ACLU Unhappy That NSA Hearings are Closed to the Public
Posted on February 9, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News | 11 Comments
From the ACLU:
The American Civil Liberties Union expressed disappointment at the closed-door hearing held today by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on the warrantless spying by the National Security Agency. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and General Michael Hayden, the deputy director of national intelligence, are expected to testify. The hearing coincides with revelations that [...]
Fear of ACLU lawsuits force Scouts to scrap troop charters
Posted on February 9, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, Boyscouts, News | 23 Comments
Hat tip Uncooperative Blogger
From the Macomb Daily
Troops of Boy Scouts in Macomb County and around the country are scuttling their organizational charter agreements with local governments, fearing legal action from the American Civil Liberties Union for requiring allegiance to God.
An official at the Boy Scouts of America’s regional Clinton Valley Council, which oversees most Scout [...]
Quick Hits
Posted on February 9, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU | 1 Comment
Atlass Shrugs wants Regime Change in Iran.
Euphoric Reality needs your help.
Publius Rendevous takes on Justice Breyer.
Don Surber tells the ACLU, Make My Day.
Part Time Pundit wants support for his local paper for running the Mohammad cartoons.
Ann Althouse takes a look at the difference between the left and right.
Neil Boortz
Cindy sheehan Will Not Run For Senate
Posted on February 9, 2006 - Filed Under News | 17 Comments
Hat tip: Michelle Malkin
SF Gate Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, who has criticized President Bush and other elected officials for their war support since her son was killed in Iraq, said today that she won’t run for office against U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
“I felt that putting pressure on her from the outside would be more effective [...]
Howard Dean Compares President Bush to President of Iran
Posted on February 9, 2006 - Filed Under Humor, News, War On Terror | 10 Comments
Howard Dean made an appearance on the ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ on Thursday and compared President Bush to the president of Iran.
The DNC Chairperson was desperately trying to convince the viewers of the program that Democrats are strong on national defense when he said, “All we ask is that we not turn into a country [...]
Military Under Fire For Not Starving Detainees
Posted on February 9, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News, War On Terror | 20 Comments
NY Times:
United States military authorities have taken tougher measures to force-feed detainees engaged in hunger strikes at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, after concluding that some were determined to commit suicide to protest their indefinite confinement, military officials have said.
In recent weeks, the officials said, guards have begun strapping recalcitrant detainees into “restraint chairs,” sometimes for hours [...]
Would You Trust Hillary With the NSA Program?
Posted on February 9, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News, War On Terror | 14 Comments
Today President Bush revealed how we thwarted an attack by Al Qaeda on LA. The success is due to many of the efforts of President Bush. Before this speech, Hillary Clinton made a speech on how Republicans are beating them on the issue of security.
DNR Online
Prior to her talk at Bridgewater College, scheduled [...]
Stop The ACLU’s One Year Blogiversary Blogburst: Top Ten Myths About The ACLU
Posted on February 9, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU | 115 Comments
Today I turn 29 years old, and Stop the ACLU turns one. We started out on blogsnot. Here is our first post. Enough about that…on with the blogburst.
Top Ten Myths of the ACLU:
10. The ACLU is non-partisan:
The Truth: Not only were they founded on Communism, they are about as liberal an [...]
