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Thursday, July 4, 2013

The Second Amendment

Today is the 237th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Happy Birthday, US of A!

Now for a little knowledge :

"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed"

The Second Amendment does not GIVE United States citizens the right to bears arms. It merely states that the inalienable right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed because it is necessary to the security of the states.

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

The First Amendment

Read this:

" Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances"

This is the first Amendment to the United States Constitution. It is commonly referred to as the Freedom of Speech. Because of this, people, folks, if you will, assume that it GIVES you the freedom of speech and religion and the press, etc. The first five words state that "congress shall make no law"... That means that Congress can't legislate our already inalienable rights to these freedoms. Any attempt to do so is, by definition, unconstitutional.

Think about that as you go into your holiday weekend in celebration of our nation's independence on July 4th.

Resource on the Web to see the rest of the Constitution of the United States of America:

http://www.usconstitution.net

First Amendment:

http://www.usconstitution.net /xconst_Am1 .html

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Cyber Stalking

I saw this today on LinkedIn:

It is funny and a meme, but it's also true(for the most part). In the old days, pre-internet, if you knew just about everything about someone's business background prior to dealing with them face to face, you were flattering them by having taken the time out to research them.

Today, it's a lot easier to pull off, but I have to wonder...couldn't this be considered cyber stalking? I know it's bullshit, but that is basically what's going on.

This happens on social media sites like Facebook all of the time. Some people are not aware how much of their life they publish online. Or if they are, they don't realize how they are giving up their privacy.

A lot of times, people they are connecting with aren't even real. I know of someone who set up a fake profile on Facebook using pictures that were made public on the actual person's timeline. The person with the fake account started sending friend requests to students at a nearby university and had amassed almost 100 "friends" in just ONE DAY!

WTF, people?

The moral of the story is be careful with your personal data online.