GA State Rep Proposes Elimination of Drivers Licenses
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Just when you thought you had heard it all. . . A State Representative in Georgia has proposed the elimination of drivers licenses. For everyone. Bobby Franklin is the brains behind the “Right To Travel Act” currently being considered for the State of Georgia.
Representative Franklin explains his reasoning this way;
“Free people have a common law and constitutional right to travel on the roads and highways that are provided by their government for that purpose. Licensing of drivers cannot be required of free people, because taking on the restrictions of a license requires the surrender of an inalienable right.”
Lest you think that Mr. Franklin is proposing this law just to get attention, please think again. His name is on all of the first 21 bills currently before the Georgia State legislature, bills that include ground-breaking ideas like:
Repealing the authority of the governor to issue mandatory vaccination orders.
Requiring the exclusive use of gold and silver as tender in payment of debts by or to the state, as required in the Georgia Constitution.
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Comments (91)
nelan72
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:41pmThey could drive without a license if they could survive an endless maze of life or death.
Report Post »dlmarsh
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:27pmActually the guy in Georgia is right. The Constitution of the US says in Article 1 Section 8 and Section 10 that money must be coin and gold and silver. That is the Supreme law of the entire country. It also forbids states for paying for debts with anything other than gold and silver coin.
Report Post »As far as drivers licenses being settled law, that isn’t the case either. Several courts around the country including the Washington State Supreme Court and Courts in other states including Tennessee have ruled that drivers licenses are NOT required to drive personal vehicles. That is because the People already have the right to freely travel under the Right to Liberty in the Constitution. The courts have also said that drivers licenses are only needed for Commercial travel purposes – such as ferrying passengers for pay and the transport of goods. Just more of our own ignorance being told that we have to have drivers licenses to travel in our own personal automobiles.
R Divincta
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:58pm@ FOOLSGOLD, You are uninformed. You obviously don’t watch or listen to Beck, and you don’t listen to Limbaugh, If you did you would be much more intelligent in your posts. We can only conclude that you are only mouth without ears and a brain.
Report Post »TakeBackAmerica
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:45pmYep, that’s him allright!
Report Post »Bronco II
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:55pmYes we could very well go back to barter and trade.I‘ve read the Book and if more would read it they would know what is happening now is BIBLICAL just depends who believes and knows what’s coming and prepares and those who don‘t read or believe won’t see it coming and those are the ones we need to help when the time comes if we can.So when Glenn says sure yourselves up and your family and try to have extra that is what he is talking about when they wake up from the fog they are going to panick and those who can will need to be there to help them and calm their fears and not be mad and say we told you that won’t help us or them and will make things worse.So keep praying ask GOD everyday for help and for forgiveness yes we sitll sin everyday sometimes knowingly sonetimes not so it is important to go to him and talk to him and ask for forgivess of ALL our sins and wipe that slate clean and ask for wisdom to do his will not yours and tell him you love him and thank him for all he Blesses us with each and every day and thank him for the undeserbing love he shows us always..
Report Post »truenuff
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:25pmThis can a emotional issue,and I feel that pratical ways can be achieved to deal with the issue of drivers licenses.I feel that one’s desire to travel is a Right,under certain conditions,but you are responsible for damages to others.Even in the old testament,if your animal injured someone,then you had to pay damages.then insurance companies began to insure drivers to cover injuries-a biblical concept,in a way.Yet there was a time when drivers did not have licenses,yet could get insurance.a long story.If we used technology in a right,constitutional way,it could help solve this issue,and help society,and the public.Take recently,that out in the desert,a contest was held to see if an inventor could make a vehicle that operated on it’s own,without an driver.Now think of that,if we could in the future,go where we want to without operating it-there would be no need for a driver license.Now I do feel that those that have businesses,should have a license to drive,as it is not for pleasure,private purposes.If all forms of travel are controlled,then are we a free people?Karl marx wrote about the Centralization of all forms of travel.Recently,in NJ there seems to be an effort to that you would have to have a license to use a bicycle.Several years ago,states began effort to pass laws that boaters of a certain age,have to take a safety course,pass it,get a certificate(that can be revoked),then I read about a year ago,in one state that not only boaters of a certain age do so-if I am correct,then ALL boaters of that state pass a course,get a Certificate.It’s incremental.First one form of travel,then all.take the u.s.civil war,for free and slaves to travel,in much of the land,you had to have a pass,which gave you “liberty”to travel,and caught without the pass,you could be arrested,fined or killed.the US Declaration of Independence states that one of our Right are“liberty”.so you have the right to life,and in between life and pursuit of happiness is “liberty”which means to go forth,proceed,and in many pursuits of life in order to pursue our happiness,the ability to travel is necessary,in many instances.I would have much more to say,but will leave it at that.It is a balancing act,I know that sometimes we need laws,yet it is my hope that scientific innovation can be made,to someday do away with the need for drivers licenses for the general public lawfully someday.There is one thing that could be invented that could save many lives in driving right now,that would help states,drivers,but leave it at that.
