Finally the Vette is ready!!! At noon today I pick it up. It still needs a gear (which is a serious pain in the ass in a Vette, in comparison to most cars of that era), but I'll probably do that in the spring… So for now it's going 90 kph in first gear, and as far as 0-60 type stuff goes, not really getting as much as I'd like… This engine is a lot more built than my previous one, but the previous one was probably faster at the stop lights. But I'll fix that soon enough!!! (Pictures this afternoon)
Important: Don't forget that you have plans on Sunday night!
So the Phoenix FBI released a pamphlet to help police identify terrorists (Front/Back). It includes the following useful identification tips — if you spot any of these, you are urged to call the Joint Terrorism Task Force:
- Anyone who seeks to defend the US constitution (I'm not even kidding, it really says this!).
- People involved in para-military training (Isn't that about half of the population of Phoenix?).
- Tattooed people (they are probably from a hate group it says).
- Christians (probably also from a hate group).
- Anyone who attempts to “police the police”.
- People with left wing politics, especially Marxists and Leninists.
- People who defend common law (which is what the US constitution, and the law of most commonwealth countries like Canada are built around).
- Animal and eco-rights activists.
- Computer hackers (who they refer to as “single issue terrorists” engaging in “cyber penetration”).
- Loners.
- …it goes on like this… read the pamphlet if you want
It should be mentioned that nowhere are Islamic Fundamentalists mentioned… I should add that the FBI has stopped distributing this flyer, for obvious reasons (since I suspect an aweful lot of police, especially in Arizona, have militia and pro-”Super Patriot” leanings). Point is though, they did, and it gives you a valuable insight as to what their vision of America is.
"We're going to protect and honor the Constitution, and I don't have the authority to set it aside. If I had the authority to set it aside, this would be a dangerous government, and I wouldn't respect it."
Attorney General John Ashcroft
(About a month ago, a few weeks before
setting aside the Constitution.)"[Accused terrorists] don't deserve the same guarantees and safeguards that would be used for an American citizen going through the normal judicial process."
Vice President Dick Cheney"[Bush and Ashcroft] send a message to the world that it is acceptable to hold secret trials and summary executions without the possibility of judicial review, at least when the defendant is a foreign national."
Senator Patrick Leahy
And that is why I will not enter the United States. I am a foreign national, and under US law I am considered a terrorist, thanks to the broad definition. Which means that if I set foot in the US they have the power to hold me, try me in secret, and, should they see fit, execute me without telling anyone.
PS. This at least is cool, another tattooed Barbie. Unfortunately it's not for sale.
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