It’s only Constitutional for the right kind of people

Cartoon by Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News

Are they so stupid as to think Wikipedia and Wikileaks are the same thing?

Wikipedia, in its article on the Federal Bureau of Investigation, includes a copy of its seal.  The FBI’s response to the encyclopedia’s educational use?  “Whoever possesses any insignia…or any colourable imitation thereof..shall be fined…or imprisoned… or both,” the FBI wrote in a letter threatening legal action. So tell me — how does harassing an encyclopedia [...]

And it’s been trouble ever since

The phrase “under God” was incorporated into the Pledge of Allegiance June 14, 1954, by a Joint Resolution of Congress amending §7 of the Flag Code enacted in 1942.[11] Via Wikipedia

It’s enough to make a citizen belligerent

Sen. John McCain and his good buddy Joe Lieberman have teamed up to bring us another way to surrender our civil rights: The Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention and Prosecution Act.  It’s goal?  “To provide for the interrogation and detention of enemy belligerents who commit hostile acts against the United States, to establish certain limitations on [...]

Quote of the day

“If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place. If you really need that kind of privacy, the reality is that search engines — including Google — do retain this information for some time… we are all subject in the United States to [...]

That’s extortion

Who says they’re unenlightened rednecks in Montana? If you want a job with the city of Bozeman,  be prepared to hand over the addresses of any websites you participate in, any forums you use, and any chat rooms you visit, as well as your Facebook, Goggle, MySpace, YouTube and other accounts, along with your usernames [...]

2 down, 48 to go

The flag of equal marriage. In 1902, when the women’s suffrage movement was just getting warmed up, the American flag had 45 stars.  In protest, the suffragists created their own US flag with only four stars, representing the four states that allowed women to vote. In that tradition, this is a protest flag for equal [...]

Well, DUH

Media Advisory: Monday, September 15, 2008 For Information Contact; Randy Alexander (901) 359-4982 Marsha Katz (406) 544-9504 www.adapt.org ADAPT Fights Back re: Nation’s Low Income People with Disabilities Left Behind in Election Year Agendas Who: ADAPT Community (500 disability rights activists from all over the country.) ADAPT is the nation’s largest cross-disability grassroots disability rights [...]

A declaration of human rights

Decades after the recognition of civil rights irrespective of race, religion and gender, the United Nations has come out with a compact affirming the right of those of varying ability to be included in society and to control their own destiny. On May 3, 2008 the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities went [...]

Big Brother is watching–and measuring–you

It used to just be astronauts and pilots. Now, if Redmond follows through on this patent, you, too, can have your biometric data analyzed in real time and potentially be fired for failing to meet standards. From the (UK) Times Online: Microsoft submitted a patent application in the US for a “unique monitoring system” that [...]

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