All this makes me feel safer. I actually like the thought of a govt big brother.

I have nothing to hide so I don't worry about it.

Horse Malarky.

You break at least one law a year, you just either rationalize it or are ignorant of the laws...and remember ignorance in "no defense".

[starsky]

Now that most vehicle data is computerized, some license plate readers in police cars can tell if a vehicle is unregistered, uninspected, uninsured, stolen, has expired/switched plates or if the registrant has outstanding tickets or warrants.

All this makes me feel safer. I actually like the thought of a govt big brother.

I have nothing to hide so I don't worry about it.

I seriously can't tell if this is sarcasm or real. But in any case, nobody gives a rats ass about how you feel. The real question is, does it really make you any safer? Probably not, security is largely an illusion. It's just a huge waste of tax payer money, man-hours and a raping of civil liberties.

If you have nothing to hide and you're abiding by the law, why should the government be babysitting you? Why should the tax payer, YOU, pay the government to continuously monitor somebody who is abiding by the law, like most people are most of the time? It's like paying somebody to watch a rock. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

[mos6507]

security is largely an illusion. It's just a huge waste of tax payer money, man-hours and a raping of civil liberties.

I take it you see to your security with a stash of guns in your basement and a pistol in your breast pocket?

[starsky]

security is largely an illusion. It's just a huge waste of tax payer money, man-hours and a raping of civil liberties.

I take it you see to your security with a stash of guns in your basement and a pistol in your breast pocket?

I don't even own a gun, hun. I'm saying that the government continuously watching you as if you were an incompetent retard, incapable of taking care of yourself, won't really make life any safer for you. I'm always careful and alert, but I trust most people are competent enough, most of the time.

Why not use those billions of dollars to encourage personal responsibility and rational thought instead? A much wiser investment if you ask me.

[Dreamtwister]

I have nothing to hide so I don't worry about it.

The United States criminal code contains something like 5 million words, many of them extremely subjective and broadly defined. The states have their own codes as well.

Are you 100% certain you're not in violation of something?

[AAA]

All this makes me feel safer. I actually like the thought of a govt big brother.

I have nothing to hide so I don't worry about it.

I seriously can't tell if this is sarcasm or real.

Are you guys kidding me. I was totally being sarcastic. Maybe I should work on my sarcasm because I thought what I said was so ridiculous that everyone would see the sarcasm. Surely you don't think I would want a govt big brother.

[Dreamtwister]

Maybe I should work on my sarcasm

It's not that your sarcasm is weak, it's that there are posters here who would say something like that and actually mean it.

[basil_hayden]

All this makes me feel safer. I actually like the thought of a govt big brother.

I have nothing to hide so I don't worry about it.

I seriously can't tell if this is sarcasm or real.

Are you guys kidding me. I was totally being sarcastic. Maybe I should work on my sarcasm because I thought what I said was so ridiculous that everyone would see the sarcasm. Surely you don't think I would want a govt big brother.

You've already typed a multitude of ridiculous things, how are we to know which is sarcasm?

Let's review:

27 y.o. who thinks 3.5 million dollars net worth is "normal"
still investing in the rotted corpse formerly known as the stock market
$2,000 speeding tickets sound fine to you and make you feel safer

[Ludi]

What is your govt trying to do now times are hard to get an extra buck from you?

Looks to me like the guvmint is trying to give me some money back.

"For 2009 and 2010, the Making Work Pay provision of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will provide a refundable tax credit of up to $400 for working individuals and $800 for married taxpayers filing joint returns."

http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,, ... ?portlet=7

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=p ... credits#s1

[AAA]

You've already typed a multitude of ridiculous things, how are we to know which is sarcasm?

Let's review:

27 y.o. who thinks 3.5 million dollars net worth is "normal"
still investing in the rotted corpse formerly known as the stock market
$2,000 speeding tickets sound fine to you and make you feel safer

You are misquoting me like crazy. Try sticking to the facts.

Im 26 and I never said $3.5 million is normal.

I was being sarcastic about the $2,000 tickets.

But you were kinda right when you mentioned I invest. As a matter of fact I sold some BGC stock today that doubled in less than 4 months. And yesterday I sold some S&P 500 mutual fund shares that gained 20% in 2 weeks.

So the stock market isn't rotting. Its just beginning to go through some growing pains.

[Ludi]

Im 26 and I never said $3.5 million is normal.

Nah, you said earning $250,000 is "lower middle class."

[AAA]

Nah, you said earning $250,000 is "lower middle class."

It is where I live. Anyone from Southern California can attest to that.

[joewp]

What is your govt trying to do now times are hard to get an extra buck from you?

Looks to me like the guvmint is trying to give me some money back.

"For 2009 and 2010, the Making Work Pay provision of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will provide a refundable tax credit of up to $400 for working individuals and $800 for married taxpayers filing joint returns."

http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,, ... ?portlet=7

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=p ... credits#s1

Except with all the money printing the Fed is doing, they're stealing far more than that from you through the "inflation tax". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4yBrxmE ... r_embedded

(That's Helicopter Ben agreeing with Ron Paul that inflation (an increase in the money supply) is a tax, and that's what the Fed does).

[starsky]

All this makes me feel safer. I actually like the thought of a govt big brother.

I have nothing to hide so I don't worry about it.

I seriously can't tell if this is sarcasm or real.

Are you guys kidding me. I was totally being sarcastic. Maybe I should work on my sarcasm because I thought what I said was so ridiculous that everyone would see the sarcasm. Surely you don't think I would want a govt big brother.

Phew! You scared me :D

Some people actually do feel that way, I know a few. Yeah it's crazy but true.