Report Post »blacksmith
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 2:31pmThink high speed rail and public transportation as a way to control the movements of a free people. Private usage fuel prices will necessarily skyrocket!
Report Post »hempstead1944
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:37amToo many of his constiuents couldn’t pass the written…..
Report Post »Linda Vigliotti
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:30amsounds to me like he has gone mad mentally. this is totally stupid and who voted this idiot into office
Report Post »blacksmith
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 2:26pmIs the want of freedom now a mental illness?
Report Post »stargazzn
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 1:23amIf I were in his district, I would have happily voted for him:) Unfortunately I live about 100 miles away. I will lobby my representitive to support him, and find others to call their representitives to support him also!
Report Post »travlman77
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:34amRadical is radical no matter right or left.
Report Post »blacksmith
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 2:25pmThen the Tea Party is radical?
Report Post »stargazzn
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 4:21pmIn a land where the truth is seldom heard, and greatly feared.
Report Post »Telling the truth is Radical
wash1776
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:14amThis jerk is nothing but a communist helping to try to ruin this country. WHAT A JERK!
Report Post »blacksmith
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 2:23pmCommunist? Please explain.
Report Post »aamador
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:06amThey can try forced vacination on me after they put a bullet through my brain. The left can go to hell as far as I am concerned.
Report Post »glockman414
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:04amMe thinks Foolsgold is a fool with no gold in his portfolio. Obviosly not much on economics either if he/she doesn’t understand increasing the money supply by billions (as is being done by the Feds) in order to pay our debts will soon lead to hyperinflation. Re: “lug around gold bars to pay for a coke”, guess he/she hasn’t heard of gold coins…… oh well, just proof that the ostrich syndrome is still around.
Report Post »TakeBackAmerica
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:31pmHe does have gold in his portfolio, but it’s FOOLSGOLD!!!!! LMAO
Report Post »kottonm
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 2:54pmhis knowledge of economics is validated by his idea that you would pay for a $1 soda with a $1400 gold bar. He talks about believing what people are feeding you, sound like he should take his own advise.
Report Post »stargazzn
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:58pmI don’t believe Foolsgold is the fool he seems to be. I think he is much smarter, and much more disnonest than people give him credit for. However he and people like him can be very useful. He is an Agent Provocateur and gathers fools, and the ignorant around him. You can not do much with fools, but the ignorant can be informed and turned.
I also think but can not be sure that Foolsgold is a member of a minority that has lead to a great deal of strife in this world, and always blamed it on those who perseute them. However the only evidence I have for that is one minority in particular defend worthless money with all their might, as they hoard real money.
Report Post »foolsgold
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 5:57amWhats freedom when the US Supreme Court removes the right to a fair trial??
Your personal freedoms to say and go what and where you want are being stripped by the far right wing and you think this is good?
Beck koolaid is tasty!!
Report Post »wash1776
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:11amI can see why you chose the name Foolsgold. That pretty much describes your attitude. I’d rather drink kool aid than swallow the poison you and your kind come up with.
Report Post »TakeBackAmerica
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:49pmAre you talking about terrorists captured on foreign soil not getting a trial, Foolstroll? The left has taken away far more rights with the far left agenda then the right ever has. Get real, and get a life.
Report Post »blacksmith
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 2:39pmgoldenfool
Report Post »What subject have you jumped to now? Is this the I know what you are but what am I argument? You are correct. In your moronic posts you show that you have no need or desire for liberty. Flights leaving every few minutes from various aiports to destinations more suited to your ilk!
kottonm
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 2:58pmYou are right about being stripped of our rights, except it is ridiculous to think its coming from the right, their ideas are the exact opposite. It’s the left who blatantly lie and misconstrue almost every topic these days.
