Civil Liberties
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Why True Conservatives Should Vote for Me - Whitney For Governor
www.whitneyforgov.org via @jonorjonathan &bull YesterdayLet's be candid. If you identify yourself as a conservative, your first inclination will probably be to vote for Republican candidate Bill Brady in the Illinois governor's race. I understand that. He covers some of the basic conservative talking points: cutting spending, holding the line on taxes, "pro-life," pro-Second Amendment, pro-business. Bill Brady proposes to balance the state budget by cutting spending 10 percent across the board. He refuses to identify what programs he will actually cut until after the election. This is not a conservative position. First, his math his wrong. A 10 percent cut in the operating budget… Full Story »
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Janet Napolitano: TN terror hot line not meant to push profiling
WBIR &bull Yesterday
An ad campaign meant to generate leads for a counterterrorism hot line is not meant to encourage ethnic or racial profiling, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said during a visit to Nashville on Wednesday. Napolitano, along with representatives of several… Full Story »
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Defeat Pelosi > John Dennis 2010
www.johndennis2010.com via @angrycalifornia &bull YesterdayThe 46-year-old, who lives in the San Francisco neighborhood of Pacific Heights with his wife and their young daughter, swears he's not a white conservative wrapped in Bay Area sensibilities as a way to unseat Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has represented the Eighth District in the House of Representatives for 23 years. Rather, the ergonomics entrepreneur, who is speaking at the Lincoln Club of… Full Story »
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Which Tea Party Is More About Supporting Our Liberties, And Less About Control Over Our Lives? - Uncategorized - Psychology University
psychologyuniversity.net via @Carydc &bull YesterdayNot sure of the difference. The tea party people like Ron Paul are for supporting your civil liberties and Palin is more about theocratic control. They support each other right now on fiscal matters because they see an opportunity to… Full Story »
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EducationNews.org - Napolitano: TN terror hot line not meant to push profiling
www.educationnews.org via @bestcopydotnet &bull YesterdayNapolitano, along with representatives of several state law enforcement agencies, said they will roll out over the next few weeks a series of posters and public service announcements that encourage people to report suspicious activities to a toll-free number. The… Full Story »
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U.K.-U.S. relations ever strong
The Hill - David Hill &bull Sep 1, 2010
Visiting the United States for the first time as home secretary this week I have seen for myself the depth and effectiveness of our countries' common bond. I have also noted the importance of our close cooperation in protecting the way of life we both value. The people of the United Kingdom and the United States are safer and more secure because of our countries' commitment to work together. Nowhere is… Full Story »
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Iraq War 2008: Photo Made Fort Bliss Soldier Heroic Figure Of Iraq War; PTSD Led To His Death - News Story - KVIA El Paso
www.kvia.com via @creightonc &bull Sep 1, 2010Joseph Dwyer carries a young Iraqi boy who was injured during a battle between the U.S. Army's 7th Cavalry Regiment and Iraqi forces near the village of Al Faysaliyah, Iraq, on March 25, 2003. Joseph Dwyer carries a young Iraqi boy who was injured during a battle between the U.S. Army's 7th Cavalry Regiment and Iraqi forces near the village of Al Faysaliyah, Iraq, on March 25, 2003. More Story originally appeared July 21, 2008.PINEHURST, N.C. Officers had been to the white ranch house at 560 W. Longleaf many times before over the past year to respond to a "barricade… Full Story »
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Open Your Eyes News Iraq war: Inquiry launched into Iraqi boy's disappearance from UK base
www.openyoureyesnews.com via @The_Historian &bull Sep 1, 2010The Guardian - The British government has ordered an urgent inquiry into the disappearance of an injured Iraqi child who has not been seen since being placed in the care of UK military medics in 2003. In one of the most bewildering episodes of the Iraq occupation, Memmon Salam al-Maliki, an… Full Story »
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Thousands dead in Iraq, a trillion spent, it's time to move on
theloop21.com via @theloop21 &bull Sep 1, 2010Ending this war is not only in Iraq's interest - it is in our own. The United States has paid a huge price to put the future of Iraq in the hands of its people. We have sent our young men and women to make enormous sacrifices in Iraq, and spent vast resources abroad at a time of tight budgets at home. We… Full Story »
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First Ever Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Becomes Law
ACLU Blog &bull Aug 31, 2010
