“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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Freedom to be a fool
After the attack on the French magazine Charlie Hebdo, many people were reluctant to give unreserved support for the victims because they’ve printed offense and outrageous things about many religions. In fact, some people said, in essence, sure killing people is awful but they got what was coming to them. The pope went on about […]
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abortion, bad ideas, Barack Obama, Bill of Rights, bioethics, college, culture, moral relativism, morality
Let’s use our thinking caps, people!
First there was the petition to ban Dihydrogen monoxide. AKA H2O. AKA water. To be fair, the petition gather used “the vocabulary and tone of environmental hysteria” (Penn Jillette’s own words.) But then there was the petition to repeal the Bill of Rights. In this case, the guy was pretty clear about his intent, no […]
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Laugh or cry
Look at this adorable little representation of the violation of our freedoms. Cute, huh? And this amusing video of American citizens signing a petition to repeal the Bill of Rights. We’re laughing our way to tyranny. Sure some people are concerned, but it all seems rather subdued considering the enormity of the violation. It does […]
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Fanning the spark into flame
At yesterday’s Congressional Hearing on IRS targeting of Conservative Groups, Tea Party leader Karen Kenney gave this moving testimony, which every citizen should read or watch. Every day, we get more and more evidence that the IRS has engaged in a campaign of suppression, harassment, and intimidation of conservative groups. They mostly targeted small groups […]
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Bill of Rights, civil liberties, Communities, free speech, government misconduct, legislation, liberty, media, U.S. Constitution
Unequal protection
Just when you thought it was safe to ignore Washington for the summer, more scandals and reports of government misconduct are circling. This time, the Justice Department has been caught having secretly subpoenaed the phone records of Associated Press reporters. In investigating a leak over a story on North Korea’s nuclear program, the department searched the […]
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Telethon for Liberty
For just shy of 13 hours on Wednesday and into Thursday morning, Senator Rand Paul held an honest to God filibuster. Not one of those namby-pamby fake filibusters where all you have to do is get 40 senators to say, “Yeah, yeah, we’re having a filibuster,” and then they all go on with their lives. […]
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