The Arizona House of Representatives are slated to vote Monday over a proposed bill that would place a ban on same-sex marriage amendment to the 2008 ballot for November. Arizona residents CLICK HERE to find and contact your two representatives and tell them to vote against this hateful amendment and to support equality for LGBT residents.
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In this second installment, I delve into the text of the proposed amendment published by Pedestrian Infidel.. The amendment is in block quotes, with my commentary interspersed.Thursday, February 08, 2007 A Proposed Constitutional Amendment Background and justification to Amendment 28 Article IThe social/political/ideological system known around the world as Islam is not recognized in the United States as a religion.The practice of Islam is therefore not protected under the 1st Amendment as to freedom of religion and speech. This first article is a prerequisite to the rest of the amendment. We can't proceed without derecognizing Islam because the first amendment prohibits the actions we need to take to safeguard our liberties.Article IIAs representatives of Islam around the world have de
Snooper recently wrote a post about a Live Leak posting of a proposal to amend the Constitution to outlaw Islam. I believe that the proposed amendment deserves a more detailed treatment. In this first installment, I delve into the author's pretext, which I have included in block quotes with my commentary interspersed. I first learned of this proposal, which was posted at Pedestrian Infidel (link in title below) through a post at the UAC's Jihad Chat forum.Thursday, February 08, 2007 A Proposed Constitutional Amendment Background and justification to Amendment 28Whereas Religion is defined as an institution dedicated to improving social conscience and promoting individual and societal spiritual growth in a way that is harmless to others not participating in or practicing the same;The
According to Pam's House Blend:
"The anti-marriage amendment is back. After it looked like the amendment had been derailed, it is back on the agenda for the Arizona House of Representatives. Things may move very quickly-the House could vote on the amendment at any time, possibly on today, April 22, and the Senate might immediately follow. If the legislature approves the amendment, it will be on this November's ballot, just two years after a similar effort was defeated."
Arizona residents click CLICK HERE to contact your representatives.
Please call them now at 602-926-4221 or 1-800-352-8404 to urge them to vote no on SCR 1042, as amended. Urge them to keep this divisive amendment off the ballot.
Devil's Advocate posted earlier this month about the new Constitutional Amendment against spending. Here is the text of the Amendment and what it means for you if it is passed. Please call your Congressman and tell him or her to support this.
Spending Limit Amendment
“Our government has no power except that granted it by the people. It is time to check and reverse the growth of...
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Background and justification to Amendment 28
(self-defense/survival measure)
Whereas; Religion is defined as an institution dedicated to improving social conscience and promoting individual and societal spiritual growth in a way that is harmless to others not participating in or practicing the same;
~Snooper~I ran across this post over at The Jawa Report, Proposed Constitutional Amendment Against Islam?, and they link you to this post at LiveLeak. This got me to thinking. What are the folks over at Terrorism Awareness trying to accomplish? Are they using the dreaded "scare tactics" and/or "fear mongering" or are they trying to educate the asleep-at-the-wheel American People?Check it out at LiveLeak and actually read the verbiage posted. You can DIGG it as well as leave comments. All manner of comments are being published and as Stable Hand at The Jawa Report stated at the end of the post..."I smell a fatwa in 4...3...2..."I haven't answered my own questions presented above for specific reasons and those reasons are mine and mine alone.
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Did you know that transgender individuals in CT can still be fired from their jobs or denied housing simply because of who they are?
A bill now before the CT House of Representatives (HB 5723–An Act Concerning Discrimination) would prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression."
Contact your State Representative today to support this bill.
Representative Michele Bachmann again is coming out on the side of sanity. She is proposing a Constitutional Amendment to limit wasteful spending in Washington. I am told that it would mirror many of her proposals found within the Taxpayer Bill of Rights back in Minnesota.
Essentially, the amendment would ensure that the growth in government spending should never exceed the growth of our...
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California Governor Has Also Vetoed BillsTo Allow Gay MarriageGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday that he would fight an initiative to amend the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriage if it qualifies for the November ballot.Schwarzenegger has vetoed bills that would allow gay marriage but said he opposes the sort of amendments that are being proposed by two competing groups. Such amendments are already on the books in 26 states, but the governor said it would be a "waste of time" to pursue one in California."I will always be there to fight against that," Schwarzenegger said, prompting loud cheers and a standing ovation from about 200 people at the annual convention of the Log Cabin Republicans, the nation's largest gay Republican group.Read Article... California Marriage Gover
By Allison Hoffman, Associated Press
Friday, April 11, 2008
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday that he would fight an initiative to amend the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriage if it qualifies for the November ballot.
Schwarzenegger has vetoed bills that would allow gay marriage but said he opposes the sort of amendments that are being proposed by two competing groups. Such
I read this editorial in the New Hampshire Union Leader today with great interest. It involves my congresswoman, Carol Shea-Porter and her position, or lack thereof, on the second amendment.
Specifically, she seems unsure of her position on the 2nd Amendment. She has always proclaimed herself a supporter of the 2nd Amendment’s declaration that “the right [...]
From this Robert Novak article:
He was recorded in a 1996 questionnaire as advocating a ban on the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns (a position since disavowed). He was on the board of the Chicago-based Joyce Foundation, which takes an aggressive gun control position, and in 2000 considered becoming its full-time president. In 2006, he [...]
Fourth Amendment: guards against searches, arrests, and seizures of property without a specific warrant or a “probable cause” to believe a crime has been committed. Some rights to privacy have been inferred from this amendment and others by the Supreme Court.
Source: American Civil Liberties Union
NEW YORK – A newly disclosed secret memo authored by the [...]
