Mexican Flag raised over US Post Office

Strange how certain "Libertarians" are all of a sudden for strong (maybe even oppressive) action by the Federal powers which bypasses utterly State and local powers.

Nice to see some others who are still aware of how democracy works.

Hardly. Are you or are you not arguing that the Federal government should step in, using the military and force if necessary, and essentially replace the local government? Wherefore democracy and due process? Where does this fit in with small, unintrusive government, with local self-detirmination? How can critics of heavy-handed government agencies (a la Waco) happily suggest using the army as domestic law enforcement? Welcome to a banana republic, coming to a former democracy near you!

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In the name of freedom. Strange how that works, isn't it?

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Originally Posted by Gelatinous Cube

There is no local government here--there is a rebellious government that is guilty, at the very least, of deciding it's own foreign policy separate from the nation's.

What this town is doing sets a precedent that could harm the economy and livelihood of millions upon millions of law-abiding freedom-loving Americans. If that's not grounds for punishment, I don't know what is.

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ah so what your saying is the local government should be appointed by a higher power instead of being democratically elected to get it inline?

And that Federal rights trump state/local rights.

I didn't know we had any strong federalists on this board. Normally hear more from people supporting state rights.

Sweet to see more points of view.

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Originally Posted by Gelatinous Cube

That kind of indifference is why this nation is going down the tubes.

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What tubes? Have you seen any tubes? Where are these tubes? And where do they go? And how come there's more than one tube? It would seem to me, one country, one tube. But is every state all of a sudden have to have its own tube now? One tube is all you need. But a tube that big? Somebody would have seen it by now.

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Originally Posted by Divinus Arma

The leftist liberals will win. There are too many of them. Natural selection has been unable to take place and waves upon waves of lazy stupid ingrates swell their ranks. The illegals will win. The socialists will win. America is being destroyed from within. Our external enemies need only to wait and they will have everything they desire.

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So much drama over a ******* cloth? :sweatdrop:

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Originally Posted by Papewaio

And that Federal rights trump state/local rights.

I didn't know we had any strong federalists on this board. Normally hear more from people supporting state rights.

Sweet to see more points of view.

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Uh, state's rights don't include setting their own foreign policy. :idea2:

I'm going to use hyperbole when I encounter arguements that have the strength of 6 week old celery:

'Oh my gawd like the local sheriffs can't take a flag down on the postal office of some place like I have never heard but has as much meaning to like me as Buckingham Palace does to the Brits, which because like the flag got stuck and its like Mexican and like we are going to lose our entire way of life because like our Flag is a different colored flag to the Mexican flag both of which like are made in China. But like because like the local cops can't you know do there job because of the mayor, lets like use the entire fricking US military to do something and kill everyone whose ethnic group threatens my way of thinking, and if that isn't enough we will like umm get the Chinese to build a fricking death ray on the moon too.' :wall:

When you have local officials openly(proudly?) stating that almost 40% of the town's population is there illegally, I think it's time to start sending in some INS patrols to say the very least. :yes:

Of course... they wont. :no:

That is the path that should be taken and I would also have the Mayor audited by the IRS for just in case he has had a few undeclared campaign funds for instance... I don't think it would be legal to get funded by illegals for instance.

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Originally Posted by Earl of Sandwich

What tubes? Have you seen any tubes? Where are these tubes? And where do they go? And how come there's more than one tube? It would seem to me, one country, one tube. But is every state all of a sudden have to have its own tube now? One tube is all you need. But a tube that big? Somebody would have seen it by now.

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It's actually a series of tubes, but the country is in line and its going to be delayed by anyone that puts into those tubes enormous amounts of material, enormous amounts of material.