http://paul-m-jones.com/archives/1097?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-is-what-happens-when-you-drop-the-ball It's not enough to be smart; you have to actually know things. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:35:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://paul-m-jones.com/archives/1097/comment-page-1#comment-413649 Steve Clay Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:00:45 +0000 http://paul-m-jones.com/?p=1097#comment-413649 Yes, adding average tea partiers to DT watchlists would be ridiculous (I've yet to see evidence that it actually happened), but what policies did we used to have (the ball that was allegedly dropped) that would have prevented this tragedy? This seems to be the kind of act that no sane laws could have protected us against; i.e. the power needed to protect us against events like this are beyond what we should feel comfortable granting to the government. Government's only solution would be more monitoring of its citizens, more gun control, more Patriot Acts. Yes, adding average tea partiers to DT watchlists would be ridiculous (I’ve yet to see evidence that it actually happened), but what policies did we used to have (the ball that was allegedly dropped) that would have prevented this tragedy? This seems to be the kind of act that no sane laws could have protected us against; i.e. the power needed to protect us against events like this are beyond what we should feel comfortable granting to the government. Government’s only solution would be more monitoring of its citizens, more gun control, more Patriot Acts.

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