In the meantime, and thanks once again, specifically Cleaner44 for the web design offer I may take you up on that, there are a number of great sites out there that are doing a bang up job in reporting police abuse.

Radley Balko's "The Agitator" http://www.theagitator.com/

I'd also encourage people to read Balko's columns at HuffPo and Reason as well.

The heroic Will Grigg at "Pro Libertate" http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/

Grigg also posts regularly at Lew Rockwell's sites and blog http://www.lewrockwell.com/

Our own RPF member DavidDee that started "Dog Murderers" http://www.dogmurderers.com/

David Packman's excellent "Injustice Everywhere" site, http://www.injusticeeverywhere.com/ sadly on hiatus until he figures out what, if anything, to do with the site. I still have my name in the hat to take it over, but honestly think, in spite of my differences, that CATO would do a better job. Point is, somebody needs to get it up and running again, keep in mind that the last time government compiled any form of police abuse statistics was over ten years ago, and in spite of Congressional mandates demanding that they do, it has not been done. Only by private efforts like Packman's are there any sort of reliable figures for trending police abuse.

An effort I have supported over the years, "Strike The Root" http://strike-the-root.com/

For the more "hard core" the Sipsey Street Irregulars blog http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/

And David Codrea's "War On Guns" site http://waronguns.blogspot.com/

I hope you know about dosbox, dosemu, etc....
I remember when 95 came out and we all had the same problems. DirectX was actually written post haste because MS had straight-up neglected to include a 3d library with 95, and the outcry at 1) not being able to run old games and 2) not having any new facilities to write new games was too much for MS to deflect.

I'm also wondering.... what was so fundamentally wrong with the 3.1 interface that I'm not remembering? I picked it up in about five minutes, without having an IT degree at the time. Nowadays there's a 2-week break-in period when I get a new version of windows, and that's usually trying to find some dead simple, 40-year-old functionality which is completely gone.

Seems like they've started a trend: unnecessarily rewrite the whole window manager in one version, then spend the next version making it actually work.

I'm against all unnecessary regulations of any kind. However, a regulation requiring all cable news media to display the following statement should be implemented:

The host(s) and guest on this program may not be telling the truth. It is up to the viewer to research all facts on their own if he/she wishes to know the truth. This network is not responsible for the masses believing in carefully orchestrated lies designed by us to get said individuals to behave in a certain manner.

It's too late.

The end has already begun for the donklephant (the supposed "2 party system") establishment.

Weather or not Dr. Paul wins the nomination is of no consequence. The Paul campaign and it's supporters are like Navy Seal Team 6 vs the local PTA. We are infinitely more organized, motivated and educated about the election process. We are winning delegates at an exponential rate. We will not compromise on our values when it comes to the convention.

Our message is liberty. The message is infectious and once infected it is terminal. Once a Ron Paul / Rand Paul / Liberty convert we will NEVER switch back. We, just like the special forces are "force multipliers" we "infect" those around us with the message of liberty and those infected go forth and infect more. The establishment can play it's games and squeeze Ron Paul out of this election, but we have Rand Paul a young man cut from the same cloth that has a VERY VERY long political life ahead of him who we will support in exactly that same way as we have Dr. Paul.

So you see establishment, it's already over. The liberty infection takes hold at the very nature of all Americans and human beings...there is but one cure and that is to remove our chains and we are picking the locks right now.

Not only are we a Constitutional Republic, and not a Democracy. But we're a Representative Constitutional Republic. In America, your vote represents your voice. Your vote is also entirely a representation of the policies you support, in the officials you vote for. So, the Obama supporters indeed have some explaining to do for their failure to research policies/legislative records (and for failure to provide a trustworthy President). But, do not think that fellow Republicans & Conservatives are not scrutinized for their failures to provide a decent President (in a while). George W. Bush may have been glorified for many things, and many of these positions are hypocrisy to what America stands for. The Bush supporting Republicans have a lot of explaining to do as well, for getting us involved in a perpetual war that is not within the best interest of the country. Not to mention the Patriot Act, among other things.

Now, to more recent events. The "Anyone But Obama" people have some explaining to do. In a Representative Republic, your vote represents your voice (as I stated). This means the people jumping on the bandwagon for Mitt Romney, also must advocate the policies that man supports. As well as, being entirely responsible (if he's elected), for any failures to provide a decent candidate.

This is why the entire "Blindly Following The Party Lines" is a flawed mentality. You don't have to vote Republican or Democrat, and you surely don't have to jump on the Populist Bandwagon of supporting who the GOP is pushing upon you. Yes, I'm a Ron Paul supporter. I will not vote Romney. Why? As I stated, your vote represents your voice. I support the policies that Ron Paul espouses, and I do not support the policies that Obama/Romney advocates. I do not support the suspension of habeas corpus, or assault weapon bans. I do not support the United Nations, or the Federal Reserve. I do not support Federal Healthcare Programs, and a World-Wide Military Empire. These are not positions I support, therefore, I will not support the candidate(s) which advocate those policies.

Before you proclaim that Ron Paul supporters are the new Ross Perrot supporters. The error in using this argument, is that you presume Ross Perrot wasn't the better candidate (when he was). This implies that the majority was wrong, and not the Ross Perrot supporters. Behaving like you belong in a Democracy, by trying to condemn people who will not blindly fall in line with the mainstream candidate. Is precisely why Ron Paul supporters (a majority of them, anyway), will not fall in line to elect Mitt Romney. Just because the Mitt Romney supporters are the majority, doesn't make them in the right. This is why we're not a Democracy, because the minority can be oppressed by the majority. The folks that are jumping on the "Anyone But Obama" bandwagon, in order to fall behind Mitt Romney. Simply are, behaving like we live in a Democracy. How so? They're trying to lead us by mob rule, by attempting to push the blame on us for not becoming part of their mob. You see this mob blatantly, between the Republicans and Democrats. They point fingers at one another, without holding themselves (and their representatives) accountable for their own actions, failures, and corruption. The two mobs vilify any candidate, and their supporters, which do not adhere to the "mainstream ideology" of what their mob now represents. The mainstreamed majority that exist with the Republicans and Democrats, have simply transitioned into a Mob Rule. This is why it's so difficult to convert individuals that exist as part of the collective mob they originally fell in line with.