The frontpage of the April 1st Wall Street Journal carried this news blurb: “The Army is letting married soldiers live together in the war zone, a move to preserve the unions and bolster morale.” Today’s army certainly isn’t the army I knew as a new army officer’s wife in the spring of 1970 during the Vietnam War. I also remember in 1976, in connection with the U.S.’s 200th birthday, being part of the audience of a taped debate on the proposed Equal Rights Amendment. Phyllis Schlafly, a vehement leader of forces against the passage of the ERA, and her supporters worried about the possibility of women serving in military combat units. It’s been a long time since that debate, but I recall Schlafly’s group was concerned about men and women sharing bathrooms a
Florida Realtors See Signs of Improving Housing Market; Credit Amendment 1
Only weeks after Florida voters passed Amendment 1 in late January, Florida Realtors have noted signs of increased interest from potential homebuyers heartened by the measure’s property tax relief benefits, especially the portability provision.
In a recent online poll conducted by the Florida Association of Realtors [...]
Florida Realtors See Signs of Improving Housing Market; Credit Amendment 1
Only weeks after Florida voters passed Amendment 1 in late January, Florida Realtors have noted signs of increased interest from potential homebuyers heartened by the measure’s property tax relief benefits, especially the portability provision.
In a recent online poll conducted by the Florida Association of Realtors [...]
Speaking before the Taxation and Budget Reform Commission, Palatka Rep. Joe Pickens urged the members to put before voters a constitutional amendment that would address what critics say are unreasonable, unflexible standards for the state's previously approved class size amendment....
This is a big one and one that I hope you all pay VERY close attention to what I’m about to say. Furthermore, I hope you spread this to anyone and everyone you know. It’s cases like this that I put this whole thing together, so don’t let me or your fellow Americans down.
This hasn’t happened in some time but it’s going to happen this week, Tuesday, March 18. Pay attention and come back for more info because we will be watching this one very closely.
What am I talking about? The US Supreme Court is going to Hear Arguments on the Second Amendment. To be exact… the case “District of Columbia v. Heller” (07-290) (whether DC law violates the Second Amendment rights of individuals who are not affiliated with any state-regulated militia but wish to keep handguns and other firearm
By Carlos Benito CamachoThe Supreme Court of the United States will consider the meaning of the second amendment to the American Constitution. Written more than 200 years ago, the amendment says, "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."The second amendment came in a package of ten amendments known as the Bill of Rights, which states or deals with the American citizens individual rights, and it was added to the American Constitution in 1791. Since it was a time when there was no institutionalized federal army or national guard yet, with its own logistic and armory, every citizen who joined the state militia had to carry with him his own private gun, musket at that time. By the end of
Is it just me, or does this whole thing look orchestrated by the Democrats?
John Tester does not know this much about parliamentary procedure and Senate rules. It’s unfortunate that they didn’t even give this any debate before they killed it, but I guess that sometimes how things go in Washington.
As I mentioned in my previous [...]
Update: DeMint Earmark Video can be found here.
Well, after many hours of waiting and some creative politicking by those on the left, the DeMint Earmark Amendment finally made its way to the floor.
In an early surprise, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain all made their way back to the floor to cast their votes.
The [...]
Unfortunately, 57 members of the United States Senate weren’t OK with the idea of stopping the raid on Social Security. Instead of leaving the funds that go into Social Security in Social Security, the majority of the members of the Senate would rather spend YOUR money on pork barrel projects instead of preserving the retirement [...]
Huckabee endorses 'egg as person' amendment Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee on Monday endorsed a proposed Colorado Human Life Amendment that would define personhood as a fertilized egg. The former Arkansas governor and Baptist minister also supports a human-life amendment to the U.S. Constitution... "This proposed constitutional amendment will define a person as a human being from the moment life...
Guest Commentary by Dan Reale
You can ask anybody what the first amendment prevents infringement upon. They might know about one thing, freedom of speech, but incorrectly, tell you we are granted freedom of speech. Even then, most miss the other four inalienable rights the Constitution limits the federal government from violating.
Most are equally unaware of [...]
In 2006, California became the first state to prevent an effort by right-wing radicals and religious extremists to qualify an anti-equality marriage amendment on the California state ballot. In a renewed effort to place a discriminatory constitutional amendment onto the California ballot this November, these conservative organizations have hired paid signature gatherers to do their dirty work.
Guest Commentary by David Smith
Let me ask you a couple of questions. First, which demographic segment has the best voting record? Meaning, of any age group, which group votes more regularly than any other?
Old people, right? Retirees, seniors…old people. No offense intended.
So if you wanted to propose a government entitlement program and your goal was [...]
As Publisher's Weekly says, this is a major disappointment that they should throw away a chance to defend American citizens from libel suits filed in Britain. Here's the New York Sun's report on the turnout. However, as Democracy Project tells, there's a reason why this has happened:
What's missing from the Sun's account are four important points:
1. The NY law, unlike say California's, is
  This is unbelievable, well, actually it is the ACLU so no, it’s not so unbelievable. The ACLU is claiming a person should not be denied a visa to come to the United States to protest the war because of the freedom of speech.
The First Amendment right to freedom of speech should be interpreted as preventing the U.S. government from denying a visa to a foreign critic of U.S. war-time policy who has been invited to speak here, even when national security concerns are cited, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is claiming in a federal lawsuit.
 Now forgive me for asking a stupid question here, but doesn’t the freedom of speech, guaranteed in the UNITED STATES constitution only apply to Americans? Don’t you have to actually be a citizen of the United States to be afforded the protections of the constitution?
 The Aclu will stop at nothing to push their radical leftist positions upon the American people by using the court system. This is the latest example of t
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The following article was submitted to me from a reader in Arizona after he saw some of my statements over in the Jihad Watch comments sections concerning my dedication to the notion of amending the U.S. Constitution and, more specifically, the First Amendment. This is a subject I first discussed in any real detail in an article titled: The Threat Worse than Islamic Terrorism.
Before anyone reacts from the gut on this, read this proposal carefully. This in no way strips anyone of religious freedoms that actually follows a peaceful religion, but Islam itself does not fit into this category and must be opposed. This idea, along with my other proposal of boycott, can do much to stop the Islamic Glacier and Sharia Creep.
