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sorry but that's not a valid statement
The fact is laws like this have been passed before and will be again. They get struck down by the Supreme Court. This was tried back in the Carter administration about phone calls and that was struck down. Don't you remember when the Clinton administration decided it didn't need search warrents to search people's homes in Chicago? When the moved in the Marshal's Service and the FBI to search all the apartments in this set of buildings. They were able to search and they did find drugs, stolen property, guns in the possession of felons and all sorts of stuff. Not one arrest stuck from that massive raid and the millions of taxpayer's dollars flushed down the toilet because all the searches were illegal and the seized contents were tossed out. Anything that wasn't overtly illegal (like narcotics) the government had to return to the people they confiscated it from. This has been a problem with our federal government since it's inception. So who you going to blame? Bush because of this law or Clinton because of his warrentless searches or Carter for his annoying phone call law or how about Kennedy when he gave the IRS agents the power to issue their own search warrents without requiring the person being searched be served with the warrent at all. All of the past indiscretions have been struck down by the courts. Though truthfully, the IRS warrent issue wasn't struck down until recently when the bench shifted toward the constitutionalists and the republicans changed the rules the IRS operate under (like you're no longer guilty until proven innocent and you can request and have council in an IRS court now as well).
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OK, Loverock...  Real World | 01/09/06
lol  KOS-MOS | 01/09/06
LOL .... good one (nt)  el1jones | 01/09/06
No_ax_to_grind annoys me...  jinko | 01/09/06
Sorry, no can do  tic swayback | 01/09/06
I sure hope so, I work hard at it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/09/06
that's the point of the law  maldain | 01/09/06
that's the point of the law  maldain | 01/09/06
Ahhh.... the pleasures of being abroad!!!  bportlock | 01/10/06
Ok  Loverock Davidson | 01/09/06
M$ must have a dirty hand in here!  Linux Geek | 01/09/06
I want information..  csa0307 | 01/09/06
Linux Geek is a poser  nomorems | 01/09/06
Sounds like any other Linux zealot.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/09/06
Sounds like every MS zealot.  JusPassinThrough | 01/09/06
What a loser...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/10/06
It seems more like partisan politics this time... and it's downright scary.  HypnoToad | 01/09/06
Relation?  Anti_Zealot | 01/09/06
SHHH....  s_gamgee | 01/10/06
Wow......  Shelendrea | 01/10/06
This is great  ibabadur1 | 01/09/06
ugly people  jdh-miami@... | 01/09/06
Perhaps but when you are sober it's just plain...Ewwwwww!  Laff | 01/10/06
Now if it only  Boot_Agnostic | 01/09/06
freedom and liberty you say  toxicfreak | 01/09/06
Papers, please!  tic swayback | 01/09/06
Hmmm!  heystoopid | 01/09/06
I don't think they intend to persecute every offender but...  xizzy44 | 01/09/06
In in your lifetime you have NOT been offended.....  Laff | 01/09/06
Not quite right  John L. Ries | 01/09/06
At least I use my real name  Michael Kelly | 01/09/06
Microsoft SUUUUUUCKS. There, I anoyed someone, come and get me!!!  DonnieBoy | 01/09/06
Laughing at a fool is not being anoyed...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/09/06
Oh, also, Georg Bush: YOU ARE STUPID. Did I annoy you?  DonnieBoy | 01/09/06
you go to jail only if you lie  Linux Geek | 01/09/06
not anymore  floydiology | 01/09/06
Err ... it has to be anonymous ...  George Mitchell | 01/09/06
Ya know, the more laws like this that get passed  Linux User 147560 | 01/09/06
Should read:  Linux User 147560 | 01/09/06
sorry but that's not a valid statement  maldain | 01/09/06
Actually it is a valid statement  Linux User 147560 | 01/09/06
The constitutional nightmare ...  George Mitchell | 01/09/06
A question of degree  jdh-miami@... | 01/09/06
Message has been deleted.  Tundra Gregg | 01/09/06
Message has been deleted.  motoman1 | 01/10/06
Corpse Camping in WoW?  jbengeii@... | 01/09/06
talking about WOW what about...  zigon | 01/09/06
Seriously.  Stegosaurus Cowboy | 01/24/06
The final text doesn't seem to show this wording.  SID S-1-1 | 01/09/06
It doesn't have to, the provision is an ammendment  bladehawke | 01/09/06
The bill was an amendment, the word annoy appears in the original bill  anussimkatu@... | 01/10/06
