From: Islamic War Against the Westhttp://www.iwatw.com/2011/10/09/christians-fear-islamist-pressure-in-egypt/ CAIRO — “On her first day to school, 15-year-old Christian student Ferial Habib was stopped at the doorstep of her new high school with clear instructions: either put on a headscarf or no school this year. Habib refused. While most Muslim women in Egypt wear the headscarf, Christians do [...]
The Effects of 40 years of Drug Prohibition From: CATO
EFF urged a federal court to block Microsoft Corporation’s attempt to misuse copyright law to thwart a competitor offering memory cards for the Xbox gaming system. Microsoft claims that Xbox users violate U.S. federal law — the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) — if they use third-party cards memory cards, such as those produced by [...]
“In the course of any given year, Congress votes on taxes, medical care, military spending, foreign aid, agriculture, labor, international trade, airlines, housing, insurance, courts, natural resources, and much more. There are professionals who have spent their entire adult lives specializing in just one of these fields. The idea that Congress can be competent in [...]
From: The Washington Times http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/9/e-totalitarianism-at-google/ …It all comes back to Google’s uber-ambitious mission “to organize the world’s information.” That may sound like a good thing, but do we really want one unethical, unaccountable entity organizing all of the world’s information? Google’s unprecedented centralization of power over the world’s information is corrupting the Internet. It is [...]
From: WXYZ and Parental Rights.org A few days ago, WXYZ in Detroit, Michigan, ran this video about the power of Michigan to take kids away from their parents without any claim of danger to the child. Michigan is one of only two states that allow state workers to take children into custody without charging the [...]
Tell Congress: It’s Time for Some Sanity when it comes to Security Posted by Gary in Law, News, Opinion, Threat Watch on 16/Apr/2011 12:44 It’s not often that the ACLU and I are on the same side of an issue. From: ACLU A 6-year old getting patted down at the airport — leaving her confused [...]
From: Rand Paul Dear Concerned American, You have an historic opportunity to break the cycle of tax-and-spend, political corruption and out of control budgets caused by Big Labor’s compulsory union power. But you must strike now to make Congressmen and Senators choose between standing with the 80% of Americans who oppose forced unionism and Big [...]
I saw today where the Japanese government has downgraded again its economic forecast due to its huge disaster. Also, all sides in the U.S. agree that if there is no increase in the U.S. debt limit then the U.S. is in danger of default on its debt. This means that everyone, dems and reps, agree [...]
From: The Patriot Post The Most Perilous National Security Crisis Since 1860 By Mark Alexander · Thursday, April 7, 2011 A Time to Choose: Prosperity or Poverty “To preserve independence…we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and Liberty, or profusion and servitude. [...]
From: EFF Tell Congress to Rein in PATRIOT and Restore JUSTICE! Congress voted at the end of February to extend the expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, but only for three months — giving liberty-loving citizens a new opportunity to continue to protest this dangerous law and demand reforms before the end of May. [...]
From: Cnet Under federal law, wiretaps may only be conducted in investigations of serious crimes, a list that was expanded by the 2001 Patriot Act to include offenses such as material support of terrorism and use of weapons of mass destruction. The administration is proposing to add copyright and trademark infringement, arguing that move “would assist U.S. [...]
The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. -John Stuart Mill
The interior of the Wisconsin capital building is covered with banners protesting the budget cuts, the largest one proclaiming “Tax the Rich”! Please remember that the protestors in this case are by-in-large not the minorities on welfare so often villianized, but middle class white people incensed that they will no longer be able to live [...]