2004-10-21
BRAIN FOOD + NEWS BLIPS
An assortment of sites that get the neurons firing | Doesn't matter whether you agree with the authors or not, so long as they get you thinking | Mixed in are a couple of news blips |
11th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds Constitutional Rights | According to an Associated Press release: Steve Kubby on the Bill of Rights | have to thank Liz Michaels, iconoclastic columnist and 2006 Senate candidate from Arizona for hosting this essay on the USA Bill of Rights | Makes quickly clear that it wasn't the established order who supported fighting for freedom against distant rulers | Now that our rulers are here amongst us, the call is even more important |
Enjoy the Draft | A new website with the presidential twins displaying camo fashion gear | I don't know about you, but my guess is that no matter who gets in the White House, there will be a Draft initiated | Dubya might do it quicker | disclosure: Alright, this is a satire site, not actual "news" as yet |
No Faith in the White House | American Prospect outlines why, based on his deeds, not his words, Dubya is no Christian in practice | A quote: Social Justice and the Political Struggle | Omar Swartz' academically slanted essay encourages Americans "...to reject the limitations of much mainstream political thought, which are ...subversive to the noble American ideals of freedom, justice, and equality for all." He seeks to "...encourage Americans to demand fundamental changes in the interests of a just political and economic system."
His call is not limited to Amercians. "...Social justice ...embraces an equitable distribution of ...resources, including nutrition, shelter, health care, and education. These resources [are] public goods so the ultimate aim of the state is to ensure that all people enjoy access to these goods."
Don't be thrown off by lengthy discourse and higbrow vocabulary | Swartz raises some important questions if we are to acheive social justice |
Oil company land grab accelerated under Dubya | Not that is is a surprise, the Cheney/ENRON secret energy policy stays on course as natural resources owned by you and me is given away so oil execs can wallow in profits before the economy goes bust | The Denver Post provides an update on permits given out |
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An assortment of sites that get the neurons firing | Doesn't matter whether you agree with the authors or not, so long as they get you thinking | Mixed in are a couple of news blips |
11th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds Constitutional Rights | According to an Associated Press release:Fears of a terrorist attack are not sufficient reason for authorities to search people at a protest, a federal appeals court has ruled, saying Sept. 11 "cannot be the day liberty perished."
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously Friday that protesters may not be required to pass through metal detectors when they gather next month for a rally against a U.S. training academy for Latin American soldiers.
Authorities began using the metal detectors at the annual School of the Americas protest after the 2001 terrorist attacks, but the court found that practice to be unconstitutional.
"We cannot simply suspend or restrict civil liberties until the War of Terror is over, because the War on Terror is unlikely ever to be truly over," Judge Gerald Tjoflat wrote for the three-member court. "Sept. 11, 2001, already a day of immeasurable tragedy, cannot be the day liberty perished in this country."
Steve Kubby on the Bill of Rights | have to thank Liz Michaels, iconoclastic columnist and 2006 Senate candidate from Arizona for hosting this essay on the USA Bill of Rights | Makes quickly clear that it wasn't the established order who supported fighting for freedom against distant rulers | Now that our rulers are here amongst us, the call is even more important |
Enjoy the Draft | A new website with the presidential twins displaying camo fashion gear | I don't know about you, but my guess is that no matter who gets in the White House, there will be a Draft initiated | Dubya might do it quicker | disclosure: Alright, this is a satire site, not actual "news" as yet |
No Faith in the White House | American Prospect outlines why, based on his deeds, not his words, Dubya is no Christian in practice | A quote:...Sin is crucial to Christianity. To be born again, a seeker must painfully acknowledge his or her innate sinfulness, and then turn away from it completely. And though today Bush is sober, he does not live and govern like a man who “walks” with God, using the Bible as a moral compass for his decision making. ...His steadfast unwillingness to fess up to a single error betrays a strikingly un-Christian lack of attention to the importance of self-criticism, the pervasiveness of sin, and the centrality of humility, repentance, and redemption
Social Justice and the Political Struggle | Omar Swartz' academically slanted essay encourages Americans "...to reject the limitations of much mainstream political thought, which are ...subversive to the noble American ideals of freedom, justice, and equality for all." He seeks to "...encourage Americans to demand fundamental changes in the interests of a just political and economic system."
His call is not limited to Amercians. "...Social justice ...embraces an equitable distribution of ...resources, including nutrition, shelter, health care, and education. These resources [are] public goods so the ultimate aim of the state is to ensure that all people enjoy access to these goods."
Don't be thrown off by lengthy discourse and higbrow vocabulary | Swartz raises some important questions if we are to acheive social justice |
Oil company land grab accelerated under Dubya | Not that is is a surprise, the Cheney/ENRON secret energy policy stays on course as natural resources owned by you and me is given away so oil execs can wallow in profits before the economy goes bust | The Denver Post provides an update on permits given out |
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