The following words were first posted over at Pedestrian Infidel, but since the author has found it very difficult to have these ideas reposted on other blogs, I’ll do my part today. I was impressed by the structure of this article, it being so close to my ow
Here’s a new Orwellian term to add to the list containing such gems as “Clear Skies”, “No child left behind“, or the PATRIOT Act itself.
Safe Homes is the name of the program in Boston whose goal is to get police inside homes without warrants to conduct a search.
They think that many families will allow this [...]
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Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) will offer an amendment in the Senate Judiciary Committee tomorrow to "strike retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies alleged to have assisted with the President’s illegal warrantless wiretapping program."read more | digg story
Succession ban would prevent handing down of elected, appointed offices from one family member to another. About time. Why should a family member get to take the place of a dead politician? That's just stupid.read more | digg story
Using Vermi-Compost In Your GardenBy Sherry Palmer Creekside Gardens www.wormlady.comVermi-composting is really catching on as home gardeners discover the benefits of using worm castings in their gardens. In case you haven't been out of your burrow lately, vermi-composting uses worms to create nutritious compost from yard debris, kitchen wastes, paper and almost any organic material.This concept is very similar to traditional compost bins. It requires a source of carbon such as dried leaves, woody stems, wood chips, or paper and a source of nitrogen such as succulent green leaves, kitchen wastes, and food scraps. However, the two processes are quite different. The traditional compost pile needs to heat up to a high temperature to encourage the decomposition of the material. But in a worm bin, the temperature is kept much lower (60-75degrees), where the worms and other invertebrates live along with numerous microorganisms and together work to break down the materials. The worm composti
The debates over whether Waterboarding constitutes torture or not have been quite heated as of late. Democrats in the Senate have been saying they may not confirm Michael Mukasey as attorney general based on his unclear legal positions on the issue - but some key Dems are now saying that they will approve him.
As CNN reports:
The confirmation of Michael Mukasey as attorney general was all but assured Friday when two key Democratic senators said they will vote in favor of the nominee despite questions about his views on “waterboarding” and the president’s power to order electronic surveillance.
Sens. Dianne Feinstein of California and Charles Schumer of New York announced they would support the retired federal judge from New York just hours after the chairman of the Judiciary Committee announced his opposition to the nominee.
The concern from the opposition is that Waterboarding constitutes torture, and thus, would be in violation of the Geneva Conventions - a treaty
It now seems like every day that we hear more lunacy from the increasingly desperate Edwards campaign. Yesterday it was attempts to suppress news from a student journalist. His lack of respect for the First Amendment is seen yet again in his proposal to suppress advertising of new drugs.
I’ve never been very fond of such pharmaceutical company advertising as they are intended to drive sales of more expensive medications when cheaper alternatives will often work as well. However because we do not like something does not mean we should use the power of government to suppress it. This especially pertains to speech we might disapprove of.
There are alternatives to attempting to suppress free speech. When patients come in requesting a prescription based upon an advertisement I’ll often explain how the ads are used to try to sell higher priced medications which are not necessarily the best for them. All other things being equal I tend to avoid prescribing medications which are ad
Conservative denial of separation of church and state is clear in the secular nature of the Constitution, in the Bill of Rights, in writings by the founding fathers, and in multiple court decisions. First Freedom First debunks recent claims by Rush Limbaugh regarding correspondence from Thomas Jefferson and Supreme Court decisions which cited this. After reporting on Limbaugh’s claims, they respond:
In the first place, Jefferson sent his letter to the Baptists to thank them for their support of him and his stance on behalf of religious liberty. He also intended to assure them that he shared their hope that religious liberty would spread throughout the land. In Connecticut, Baptists were still second-class citizens.
After thanking the Baptists for their “affectionate sentiments of esteem and approbation,” Jefferson wrote, “Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship,
On Tuesday, the US Senate approved by unanimous voice vote to include Amendment 3449 to the budget appropriations bill of the Departments of Labor, Health & Human Services, and Education. Amendment 3449, introduced by Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, seeks to give 61,000 visas for nurses, physical therapists and their immediate families. Nurses and PTs are part of the Schedule A classification, which states that these occupations are shortage jobs in the US.The approval of the amendment in the Senate is a major victory. The Senate was recently the battleground for the controversial immigration reform bill which was voted down. The appropriations bill will now face a Senate-House conference for the final phase of the legislative process in Congress. If the bill gets through, it will be submitted to President Bush for final review and approval. At both levels, the bill faces very tough challenges. If the bill makes it past the joint conference, the President could still veto the bill and h
The US Senate approved a proposal to attach the Bridge amendment to the Labor Health and Human Services appropriations bill. The amendment would open up as much as 61,000 visas for nurses and their immediate families.This is very good news indeed. There is still a long way to go, but this is a major step forward for all foreign nurses. There is a threat that President Bush might veto this bill if it passes the conference. Bush' displeasure with the bill is not directed against the bridge amendment, instead his attention is focused on other provisions of the bill, particularly with regard to the size of the proposed budget under the bill.Read the full story from Hammond Law's blog.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. —
A burglar in Montgomery chose the wrong family to mess with, literally.
Adrian and Tiffany McKinnon returned to their Centennial Hill home Tuesday after a week away to find that thieves had emptied almost everything the family of five owned, Tiffany McKinnon said through tears.
"Tears just rolled down my face as I walked in and saw everything gone and piles of trash all over my home," she said.
Adrian McKinnon sent his wife to see her sister while he inspected the piles left behind. As he walked back into the sunroom, a man walked through the back door straight into him, Tiffany McKinnon told the Montgomery Advertiser in a story Thursday.
"My husband Adrian caught the thief red-handed in our home," she said. "And what is even crazier, the man even had my husband's hat sitting right on his head."
