Comments on: We’ve Come to Inspect Your Castle http://www.theagitator.com/2008/07/21/weve-come-to-inspect-your-castle/ It rankles me when somebody tries to tell somebody what to do. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:54:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Tim Worstall http://www.theagitator.com/2008/07/21/weve-come-to-inspect-your-castle/comment-page-1/#comment-156273 Tim Worstall Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:00:51 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=10323#comment-156273 Steve's right. It's not a proposal, that's the state of the law currently. Some are entirely sensible (the gas company needs a policeman present to enter your home to check for a gas leak, but not a warrant) and others are not: the right to inspect your pot plants for odd insects. Steve’s right. It’s not a proposal, that’s the state of the law currently.
Some are entirely sensible (the gas company needs a policeman present to enter your home to check for a gas leak, but not a warrant) and others are not: the right to inspect your pot plants for odd insects.

]]> By: KBCraig http://www.theagitator.com/2008/07/21/weve-come-to-inspect-your-castle/comment-page-1/#comment-156077 KBCraig Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:42:31 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=10323#comment-156077 Claude: that's crazy! What was the outcome? Claude: that’s crazy! What was the outcome?

]]> By: Steve http://www.theagitator.com/2008/07/21/weve-come-to-inspect-your-castle/comment-page-1/#comment-156028 Steve Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:52:01 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=10323#comment-156028 Read the article... it's not a proposal. That's how many laws there are, now, that let government goons to wander in and wander around warrantless. Read the article… it’s not a proposal. That’s how many laws there are, now, that let government goons to wander in and wander around warrantless.

]]> By: Former Army http://www.theagitator.com/2008/07/21/weve-come-to-inspect-your-castle/comment-page-1/#comment-156000 Former Army Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:36:52 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=10323#comment-156000 Reminds me of the euphemistically-dubbed "health and welfare" inspections of my Army days. While I was attending the Defense Language Institute, it was under the pretense of such an inspection that the Army was supposedly able to bust all those gay linguists, or so we believed. Wow, I totally just wrote that before reading TomMil's posting. Reminds me of the euphemistically-dubbed “health and welfare” inspections of my Army days. While I was attending the Defense Language Institute, it was under the pretense of such an inspection that the Army was supposedly able to bust all those gay linguists, or so we believed.

Wow, I totally just wrote that before reading TomMil’s posting.

]]> By: Why you don’t allow rental inspections - The Editor's Desk : Desert Dispatch http://www.theagitator.com/2008/07/21/weve-come-to-inspect-your-castle/comment-page-1/#comment-155902 Why you don’t allow rental inspections - The Editor's Desk : Desert Dispatch Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:04:59 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=10323#comment-155902 [...] is what lack of respect for private property leads to. Link via Radley Balko’s blog. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and [...] [...] is what lack of respect for private property leads to. Link via Radley Balko’s blog. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and [...]

]]> By: claude http://www.theagitator.com/2008/07/21/weve-come-to-inspect-your-castle/comment-page-1/#comment-155839 claude Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:27:45 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=10323#comment-155839 shoot, i wanted to post a link to a scanned document i received but it wouldnt post. lets try it without the htt... bayimg.com/eajDjaabp i came home to an apt i was living at 7 years ago and found that taped to my door. shoot, i wanted to post a link to a scanned document i received but it wouldnt post. lets try it without the htt…

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i came home to an apt i was living at 7 years ago and found that taped to my door.

]]> By: claude http://www.theagitator.com/2008/07/21/weve-come-to-inspect-your-castle/comment-page-1/#comment-155837 claude Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:24:37 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=10323#comment-155837 is the site not working? my comment disappeared into hyperspace. :( is the site not working? my comment disappeared into hyperspace. :(

]]> By: freedomfan http://www.theagitator.com/2008/07/21/weve-come-to-inspect-your-castle/comment-page-1/#comment-155832 freedomfan Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:06:31 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=10323#comment-155832 The article on the Buffalo Clean Sweep operation was an absolute gem. Government goons caught in their own thinly-veiled pretexts, so-called journalists not doing their jobs, citizens knowing they are being trod upon, etc., etc., etc. From that piece: [quote]I told several people about Niederhoffer's remark that the police were trying to send a message that this was "not the third world." "If this isn't the third world," said Jessica Ramirez, "then why are you violating my rights? This is America. You can't do things like this.[/quote] Bingo! I wonder how many of the government employees in that article have as firm a grasp on the fundamental issues? They didn't do a poll, but it kinda sounded like zero... The article on the Buffalo Clean Sweep operation was an absolute gem. Government goons caught in their own thinly-veiled pretexts, so-called journalists not doing their jobs, citizens knowing they are being trod upon, etc., etc., etc.

From that piece:
[quote]I told several people about Niederhoffer’s remark that the police were trying to send a message that this was “not the third world.”

“If this isn’t the third world,” said Jessica Ramirez, “then why are you violating my rights? This is America. You can’t do things like this.[/quote]

Bingo! I wonder how many of the government employees in that article have as firm a grasp on the fundamental issues? They didn’t do a poll, but it kinda sounded like zero…

]]> By: TomMil http://www.theagitator.com/2008/07/21/weve-come-to-inspect-your-castle/comment-page-1/#comment-155825 TomMil Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:34:16 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=10323#comment-155825 In NJ there is a talk of allowing police to go onto a property where a party is allegedly going on to determine if there is underage drinking and characterizing it as a "health and welfare" inspection. The scheme is to allow for this in a municipal ordinance so it will be a town by town thing. I found out about it by eavesdropping on two high ranking members of my county's Republican and Democratic parties in a courthouse lounge room (the two party system, hooray!). I interrupted them to ask about the 4th Amendment considerations (and Article 1 Section 7 of the NJ Constitution). They both reacted like I had kicked their dog saying, "Oh those aren't even implicated in an administrative action like this." I just said, "Well, okay. If you say so." Now I await my first case where this b.s. is used for an excuse to enter private property. I would be very surprised if a NJ Applellate Court let's this fly. In NJ there is a talk of allowing police to go onto a property where a party is allegedly going on to determine if there is underage drinking and characterizing it as a “health and welfare” inspection. The scheme is to allow for this in a municipal ordinance so it will be a town by town thing. I found out about it by eavesdropping on two high ranking members of my county’s Republican and Democratic parties in a courthouse lounge room (the two party system, hooray!). I interrupted them to ask about the 4th Amendment considerations (and Article 1 Section 7 of the NJ Constitution). They both reacted like I had kicked their dog saying, “Oh those aren’t even implicated in an administrative action like this.” I just said, “Well, okay. If you say so.” Now I await my first case where this b.s. is used for an excuse to enter private property. I would be very surprised if a NJ Applellate Court let’s this fly.

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