WA State Supremes To Decide Felon Voting Rights
Posted on June 28, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News | Comments Off
The Washington state Supreme Court heard arguments in a case involving released felons and voting. The court is being asked to restore the voting rights to released felons who have fulfilled all the requirements of their release with the exception of fines.
“What this case is about is whether the state, once it decides to restore [...]
Interview with Morton Kondracke
Posted on June 27, 2006 - Filed Under Interview, News | Comments Off
I don’t know how he does it, but we are jealous. The Real Ugly American strikes yet again with an exclusive interview! This time it is Morton Kondracke! Go check it out!!
Read More..>>The Pirate Armada Vs. The New York Times
Posted on June 27, 2006 - Filed Under War On Terror | 3 Comments
Many of the buccaneers of The Pirate Armada share my outrage at the blatant disregard that elitist media pricks, hiding behind the cloak of press freedom, show for the safety and well-being of their fellow citizens.
RadioActive Chief examines the legalities that might apply to the Times latest efforts to keep our enemies up-to-date with top [...]
FBI Says ACLU’s Victory Claim Disingenuous
Posted on June 27, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News, War On Terror | 1 Comment
At the ACLU’s website we are hearing the shouts of “victory” over the FBI!
The American Civil Liberties Union today declared victory in their legal battle with the FBI over a Connecticut library group’s right to keep patron records private. After dropping their vehement defense of the gag provision accompanying the request, the FBI has now [...]
To desecrate or not to desecrate the flag, what is the answer?
Posted on June 27, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, Activist Judges, History, News, PETITIONS | 13 Comments
Update: No flag burning amendment.
As the senate debates Flag Burning Amendment, one has to search where one’s position is on the issue of desecrating the flag. Desecration could be tearing, stomping, burning, or defacing the flag.
When I heard the uproar opposing the amendment, my mind went back to last year, June 2005, when a [...]
Anthony Romero, A Creature Of The Ford Foundation?
Posted on June 27, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, News, War On Terror | Comments Off
Is the ACLU’s current executive director, Anthony Romero, a creature of the Ford Foundation? Is he a puppet more concerned with fundraising than civil liberties? These are the kind of accusations that some former and current ACLU executives and members are saying.
The NY Sun has an article today that focuses on Anthony Romero [...]
A Few Troubles For A Friend
Posted on June 27, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU | Comments Off
Fellow blogger AJ Strata asked me to inform my readers that his site has lost several archives. He will be trying to retrieve them throughout the day.
Read More..>>Univ of Colorado To Say “So Long” To Churchill
Posted on June 27, 2006 - Filed Under News | 1 Comment
Cross Posted from Gribbit’s Word
The controversial Ethnic Studies Professor at the Univ. of Colorado who referred to those who perished in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 as “Little Eichmans”, is to be dismissed by the University’s Interim Chancellor for academic misconduct.
Ward Churchill has displayed “a pattern of research misconduct committed over a [...]
Senate Debates Flag Burning Amendment
Posted on June 26, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, Activist Judges, Communism, History, News, PETITIONS | 1 Comment
Senate Debates Flag Burning Amendment
The U.S. Senate could vote later this week on a constitutional amendment that would ban flag desecration.
“I think of the flag as a symbol of what the veterans fought for, what they sustained wounds for, what they sustained loss of limbs for, and what they sustained loss of life for,” [...]
In Defense of Our Enemies, Part MMMXLI
Posted on June 26, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, Border Control/Homeland Security | Comments Off
The ACLU will support a school when it pulls the plug on a teenaged girl who wants to freely express that Jesus Christ is the greatest influence in her own life, but if the US government wants to deny a visa to a man known to hobnob with terrorists (including our favorite Blind Sheik of [...]
Read More..>>Quick Hits
Posted on June 26, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News | 1 Comment
Just a few quick hits for today..
Are We Lumberjacks share some ACLU photo shops. Here is one of them.
The one on the left is the real ACLU poster. It’s updated for the 21st century on the right. And maybe it’s true; eventually everyone will need the ACLU. They just haven’t gotten around to Christians [...]
Read More..>>Rebellion Within The ACLU
Posted on June 26, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, News | 1 Comment
Can we save the ACLU? What am I saying? Don’t I want to stop the ACLU? I’ve said it before, America needs an organization that fights for our civil liberties and protects the bill of rights. Is the ACLU worth saving? Not in its current form. It should be [...]
Read More..>>ACLU Opposed To Town’s Attempt At Curtailing Crime
Posted on June 26, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News | Comments Off
The Police of the smallish Oregon town of Ashland have targeted 24 who “create a chronic nuisance” and that has the American Civil Liberties Union up in arms.
The list of 24 chronic nuisance individuals includes a sex offender who has failed to register on 3 occasions, 8 have been convicted of felonies within the state [...]
The Next Battle In The Christmas Tree War
Posted on June 26, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News | 1 Comment
Legislation recently taken up by a House Judiciary subcommittee would prohibit damages and attorney fees from being awarded to plaintiffs in cases over public religious displays according to CNS.
PERA (H.R. 2679), the Public Expression of Religion Act would amend two federal laws that are currently used by groups like the ACLU to extort behavior out [...]
The NY Times Responds
Posted on June 26, 2006 - Filed Under News, War On Terror | 11 Comments
New York Times Editor Bill Keller responded to the tons of email and letters of anger that were sent to them over revealing National Security issues.
A secondary argument against publishing the banking story was that publication would lead terrorists to change tactics. But that argument was made in a half-hearted way. It has been [...]