Report Post »stargazzn
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 4:30pmLenin, Stalin, Mao, and Hitler were all from the left. Who’s rights did they protect?
Report Post »Jacob
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 5:42amSo driving is a privilege because they say it is or because it just is? please explain? Btw if not having a drivers license means you cant drive than why do they charge ppl for driving under suspension? why do people get charged with 8+ dui”S? please please explain this!
Why is the gold standard so much better? I mean how will it be better than the dollar? THEY tell you how much its worth per ounce? I’m missing something? neither really has any material value. you cant eat either, you cant realistically build shelter with either? huh i figured i’d fix your car if you fixed my plumbing standard would be better
Report Post »wildbill_b
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:55am“”Why is the gold standard so much better? I mean how will it be better than the dollar?”"
Bouviers Law Dictionary
DOLLAR, money. A silver coin of the United States of the value of one hundred cents, or tenth part of an eagle.
2. It weighs four hundred and twelve and a half grains. Of one thousand parts, nine hundred are of pure silver and one hundred of alloy. Act of January 18, 1837, ss. 8 & 9, 4 Sharsw. Cont. of Story’s L. U. S. 2523, 4; Wright, R. 162.
3. In all computations at the custom-house, the specie dollar of Sweden and Norway shall be estimated at one hundred and six cents. The specie dollar of Denmark, at one hundred and five cents. Act of May 22, 1846.
You have only have debt “notes” which are legal tender and not “lawful” money which must be gold and silver. As a result of using corporation paper’s benefits you get to pay a users fee called “income tax”. Isn’t that great ? :)
Report Post »stargazzn
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:40pmYou confuse “Common language” with “Legal language”. Lawyers / Courts must redefine common words so the people who are not literate in the Legal terminology can not defend themselves. It their courtroom, not yours. While there you must use their rules, and their dictionaries.
Report Post »stargazzn
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 1:18amConducting commerce on the public right of way is a privledge. Governments have the responcibility to regulate commerce. The government does not have the right to regulate the travel of private individuals on the public’s roads.
Report Post »TPARTY RADIO
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 5:30amYes, perhaps you commies are right after all: men were never meant to free. We must submit to our lefty masters… Trolls vex us
Report Post »Walter Zoomie
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 5:13am^^^
Report Post »Yet another coward afraid of freedom…
RojBlake
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 2:50amI know I’ve expressed this before, but…driving is a PRIVILLAGE not a RIGHT, this has been explained to me in driving courses, folks at the DMV etc.
The real problem anymore as I see it is that the “language” has been lost to the point that folks really don’t understand fundamental diferences.
Report Post »blacksmith
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 2:20pmExplained to you by a government employee? Let us ask the master if keeping us as slaves is constitutional! Great idea. Let’s ask the progressives if we should pay more taxes and redistribute more wealth! Do not sell yourself so cheaply.
Report Post »wildbill_b
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:48amThat is what SHOULD scare you. They told you what they were told. No proof. Just what they were taught. Courts say otherwise. There are hundreds of them. They want you to “think” it is a granted privilege so they can charge you for it. Plus it gives them police power over you which they lack without you having one.
“The Right of the Citizen to travel upon the public highways and to transport his property
Report Post »thereon, either by horse drawn carriage or by automobile, is not a mere privilege which a city
can prohibit or permit at will, but a common Right which he has under the right to life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness.” Thompson vs. Smith, 154 SE 579.
Fina Biscotti
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 2:20amHe must have a trick gene pool……
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 2:11amAnd don’t forget unless they actually STOP IMPLEMENTATION OF OBAMACARE {ALL} OUR HEALTHCARE HISTORY WILL BE ON THE BACK OF OUR DRIVERS LICENSES, READABLE BY THOSE BRIEFCASE SCANNERS THAT ID THIEVES CURRENTLY USE FOR ANYONE WITHIN SO MANY FEET!!
Report Post »foolsgold
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 5:51am@MIL MOM
You’ve been watching too many movies about hackers. Get real about the technology. It aint happening even if Beck insists it is.
Report Post »stargazzn
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 4:16pmNever mind identity theft is the fastest growing criminal problem in America today. The Fool would have us all believe we are safe from criminals who would steal or ID’s
Report Post »BlueStrat
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 2:03amThe no-driver-license thing is nonsense as it’s already settled law.
