Relics of the Old Republic

So all that stuff in the Constitution about not allowing "excessive fines"  can just be ignored now? Apparently this so in the People's Republic of California where you can receive a $1,000 fine for throwing a football or frisbee on the  beach in Los Angeles county and for digging a hole more than 18 inches deep into the beach sand as well. The vast majority of the people in Cali don't deserve the paradise they live in. Truly.

Further proof that all that stuff in the constitution about the right to a speedy trial, the prohibition against excessive bail, and the presumption of innocence and all the other safeguards we supposedly have are all just bullshit.

Two years after their arrests the Hutaree Militia defendants finally going to trial says the Detroit News.

Lewrockwell.com is in the tank for Ron Paul

It is so sad that the web site that claims to be "anti-war, anti-state, pro-market" falls for the same rotten, smelly old cheese of conventional politics when one of it's own favorites is packed in it. Just about every article on LRC these days is now devoted the GOP (!) presidential candidacy of Rep. Ron Paul. The Ghost Dancer faction of the LP/paleo-con American political scene that LRC caters to fairly whirls up a storm  seeking comfort by trying to return to a past that can never be again no matter who they vote for. Even Ron Paul.