Adrian McKinnon held the suspect, 33-year-old Tajuan Bullock, at gunpoint and told him to sit on the floo
I am pretty sure the civics lessons, which Mary Catherine Roes taught did not include anything about the Second Amendment—except maybe mentioning in passing it as the National Guard Enabling Clause. So I think we can assume when Lacey, Washington Police arrested her at the Middle School she taught at for carrying a .38 Special in her purse, it was not her intent to make any kind of constitutional point. And the facts bear this out. Last year Miss Roes was assaulted by her husband—during which a gun was pointed at her head. Since only foolish women think restraining orders are the end all and be all, she purchased a gun and obtained a license to carry. Although prior to becoming a teacher she had worked as an MP she spent some time brushing up on her firearms skills. Ms. Roes tearfully told police officers she was aware there was a state law prohibiting anyone but law enforcement officers to be armed on Washington State school properties. She said she thought if caught she would
Restoring the…what? That’s what many people seem to respond with when a discussion of the 10th Amendment, States Rights and Federalism comes up - however infrequent that may be. But it seems that this discussion might be getting a little more attention in the near future.
Recently, Forbes.com highlighted Presidential Candidate Ron Paul. Here’s what he had to say on the issue:
“As president, one of my priorities will be restoring the 10th amendment and federalism. Decisions about issues like civil unions or right-to-die legislation should be made by the states, not the federal government. I will stop federal judges from imposing new definitions on the States. I will also return control over education to parents and local communities. Decisions about whether or not to fund vouchers, have merit pay for teachers or extend the school year should be made by parents and local school boards, not by D.C.-based bureaucrats.”
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One of the sad truths about being a fan of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1) is that you are rarely defending people’s rights to read Huck Finn. No, you get to defend pornographers, Ann Coulter and teenagers who call people “douchbags” (sic).
Avery Doninger, after an altercation with her high school about who could use the school auditorium, described unnamed school administrators as “douchbag” in her Live Journal blog. The school stripped her of her position as class secretary and when her fellow students reelected her, writing her in as her name was not permitted on the ballot, the school threw out the write in votes. Her family sued on the basis that her right to free expression was being thoroughly trampled on. The judge ruled in favor of the school basing his ruling on a precedent that students were not free to, for example, yell “Fuck you” in school hallways.
That’s right. The Internet is contained within the ha
From Snooper at Take Our Country Back, (with a snippet at the end from BU):"And so it should. Richard The Dick Turbin Durbin is whining and continuing with the usual proven to be false rhetoric as losers tend to do.They are trying to get a differing Murtha Slow Bleed Ignorance with Schumer parroting that which Reid yammers on about and they are quoting the poll taken in Iraq and NOT listening to the Generals and Commanders in the field. Imagine that.I guess no one has informed these idiots that we are winning or, they KNOW we are winning and this is not to be allowed...for political gain.Feingold's amendment is nothing more than another slow bleed travesty. It is "Rather" evident that they haven't a clue and they will soon be overwhelmed by the Conservative Tsunami.Don't fall for the Leftinistra ignorance and stupidity.Question: On the AmendmentBill: H R 1585Vote description: Webb Amdt. No. 2909; To specify minimum periods between deployment of units and members of the Armed Forces
All the Republicans and Joe Lieberman that voted against this amendment just slapped the troops in the face. Not only have they refused to help end Bush's crazy, corrupt war, but now they won't even allow our friends in the military to hang with us for at least as long as they just had to serve in hell... before they have to go back.In Vietnam, you served once and were done. In the "War on Terror", you are sent over and over again until you're dead, physically or mentally disabled, or legally off the hook.Why are we letting our representatives let the Bush administration play Russian roulette with our soldiers lives?How long can we allow these Senators to allow Bush get away with this?
The Republicans filibustered an amendment by Senator Jim Webb (D-Virginia) to require troops to have the same amount of rest time as they have deployment time. This common-sense amendment was defeated by a 56-44 cloture vote, will all the Democrats sans Lieberman voted aye and six Republicans joining them.
No matter what you believe in regards to the "mission" in Iraq, the Webb Amendment (allowing our troops to have as much time home as they spend overseas) is only fair.Please watch this video.If you agree that this is the right thing to do, go here and you will find a list of Senators and their phone numbers. We need 3 Republicans to vote for this bill for it to pass and these Senators are believed to be the most likely to cross the isle and be reasonable.Please call these Senators today and tell them to support the Webb amendment.Thanks
Senator Jim Webb made an exclusive video to explain why Congress must support the troops and pass the “Webb Amendment,” on Wednesday. He asks us to call our elected officials and tell them to support this very simple, but important measure. It received 56 votes last time it was introduced, but was filibustered by the Rubber Stamp Republicans which included McConnell and Warner.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEIWzLjr2yk
Please call and ask these senators to support Jim Webb’s pro-troop amendment:
Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)
DC: 202-224-6665
Anchorage: 907-271-3735
George Voinovich (R-Ohio)
DC: (202) 224-3353
Cleveland: (216) 522-7095
Elizabeth Dole (R-North Carolina)
DC: 202-224-6342
Raleigh: 866-420-6083
John Warner (R-Virginia)
DC: (202) 224-2023
Roanoke: (540) 857-2676
Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) DC: 202-224-2541
Louisville: 502-82-6304
Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania)
DC: 202-224-4254
Harrisburg: (717) 782-3951
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uvme have made an improvement to the qualification for the positions Q2, Q3, and Q4.
They have removed the requirement for the personally sponsored group Associates to be on your front line. They will allow personally sponsored Associates to be placed within your income-producing generations for qualification purposes. "Income-producing generation" is the number of generations your "Q" status earns down (i.e. Q1 earns down 2 generations, Q2 earns down 3 generations).
For example: to qualify as a Q3, your personally sponsored Q2s can be within your income-producing first four generations in separate legs.
