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Guest Post: Congratulations Charlottesville, Virginia! The First City To Pass Anti-Drone Legislation
Via Michael Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
This simple piece of legislation proves that you can make a difference at the local level. We need a lot more of this type of thing all over these United States. As I have said many times, it’s not that I am against drones in all capacities; however, we must be vigilant about how these things are used and must have serious safeguards in place to protect civil liberties. Kudos to the Rutherford Institute for leading the charge here.
From US News:
Charlottesville, Va., has become the first city in the United States to formally pass an anti-drone resolution.
The resolution passed by a 3-2 vote and was brought to the city council by activist David Swanson and the Rutherford Institute, a civil liberties group based in the city. The measure also endorses a proposed two-year moratorium on drones in Virginia.
Councilmember Dede Smith, who voted in favor of the bill, says that drones are “pretty clearly a threat to our constitutional right to privacy.”
“If we don’t get out ahead of it to establish some guidelines for how drones are used, they will be used in a very invasive way and we’ll be left to try and pick up the pieces,” she says.
“With a lot of these resolutions, although they don’t have a lot of teeth to them, they can inspire other governments to pass similar measures,” she says. “You can get a critical mass and then it does have influence. One doesn’t do much, but a thousand of them might. We want this on [federal and state lawmakers'] radars.”
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Good for them, but I have a feeling that "national security" supercedes any local or state laws. Some interesting times we are living through. Bizzaro world...
Ha! There is no constititutional right to privacy liekt that councilwoman said. Find it in the constitution. A protectioin writtten on a faded piace of paper won't mean a fucking thing anywasy. Red China had all sorts of constitutional protecitions for its 'citizens' and look what happened there. Maybe a few commentores here are relativiely free - douvtful - but most are slaves to mental habits or there actual bosses.
Speaking of dangerous unmanned flying objects (DUFOS)
Can someone pass a law that forbids Asteroid 2012 da14 from hitting us on February 15th?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYBxoBHWhw0
OR! Pass a law that forbids Comet ISON (which will be 18 times larger than full moon)
from making all fiat currencies obsolete with it's 11,800 year orbit antics?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL8saqFsiBM
And, yes.
I made the videos.
:)
PS. FUCK DRONES <---- old Jedi saying
Let me guess... This law prohibits private citizens from having drones but gives Uncle Scam a wink and a nod. Pathetic...
People keep looking for shreds of hope to help them cope with the dystopian hell they are experiencing.
Edit - Watch NewThors videos (above)- great graphics and story line droll humor this is cult video stuff - and the moderator voice grows on you all in all brilliant
+1 Thor +1
and meanwhile Brian Williams assures us Drones are good
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39788177?launch=50711278&csid=NBC_US_News_Blog...
THis observer wont be looking forthat cunt asteroid. If it hits me fukck it.
Brian Williams has a cunt where his mouth should be.
I bet Krieger voted for him twice
As if Iranians could simply defend themselves by passing anti drone laws
politicians just mad that they didn't get drone manufacturing federal aid to give away "jobs"
This law only works when you back it up with a few missile batteries and a radar system. The sentiment is appreciated though. Any noise making is good at this point.
Besides they forgot to add orbiting spy satellites.
As a + ? for the Iranians:
They did launch a monkey into space and give him a way back,
(or an identical monkey).
wait...I thought that was a man that parachuted from space.
Like the guy said, you beating off over this youshould get out moar. Or did you get reemed by the tale of the comet so that's why your so "thor".
Your grammar is terrible. Hope you're FOB or else our public school system has failed you.
God please save us!
another "end of the world" freak.
How very cynical.
I like to console myself equally with this bleak view: that you have a number of rights, some of which are now taken away and replaced with those that won't avail you of anything.
Did anyone else notice that the "lead-in" graphic shows what has been used in many news graphics as a fleeing (illegal?) immigrant family here fleeing the missile from the drone.
It's called the Fourth Amendment, dumbass.
Who were the two fucks to vote against this? Does Placeholder and his bull dyke PIC Janet live there?
Next step then would be making drones a nuisance species covered by game regulations. Continuous open season, unlimited bag limit.
