Web Site Kicks Sand in Faces of GIs in Iraq Asking for Mats to Ease Hardship of Sleeping on Ground

Posted on January 23, 2007 - Filed Under News, War On Terror | 4 Comments

From FNC:
An American GI assigned to one of the harshest posts in Iraq had a simple request last week for a Wisconsin mattress company: send some floor mats to help ease the hardship of sleeping on the cold, bug-infested ground.
What he got, instead, was a swift kick from the company’s Web site, which not only [...]

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ACLU asks Pelham to rescind ordinance targeting rental property

Posted on January 23, 2007 - Filed Under ACLU, Border Control/Homeland Security, News | 1 Comment

From Everything Alabama:

The Pelham ordinance requires rental property owners within the city limits to maintain a register listing the names of the people who live in their properties and whether they are older than 19. The number of adults allowed in a dwelling is limited to two per bedroom. Occupants and the property owners can [...]

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Good student speech article, Supreme Court implications

Posted on January 23, 2007 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, Abortion, Activist Judges, Church And State, News, Supreme Court | 1 Comment

CQ Weekly: Courts & the Law: Figure of Speech
School administrators around the country are punishing students for speaking out on issues ranging from abortion and homosexuality to drug use and the war in Iraq. And the Supreme Court appears poised to side with school administrators and — for no compelling reason — limit a landmark [...]

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Envirofundamentalists trying to shut down debate? Can’t be!

Posted on January 23, 2007 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, Communism, News, Politics As Usual | 1 Comment

CNS News: Activists Trying to Shut Down Climate Debate, Skeptics Say
Climate change skeptics - and journalists who report on them - have become the target of a campaign aimed at stifling legitimate debate at a time when Congress is planning an aggressive new environmental push.
This is the assessment of environmental scientists and free market advocates [...]

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