The official qualification will be as follows: To become a Q2 you need to be “active” and develop a group of three Associates who are qualified at the Q1 position, in separate legs; and a minimum of one must be personally sponsored at all times. Any Q1 that has been placed in your group must be placed on your front line to qualify you as a Q2. Any p
Media Aim at Gun Rights with ‘Loaded Coverage,’ Report Says
By Randy Hall
CNSNews.com Staff Writer/Editor
August 27, 2007
(CNSNews.com)
As gun-control advocates prepared to hold a “National Day of Protest Against Gun Violence” on August 28th, a group dedicated to correcting misconceptions in the media about social conservatism and religious faith issued a study claiming that news outlets regularly “take potshots” at rights provided by the Second Amendment.
“During the first seven months of 2007, the media waged an intermittent war against the Second Amendment, using a variety of fallacious arguments to make the pitch for gun control,” according to “The Media Assault on the Second Amendment,” which was released on Monday by the Culture and Media Institute (CMI). “When it comes to the right to bear arms — to accept personal responsibility to defend home and family — the media are far from fair and balanced.&rdq
Media Aim at Gun Rights with ‘Loaded Coverage,’ Report Says
By Randy Hall
CNSNews.com Staff Writer/Editor
August 27, 2007
(CNSNews.com)
As gun-control advocates prepared to hold a “National Day of Protest Against Gun Violence” on August 28th, a group dedicated to correcting misconceptions in the media about social conservatism and religious faith issued a study claiming that news outlets regularly “take potshots” at rights provided by the Second Amendment.
“During the first seven months of 2007, the media waged an intermittent war against the Second Amendment, using a variety of fallacious arguments to make the pitch for gun control,” according to “The Media Assault on the Second Amendment,” which was released on Monday by the Culture and Media Institute (CMI). “When it comes to the right to bear arms — to accept personal responsibility to defend home and family — the media are far from fair and balanced.&rdq
Op Ed by Gene Policinski, Gannett News Service, in the Courier-Journal.WASHINGTON -- As high school students head back to school this month, far fewer have a chance to participate in real student journalism owing to reduced or eliminated programs, fewer trained professional advisers and quite possibly antagonistic school administrators.Journalism educators gathered here Aug. 9 to talk about high school journalism, 20 years after the first Scholastic Journalism Summit. They heard that many of those same problems considered two decades ago remain -- and the more recent news is even more chilling.The combination of school abandonment of support for free press and speech and court decisions in the last two decades is "chipping away at fundamental freedoms" in a trend "for which I see no end in sight," warned Mark Goodman, who led the Student Press Law Center for much of that time.Some student cases in point:A federal appeals court recently ruled that New York school officials could suspend
via msnbc.com:CINCINNATI - A woman shot and killed a panhandler who asked her for 25 cents, police say.“He asked her for a quarter,” Police Chief Tom Streicher said. “That’s apparently all there was to it.”Donald Francis, who police believe was homeless, stood outside a gas station late Monday asking people for money. Geraldine Beasley had complained about Francis to someone else, and when he approached her she pulled out a gun and shot him, police said.Francis, 44, died at the scene.Beasley, 62, was charged with murder and on Wednesday was ordered held in lieu of $500,000 bail, according to court documents. Her attorney, Mass Ionna, told Municipal Court Judge Fanon Rucker that his client has mental issues.Beasley’s court record dates back 15 years with traffic charges, eviction cases and civil judgments both for and against her. She was fined in 2003 for improperly transporting a loaded gun after officers found one in her van.
Ward Churchill was fired tonight by the University of Colorado governing board. In 2005, Churchill said the 9/11 victims in the World Trade Center were “Little Eichmanns,” referring to Adolf Eichmann who helped carry out the Holocaust. While the First Amendment prevents Churchill from being fired for those baseless comments, a subsequent investigation led to evidence that he fabricated or falsified his research and plagiarized the work of others.In 2006, a university committee found Churchill guilty of academic misconduct, including plagiarism. This did not surprise me at all after I heard him give a speech where he lambasted the crowd for being ignorant about the 9th Amendment. With arrogant ignorant condescension, he said that the 9th Amendment supersedes the 1st Amendment preventing people from celebrating Columbus Day. Essentially, he said he had a right not to be offended. This was the first time in the history of the world that, that argument was made.It is totally ridic
I received the following alert from the Vigilant Freedom/910 Group today:
In Washington, a House-Senate conference committee on a homeland security bill is considering whether to include a measure to protect, from lawsuit, Americans who report suspicious behavior. The so-called “John Doe” measure comes in response to a lawsuit by six imams who were booted from a plane that was about to fly from Minneapolis late last year because they were acting very suspiciously, refusing to sit in their assigned seats, asking for metal seat belt extenders, and speaking loudly and disparagingly about the United States. The imams plan to sue not only the airline but the passengers who reported their behavior — a step that, if successful, could have a chilling effect on whether other Americans come forward to report such behavior or whether they decide that doing so isn’t worth the legal fees. Without this protection, Americans would have no reason to follow the motto of law
The other day the Democrat leaders,(it had bi-partisan support), stripped from the homeland security bill an amendment called the John Doe amendment. This amendment would have protected concerned citizens who report suspicious activity from civil lawsuits. This legislation was in response to the Flying Imams case.
We are asked to be more vigilent in these trying times, and when we try to do the right thing…..in comes the ACLU. What a shock.
Political correctness almost led to the non-twarting of the Fort Dix six. You can read how here. The store clerk who reported the six after seeing their terrorist training video they asked him to copy was a young man. He has obviously been raised in the politically correct mindset as he at first wasn’t sure he should report it for fear of being called a racist. If somwhow these men are freed, they will now be able to sue this store clerk hero. This amendment would have stopped that.
So why would the Democrat leaders kill t
The US Senate yesterday voted down a proposal by Senator John Cornyn to bring in an amendment (SA 2337) to H.R. 2669 that would have brought temporary relief to the retrogression. The motion fell 55-40, with 5 abstaining from the vote.Click here to see who voted against the proposal. (The Nays killed the motion.)