Happy hunting.
Next, next step: New drones will be painted with spots. Then EPA and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service will promptly ban the hunting of the endangered spotted drone. Drone itself will actually enforce that law and fire back.
Defend yourself.
Are hand-held SAMs (surface to air missiles) covered under the 2nd Amendment? I recall that they were pretty effective against the Soviets in Afghanistan.
The heck with those AR15s and their miniscule bullets. I want some SAMs. And a few LAWs. Anyone know where I can get a Panzerfaust or bazooka?
According to history, a big Facsicst entity comprising Monsanto, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, DuPont and the U.S. Government got together and created a bunch of States which were to be forever compliant to whatever desires those wise men deemed necessary and proper to the security of their union..........
Good for them, but I have a feeling that "national security" supercedes any local or state laws. Some interesting times we are living through. Bizzaro world...
I think some of these states have decided to NOT go along with anything coming from this Admin, laws or no laws.
I think some of these states have decided to NOT go along with anything coming from this Admin, laws or no laws.
We'd all like to see that, but it AIN'T HAPPENING.
Have I got this all wrong?
Charlottesville, Virginia declares war on POTUS....
Congrats are truly in order.
But the feds do whatever the fuck they like.
Assholes.
http://www.angrysinner.blogspot.kr/2013/02/yesterday-dragon-lady-served-steak-for.html
STFU or you're going to get beat by multiple sticks.
bullish for MANT.
Dateline - Washington, D.C. Feb 5, 2014
By act of Congress, on a vote of 98-2 in the senate, Charlottesville, VA has become the new home to the controversial National Toxic Waste Dump. Though originally planned for Yucca Mountain, it was a complete surprise when Harry Reid introduced this legislation roughly a year ago.
@Cursive - Probably not far from the truth.
Perhaps a rider in some utterly forgettable bill that somehow manages to create backdoor profits for him, via ammunition sales to the government from a business created only 6 months prior, in an area mini-mart parking ...... Oh wait.
That guy is a waste of skin.
No sympathy here - they got precisely what they voted for.
In 2012, those idiots voted for Hussein Obama 80/20.
i'm looking for real estate immediately, right there,
before i am priced out !
Breaking news.....Charlottesville legislative building has just been leveled
by a missile attack. Witnesses said the missiles just seem to come out of the nowhere.
No further details available at this time.
Just as in TWA Flight 800, the witnesses are drunk, and don't know what they saw. The most likely cause was a gas leak in the building. "Explosive residue" found in the building was due to having hosted troops from Iraq five years prior and in no way supports the likelihood that any kind of missile was responsible for the building's destruction.
Excellent point...all of these years later and no official report, eh? Same will happen with Sandy Hook.
Excellent picture of OBOMBA with a drone seen here: "Don't Drone me Bro!"
http://whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/CRASH/TWA/twa.php
“NBC is reporting that the strike on the New Fallujah research facility completely neutralized the threat of the dreaded WMLs (Weapons of Mass Liberty)...”
OMFG...does anyone actually beleive a 'law' is going to keep drones out of their airspace?
80% of them voted for Hussein Obama. The answer, for them at least, is definitely affirmative.
The law covers the entire jurisdiction like a giant cloak of tank armor. Or something.
Any other questions?
ONe quesiton. Define 'or something.'
As a law abiding citizen, you should attempt to detain the criminal drone using whatever means necessary. Remember, it probably was intent on attacking so you can preemptively attack it.
Of course not.
In the context of "drones," that's the point.
Zoom out a little, recognize the forces in play, extrapolate the results, and cheer on the well-intentioned people of Charlottesville.
What the fuck are you talking about? Good intentions accomplish what with who now? You're going to have to be a little more specific.
No, I don't have to be a little more specific.
Are you trying to say the sheeple wont stand for it? ROFLMAO! They voted for Obama TWICE, you idiot. And in case you haven't been paying attention, there is no rule of law. None. Zero. Hello? Is this thing on??
If it is no longer a nation of laws, what is it then
Fascism
A nation of meat-puppets.
You sound young.
