Category: Civil Liberties & Rights
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Nov 18, 2009 in Civil Liberties, Civil Liberties & Rights, Current Affairs, Education, Freedom of Speech, Gay Rights, Human Rights | 39 Comments
I admit, when I first saw the headline about the child refusing to say the Pledge of Allegiance, I just assumed it was about the whole “under God” thing in there. Well you know what they say when one “assumes,” and nowhere was that more the case than here, as this article makes clear, [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Nov 12, 2009 in Bloggers, Current Affairs, DNC, Gay Rights, Linda Anselmi, Obama Comrades, Obama's Broken Promises, Religion | 17 Comments
When NQ faithful reader, Doc99, sent me this article, I had to check that it wasn’t from The Onion, or any other satire site. But no, this is for real, “Mormons Throw Support Behind Gay-Rights Cause.”
Well, I’ll be a monkey’s uncle. Sure never saw THAT one coming. I’ll give you a moment [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Nov 10, 2009 in Bamboozling, Campaign promises, Commander in Chief, Current Affairs, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Flip Flopping, Hoodwinking, Obama's Broken Promises, Soldiers/Veterans | 63 Comments
On the eve of Veteran’s Day, 500 service people have been discharged from the military under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” A policy Campaigner in Chief, Barack Obama, claimed he would end once he became Waffler In Chief. In the first actual interview with the GLBT media The Advocate during the campaign, he said:
I reasonably [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Nov 5, 2009 in Civil Liberties, Current Affairs, Gay Rights, Human Rights, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department | 45 Comments
Election 2009 has come and gone with some major changes: VA and NJ have gone Red. Turns out, the races weren’t even all that close. Much is being discussed and debated about the meaning behind these wins by the GOP. I will leave that, and the NY 23 Owens win to the [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 30, 2009 in Afghanistan, Bamboozling, Bill Clinton, Campaign promises, Censorship, Current Affairs, Daily Kos, Dick Cheney, Europe, Foreign Affairs, Fox News, France, Freedom of Speech, George Bush, Germany, Hoodwinking, Huffington Post, Lobbyists, Louisiana, MSNBC, Media, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, New York Times, Obama's Media Censorship, President Barack Obama, Public Finance, Republicans, TOTUS | 63 Comments
That is a question I have asked myself time and time again since Obama took office on a number of issues, including expanding the Faith Based Initiatives, or my fave, the incredibly unConstitutional “Prolonged Detention” of American Citizens, holding them in custody indefinitely without charges.
Turns out I am not the only one who [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 23, 2009 in ABC News, CNN, Censorship, Chicago politics, Current Affairs, David Axelrod, Fox News, Media, NBC, Obama's Thugs, President Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, U.S. Constitution | 111 Comments
(Bumped up Saturday a.m. from Friday afternoon.)
With Fox News against the White House attempt to censor the cable network. Check that, to shut DOWN the network. I am assuming that, by now, you have heard of the concentrated attacks on the Fox News Network by Administration officials, and the president himself. Larry [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 21, 2009 in Bank Bailouts, Bank Failure, Censorship, Chicago politics | 118 Comments
(Bumped up from Wednesday early a.m.)
Nope, I am not talking about Anita Dunn this time. Ron Bloom is the latest Obama Czar (Manufacturing) to quote Mao as an authority. And just wait to see which quote he uses from Mao. Oh, and he disses that whole free market thing, too. See [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 19, 2009 in Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Censorship, Chicago politics, Current Affairs, David Plouffe, Fox News, Governance, Hoodwinking, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, Obama Comrades | 101 Comments
Thus proclaims the White House Communications Director, Anita Dunn. Of course, many of us actually knew this already, or strongly suspected that was the case. How nice to have someone in Obama’s administration, someone pretty high up,confirm it:
President Obama’s presidential campaign focused on “making” the news media cover certain issues while rarely communicating [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 18, 2009 in Andrew Sullivan, Bamboozling, Bill Clinton, Bloggers, Campaign promises, Civil Liberties & Rights, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Democrats, Don't Ask Don't Tell, GLBT, Gay Rights, Hoodwinking, Human Rights, John McCain, Obama's Broken Promises, President Barack Obama, Rev. James Meeks | 30 Comments
Well, Obama is pandering to the GLBT community again. He gave a speech to the Human RIghts Campaign Friday, October 9th. Personally, I think he was trying to ward off the big-ass march planned against him in DC byt the GLBT community. It didn’t work, I might add. Seems some folks [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 14, 2009 in Civil Rights Act of 1964, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Race Card, Racism, South Carolina | 36 Comments
At least according to my representative, Jim Clyburn. Let me just say that this is not at ALL what I had planned to write about this morning. I was going to write about the Senate Finance Committee voting on a bill that hasn’t even been written out yet, more a theoretical bill, if [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 13, 2009 in Abuse, Afghanistan, Bamboozling, Bush administration, Campaign promises, Current Affairs, Flip Flopping, Foreign Affairs, George Bush, Hillary Clinton, Hoodwinking, Human Rights, Obama's Broken Promises, Pakistan, Pandering, President Barack Obama, Sara in Italy, UN Human Rights Council, Women and Children | 23 Comments
Dr. Sima Samar. Now, some of you may know who she is already. For those who do not, or for those who are want to learn more, this is for you. (H/t to my aunt for sending me a mini biography on her, and to American Girl in Italy for mentioning her [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 5, 2009 in Afghanistan, Bamboozling, CNN, Civil Liberties & Rights, Current Affairs, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Hillary Clinton, Hoodwinking, Obama Comrades, Obama's Broken Promises, President Barack Obama, Rev. James Meeks, Soldiers/Veterans | 35 Comments
That’s the headline I saw Monday morning at AOL . Of course my response was, “Whaaa” For real?? How fortuitous since General McChrystal is saying we need more troops in Afghanistan! Is this true??” And then I read the article. The short answer is, “No.”
