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Ok, the line has been drawn here. Are public officials allowed to rule by edict or are we still a free people?
1 posted on 05/11/2020 2:47:10 PM PDT by Ikemeister
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To: Ikemeister

A very good question.


2 posted on 05/11/2020 2:49:21 PM PDT by sauropod (Quarantine is when you restrict sick people, tyranny is when you restrict healthy people.)
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Are public officials allowed to rule by edict or are we still a free people?

Yes and no.

Governors have been given a lot of power by their states, and since these powers have been used relatively rarely, they haven't been abused enough to be litigated. And, no, we aren't free--just semi-free. Various officials, including police, can abuse the hell out of you and claim "qualified immunity" because they are in a public position. They can't just shoot you (because of cameras), but they can physically and legally abuse you, and getting redress requires a long and expensive appeal process.

3 posted on 05/11/2020 2:50:03 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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You vill obey or it’s into the cooler mit you.


4 posted on 05/11/2020 2:50:12 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: Ikemeister

It’s only a matter of time before one of these tyrant Democrat governors finds out that their armed guards and police force are no longer willing to protect them.


5 posted on 05/11/2020 2:51:11 PM PDT by Junk Silver ("I think that everything that produces a paycheck is essential." - Nanci Valentino, Wisconsin)
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To: fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; South Hawthorne; PaulZe; ...

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6 posted on 05/11/2020 2:52:31 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Ikemeister

Musk defied today and said if anyone is to be arrested then arrest me.

Dems are on the losing side and have overplayed their hand again just like occupy, hands up don’t shoot etc


8 posted on 05/11/2020 2:52:56 PM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: Ikemeister
For those not familiar with Pennsylvania political geography:

Franklin County is the most westward of the "red zone" counties along the Maryland border.

9 posted on 05/11/2020 2:56:58 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Ikemeister

It’s War, It’s War!,,

Freedonia Is Going To War!!!!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yyeKYQdYISg


10 posted on 05/11/2020 2:57:16 PM PDT by Badboo (Why it is important)
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To: Ikemeister

This is about control, not medicine.


11 posted on 05/11/2020 2:58:19 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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Gonna drop this Twit string right here for reference -
 
 
 

12 posted on 05/11/2020 2:58:36 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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PAtriots Unite !

             

14 posted on 05/11/2020 2:59:44 PM PDT by tomkat (Constitutional curmudgeon)
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To: Ikemeister

Ok there are less than 4000 covid deaths. More than 2/3 are from nursing home residents.

So, if you don’t reside in a nursing home you have a less than .008 % chance of dying of covid in Pa.


17 posted on 05/11/2020 3:03:03 PM PDT by NickRails
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With the internet, people are beginning to set up alternative norms. Hopefully, going forward, a virtual secession movement will begin .. under ground economies, etc


21 posted on 05/11/2020 3:06:45 PM PDT by 11th_VA (May you live in interesting times - Ancient Chinese Proverb)
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Dems vs American patriots. This should end well.


24 posted on 05/11/2020 3:10:06 PM PDT by SkyDancer (~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Ikemeister

I think that someone could make a good one of those parody Hitler movie clips from this.


25 posted on 05/11/2020 3:11:07 PM PDT by Revel
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Beauty and Brains...



"We always stay six inches apart, just like the regulations call for."

(It looks like both of these lumps could benefit significantly from a couple thick, opaque, canvas bags pulled over their heads.)

29 posted on 05/11/2020 3:18:44 PM PDT by Songcraft
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COVID-19 Data For Trans-sylvania:

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx


30 posted on 05/11/2020 3:19:51 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (This tagline is an advertisement-free zone. Is yours?)
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There is zero chance of a peaceful resolution to this.


34 posted on 05/11/2020 3:23:16 PM PDT by Lazamataz (China is the single source of evil in the entire world.)
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To: Ikemeister

“Are public officials allowed to rule by edict or are we still a free people? “

We haven’t been a free people for many years.


36 posted on 05/11/2020 3:25:07 PM PDT by dljordan
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Still think Trump is going to win PA or MI with these kind of tyrannical Governors ???

What will most likely happen is they will fail to certify results before the required time "due to COVID-19", thus denying Trump or the Dem Candidate 270 EV.

This means the current House of Representatives will elect the Dem president, and kick off a civil war for a second time ...

41 posted on 05/11/2020 3:28:10 PM PDT by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING)
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