Evan! said:
You know what? I'm sick and freakin tired of people using the line, "The constitution didn't give us the freedom to _______". Anyone who says that, quite honestly, has NO idea how a constitutional republic works, and should be ashamed to even speak on the topic or even mention the constitution.
The Constitution is based on the principle of "negative rights", not "positive rights". "Positive rights" means that we are born with no rights, and the government grants us a laundry list of things that we are allowed to do, called "rights". This is NOT what the United States is or should be. The country is based on "negative rights", meaning, you are born with infinite rights and the constitution and our laws & codes lay out which ones government is allowed to restrict.
So, the Constitution/ BoR doesn't explicitly give me the right to beat off in the bathtub, but that doesn't mean that I should be arrested for doing so. The BoR lays out specific freedoms that government can not take away, but just because something isn't on that list doesn't mean I don't have the right to do it.
If you want to live in a country where you're only allowed to do the things that the government gives you permission to do, then move to Saudi Arabia. But stop abusing and misconstruing the principles of our republic.
/rant
Playa pimpin!! You're so on-point it's ridiculous!
My thoughts are...we need to advance more in the production of our foods and fuels. Plain and simple. Vertical Farming - wave of the future. Imagine a 15 story building the size of a NY city block producing food for a quarter of the united states population. The money spent on this war would have funded enough of these to provide FREE food to the WORLD. That is fruits, vegetables, poultry, fish, and beef. The fish **** feeds the plants, the plants feed the livestock. Solar panels power everything.
http://verticalfarm.com/
You can not depend on your government for ****, plain and simple. They aren't there to serve you, they are there to protect you - and even then.....
I'm starting an Suburban Farming project. I want to build a system that produces fruits/veggies and fish for me. Some chickens in a coop, for eggs and poultry. Natural gas generator, and some solar panels. The idea would be to take my TOWNHOUSE off the GRID for 6months out of the year. I'd still go to the store for somethings but the bulk of my families nutritional needs would be met in my backyard. Eventually my fuel requirements also.
Once my truck gets old enough, I'm converting it to bio-diesel and running it on used vegetable oil. Fried donuts smell better than unburned diesel anyway.
Talking about rights is silly. The people telling you what you can and can't do are the same people who will enforce whatever they want on you regardless of your views, thoughts, or the constitution.
We have plenty of space, plenty of people to labor, plenty of technology to assist us. We we don't have is power over the capitalist monopoly held by lobbyist of big corporations. You can run, but you can't hide.
/a little crazy sometimes