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james_davis_nicollUsing data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, the ACLU has determined that nearly 2/3 of the entire US population (197.4 million people) live within 100 miles of the US land and coastal borders.
The government is assuming extraordinary powers to stop and search individuals within this zone. This is not just about the border: This " Constitution-Free Zone" includes most of the nation's largest metropolitan areas.
Is the claim that "nearly 2/3 of the entire US population (197.4 million people) live within 100 miles of the US land and coastal borders" correct? That would seem to require that the rest of the country contains slightly over 1/3rd of the population and since my incredibly untrustworthy eye thinks the first area is much smaller than the second, it implies even lower population densities than I expected for the interior regions.
The government is assuming extraordinary powers to stop and search individuals within this zone. This is not just about the border: This " Constitution-Free Zone" includes most of the nation's largest metropolitan areas.
Is the claim that "nearly 2/3 of the entire US population (197.4 million people) live within 100 miles of the US land and coastal borders" correct? That would seem to require that the rest of the country contains slightly over 1/3rd of the population and since my incredibly untrustworthy eye thinks the first area is much smaller than the second, it implies even lower population densities than I expected for the interior regions.
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Date: 2008-10-28 07:55 pm (UTC)The oil we keep
ash
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Date: 2008-10-28 08:04 pm (UTC)you misunderstand me. It's the electorate ve vant...
come. join us. be one with us.
forever.
;)
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Date: 2008-10-28 08:05 pm (UTC)ash
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Date: 2008-10-28 08:07 pm (UTC)10 new blue states on a wall, ten new blue states...
take one down, pass even a POTUS from it...
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Date: 2008-10-28 10:48 pm (UTC)We can just borrow you temporarily. Really. Just till November 5th?