Returning to a gold standard is actually a pretty sound idea. I’d like to see the Fed eliminated and the entire US currency system returned to a gold standard rather than our current fiat currency system.
It’s conceivable that with enough support, Georgia‘s possibly returning to a gold standard might have the potential to be a watershed event that could be the trigger for the nation’s return to gold-based currency and elimination of the Federal Reserve.
Report Post »foolsgold
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 5:35amGold nuggets at your local 7-eleven? What a FOOLSGOLD idea!!
Can definitely see that working….duh
Report Post »blacksmith
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 2:14pm@goldenfool
Report Post »You are obsessed with carrying gold nuggets around in your pocket. It is precious metal backed currency and coin! Your arguments are ridiculous!
828 Patriot
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 2:01amFor all you people who want drivers liscenses to drive, I suggest you look up RFID implant technology and how they are being used to track you.
The whole system, from the ground up, is a giant scam. Our water is fluoridated, they tracks us with RFID, they tax our income and work us like slaves, they register us as slaves at birth with social security.
But it’s “progressive” and ‘in’. We have been slowly adjusted to this totalitarian crap that we’ll accept greater crackdowns like mindless sheep.
Report Post »foolsgold
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 2:44amRFID implant technology? You really believe that ‘mark of satan’ bull???
RFID has a range of a few inches at most — someone would have a shove a proverbial antenna somewhere very close to you to track you. Thats if they manage to somehow have implanted an RFID chip in your body while you were sleeping aka IN HOLLYWOOD MOVIES!!!
Its amazing how this far right wing believe all that they are fed by Rushbo and Beck.
Oh, hang on, they’re the same people who want to lug around gold bars to pay for a coke. Lets see how far that gets you.
Report Post »828 Patriot
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 4:51amActually it comes from their own words. Look up Aaron Russo talking about Rockefeller.
Report Post »foolsgold
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 6:06amWho is this Rockfeller? The David Rockefeller from LA guy passing himself off as a member of the Rockefeller clan? Weighty evidence.
If my last name is Bush, does that mean I get invited to Xmas lunch at the Bush Ranch in Texas? Nope.
That “Rockefeller ”is a scam meant to create yet another conspiracy theory on the Internet. Sorry you fell for it. Happens to a lot of people watching Fox.
Report Post »blacksmith
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 2:10pm@goldenfool
Report Post »Also to journalists on MeeSNBC!
wildbill_b
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:41amFoolsgold you might want to look up a couple things instead of repeating the absurd “Carry bars of gold” garbage. Here they are.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_$1_1928_Silver_Certificate.jpg
Notice how this real money doesn’t say “Legal tender”? It could be redeemed for silver and could NOT be issued UNLESS it was backed by silver. Now days it is just paper “federal reserve note” which is “legal” tender and not Constitutionally “lawful” money and your “voluntary” use of it is what makes you liable for paying taxes. You are getting the “benefit” of not “paying” your debt but simply “discharging” them. That means passing the liability along. Go look up UCC 1-308 and then figure out that your signature is your most IMPORTANT asset and yet you give it “unendorsed” everyday. LOL Willingly accept the “benefit” you will be “forced” to pay for it. Is it really worth it?
Report Post »stargazzn
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 4:11pmIf the Fool were correct, and RFID is only detectable at a few inches why do we see RFID Trans/cievers on the State and Federal highways to track trucks with RFID tagged cargo? If they can track a box of Tampons bound for Walmart, they can track anything else on the highway with a similar RFID tag.
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:57amWow, this is pretty extreme. I am going to have to think a little more on this one. Not because I support his ideas, but because I am trying to figure out why . This is making a mockery of the constiutional rights we are fighting for. He is to radical and I hope the good people of GA let him know that . He needs to concentrate on the important issues at hand and not waste his time on nonesense.
Report Post »blacksmith
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:59pmThe Constitution was not circumvented over a short time. It was slowly whittled away until we have the mess that we are in today. We must start with the small things to rebuild our liberty. A little at a time like it was taken away. A solid foundation is laid one block at a time!