Audrey Hudson at the Wash. Times and Andy McCarthy at The Corner (via Michelle Malkin) inform us that the Dems are trying to dumb down Rep. Peter King's legislation that protects citizens from being sued for reporting suspicious actions that could be dangerous. Clearly, the Dems are attempting to placate CAIR, which should not be allowed. Contact their switchboard immediately!Trackposted to: The Bullwinkle Blog, Dumb Ox News, Outside the Beltway, Stuck on Stupid, The Virtuous Republic. Others on the subject include Paxalles, Conservative Times, American Pundit, Right Voices, Hot Air, Lump on a Blog, Volunteer Opinion Journal, The Autopsy.
In an act of pure arrogance and stupidity, Senate Democrats on Friday blocked an amendment that would have prevented the return of the Fairness Doctrine, a federal rule that gives the government, not only the ability to license and regulate the public airways, but allows government control of political content as well. South Dakota Sen. John Thune, Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman and other Republicans have been attempting to mirror the actions of Mike Pence (R-IN). Pence effectively thwarted the reimplementation of the Fairness Doctrine in the House of Representatives. We should all be proud to have politicians working for the American people as diligently at him. Sadly, however, when Coleman (R-Minn.), tried to bring up his amendment Friday to a defense authorization bill, Democrat Senator Carl Levin objected. More frightening, Senator Levin is not the only communist who supports the Fairness Doctrine. For example, Senator John Kerry, Senator Dick Durbin, and Dianne Feinstein supp
I always come across writings on economic issues that force me to question what people, some very intelligent people, are being taught about economics. The recent Supreme Court decision concerning the notion of price floors and if they are good or bad invoked these frustrations. The NY Times account of the decision illustrates it as a binary choice: the court must decide that price floors are bad, or the courts must examine every case of every business from now until the end of time, determining which price floors are good and bad. When economic questions come before a court, they are treated as simplistic, good or bad, fair or unfair. As if the courts are the only judge of economic matters.Is the court even empowered to render such a decision? The courts could save themselves some time and us some frustration by simply using the tenth amendment. This would enable the court to avoid wrestling with questions its members are not qualified to answer."The powers not delegated to the United
ST.CHARLES – By a six-to-one vote, the St. Charles school board acknowledged it violated the Open Meetings Act when it failed to vote publicly on a contract extension for the district superintendent.“I think this puts an end to the whole inquiry in this whole area,” board president Kathy Hewell said.The board took the vote late Monday night, after they discussed it in executive, or closed, session.Kane County State’s Attorney John Barsanti recommended the board release to the public a recording of the April 11, 2005, executive session. He also directed the board to send a press release about the Open Meetings Act violation. The board also will have to be trained on the Open Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act, Hewell said.Hewell said she did not know when the tapes would be released.“That’s [Barsanti’s] decision,” Hewell said.On April 11, 2005, board members discussed extending Superintendent Barbara Erwin’s contract in executive session, but they never vo
The U S Supreme Court held in Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association v. Brentwood Academy that the TSSAA's attempt to enforce its no-recruiting rule did not violate Brentwood Academy's First Amendment rights. The TSSAA fined the school and suspended it for four years after a Brentwood football coach sent a letter inviting 12 eighth-graders to spring training. The students had already signed agreements to attend the school in the fall. In 2001, the Supreme Court decided the TSSAA was a state actor and could be be sued for alleged First Amendment violations. On remand, the Sixth Circuit ruled on the merits in favor of the school. The Supreme Court reversed this decision Thursday, holding that "an athletic league's interest in enforcing its rules sometimes warrant curtailing the speech of its voluntary participants." The Court also determined that the TSSAA held a fair hearing in the case and did not violate Brentwood's due process rights. Read the Court's opinion per Justic
Tuesday - June 21st - 2007
An American Civil War is about to waged on the 1st Amendment.
Freedom of speech is something that we hold dear in this wonderful country. In fact, it’s given to us by the first amendment. Obviously, our forefathers thought it was pretty important to make sure it was in our Constitution. But today we are witnessing an attack on the American people never thought possible even still today. And yet… barely anyone can see what’s about to happen.
June 21, 2007, the Center for American Progress, an extreme left wing organization, released a report explaining the “imbalance” on talk radio. To no surprise, this comes merely days after the famous words from Trent Lott “Talk radio is running America. We have to deal with that problem.” Well it appears that someone has decided to step up to the plate.
The Center for American Progress’s report titled “The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio” outlines the differences bet
Gun control is likely to be a high priority in the next administration, especially if a Democrat is elected. We have already heard the rumblings since the shootings at Virginia Tech.
However now there is talk that the second amendment should be repealed, not just controlled.
This quote is from Benjamin Wittes, a guest scholar at the center-left Brookings Institution
Wittes, who said he has “no particular enthusiasm for the idea of a gun culture,” said that rather than try to limit gun ownership through regulation that potentially violates the Second Amendment, opponents of gun ownership should set their sights on repealing the amendment altogether.
“Rather than debating the meaning of the Second Amendment, I think the appropriate debate is whether we want a Second Amendment,” Wittes said.
While the idea of repealing the second amendment is absurd, at least this person has a couple of points correct here. His point that controlling guns is unconstitutional is o
Well…I’ve had a nice vacation to Chicago, the new summer term has begun and the primary election is over. I guess it’s time for me to get back to Kentucky’s “commissioner issue” – an issue that could factor into Governor Fletcher’s reelection bid.~While the Kentucky Board of Education appears hunkered down, willing to overlook – whatever - in order to sustain their choice of Barbara Erwin; in Chicago, Erwin’s latest contract fight has been elevated to the state’s attorney for review. A St Charles teacher tells me it has been the “hot topic” at district 303’s high schools this past week.The revelation of the St Charles school board’s failure to ratify Erwin’s contract in public, as required by the Open Meetings Act, came from former school board member Bobbie Raehl (who later became board president) when she sought to obtain board minutes and other documents through a Freedom of Information Act request. The documents showed no public action on Erwin’s c
Vice President M Jusuf Kalla called on the House of Representatives (DPR) and the People`s Consultative Assembly (MPR) to talk with other high state institutions to make a study before amending the 1945 Constitution. "On a possible amendment of the 1945 Constitution, the government calls on DPR and MPR to invite other high state institutions to consider the possible impacts of the amendment in the future," the vice president said here Tuesday when commenting on the proposed amendment of the Constitution.The amendment was proposed to increase the DPD`s authority especially in the discussion of laws on regional affairs, state budget, taxation, education and religions.