Nothing wrong with young.
Calm down and think about what I said.
And a hopefully helpful tip -- racing for the "idiot" etc crap as an impulse gets you nowhere.
Thank you, but just as you don't have to explain yourself or your comments, I will do as I please as well.
I need neither your moral high horse nor your utopian attitude bullshit.
Fightclub, bitchezz!!!
You think this was a result of the presidential election? C'mon ...
He didn't need to explain himself because it was all there. You took it as liberty to not substantiate your claims, and that's on you I guess.
All the swing states were stolen with massive vote fraud. Romney actually won.
to Cabreado. Good. I refuse to plop up anybodys ego so no green but still thats a good reply.
from an old saying:
".... the road to hell is paved with good intentions...."
'Laws' won't keep them out. Making drone "pilots", manufacturers and financers afraid for their families' lives will.
Straight up anti-tyrannynomics, man.
First Pakistani terrorists vote to ban drones, then Afghanistan, Yemen, and...now our fellow citizens? Don't worry dear people of Virginia, we will free the living shit out of those insurgents in Charlottesville.
Just waiting on the check to General Atomics to clear...
...and I think that 3-2 vote was the result of massive fraud, and we should not recoginze its validity.
@ersatzteil
LOL. You said it all.
http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/04/16843014-exclusive-justice-department-memo-reveals-legal-case-for-drone-strikes-on-americans#.URGb3_vig0U.twitter
What are these traitors talking about? We all know the army of party informants and intelligence operatives needs all the help it can get in the war against terrorists.
Read your fucking history. people. It's all there.
Forward, Soviet!
Forward, Soviet, sooky (bitchez)! Fixed it for ya
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More feel good bullshit legislation for the sheepletons. We now return to our regularly scheduled programming; 'Dronewarz, keeping you free or fucking else'..........
Can't wait for the Charlotteville citizen that shoots one down in the name of the law. Fuck yeah buddy, welcome to Guantanamo.
Fuck you Obama. Freedom raping Chicago prick.
The 2012 election results are here:
http://townhall.com/election/2012/president/va/charlottesville/summary
They got precisely what they voted for.
Drones Remorse ;-)
Certainly, the intent of the democrat faction is to impose a tyranny of the ignorant, enforced by mob rule, and couched as 'democracy'. Welcome to the Hunger Games.
And may the odds be ever in your favahhhhh!
You're a terrist and racist.
Turn Americuh into the Pashtun hinterland.
AQ Mission Accomplished.
Skeet shooting!!!!
Obomber will understand, right? Afterall, he's a hobby skeet shooter, right? ....Uh yeah, dumbass photo op of an idiot President who can't even exhibit proper shooting form.
On the next day they approved a measure (5-0) to allow anti-aircraft batteries in every back yard to back up the previous resolution.
(A man can dream)
It's Virginia. Don't be surprised if anti-aircraft batteries are next. Although probably not in Charlottesville.
University town...whatcha gonna do...stupid kids & whackademics.
Wow, those verboten thoughts were in my head as well. Women can dream as well.....for the time being before the chips are implanted. Laws without teeth are a waste of time
Miffed:-)
Resolutions are great and laudable, laws a little better if useful and enforced uniformly...unrestricted liberty to ably defend oneself against encroaching tyranny...now thats pure freedom ;-)
Councilmember Dede Smith is obviously a terrorist and should be waterboarded ASAP!!
We're making federal income tax illegal in my town.
when you get the process working, efficient & resistant to IRS interference, you gotta share with everyone how it's working, so everyone else can copy the process & destroy the IRS criminal income-theft department of terrorism
Yippee. The more resistance the better. In cases where it fails it builds even stronger. This is a big one.
Release the Sandy Hook video. Show the world Holders men in action. F'ker did the same thing in Oklahoma City.
New book by Viet Vet puts it ALL together!
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Much corruption on various levels but coming from a Catholic? Really?
Sometimes you can judge an entity by its enemies. Who traditionally, have been the Catholic's most ardent haters?
