Category: Civil Liberties
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 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 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 Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Sep 3, 2009 in Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Health Care, Patriotism, U.S. Constitution | 81 Comments
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter of NH went from being a citizen who protested at Town Halls, who was removed from a George Bush event, and disrupted her former congressperson’s town halls, to someone who has a constituent removed for asking a simple question. Yes, in just four years, Rep. Shea-Porter has done a complete 180. [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 31, 2009 in Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Bush/Cheney, Civil Liberties, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Energy Policy Act of 2005, FISA, Flip Flopping, Homeland Security, National Security, TOTUS, U.S. Constitution | 32 Comments
After seeing this article the other day, Bush’s Search Policy For Travelers Is Kept; Obama Officials Say Oversight Will Grow, I felt compelled to share some helpful suggestions when you are traveling into the USA: carry some change to make phone calls, bring some paper and a pen to be able to write a letters/documents, [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 30, 2009 in Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress (House & Senate), Crime, Current Affairs, Cyber Attacks, Flip Flopping, Freedom of Speech, Homeland Security, National Security, President Barack Obama | 47 Comments
When I saw this at The Onion, I thought this was mighty plausible. Make sure you read the crawl at the bottom - even as a die-hard Yankees fan, I thought the first one was funny:
White House Reveals Obama Is Bipolar, Has Entered Depressive Phase
See?? Doesn’t that make everything make more sense? [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 28, 2009 in Bill of Rights, Civil Liberties, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Health Care, U.S. Constitution | 41 Comments
Not us, apparently, if Congress has its way. Believe it or not, some people are actually going through these proposed health care bills. Not many of our elected officials, mind you, but SOME people are. Thank heavens, since you won’t believe some of the more egregious proposals contained in it (specifically, H.R. [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 17, 2009 in Civil Liberties, Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Islam, Muslim, Religion, Sharia Law, United Kingdom, Women | 61 Comments
Let me say right up front that I have absolutely nothing against Islam or Muslims in general. I certainly do not agree with the more conservative Muslim views on women, though. Not only does this article focus on conservative Muslims, Swimmers Are Told To Wear Burkinis, but the impact they have on non-Muslim [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 11, 2009 in 1st Amendment, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Fascism, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Constitution, Universal Health Care | 148 Comments
Wow, have I ever been laboring under a false impression! I thought, from what the Constitution (and Bill of Rights) contained, that US citizens have the right to assemble, and the right to free speech. Oh, and that our representatives worked for US, and not the other way around.
Was I ever [...]
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Jul 30, 2009 in Armed Services Committee, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Current Affairs, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Father Michael Pfleger, Gay Rights, Rev. James Meeks, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., Rev. Otis Moss | 16 Comments
The only reason I’m writing this story about gays in the military instead of the true expert, Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy, who’s hammered President Obama for not carrying through with his campaign promises to revoke “don’t ask don’t tell” — is that I happened to catch a segment on upcoming Armed Services hearing to [...]
By Pat Racimora on Jul 4, 2009 in Civil Liberties, Congress (House & Senate) | 21 Comments
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 14, 2009 in Bamboozling, Campaign promises, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Current Affairs, Dept. of Justice (Obama), Don't Ask Don't Tell, GLBT, Gay Rights, Hoodwinking, Pandering, President Barack Obama, WORMs | 52 Comments
(bumped up from earlier yesterday)
Oh, boy. Well, Obama recently showed his true colors on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” (see this, this, and this) and he has REALLY shown them on “DOMA” (Defense of Marriage Act). I’m sorry to keep harping on this, but hey - it IS Pride month, after all, and what [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on May 28, 2009 in Civil Liberties, Constitution, MSNBC, President Barack Obama, Rachel Maddow, U.S. Constitution | 163 Comments
(bumped up from early afternoon)
At my most recent post about Secretary Clinton providing full benefits to the GLBT Diplomat Corp, faithful No Quarter reader, Mountaires, had a comment which included the following video from the Rachel Maddow Show. As you know, and as I have mentioned a number of times, Rachel Maddow, and her [...]
By SusanUnPC on May 20, 2009 in Campaign promises, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Flip Flopping, Hoodwinking, Human Rights, Obama's Broken Promises | 67 Comments
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I don’t know how anyone can watch the above video and not be both sickened and infuriated. It’s bad enough that, every day for 18 years, this man had to live a lie and keep a secret — that dishonesty and subterfuge are [...]
By SusanUnPC on Apr 17, 2009 in Abuse, Bush/Cheney, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Obama's Broken Promises, President Barack Obama, Torture, Unitary Executive Powers/Signing Statements | 119 Comments
This is classic Obama modus operandi: He screws the left which believed his campaign promises while placating the intelligence agencies — and keeping the always-ready-to-pounce rightwing tamped down — with his refusal to uphold his constitutional duty to enforce criminal law. As Turley says, Obama’s motive is “painfully obvious”: It’s all about politics. [...]
By SusanUnPC on Apr 15, 2009 in Bill of Rights, Civil Liberties, Homeland Security, Tax Day | 30 Comments
In a brilliant rebuttal to coordinated attacks from the far left, this Wall Street Journal op-ed, “Tax Day Becomes Protest Day - How the tea parties could change American politics.” (related stories) nails the true genesis of today’s protests:
Today American taxpayers in more than 300 locations in all 50 states will hold rallies — dubbed [...]
By SusanUnPC on Apr 4, 2009 in Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Commerce, Current Affairs, Cyber Attacks, President Barack Obama, Terrorism | 39 Comments
Truthteller sent me this shocking story in Mother Jones, one of the growing number of intelligent left-leaning publications questioning Obama and his “unitary executive” power grab that exceeds that of George W. Bush, if that were possible. READ “Should Obama Control the Internet?” (“A new bill would give the President emergency authority to halt [...]
By SusanUnPC on Mar 28, 2009 in Chris Matthews, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights | 25 Comments
Many of you are too young to know a world without television. I remember our first TV vividly, and the one channel (NBC) that we could get, until late in my high school years, we also got ABC. I watch Hardball for research purposes (and for occasional great guests like this author) but regardless [...]
By Old Grumpy Guy on Jan 30, 2009 in Arrogance, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Democracy, Disenfranchisement, Elitism, Fascism, Humor, Media, OldGrumpyGuy | 112 Comments
In my new video I look at the way the Emperor’s Clothing Syndrome has dominated the arts and humanities over the past half century, with the help of academic practitioners looking for theories to build on, trying to carve out some academic territory for themselves and becoming the high priests or priestesses of their [...]
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