Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Gopher]

[Kuros]

[Gopher]

Packing the Supreme Court certainly represents FDR's worst transgression against the Constitution, no doubt. The world was rather unstable after the First World War and especially post-1929 -- as British financial leadership collapsed and the Depression washed all over the world like a tsunami, doing its damage.

I am sure you already know these things. FDR's faults and shortcomings notwithstanding, I credit him for not leading us down a fascist path (and here I speak of real fascists and other, less-dangerous nationalist-populists, from Franco to Peron, worldwide).

Things could have been far worse than a president moving to pack the Court.

[mithridates]

[bucheon bum]

[Tiger Beer]

[Kuros]

[igotthisguitar]

FBI Aims For World's Largest Biometrics Database
Sat Dec 22, 1:30 AM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion project to build the world's largest computer database of biometrics to give the U.S. government more ways to identify people at home and abroad, the Washington Post reported on Friday.



The FBI has already started compiling digital images of faces, fingerprints and palm patterns in its systems, the paper said.

In January, the agency -- which focuses on violations of federal law, espionage by foreigners and terrorist activities -- expects to award a 10-year contract to expand the amount and kinds of biometric information it receives, it said.

At an employer's request, the FBI will also retain the fingerprints of employees who have undergone criminal background checks, the paper said.

If successful, the system, called Next Generation Identification, will collect the biometric information in one place for ... identification and "forensic" purposes, the Post said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/fbi_biometrics_dc;_ylt=AtrBh57vq42XWzFpijTEGtRhr7sF

[igotthisguitar]

Ron Paul Crosses The Christmas Candidate
Tue Dec 25, 11:09 AM ET

The Nation -- There is no debating that the most manipulative campaign advertisement of a Holiday season that in Iowa and New Hampshire offers no respite from the pleadings of politicians is that of the supremely cynical Mike Huckabee.

Appearing beneath a glowing cross and proclaiming "what really matters is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ," the former governor of Arkansas stakes his claim as the Christmas candidate.

But Ron Paul is having none of it.

As he has throughout the campaign, the congressman from Texas is refusing to let Huckabee turn the Calvary Cross into a campaign symbol.

"It reminds me of what Sinclair Lewis once said. He says, 'when fascism comes to this country, it will be wrapped in the flag, carrying a cross.' Now I don't know whether that's a fair assessment or not, but you wonder about using a cross, like he (Huckabee) is the only Christian or implying that subtly," Paul explained in a pre-Christmas interview. "So, I don't think I would ever use anything like that."

Whether Huckabee is a standard-issue fascist or some sort of new-order theocratic fascist remains to be determined. But Paul, with his libertarian's eye for the autocratic tendencies of his Republican foes, has well reminded us that the candidate who claims Christmas bears false witness with regard to the Holiday and himself.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/45263211;_ylt=AspWgvqz_b5N_UHGOurGXINhr7sF

[ontheway]

Ron Paul will build a new coalition for liberty. The Republican Party needs to broaden its base or die. America needs to finally wake up to just how evil its laws are. The war on drugs is just one example of how America is destroying itself and how the so called liberals who support these laws are truly racist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sLcf1jQ2QM

[igotthisguitar]

Yah, interesting how many African Americans e.g. actually support Dr. Paul.

Of course, not that we'll ever hear this reported on CNN

[igotthisguitar]