How is this stuff even being permitted? It is all over ” illegal search and seizure,” and don't even go thinking about murder without trials. If Americans cant see this, then it is too late, and Americans end-stage destruction has come. Forget about “freedom” there never was any! Forget about warrentless wiretaps, because the people never did a GD thing. Forget about these drones, because the governemnt will do anything they please! Americans wont say a word and will go back to drooling over the superbowl. This place is worse then HELL.
Takes time for the lights to come back on.
33 minutes the last time.
3..2..1 Anti-dronies get their names searchable on a google maps app
Laws laws laws and more laws - no worry about enforcement - no concern for enforcement. The executive picks and chooses who to bring action against, the third branch goes along with this.
Laws laws laws and more laws - no worry about enforcement - no concern for enforcement. The executive picks and chooses who to bring action against, the third branch goes along with this.
Maybe they mean what they legislate and intend to IGNORE D.C's mandates.
What are they going to do to them fine them?.Any actions on the violent side will likely set OFF most of the rest of the RED states against them even more so?.
Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
Drone manufacturers are not going to like this unpatriotic gesture.
They will soon promise a drone manufacturing plant with 10,000 jobs in Virginia.
These people obviously have something to hide.
Oh sure, this will be good for about 9 seconds until Michael Huerta over at FAA steps into cast a giant "Fuck You" over the liberty party in Vaginia. Sure, sure sure. Do all the ranting you want. FAA holds the keys and Huerta and many others are all ready to pounce when shit like this crops up. Charlottesville Albemarle Airport wants some money from FAA for improvements? Dear City Council: Fuck You...Love, FAA. And yes, we telephoned the DOT as well so they could hold all of your FHWA grants. Liberty? Yeah, I got yer liberty right here muthafuckahs. But since you're so addicted to the federal tit, we'll just have to cut you off. Enjoy the drone free skies, assholes. The feds give no fucks about you and your contribution.
Ya, seriously. Texas should have said "Fine, you do that to us, we'll arrest every Federal agent PERIOD"
But they didn't.
Holder will have a suit ready to file against Charlottesville by morning.
Not to worry folk's. Bloomberg will limit 6 drones per square mile, while him and his armed guards take your guns.
It's all good!!!!
Forward Bitcheez!!
Fuck it let's just make our own damn drones it's not that hard. Cool thing is technology is so advanced you don't have to be a whiz to do it. It's getting to be like building a kit go kart you just bolt the shit together and add your own accessories.........rocket launcher, bomb dropper, handgun etc. LMAO.
In fact I can't believe it's taken this long to come up with these stupid things I was trying to build a bomb door with a remote opener that would drop an m80 on my asshole neighbors back in the mid 80's when I was in middle school. Of course I never did but it's not that hard. Accuracy would be a problem esp with homebuilt stuff so just drop 20 bombs at a time like the US gov't does you're bound to hit something.
Yep...........maybe we should spread this idea over the net and see how long it takes before one of Rothschilds mansions are swarming with little bugs with a deadly stinger.
These things can work both ways there's plenty of assholes to target and there is no such thing as physical barriers in air space. Just make sure it can't be traced back to you.
Already being done
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOmnkWI_FUQ
Or start hacking these things and crashing them into lakes.
Resolutions are fine, and I'm glad they did this.
Next step is to pass legislation that allows any law abiding citizen to own whatever the Marines and Special Forces are deployed with.
Why not? If you trust your citizens with a vote and a car why not with the weapons your military carries?
Unless, of course, you are afraid they will have a route to shrugging off the kleptoligarchy.
One single city in the U.S., by one single vote, has outlawed the use of Drones. Pretty pathetic response to the injustice.
Hey Joe,
gotta start somewhere!
a week ago there were 98 sheriffs saying NO to gun grabbing feds,
This week ? 228
Cut some slack! BTW what have you done for the cause this week 'moneybags'?
DroneDjango.... Unchained.
"See something, Say something." Big Sis, head snitch in charge of pre-crimes.
"Obama should round up all his opposition like a third world dictator." Harry (Day-Oh!) Belafonte.
"We would be willing to murder, or eliminate, 25 million Americans who could not be re-educated into the revolution." Bill Ayers, longtime Obama buddy.
