ACLU: Military Chaplains “need to find another career.”

Posted on May 17, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News | 11 Comments

Jeremy Gunn, the ACLU’s “religious liberty” point man was for some reason invited to the Air Force Academy to address cadets and staff to share his view that the attack on public expression of faith is a myth. In the May 11 Colorado Gazette story covering the event exposes Gunn as the condescending [...]

Hey ACLU! Is Banning Hate Speech A Slippery Slope Or Not?

Posted on May 17, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, News | 12 Comments

I thought I remembered the ACLU saying, “Even speech that is cruel, distasteful and upsetting is protected by the First Amendment.” I swear they were preaching something along the lines of, “The best answer to this speech is not speech restrictions, but more speech.” I guess this philosphy only applies when disrupting [...]

Senate OKs Border Fence

Posted on May 17, 2006 - Filed Under Border Control/Homeland Security, News, War On Terror | 3 Comments

Via AP
The Senate voted to build 370 miles of triple-layered fencing along the Mexican border Wednesday and clashed over citizenship for millions of men and women who live in the United States illegally.
Amid increasingly emotional debate over election-year immigration legislation, senators voted 83-16 to add fencing and 500 miles of vehicle barriers along the southern [...]

The Unasked Question About Immigration ‘Reform’

Posted on May 17, 2006 - Filed Under Border Control/Homeland Security | 1 Comment

If we build it, will they come?
Everyone assumes that the millions of illegal immigrants living in the United States will jump at the chance to accept whatever amnesty program is offered to them. No one is asking what happens if they choose to remain in the shadow economy. But why shouldn’t they?
Why should an illegal [...]

Parades Are Not A First Amendment Right

Posted on May 17, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News | 2 Comments

For today’s dose of idiocy and insanity from our friends at the ACLU, we go to New Orleans, that Corpulent City of Cocoa that continues to entertain and baffle those of us in this country that don’t understand what it means to be a permanent ward of the welfare state.
At issue are “second line fees”, [...]