Report Post »stargazzn
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 1:12amI live in Georgia, and I called his office, and told them I wanted to adopt him as my representitive:) Having studied these issues 15 years ago. I even had some fun in the courts with them. On some minor traffic issues. I told the Judge I wanted a jury trial, and I told the prosicutor’s office I intended to subpeona the prosicutor as a legal expert on the law, as a witness in my defence.
To my great disapointment the cases were all dismissed:(
Report Post »azmomof6
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:41amElimination of driver’s licences? Does that mean kids or dangerous drivers now have a “right” to drive? A license is given to a person the state deems worthy to drive. It is then taken away or suspended when a person abuses that privilege with reckless driving or driving drunk. This implies that no matter your age or how many accidents you cause, you still have a right to drive. Driving is not a right and people who purposely drive recklessly should not be allowed to risk the lives of safe drivers who are just trying to get to where they need to go. Okay, the thing about only paying the state with gold or silver… This man is in La-La Land!
Report Post »blacksmith
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:53pmThe laws are written for the people that will follow them not for the people that will not. It is mandated in Ohio that you have car insurance but tens of thousands and perhaps hundreds of thousands drive without it. A license is only for those that will follow the law. You must have a liquor license to sell booze and people run afterhours joints and bootleg liquor everyday. The idea that a law or a license keeps us safe is not well thought out. Murder is illegal and yet it still continues.
Report Post »wildbill_b
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:31amLets look at your response in a logical manner and see if you believe what you believe through superstition.
Do dangerous drivers now drive upon the roads? YES Did drivers license prevent it? NO
If the state “licenses” someone as worthy to “drive” and they have an accident can I sue the state for licensing a “dangerous driver”? NO
It is not a privilege is it one of our unalienable rights. Court says so
“The right of the Citizen to travel upon the public highways and to transport his property
thereon, in the ordinary course of life and business, is a common right which he has under the
right to enjoy life and liberty, to acquire and possess property, and to pursue happiness and
safety. It includes the right, in so doing, to use the ordinary and usual conveyances of the day,
and under the existing modes of travel, includes the right to drive a horse drawn carriage or
wagon thereon or to operate an automobile thereon, for the usual and ordinary purpose of life
and business.” Teche Lines vs. Danforth, Miss., 12 S.2d 784; Thompson vs. Smith, supra
I know many people that have had many accidents and still they travel. Is it only ok for people with state certification to have multiple accidents and still travel?
If you “drive” recklessly then you have committed a common law crime of infringing on others rights.
Funny you should say such a thing. Here is a perfect example of WHO has to have a license and why.
“First, it is well established law that the highways of the state are public property, and their
primary and preferred use is for private purposes, and that their use for purposes of gain is
special and extraordinary which, generally at least, the legislature may prohibit or condition as
it sees fit.” Stephenson vs. Rinford, 287 US 251; Pachard vs Banton, 264 US 140, and cases
cited; Frost and F. Trucking Co. vs. Railroad Commission, 271 US 592; Railroad commission
vs. Inter-City Forwarding Co., 57 SW.2d 290; Parlett Cooperative vs. Tidewater Lines, 164 A.
313
The court just said that People traveling in their daily business are not required to be licensed like “persons” “operating” in “commerce”.
As for gold and silver? Read your states Constitution and I bet you will find the Banking article which allows the states “TODAY” to create state banks and ONLY gold and silver are LAWFUL tender.
1970 4 quarters of silver bought 4 gallons of Gas. Today 4 quarters of silver are worth $18 and buy 6 gallons of gas. Legal tender “federal reserve note” 3 per gallon of gas. Rebut that.
Someone is in LA LA Land to be sure.
Report Post »Tim313
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:48amThe following is allowed by the US Constitution:
“Requiring the exclusive use of gold and silver as tender in payment of debts by or to the state, as required in the Georgia Constitution.”
If Georgia adopts a gold and silver backed tender – I will trade all of my dollars for Georgian state bills. (Look at the price of quarters pre-1964)
Report Post »foolsgold
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 5:45amLegal tender being gold and silver means you need to throw away checkbooks, wire transfers etc etc.
I dont see wiretransfers in the constitution, do you???
Think!!!!
Report Post »blacksmith
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 2:03pm@ goldenfool
Report Post »The wiretransfers and checkbook would still be useable as they would be backed with precious metals also. The metals would have to be in place to cover the debt.
