This is an interesting article on the U.K. perspective on this issue but I’d like to chime in with my opinion.
The fact is push comes to shove liberty and human rights are what you are fighting for. Not security because flatly folks ,there is no security. Everybodies going to die someday. if not today […]
Treating ordinary Marijuana Dealing as Terrorism.
Folks the Patriot Act isn’t about patriotism at all. Its about turning the US into a prison, more or less. Its also designed to erode or destroy every Constitutional and traditional protection (such as a wifes traditional legal right not to incriminate her husband) we have. In our fanatical […]
This has been all over the place.
I personally think that animal testing should only be allowed when utterly necessary for life saving drugs or treatments , certain veterinary applications, or in a very few rare cases for things like cosmetic burn treatments. Otherwise I support a blanket prohibition.
For example cosmetics on animals […]
On Orcinus.
This type of thing makes me very sad and angry. Unitarian Universalists (U.U.’s for short) are among the nicest most reasonable people you will ever meet. Honestly if every faith were as compassionate and sensible as they are, this world would be a far, far better place.
My compassion goes out to those hurt […]
Yes you heard me.
If Congress had done its job with a formal deceleration of war and a simple bit of regulation that falls in line with the treaties we signed all of this trouble could have been avoided.
I’ll show you with a from Section 8 - Powers of Congress — relevant parts are bolded
To […]
In Gaza.
Apparently Hamas or some other militant group blew a hole in the border fence between the Gaza strip and Egypt.
Now I hate Hamas and all the other murderous slime in that region but I must say this was clever.
At least people will be able to more easily and cheaply buy food and supplies and […]
From Yahoo.
I have rather mixed feelings in this case.
I am glad Padilla is out of the way. If he had succeeded in his goals innocent people would have been hurt and killed
On the other hand he was still an American and his rights under the constitution were severely mangled. Sensory deprivation torture […]
Makes me sick.
Thanks to Salon.com for actually you know, being a journalist.
I am starting to think that Christopher Hitchens is right and that we should abolish the C.I.A. Not only do they commit vile atrocities and human rights violations in the so called name of national security they do them to the wrong people!
I […]
Destroying those C.I.A. tapes was a big mistake.
It it really was an issue of security, you know there is this thing called video editing. It is easy enough to do at home with free software. The C.I.A, I am sure has that capability about a hundred times better.
But it wasn’t about security. It […]
This one is real short.
Terrorism is a highly charged phrase whose currency is being diminished through many misuses. In order to keep the word strong and powerful as well as enable us to defeat terrorists more efficiently we need a clear limited definition for the word.
Terrorism should only be defined as […]