I think they should have used the word "Harass"  el1jones | 01/09/06
they did, but the story is written this way to make headlines  doh123 | 01/10/06
It's this simple -- If you can't put you name on it, you shouldn't say it!  DStovall | 01/09/06
Good point, but missing something  bladehawke | 01/09/06
Guess you don't care much for the Constitution  tic swayback | 01/09/06
People don't appreciate (or even KNOW) what they have until it's gone...  HypnoToad | 01/09/06
Are you sure?  too_much green_tea | 01/09/06
What is responsibility?  HypnoToad | 01/09/06
Okey doke then. Your lack of insight annoys me.  HypnoToad | 01/09/06
Who Will Decide???  bigpicture | 01/09/06
Hmmm, why did founding fathers wait to sign Constitutution?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/09/06
According to this history timeline  Linux User 147560 | 01/09/06
Didn't you mean...  John L. Ries | 01/09/06
bitty, you are so dumb  JusPassinThrough | 01/10/06
That's just STUPID  ken@... | 01/09/06
Responsibility  rfr88@... | 01/09/06
Stovall, you are really annoying!  Bill_Vargas | 01/10/06
One little word  jdh-miami@... | 01/09/06
That little word is really important.  Fujikid | 01/09/06
annoying someone  dboid | 01/09/06
Off the mark  bladehawke | 01/09/06
Good start, then you blew it.  JusPassinThrough | 01/10/06
response  dboid | 01/10/06
Oh boy are you wrong!  Linux Advocate | 01/10/06
Don't forget...  Linux User 147560 | 01/10/06
Hell just  Shelendrea | 01/10/06
Impossible!  Linux Guy 1000 | 01/11/06
Actually Linux Guy  Shelendrea | 01/11/06
Peace and Harmony?  Dr_Zinj | 01/12/06
Good legislation  jsm555 | 01/09/06
Slander???  bigpicture | 01/09/06
If you're ashamed  Middle of the Road | 01/09/06
You are confusing civil and criminal law  bladehawke | 01/09/06
What if....  tic swayback | 01/09/06
What the recipient thinks doesn't matter  jiwhite | 01/09/06
Oh good, more mind reading  tic swayback | 01/09/06
Works the other way round  Fujikid | 01/11/06
Not difficult at all  bladehawke | 01/11/06
Laws aren't rules to live by...  John L. Ries | 01/09/06
Rule of law vs Spirit of the Law.  HypnoToad | 01/09/06
Fascism is an overused term  John L. Ries | 01/09/06
Fascism is not limited to Mussolini, nor to the 1940's  gardoglee | 02/01/06
One ray of hope...  John L. Ries | 01/09/06
The courts, HUAC and history repeating itself  gardoglee | 02/01/06
Lawyers at it again  collector386 | 01/09/06
Lawyers at it again  collector386 | 01/09/06
Isn't it a combination?  tic swayback | 01/09/06
we will control all that you see and hear  floydiology | 01/09/06
This can and will be abused if it is not overturned  bladehawke | 01/09/06
I wonder  mary@... | 01/10/06
Sure you could  Shelendrea | 01/10/06
Now I'm Annoyed  DocCFA | 01/09/06
Huzzah, Huzzah  mighetto | 01/09/06
Taking all rights away  jdlady | 01/09/06
Spam sure Annoys me!  robert@... | 01/09/06
Stepping on our constitutional rights again!  Eskiegirl302@... | 01/09/06
Devious Intentions  walterreads@... | 01/10/06
Does this law help Paris Hilton?  peeseebeeb@... | 01/10/06
I'm annoyed  pc_putz | 01/10/06
SHUT THIS PLACE DOWN! (nt)  s_gamgee | 01/10/06
Free speech...  s_gamgee | 01/10/06
You know what's really sad?.....  Shelendrea | 01/10/06
Politicos ANNOYING Citizens by passing STUPID laws  Betelgeuse58 | 01/10/06
Japanse  Shelendrea | 01/10/06
TYPOS!!!!!!!!!!  Shelendrea | 01/10/06
This Law Will Be Overturned  itanalyst | 01/10/06
Whiners  gdeitch_z | 01/10/06
Re: Whiners  Shelendrea | 01/10/06
im annoyed  coling@... | 01/10/06
LOL  Shelendrea | 01/10/06
Bush respect the Constitution?  nojoeloser | 01/11/06
RE: Bush respect the Constitution? by nojoeloser  Betelgeuse58 | 01/12/06
Constituting Toilet Paper  D-cat | 01/12/06
RE: Constituting Toilet Paper by D-cat  Betelgeuse58 | 02/02/06
Dangerous Fools  Dr_Zinj | 01/12/06
Use this to go after spammers!  wkulecz | 01/12/06
This 'law' is against the LAW!!!  Betelgeuse58 | 01/12/06
Bill discriminates, adds more fuel to fire.  aggorss | 01/13/06
Freedom of speech?? Bill of Rights??  SoBlowme | 01/14/06
Rule of Construction  ninverness | 01/22/06
I have some trouble following the argument here  gardoglee | 02/01/06
Annoying someone  tojo@... | 01/24/06
This is starting to remind me of that silly Greek law  gardoglee | 02/01/06
To all those who think...  ccranfill | 02/01/06
An easy way around the annoyance law  Zolar | 02/01/06
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RE: Annoy someone online--two years in jail  KRISTIAMBROSE | 09/14/08

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