Earlier today, New York Gov. David Paterson signed the first law ever in the United States to give domestic workers the same protections that most other workers have enjoyed for decades. The enactment of the New York Domestic Workers Bill of Rights means that the over 200,000 nannies, in-home caregivers, housekeepers, and other domestic laborers throughout New York State will now finally be guaranteed an eight-hour work day,… Full Story »
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September 11: Day of Action at the Passing Clouds
Meetup - Peace events &bull Aug 31, 2010
Although we now know that 9/11 is yet another symptom of the socially and economically damaging monetary system, we must recognise that it is also an event that dramatically changed society (for the worse, unfortunately). It cast fear, paranoia, division and uncertainty… Full Story »
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Legal group seeks to force state officials to defend Prop 8
Democratic Underground &bull Aug 31, 2010
Source: Associated Press A conservative legal group is trying to force Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to defend California's gay marriage ban in court. The Pacific Justice Institute petitioned the 3rd District Court of Appeal in Sacramento… Full Story »
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Religious right rally breaks out at supposedly non-political and pro-troops, Glenn Beck rally
Examiner Politics Channel Articles &bull Aug 31, 2010
Did you know that Glenn beck single handedly won the civil rights movement? What, no? Well, it must have been so because Beck stated, "We will take back that movement because we were the people that did it in the first place." What? Ok, who were the people who supported the civil rights movement? African Americans, check. Northern whites, but… Full Story »
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The Rutherford Institute - Commentary
www.rutherford.org via @WarmGingerTea &bull Aug 31, 2010The only person who is still a private individual in Germany is somebody who is asleep.- Robert Ley, a member of the Nazi hierarchy As the surveillance state expands around us, entangling us in a web from which there is no escape, what we used to call privacy is fast becoming a thing of the past. In fact, the very latest governmental assaults on our privacy rights take the form of two portable high-tech scanners that are little more than thinly disguised data collection systems aimed at turning unsuspecting Americans into permanent suspects. The first device, a license-plate recognition scanner… Full Story »
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Feds Sued for Trying to Kill Qaeda-Linked Cleric
CBS News Politics &bull Aug 31, 20102 Civil Liberties Groups Say Government's Targeted Killing Overseas of Anwar al-Awlaki Is Unconstitutional Full Story »
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Hindus laud election of aboriginal to Australia House of Representatives
breakingnews.gaeatimes.com via @gaeabreaking &bull Aug 31, 2010Noted Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that although it came very late, "it was a step in the right direction for Australia" and showed that Australians were getting more mature. Zed, who is… Full Story »
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How Bill Kristol's pro-Israel group is lying to you
Salon.com News & Politics &bull Aug 31, 2010
Bill Kristol's new group the Emergency Committee for Israel is out with another TV ad attacking another Democrat, Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ), for supposedly being unfriendly to the Jewish state. But it turns out a key fact in the ad -- that a purportedly Hamas-linked Muslim advocacy group gave Holt a 100% approval rating -- is, if you scratch just a little below the surface, so misleading as to be essentially a lie. And not… Full Story »
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Homeowner's Fight Involves Flag Tied to Tea Party
Tuscaloosanews.com &bull Aug 31, 2010This year, Mr. McDonel began flying a yellow Dont Tread on Me flag on his roof in this unincorporated area just outside Phoenix. The historic banner which dates to 1775, when it was hoisted aboard ships during the initial days of the Revolutionary War has been adopted by the Tea Party movement. But Mr. McDonel said that he had unfurled the flag for its historical significance and nothing else. He notes that the banner, the Gadsden flag, has been widely used over the years and was even featured… Full Story »
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ACLU, CCR Sue Obama To Block 'Targeted Killings'
Huffington Post &bull Aug 31, 2010
NEW YORK - Two civil liberties groups sued the federal government on Monday to try to block its targeted killing overseas of a U.S.-born cleric believed to have inspired recent attacks in the United States. The American Civil Liberties Union… Full Story »
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NY groups seek DC order blocking targeted killings
Bismarck Tribune &bull Aug 30, 2010
Two New York-based civil liberties groups have sued the federal government, saying its targeted killings of U.S. citizens overseas is unconstitutional. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed the lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court… Full Story »