"We need to punish our enemies." Barrack Hussein Obama.
"We need to have a civilian army, just as well funded..." Barrack Hussein Obama.
"WH didn't know about assault rifles getting into Mexico." Eric Holder.
"A speed bump..." Barrack Hussein Obama, describing Benghazi attack and Amb. Chris Stevens murder
"What does it matter???" Hillary Rodham Clinton, describing Benghazi murders.
Maybe they all suffer from dark patches on their brains. Scans should be pre-employment requirement for politicians, along with valid BC.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2273857/Neurologist-disco...
Good show David Swanson and the Rutherford Institute.
Next TARGET.....No fly zone for Chemtrail Jet Tankers.
............Anti Chemtrail Zones for all...............
Rutherford Institute.... does great work and are very busy right now and they take donations, are on my list. they also defend and sue on behalf of vets and others who are being swatted by gun haters for having legal guns, then held without cause with a psych diagnosis, Soviet-style.
Landmark Legal Foundation is another good one.
Both these guys are in the trenches every day.
Thank you for the heads up on these.
I read the geo engineering heads names one time and over half were chinese and there was a rothschild bitch whore toboot.
The last I heard China does not get chemtrailed.
When surrounded by zions and tigers and bears a human being must be.
Hey BIMP, gotta link for the ACZ?
Send them back your fierce defiance
Stamp upon the cursed alliance
I'll probably get a visit (or disappear) for telling you all this, but the BATF is busy conducting surprise visits on residents of my county to inventory and inquire as to what sort of arms they have. Kinda nuts. Extra-rural here, and the people they're targeting are not dodgy characters (except for that one guy). Business owners/retirees whose reputation and character were never called into question previously. I overheard a tip-off last night where Man A told Man B he was next on the list. I know Man B. A pillar of society, except he's vocal about the fact that he is fully prepared for "anything that'll happen." I won't elaborate, but you can probably pick up what I'm laying down.
Apparently "See something, Say something" is a success.
Unfu*king believable!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That would never happen around here.....the visitors would surely be fed to the alligators.
Can you give rough geographic? SE, SW, NW, NE MidWest, Upper Midwest???
Great Lakes region. The Cheesehead portion.
"The anti-drone resolution passed in a 3 to 2 vote, with councilors Kathy Galvin and Kristin Szakos voting against it. The resolution supports a two-year ban on drone use and prohibits city entities from purchasing them.
Szakos said she felt the vote was premature and that drones could be used in positive ways."
I've met Szakos. She packs heavy caliber stupid.
Thanks...
darpa argus program and that's just what they're showing
Not one in my area so I must be on the dead list along with whoever they send to kill me.
At 15-20k ft. do they have a fighter jet, rockets or radar or any way to stop the peeping barrys (SAM's) or is this a city breaking lawsuit filing snipe hunt?
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I think there's an old saying "If it's time to bury your guns it's time to dig them up".
or
"Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not. - Thomas Jefferson
Amen brother.
The new green shoot economy will be freedom loving americans building weapons to combat the tyranny of the government
Who needs drones to spy when there's FaceBook and cloud email services like Gmail? We're all Pakistanis now.
City of Charlottesville. 605 E. Main St., Charlottesville, VA 22902. Phone (434) 970-3333
Email City Council: council@charlottesville.org
Interesting... Virginia's hack governor is one of the top cheerleaders for domestic drones.
.50 cal BMG or .338 Lapua for the lower flying ones.
Btd http://i.stuff.co.nz/technology/gadgets/8266002/UK-sends-hand-held-drone...
Talking of US drones, this from the BBC today:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21350437
Right to privacy? What about the Fifth Amendment, the "due process" clause?
As far as I know, Saudi Arabia doesn't practice such trivial things as citizen privacy and doesn't abide by the US Constitution. They have the latter in common with Obama.
More:
http://rt.com/usa/news/florida-ban-spying-drones-135/
http://www.infowars.com/virginia-close-to-banning-government-spy-drones/
http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/17/berkeley-to-consider-banning-drones/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/5755446/Unmanned-drones-c...