You commit three felonies a day

You commit three felonies a day. “The answer lies in the very nature of modern federal criminal laws, which have exploded in number but also become impossibly broad and vague.” Unlike North Korea, they won’t have to arrest you for not crying enough when Obama misses a putt…

Bonfire of the Absurdities: After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.

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  • I would like to suggest that in the next session of Congress, they only be allowed to repeal laws, not create new ones. I would recommend the 16th and 17th Amendments for starters.

  • As screwed up as the law is today I probably commit 3 felonies before I get out of bed every morning.

  • This is true as you are technically committing counterfeiting everytime you make a credit card purchase. You are basically making more debt based fiat money and helping Corporate Greed steal more gold everytime you make a purchase on credit. Lots of people do this at least 3 times per day so yeah, they are committing 3 felonies per day.

  • This story- particularly the trumped up inquisition of Nacchio as reprisals for not "playing ball" makes me curious as to the details of the settlement with Microsoft in November, 2001 and the particulars of the antitrust action brought against it- what technological arrangements were brokered to be made part of every PC to be sold to Americans.

  • I've long said that the proliferation of laws was designed so as to make EVERYONE a criminal, just waiting for some government crony to target them for personal or political reasons.

  • That's another one Ayn called in Atlas Shrugged. Make it impossible not to spend a day without committing some crime, and you've got leverage on everyone.

  • if the average American commits three felonies, how many does congress make?
    except they boarder on treason, like the white house loading the government full of obama's muslim friends and political paybacks.

    Look who's new in the White House!

    Arif Alikhan - Assistant Secretary for Policy Development
    for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
    Mohammed Elibiary - Homeland Security Adviser
    Rashad Hussain - Special Envoy to the (OIC)
    Organization of the Islamic Conference
    Salam al-Marayati - Obama Adviser
    founder Muslim Public Affairs Council
    and its current executive director
    Imam Mohamed Magid - Obama's Sharia Czar
    Islamic Society of North America
    Eboo Patel - Advisory Council on Faith-Based
    Neighborhood Partnerships