BoilitDown
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:30amThe republicans fail to vet their candidate on this one. Franklin has indeed introduced some radical, illogical and ill conceived bills. He seems to need some professional attention to square him with reality. He really is a right wing radical with his fantastic ideas. I really don’t want him on “my side”.
Report Post »Fortunately, it looks like the good people of Georgia have a handle on him to keep him in check according to their local news outlets.
828 Patriot
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:55amSo you’re saying following the Constitution is radical, illogical and ill conceived?
The bills listed above are the same things that are in the Constitution. Except forced vaccinations, but I don’t think the founding fathers would ever support such a thing.
Report Post »foolsgold
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 5:43am@828 PATRIOT
Everyone uses the constitution for their own purposes and interprets it differently.
The right to privacy in the constitution and freedom, in today’s world, also means that there should not be any warrantless wiretapping and illegal renditions. etc etc
The constitution also speaks about blacks being 3/5 of a human!! Nice. Lets use that one today and see how far that gets us.
Report Post »DieBambi
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:39amthe isn’t a right to privacy in the constitution.
Report Post »NathanM
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 3:45pm@Foolsgold
Probably wasting my time & taking up valuable posting space, but maybe there is hope for you and maybe you haven’t heard this yet:
US Constitution, Article 1, Section 2 (prior to amendment 14, section 2): “Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons…”
No race is mentioned anywhere in this clause that you reference. In fact, all “free Persons” irregardless of race would be counted. Three out of five (3/5) of all other persons (slaves) would be counted in the census to proportion taxes & number of representatives in the House. Slave owners in the south would have loved to have all slaves counted for representation and none for taxes. Why would the founders have counted all free blacks in a state and only 3/5 of the slaves? You are so much smarter than the rest of us here, I’m sure you can figure out the answer, if you dare to really look.
Report Post »wildbill_b
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:08amHis drivers license bill is absolutely founded in the Constitution. It is my right to liberty. The courts have historically called it, Right to Travel.
“Personal liberty largely consists of the Right of locomotion – to go where and when one
pleases – only so far restrained as the Rights of others may make it necessary for the welfare
of all other citizens. The Right of the Citizen to travel upon the public highways and to
transport his property thereon, by horse-drawn carriage, wagon, or automobile, is not a mere
privilege which may be permitted or prohibited at will, but the common Right which he has
under his Right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Under this Constitutional
guarantee one may, therefore, under normal conditions, travel at his inclination along the
public highways or in public places, and while conducting himself in an orderly and decent
manner, neither interfering with nor disturbing another’s Rights, he will be protected, not only
in his person, but in his safe conduct.” [emphasis added] II Am.Jur. (1st) Constitutional Law,
Sect.329, p.1135
“The Right of the Citizen to travel upon the public highways and to transport his property
thereon, either by horse drawn carriage or by automobile, is not a mere privilege which a city
can prohibit or permit at will, but a common Right which he has under the right to life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness.” Thompson vs. Smith, 154 SE 579.
This is a case of Legal English vs Common English. You believe that you “Drive” a “Motor Vehicle” and carry “Passengers”.
“Motor vehicle” means every description or other contrivance propelled or drawn by
mechanical power and used for commercial purposes on the highways in the transportation of
passengers, or passengers and property
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00000031—-000-.html
“Driver – One employed in conducting a coach, carriage, wagon, or other vehicle …” Bovier’s
Law Dictionary, 1914 ed., p. 940.
Passenger — One who has taken a place. in a public conveyance, for the purpose of being transported from one place to another. http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Passenger
Read a complete legal memorandum on the matter at http://www.lojack12.com/Constitution/Drivers.doc
The chief enemies of republican freedom are mental sloth, conformity, bigotry, superstition, credulity, monopoly in the market of ideas, and utter, benighted ignorance.
ADDERLEY v. FLORIDA, 385 U.S. 39 (1966)
Superstition–any blindly accepted belief or notion.
Confirmity–action in accord with prevailing social standards, attitudes, practices, etc.
As Glenn has said. Do your own research. Don’t believe me. Use the information provided and see for yourself. :)
Report Post »surfstang
Posted on February 1, 2011 at 11:47pmYou got the right to remain dumb and waste our money on utter nonsense. Scratch that last part.
Report Post »828 Patriot
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:56amGold and silver backed currency, free travel, and no forced vacinations. Sign me up!
