Midterm Elections About Fear…ahh Security
Karl Rove says that this year’s midterm elections will be about security. Were but that true.
Read moreSociety
A general category for things related to our society and how we interact with one another.
Transamerica
A pre-operative male-to-female transsexual takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she fathered a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
Read moreThe Republic In It's Last Throes
The confirmation of Samuel Alito to the US Supreme Court is all but completed. The addition of the Big-Brother-government-and-corporate-friendly Alito to replace a relatively moderate O’Connor is going to result in a more authoritarian society in which a few dictate to the majority what the rules will be. The American Republic is in its final days. Bin Laden won…or was it just the Bush Cabal taking over for good?
Read moreWhy Are Conservatives So Afraid
When our nation was founded, we had men of real character and courage fighting for their nascent America, one in which liberty and freedom trumped the authoritative tendencies of the monarchy. Patrick Henry gave words to those efforts: Give me liberty or give me death!
Read moreBorn In the 40's, 50's, 60's or 70's?
I get things similar in email from time to time, but finally decided to post one. There are actually some things that could spark some serious thought here. If we know we can do better at protecting kids, shouldn’t we? But at the same time, are we really over-protective, hence stiffling their growth, imagination and social development? What do you think?
Read moreNational Intelligence Officials Does Not Know The Constitution
The former head of the National Security Agency and the current principal deputy of National Intelligence, Michael Hayden, yesterday revealed a fundamental misunderstanding of the 4th Amendment.
Read morePentegon Domestic Spying – The Other Big Brother?
NSA SPYING ON UNITED STATES CITIZENS may be the least of it. The Department of Defense, in its “?force protection??tracking threats and terrorist plots against military installations and personnel inside the United States? is spying far more than the government would like you to know. It?s doing it on the internet, it?s hiding its tracks through the use of proxies, and even the most innocent Americans may be in data bases longer than the law allows.
Read moreBush's Ever Growing Crop of Domestic Spying Excuses
The line of excuses/justifications being offered by the Administration is interesting. First, the President is saying that FISA is being followed, and warrants are being obtained. This is available on tape, and are statements made to an audience.
Read moreConvenient Release of Bin Laden's Tape
Just a couple of days before Karl Rove gives a speech to Republican politicians outlining a “war on terror” strategy for the 2006 elections, a tape from Bin Laden is quickly authenticated by the Porter Goss CIA. Does anyone besides me find that interesting?
Read moreRadical right angry that colleges are promoting "respect [for] the dignity of all persons"
Holy cow! Next thing you know those darn colleges are going to tell us women have the right to vote and black people can swim in our pools.
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