We all know that Ron Paul is the only true Jeffersonian Republican, because his policies speak that philosophy. It's what Republicanism actually meant when this country was founded. We also know the Federalist party was the rival to the Republican Party in the late 1700's and early 1800's (around the era of the Republican Revolution d` 1800). The Federalist party is also where the Democratic Party evolved from. The issue that we're seeing, is that the mainstream Republican policies have slowly transitioned into the equivalent of Federalist Philosophy. The Federal Reserve? Centralized, and many Republicans support it. That's not a Republican belief, simply because, Republicans support decentralization. This is one thing that makes Ron Paul stick out as a true republican. Another would be foreign policy, because military bases are Federal Government institutions. A world-wide military empire contradicts the idea of conservative beliefs, because those are institutions that expand the government. This is one thing that makes Ron Paul stick out as the true Republican as well. Things like Federal Healthcare, are obviously not Republican positions either. Why? It bypasses state governments (also unconstitutional), and goes to the Federal Government. This is also a key sign that Ron Paul is the only true Republican. Foreign Aid is another area in which Ron Paul shows himself to be the only true Republican. Why? Foreign Aid is taken by taxation, and this is siphoned from the people towards the Federal Government. This is also not a Republican position, due to centralizing resources, instead of leaving that personal decision among the people (decentralized). Ron Paul is also the only one willing to abolish Federal Income Tax (not just nibble at the tax code), this is also a Republican position.

The war on drugs is also hypocritical to Republican beliefs. Why? Firstly, it's Federally Criminalized (thus, bypassing states), which is not a Republican position. It also increases the size of government in order to police drug users, which is also not a Republican position. The war on drugs also takes control out of the hands of the family (Family Values are part of Conservatism), and grants that power to the Government (Families cannot protect their loved ones from the government in this scenario). This is clearly not a Republican position either. Not to mention, the increased taxation in order to fund the expanding police state/government which is required to maintain a war on those same drugs. Which is also not a Republican position, and the war on drugs is clearly not a policy in which Ron Paul supports. Unlike his competitors, this is why Ron Paul is the only real Republican. We can clearly see that the policies supported by Mitt Romney, and other Republican Political Figures, are hypocritical to the Republican Platform.

You want to persuade a Mormon Romney supporter, or at least get a kernel of doubt about Romney in their mind? Here is an argument and a few links that would help. In Mormon theology we believe that Jesus Christ Himself inspired the Founding Fathers in the writing The Constitution (a few scriptures: http://www.lds.org/scriptures/gs/con...y=constitution). Ask them if they think it would be important to follow The Constitution if God Himself took teh time to guide the hearts and minds of men to craft the document, gives it His seal of approval in Mormon scripture, and exhorts everyone to follow it saying any law more or less than it "cometh of evil"? When they answer with the obvious "Yes." then drive home the point that Dr. Paul is much more of a strict adherent to The Constitution than Mitt Romney and show proof of that on both accounts. Make this the linchpin fo your argument and if it doesn't outright convince, it will place doubts, doubts that can latter be capitalized on.

Also here are other helps. One of these is an addresses by a man who we believe to be a modern apostle who later on became the Prophet of the Church, and its earthly head. His name was Ezra Taft Benson (he even served as Eisenhower's Sec. of Agriculture). One is called "Our Divine Constitution" http://www.lds.org/general-conferenc...ution?lang=eng the other is from a man who is currently one of the modern Twelve Apostles (who was also a Utah State Supreme Court Judge too). His name is Dallin H. Oaks. His address is called The Divinely Inspired Constitution" http://www.lds.org/ensign/1992/02/th...ution?lang=eng If you read these addresses and learn their assertions you can show any Mormon from the words of their own leaders, people they acknowledge as "Prophets, Seers, and Revelators" support a limited constitutional government. Then show that Ron Paul is the one supporting that exact same thing, while Romney is for the exact opposite. This puts Dr. Paul in more harmony with the words of the prophets than Romney, and therefore more worth support.

(Also the address by Elder Oaks is worth everyone reading. His explanation of The Constitution is phenomenal.)

What people?

http://www.constitution.org/lrev/roots/cops.htm

The core issue is that the intended series of checks on federal power has been abandoned.

The system was designed so that either the SCOTUS or a majority of the states could declare a federal law unconstitutional. This prevents a monopoly of power, which is the road to tyranny.

The other check is the militia system. By having the capability of a universal militia, the founders put in Machiavelli's dictum in THE PRINCE "Good arms and good laws go together. Where the people have recourse to good arms, no Prince dare make a bad law."

The hierarchy of laws is simple
(A) US Constitution
(B) Treaties ratified by the Senate
(C) Constitutional federal laws
(D) State Constitutions
(E) State laws made in accordance with US and State Constitutions
(F) Local laws made in accordance with US and State Constitutions

What is broken is the enforcement mechanism, which depends on an informed and active citizenry. Which depends on a system of education......... that teaches the responsibilities of citizenship. Socialists realize that controlling the education system of a country ultimately leads to control of the country.