More on Diggs-Taylor — no stranger to ethical violations

Posted on August 22, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, Activist Judges, Border Control/Homeland Security, News, War On Terror | 4 Comments

I sense a pattern here…
Yesterday, I posted a NY Times piece on forum shopping and was lambasted on another blog for suggesting the possibility that the ACLU may have had an inside angle in securing not only the venue, but possibly even the judge they knew would give them a good shot at beginning this [...]

O’Reilly: Does Judge Taylor Want Americans To Die?

Posted on August 22, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News, War On Terror | 10 Comments

I found this video over at the liberal blog Raw Story. O’Reilly expresses his concern over Judge Taylor’s NSA ruling and asks the question that many have on their minds, “Does she really wish ill will on our forces or is it some kind of pacificistic naivete?” This is a question that crosses [...]

Judge Taylor Who Struck Down Wiretap Case Accused Of Conflict Of Interest

Posted on August 22, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, Illegal Activities, News, War On Terror | 25 Comments

Wow! This case just took an interesting twist! Conservative non-partisan (correction by Sister Toldjah) Watchdog group, Judicial Watch, is accusing US District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor, who sided with the ACLU in their case against the government over NSA wiretaps, of failing to recuse herself in spite of a conflict of interest.
Judicial [...]

ACLU Wants Gideons Out Of Elementary School

Posted on August 22, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, Church And State, News | 7 Comments

Via WDC Media
The ACLU is trying to restrict the Gideons from handing out Bibles to fifth-graders at an elementary school in Missouri.
For years the superintendent of the South Iron R-1 School District in Annapolis, Missouri, has permitted various groups to present information to students at district schools. The open access policy in the district [...]

Kentucky Teacher Removed For Burning Flag In Class

Posted on August 22, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, News | 10 Comments

There is quite a lot of controversy going on at one Kentucky school.
A middle school teacher in Louisville has been removed from the classroom after burning two American flags in class as part of a civics lesson.
Dan Holden, a seventh-grade social studies teacher at Stuart Middle School, burned two flags Friday as part of a [...]

Joe Rosenthal Gone at 94, Will Never be Forgotten by this Jarhead

Posted on August 22, 2006 - Filed Under History, News | 2 Comments

The man who gave us one of the most famous images in the history of photography has passed.

From the LA Times:
Joe Rosenthal, the Associated Press photographer whose dramatic picture of servicemen raising a giant, wind-whipped American flag atop Iwo Jima’s Mount Suribachi during World War II became an indelible image of valor and [...]