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Originally Posted by JohnnyD
The government operates in ways that we will never understand. While they choose to invade every aspect of our privacy, we are expected to turn a blind eye and not question closed-door actions in the name of security. If only there was someone holding the government accountable for their actions...
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detbuch
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claps: Absolutely. We let those we should be holding accountable decide their own accountability, or lack thereof, and we continue to elect those that tell us what is in our own interest, usually at the expense of others. We have, as an increasing majority, transferred the responsibility of using the garantee of life and liberty to let an elected elite pursue what it describes as our happiness, and, in the process, dividing "we the people" against each other.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Don’t touch my brownies!
A child nutrition bill on its way to President Barack Obama — and championed by the first lady — gives the government power to limit school bake sales and other fundraisers that health advocates say sometimes replace wholesome meals in the lunchroom.
“This could be a real train wreck for school districts,” Lucy Gettman of the National School Boards Association said Friday, a day after the House cleared the bill. “The federal government should not be in the business of regulating this kind of activity at the local level.”