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A Christmas Wish For You

December 24, 2005September 29, 2018 B. John 331 Views

?We have heard a lot about “saving Christmas” during the last couple of Decembers. With people whipped into a frenzy by right wing pundits, it has become all the rage among certain branches of Christianity to protest by boycotting any retailer who makes mention of “Happy Holidays” or to sue local governments who balk at manger scenes on the town square. All this is apparently done for the purpose of reminding America of the “true meaning” of Christmas. But boycotts and lawsuits are hardly the substance of the Christmas season, as anyone with only a passing familiarity with the Gospels will no doubt attest.?

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NSA Director Says Retroactive Warrants Not Sought Because They Required Paperwork

December 21, 2005September 29, 2018 B. John 315 Views

“The whole key here is agility,” he said at a White House briefing before Bush’s news conference. According to Hayden, most warrantless surveillance conducted under Bush’s authorization lasts just days or weeks, and requires only the approval of a shift supervisor. Hayden said getting retroactive court approval is inefficient because it “involves marshaling arguments” and “looping paperwork around.”

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Even Conservatives Say Bush Should be Impeached

December 20, 2005 B. John 252 Views

ThinkProgress has a story that at least two Conservative Constitutional Scholars, Bruce Fein, former Deputy Attorney General under Reagan, and Norm Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute, say that Bush’s authorization of warrant-less wiretaps most likely qualifies as an impeachable offense.

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Warrant-less Searches-Letter to Congressman Jim Davis

December 19, 2005September 29, 2018 B. John 249 Views

I sent the following letter to my Congressman:

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Frist Uses AIDS Charity to Pay Political Cronies

December 19, 2005 B. John 213 Views

I realize the Republicans have raised the art of corruption to new levels, but the fact that Senator Frist is using a charity to take care of his political cronies is, in my opinion, taking things to a whole new level…somewhere that’s about as low as I can imagine.

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Visit From Feds for Library Book

December 18, 2005 B. John 205 Views

A senior at UMass Dartmouth was visited by federal agents two months ago, after he requested a copy of Mao Tse-Tung’s tome on Communism called “The Little Red Book.”

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GOP-Mart Gift Certificates-Get Yours Today!

December 14, 2005 B. John 183 Views

Just in time for Christmas, get your GOP-Mart Gift Certificates.

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Washington Post Shines Light on UnBiblical Religious Right

December 14, 2005September 29, 2018 B. John 285 Views

Why in recent years have conservative Christians asserted their influence on efforts to relieve Third World debt, AIDS in Africa, strife in Sudan and international sex trafficking — but remained on the sidelines while liberal Christians protest domestic spending cuts?

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Patriot Act And Domestic Suveilance

December 14, 2005September 29, 2018 B. John 246 Views

This is what things like the PATRIOT Act have brought us to. Perhaps the Constitution should be moved from the Washington area to a safer location (maybe Canada can hold it for us until our own government is grown up enough to know how to use it safely). Apparently no one in Washington is over 21 years old. Obviously our previous lessons about the dangers of domestic surveillance by government agencies have been forgotten.

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Dispatches From The War On Christmas

December 13, 2005 B. John 261 Views

Mr. Sun is currently running a series of dispatches from a clandestine mole, who’s embedded with those who are conducting their infernal war on Christmas. You can read the dispactes here.

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How The Christmas Message Is Lost in The War on Christmas

December 13, 2005September 29, 2018 B. John 253 Views

What’s offensive here is not the imperfect balancing of minority and majority. What’s offensive — also surreal and absurd — is the notion that Christianity, a faith claimed by 76 percent of all Americans, is somehow being intimidated into nonexistence. Some of the earliest Christians were stoned for their beliefs. In some parts of the world today, Christianity is a crime punishable by death. And the AFA is feeling persecuted because a sales clerk says “Happy holidays?”