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Reflections on Naomi Wolf’s piece: Blueprint for shutting down a democracy…
I was rereading some of my old mail in order to clean out my inbox when I came across this. Seeing what has transpired in the Middle East (Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, etc.) over the past few weeks brings these concerns … Continue reading
Posted in censorship, civil liberties, civil rights, COG, Constitution, domestic intelligence, election reform, FISA, freedom of speech, Gitmo, government corruption, imperialism, Middle East, National Security, philosophy, political corruption, Presidential Signing Statements, state of emergency, terrorism, Uncategorized, war, writ of habeas corpus
Tagged COG, election reform, Executive Orders, FISA, government corruption, Patriot Act, Presidential Signing Statements, War and Emergency Powers Act, writ of habeas corpus
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On re-establishing our Constitution rights…
Abandoning our democratic values in exchange for the delusion that we are safer is the greatest “win” the terrorists could have hoped for…. and we gave this to them out of fear…. Continue reading
Posted in Arizona shooting, civil liberties, civil rights, Constitution, deregulation, election reform, Financial Bailout, FISA, freedom of speech, Gay marriage, Gitmo, government corruption, healtcare, imperialism, incompetence in government, individualism, leadership, National Security, philosophy, political corruption, racism, separation of Church and State, terrorism, women's rights, writ of habeas corpus
Tagged Arizona shooting, Christina Green, civil liberties, Constitution, FISA, Patriot Act, political corruption, political philosophy, Presidential Signing Statements, Rep. Gabrielle Gifford, state of emergency, War and Emergency Powers Act, writ of habeas corpus
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It’s all about the integrity of the process…
When our founding fathers wrote the Constitution of the United States, they were writing this document from the worldview of immigrants who had fled their home country because of tyranny. Tyranny came to our founding fathers in many forms, but … Continue reading
Posted in civil liberties, Constitution, freedom of speech, Gitmo, individualism, leadership, Middle East, National Security, Oil, philosophy, terrorism, war, writ of habeas corpus
Tagged Constitution, due process, gay marriage, human rights, individualism, Prop. 8, Rule of Law, slavery, writ of habeas corpus
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The atrocity of Gitmo — further horrors revealed.
The writ of habeas corpus (requiring a warrant to search or take someone into custody) and due process (fair trial) are two of the most basic of democratic (small “d”) principles. No government, no society can expect to last long that does … Continue reading
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Tagged civil liberties, Gitmo, writ of habeas corpus
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