From the Associated Press:
A year after warning America of its addiction to oil, President Bush is expected to renew concerns about energy security in his State of the Union address.
More…
Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman says the administration over the years has spent nearly $12 billion in developing new energy technologies. He cited the president’s $2.1 billion “advanced energy initiative” in the State of the Union a year ago.
The powers of the federal government are limited to only those specifically delegated to it by the Constitution. Those powers, under any circumstance, can not be expanded constitutionally by the government, no matter how worthy the cause.
Like police powers, most energy authority is based in the states.
As the Supreme Court recently affirmed in United States vs. Lopez, the Constitution establishes a federal government of enumerated, and thus, limited powers.
Nowhere in the Constitution is the federal government authorized to “
I was wondering how long it would take the Democrats to start beating the drums on gun control after the Virginia Tech shootings. I think it is more than just slightly despicable the way they will use anyones grief or family catastrophe to push their political agenda. They go on and on about gun control and you can never get them to answer this question: Will criminals or anyone that is determined to commit a crime say Oh I was going to kill 30 people today but golly gee I cant buy a gun legally so I guess I wont do it after all.. Please. That's exactly what they are inferring and its past ludicrous. Its a truism that when you criminalize guns only criminals will have guns. This is where they will start back pedaling and say that any reduction of guns on the street blah blah blah. I repeat the aforementioned question: Will gun control laws stop criminals from getting guns? The answer is no, it will not. Democrats fear an armed populace and for good reason. And we should ma
The tragedy at Virginia Technical University has rekindled the debate over gun control in America, which in 2003 had 41 gun deaths for every 1,000,000 people (Brazil had 213, while England and Wales had .3). One obvious source of discussion is the wording of the amendment itself, which contains a number of phrases subject to interpretation.The text of the amendment, as originally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives, reads:"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."(Some versions of the amendment place commas after 'militia,' and 'arms.')Historically, the second amendment was the product of a compromise between the Federalists, proponents of a stronger centralized government, and the Anti-Federalists, who feared a return to tyranny if the new political system gave too much power to the government. At the time, there was some debate among the framers of the Consti
Ok - so our friends from across the ponds seem to think us Americans would do better to engage in more gun control (read: gun confiscation).So I thought I'd post these gems that I saved many years ago.The first one is from Robert Waters and it is called"Gun Control - Where We're Headed!!"You're sound asleep when you hear a thump outside your bedroom door. Half awake, and nearly paralyzed with fear, you hear muffled whispers. At least two people have broken into your house and are moving your way. With your heart pumping, you reach down beside your bed and pick up your shotgun. You rack a shell into the chamber, then inch toward the door and open it. In the darkness, you make out two shadows.One holds something that looks like a crowbar. When the intruder brandishes it as if to strike, you raise the shotgun and fire. The blast knocks both thugs to the floor. One writhes and screams while the second man crawls to the front door and lurches outside.As you pick up the telephone to call
Here's a press release from Chuck Hagel's Senate website:Hagel-Webb Introduce Amendment to Protect Readiness of U.S. Troops and Limit DeploymentsMarch 27th, 2007 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Jim Webb (D-VA) introduced a bipartisan amendment today to the Iraq War supplemental spending bill. The amendment:• ensures that units and individuals in the Armed Forces be certified as “fully mission capable” 15 days prior to deployment;• limits the length of overseas deployments of the Army, Marine Corps, and National Guard;• establishes a minimum time between deployments for the Army, Marine Corps and National Guard;• provides additional appropriations totaling approximately $3.1 billion to reset Army National Guard and Reserve equipment and to address funding shortfalls for Army National Guard training, operations and maintenance; and to fund the acquisition of additional Mine Resistant Ambush Protection vehicle
The alternative would be opening the doorway to government censorship. Let parents do the parenting. If you don’t know how, don’t let your children near the Internet.
March 22, 2007 (Computerworld) — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) today welcomed a decision (download PDF) by a federal judge to overturn a 1998 law that made it a crime for Web sites to offer sexually explicit material that could be accessed by minors.
“We think the court’s decision reiterates that the government should not be in the business of censoring the Internet,” said Aden Fine, senior staff attorney at the ACLU. “In the name of protecting children from harmful material, [the law] would have stopped adults from receiving a great deal of speech that is constitutionally protected. The court once again made it clear that Congress cannot do that.”
Source: Judge overturns Internet child protection law
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Three John Jay High School honor students were recently suspended for saying the word vagina during a reading of Eve Ensler's "Vagina Monologues". The reading was performed at a public reading session and the average age group of those attending were of high school age. No young children were reported in the audience. Before the reading school administrators told the girls not to use the word vagina but they did so anyways. The school administrators are trying to reason the suspension as being punishment for not obeying what was asked. But anybody with common sense knows this is not the case. Rather this is yet another example of how political correctness and the fear of hurting some one's feelings is slowly sucking the life out of the 1st amendment right of freedom of speech. It is also affecting how today's youth are learning how to think for themselves and speak their views openly. They can't!What ever happened to "sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt
An effort in the state Capitol to protect Floridians against the increasing threat of identify theft could also cut off public access to real estate, criminal and government personnel records, according to a First Amendment advocacy group. “These bills do more than just target identity theft,” said Florida First Amendment Foundation Director Adria [...]