Here is the [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Sep 29, 2009 in ABC News, ACORN, Abuse, Afghanistan, Bamboozling, Bill of Rights, Censorship, Chicago, Chicago politics, Current Affairs, Flip Flopping, Foreign Affairs, Fox News, George Stephanopoulos, Hoodwinking, President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Soldiers/Veterans, Women and Children | 76 Comments
That would be Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaking out about violence against girls and women at the U.N. After the ad nauseum speeches of President Obama, this is an incredibly refreshing change, even though the subject is intense, to say the least. Still, this one has substance, and isn’t “just words.” [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Sep 23, 2009 in Barack Obama, Censorship, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Freedom of Speech, Health Care, Insurance Policies & Industry, Medicare | 42 Comments
By now, surely you have heard about the White House threatening a Gag Order on insurance companies, Humana in particular out of KY. Why? Because they dare to tell their members what will happen to Medicare Advantage if the current Health Care Bill goes through. Damn their eyes - what are they [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Sep 19, 2009 in Ayers, Campaign promises, Congress (House & Senate), Congressional Black Caucus, Current Affairs, DNC, Don't Ask Don't Tell, FISA, Hillary Clinton, Israel, Jimmy Carter, Misogyny, Political Correctness, President Barack Obama, Public Finance, Qualifications, Race Card, Racism, Rev. James Meeks, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., Rules and Bylaws Committee, Tony Rezko, White Guilt | 78 Comments
By now, most everyone has heard that President Carter claimed people who don’t support Obama do so because they are racists. Wow. Obviously, this is shocking on the face of it. If you have not heard this, the video is below. I also recommend two very good posts on this topic, one [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Sep 17, 2009 in Barack Obama, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Gay Rights, Health Care, Hillary Clinton, New York Times, No Quarter Blog, Washington Post | 49 Comments
My well meaning, but decidedly Obot, sister sent me an article from alternet.org recently written by a lesbian mother detailing the additional financial difficulties we face when we are on our partner’s health care coverage (”Unbelievable: As A Lesbian Mother, I Have To Pay More For Health Care“). Well, I can appreciate her alarm, [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Sep 13, 2009 in Bailouts, Bill Clinton, Bloggers, Citizenship, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Deficit, Democrats, Freedom of Speech, General Motors & Chrysler, George Bush, Health Care, MSNBC, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, NBC/MSNBC, National Debt, New York Times, Obama Administration, President Barack Obama, Stimulus Plan, Washington Post | 242 Comments
Yes, more numbers to report to you you today. “Tens of Thousands” is the phrase the Washington Post and The New York Times used to describe the numbers of people marching on Washington yesterday, voicing their concerns over the rampant spending by Congress. “Tens of thousands” has apparently become a euphemism for 1.2 [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Sep 12, 2009 in ABC News, ACORN, Associated Press, Bailouts, Bank Bailouts, CNN, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Democrats, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Fox News, Media Handling of Story, NBC/MSNBC, New York Times, Obama's Broken Promises, President Barack Obama, Republicans, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Soldiers/Veterans, Washington Post | 29 Comments
Yes, it is a Numbers Game today. My blogging buddy, Diamond Tiger at Logistics Monster had this video at her blog today, which I am shamelessly stealing (hey - she’s on HI time - she is up when we East Coasters are dead asleep, even though she is at the March on Washington. [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Sep 5, 2009 in Bill of Rights, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Civil Liberties & Rights, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, Patriotism, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Constitution | 30 Comments
There seems to be some confusion over whose meetings these town halls are. Silly me, I thought they were held for the constituents of the particular representative or senator holding them. Evidently, I was wrong, at least according to this organizer for HCAN at the town hall held by Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) in [...]
By Pat Racimora on Sep 4, 2009 in Civil Liberties & Rights, Current Affairs | 34 Comments
What does fudge covered peanut butter filled pretzels in vanilla malt ice cream rippled with fudge and peanut butter have to do with gay marriage? Well, maybe it is the most telling symbol that full civil rights for anyone wishing to marry may be on a roll.
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