Boy Scouts v Berkley - Thought Police in 2006
Posted on July 11, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, Activist Judges, Boyscouts, News | Comments Off
George Orwell wrote in a novel in 1948 a description of society whereby private thought was monitored. People rejected and becoming “un-persons” because they chose to not conform to society. Squads of police monitoring thought crimes and big brother on the wall watching you. The novel was 1984. Is that so far fetched?
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Scout Decision Going To Supreme Court
Posted on July 11, 2006 - Filed Under Boyscouts, News | 2 Comments
Via WND
A decision by the California Supreme Court that ended a half century of free use of the Berkeley, Calif., marina by the Boy Scouts of America is being appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Pacific Legal Foundation announced today.
Although Berkeley allows nonprofit groups free use of the city’s marina, it prohibits the Berkeley [...]
Novak Reveals Plame Source
Posted on July 11, 2006 - Filed Under News | 2 Comments
Update: Read his column at Human Events.
Thanks to Don Surber for pointing this one out to me.
Matt Drudge reports:
BOB NOVAK, My Leak Case Testimony: ‘I learned Valerie Plame’s name from Joe Wilson’s entry in ‘Who’s Who in America’… MORE Published reports that I took the Fifth Amendment, made a plea bargain with the [...]
ACLU Strikes Down Its Own Proposal To Limit Free Speech of Members
Posted on July 11, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News, War On Terror | 1 Comment
Stop The ACLU applauds the ACLU for striking down its own proposal to silence the free speech of its own members. An ironic victory for free speech at the ACLU!
A committee of the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Board of Directors recently withdrew proposed guidelines that have been criticized as limiting dissent by Board [...]
Bush Administration Caves To ACLU
Posted on July 11, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News, War On Terror | 4 Comments
USAToday is reporting that the Bush Administration has caved to the ACLU by providing “rights” to detainees that they clearly are not entitled to:
“The Bush administration said Tuesday that all detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and in U.S. military custody everywhere are entitled to protections under the Geneva Conventions.”
Of course, the ACLU applaud!
Macsmind says [...]
Wide Awakes Radio Up And Running
Posted on July 11, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU | Comments Off
Make sure to go check out the excellent list of bloggers lined up for this week’s Wide Awakes Radio!
Read More..>>Seven Explosions at Bombay Train Stations
Posted on July 11, 2006 - Filed Under News, War On Terror | Comments Off
Update: At least 100 are dead!
Update: Make that 7 explosions. Make that 147!
Seven explosions hit Bombay’s commuter rail network during rush hour Tuesday evening, ripping apart train compartments and reportedly injuring dozens of people, police and Indian media said.
Indian television news channels broadcast video of the wounded sprawled on train tracks and [...]
Man allowed to board aircraft appeared to have bomb components
Posted on July 11, 2006 - Filed Under Border Control/Homeland Security, Humor, News, War On Terror | 2 Comments
Hat tip to: Doug Hagmann, Director, Northeast Intelligence Network.
According to a Houston Chronicle article, ‘ HPD, airport security at odds over incident,’ on June 26th, a man was allowed to board a Delta Airlines flight after being stopped at the airport security screening area with what appeared to be suspected bomb components. The man was [...]