A resolution was passed yesterday asking people to voluntarily stop using the “n” word.
NEW YORK — The City Council’s symbolic ban of the n-word is intended to educate a new generation about the epithet’s painful past, but some young people are already shrugging off the move.
Yesterday the council approved a resolution calling for the city — and, its sponsor hopes, the country — to voluntarily stop using the word. The term has historically been a derogatory epithet against blacks, but has more recently been adapted by black entertainers and youths as a term of endearment for one another.
What we need is a resolution that bans bans. We are currently under attack by the government over what we eat, how we use our cell phones, where we can smoke and now, the words we can use. Yes, it is a voluntary resolution, but the government is noted for starting small with bans and increasing the scope over time.
Congress shall make no law respecting
Alright, let's get a few things straight around here shall we? First of all, I would like to address some angry e-mails I received. Seems that a few people found my approach to embalming in the last post disrespectful. Two e-mailers believed that I was being crass in my treatment of the deceased and one person felt I was obligated to warn my readers about the graphic content of such posts in the future. All of them were angry and stridently unkind, and told me in no uncertain terms that there is a special place for people like me in Hell. Incidentally, two of them couldn't spell worth a damn.Preceding graphic posts with a brief warning is not a bad idea. I will definitely take that suggestion under consideration. However, that last post was about embalming, people! While I'm not going to throw in a bunch of gratuitous gore, the subject of death naturally lends itself to a plain look at the more physical aspects of being a human. I completely understand that some people find this fri
The mountain of cash Florida will need to pay for the class-size amendment looms bigger ever year. And yet the noise about it in Tallahassee has suddenly subsided to a whisper. A week before the legislative session begins March 6, almost nobody (except Rep. David Simmons) thinks lawmakers will take a third whack at making the 2002 amendment more flexible. Here's a few reasons why: Gov. Jeb Bush, who campaigned against the measure, is out of the picture. New Gov. Charlie Crist says he's going to carry out the will of the people. And the people, judging by any and every poll, like the amendment even more now than they did in 2002. "How many times can you bang your head against the wall?" Board of Education member Kathleen Shanahan, a Bush appointee who helped lead Crist's transition team, told The Gradebook recently.
The state has already forked over $7 billion for the amendment, and the BOE is recommending another $5.8 billion for it this year. But next year – when the
The Supreme Court in a 6-3 ruling declared that judges cannot sentence people using information not found and voted on by a jury. Just for kicks, here's the 6th: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.I'm a big fan of the ruling (while admitting that the case that brought this up should merit life in prison). If you go to jail for something, every part of it should be before the jury, no "bonus time" allotments without the right to defend that in front of a jury.So, which of the anti-constitution fun bunch broke ranks to help the 6th? Ahhhh, it was
Here’s something to make you ask “WTF??”
From CNN
PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) — In the middle of Joshua Bush’s forehead, two inches above his eyes, lies the evidence that prosecutors say could send the teenager to prison for attempted murder: a 9 mm bullet, lodged just under the skin.
Prosecutors say it will prove that Bush, 17, [...]
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Here’s something to make you ask “WTF??”
From CNN
PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) — In the middle of Joshua Bush’s forehead, two inches above his eyes, lies the evidence that prosecutors say could send the teenager to prison for attempted murder: a 9 mm bullet, lodged just under the skin.
Prosecutors say it will prove that Bush, 17, [...]
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Prohibition. It was a reality in the United States from January 16, 1920 to December 5, 1933. In some so-called Dry Counties across the country it lives on today. In Zeeland, Mich., voters in November ended Prohibition, now businesses face potential boycotts for backing the measure.
Prohibition is most often promoted by religious zealots as a cure for all of society's ills. They ignore the fact that Jesus turned water into wine and that he offered his disciples wine at the Last Supper as a symbol of his blood, instead they paint all drinking as evil. There is little argument over the fact that the United States did not exactly become a utopia between 1920 and 1933.
Prohibition came to the U.S. after decades of work by militants to push an agenda and gain political clout. Rep. Andrew Volstead, a Republican from Minnesota and a teetotaler, wrote the law that enforced the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which was ratified by 36 states. He would be voted out of office in 1922 aft
Last January, I already blamed the First Amendment for allowing the American National Socialist Movement (a.k.a. America's Nazi Party) to exist an even become a sponsor for the Adopt-A-Highway program
.Now Toledo, OH allowed this mob to march proudly through the city, provoquing a riot and even a curfew. As a result, more publicity than these Nazis could ever dream of - not to mention my blogules.
When I said "let's face it, they're fascists" last year, I was just noticing the similarity between the Mussolini definition of fascism and the Bush Administration's (ab/mis/)use of power. I knew Dubya's reelection would free the darkest sides of Amerika but never did I expect America's Nazi Party to become that bold.
Just a few days ago,
Bush would mention for the first time "fascist islamists / fascist islamism". He didn't invent the expression, which perfectly suits the worst part of radical islamists. But still it shocked me to hear Bush using this kind of vocabulary at this
The Colorado Supreme Court, while overturning a 45 day jail sentence for contempt of court for wearing a T-Shirt with a picture of Stanley "Tookie" Williams (more on that later), says,"...wearing a shirt bearing a political message in a courtroom is not protected under the First Amendment."Meaning, the CO Ct believes that your First Amendment rights are valid everywhere but the very place set up to protect that right. Meaning, you can't make a political statement in court. This seems a bit off to me. When did the court become Cuba? I understand that Judges are, in effect, mini-dictators (patience, patience), but now they feel the need to quash political speech? Wow.Now, on to the 45 days for contempt by said dictator. I've never fully understood how a judge can just accuse you of something and jail you without:ArrestRepresentationBurden of guiltRight to face accuserTrial by juryJudge says you did bad, go directly to jail, do not pass go. Yes, there is an appeal, but it comes n