Report Post »foolsgold
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 2:45amYou want to lug around gold bars to pay for a coke. Lets see how far that gets you.
Report Post »828 Patriot
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 4:50amWe’re seeing where your paper currency is getting us. Hyperinflation, debt and the federal reserve. Yeah you can keep that, I’ll keep our Constitution.
Report Post »foolsgold
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 5:34am@828 PATRIOT
wow! Hyperinflation? where????
You’ve been swallowing too much beck koolaid if you believe the hyperinflation boogie-man. Beck simply floats the hyperinflation bull as wants you to buy gold to support his only advertiser (besides the gun merchants) Goldline on The Blaze.
May I ask if this now means you going to pay in gold nuggets because the $ is, as you say, worthless and we have hyperinflation? Im sure your local 7-eleven will appreciate that…
Or maybe go back to barter? Your basement crap for a coke? That would work. Beck says so.
So – see how CRAZY this Beck hyperinflation-sprouting is? He’s no economist, doesnt even have a economics degree, doesnt know any calculus to understand economic theory — and you take financial advice from him?? Wow.
BTW, Im similarly now declaring myself a brain surgeon and I diagnose you as needing some alternative TV viewing lest your brain atrophy from watching Fox.
Report Post »jColes
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:42amThe SCOTUS decision that allowed states to license drivers is, I think, an ill-conceived decision of the first modern Progressive Supreme Court of the 20th-Century…the decision came at a time when the Woodrow Wilson influence on government was still strong, even though he had been out of office for several years…it was his SCOTUS appointees who decided that using a motor vehicle on public roads is a privilege, not a right…it was his appointees who gave government the power to regulate the electromagnetic spectrum based on the now obviated ‘scarcity of frequencies’ theory, and it was his appointees who granted the first modern expansions of the Commerce Clause of the Constitution.
In all of those cases it was Left ideology, not logical extrapolation of constitutional wording that drove the decisions.
I am convinced (as opposed to merely believing) that honest analysis of the Constitution by the High Court would result in reversal of each of those decisions, with personal movement being restored to its correct place as a basic human right.
As for the gold & silver standard now in the Georgia constitution: a brilliant idea, and it does not mean that people would have to tote around the precious metals because our money is issued through the Federal government via the (dysfunctional) Federal Reserve Bank system…the clause in question simply means that the state government must back its debt (state bonds, etc.) — dollar for dollar — with precious metals; thus elinating a potential tax liability for Georgia citizens.
These are great ideas that with further refinements would make Georgia the leader among states in gaining control of its economy and reducing both the public debt burden and restoring rights stolen from the people by Progressives.
Report Post »Susan
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:24amfoolsgold – It shows you don’t shop for your own groceries. This week name brand butter shot up to $10 for 4 sticks, one pound. A loaf of bread is now $3.50, a gallon of milk is $5. I’m not putting my money into gold, I’m putting it into food, which I believe will be more valuable than gold. We’ve been buying 50 pound bags of dried beans, rice, flour, sugar, etc. We’re buying a lot of powdered milk and coffee too. We have built a great smoker and are now working on building an outdoor oven. If like you believe these things can only happen in other nations, not America, what have I lost? I have plenty of food and can cook outdoors in the warm months, without making my house hot and having to run the AC to cool it. Three years ago we put up clothes lines and leave clothes out there until they’re almost dry, then stick them in the dryer for a few minutes so they won’t be crunchy. The last few years we haven’t turned the AC on until well into July. Until that point we use curtains to block the sun and use a whole house fan (attic fan) to keep the air circulating. This winter I’ve closed off about half the house (the parts without plumbing running under them) and don’t heat those rooms. We work hard for our money and aren‘t spending a cent we don’t have to.
Report Post »BTW…I‘m in Georgia and don’t see the point in having a drivers license. Drunks and others that lose their license, they drive anyhow! Nothing stops them. However, I don’t honestly see the state giving up the income they get from drivers licenses.
biggreenboo
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:55pm@susan
Where the hell do you live that food (name brand or not) cost that much? That sounds crazy!!!
Report Post »biggreenboo
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 2:02pmWhoops… GA.
The prices were so high I neglected to read the rest of your post.
Good luck on the food storage… I got the same thing going on at my house. Friends think i’m crazy until they come over and I make a gourmet meal from my pantry… and no matter what they tell you, you CAN NOT eat gold!!!!!
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