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Category Archives: Freedom and liberty
DoD Deputy Assistant Secretary Urges Boycott of Law Firms Representing Detainees
Via Boing Boing, CNN: Charles “Cully” Stimson, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs urges companies to boycott the law firms that represent detainees (suspected terrorists). If Stimson’s boycott proposal was put into practice, it would effectively prevent … Continue reading
Airport security theater: forgetting to remove laptop from bag
At the security checkpoint, they usually tell you to remove your laptop from a bag and put it in a bin to be xrayed separately from the bag. And to take your shoes off, etc. Yesterday they didn’t tell me … Continue reading
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Objectivist Car
Recently I was behind a car on highway 237 that clearly belonged to an Objectivist. The license plate said “B IS B”, and there were two large bumper stickers with quotes from the book Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Â … Continue reading
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Don’t criticize the war, unless you want to be arrested
When I was a child, I was taught that the United States was a “free country.” That I could say anything I wanted, with only minor limitations (e.g., libel or inciting violence). That the people were protected by the Rule … Continue reading
Road to Ruin II
Those of us that protested the so-called “PATRIOT” act were criticized as being “soft on terrorists”. We’ve been told that the taking away of our civil liberties is just a temporary measure until the terrorist problem is solved. And we’re … Continue reading
Ex Post Facto legislation
S.3930, the Military Commissions Act of 2006, contains various sections legalizing past actions of the government, such as this section: (2) RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY- The amendments made by this subsection, except as specified in subsection (d)(2)(E) of section 2441 of title … Continue reading
My opinion of Patricia Dunn drops another notch.
From the Congressional testimony of Patricia Dunn, former Chairman of the Board of Hewlett Packard, regarding the company’s use of fraudulent means to obtain the telephone records of reporters and fellow board members: Committee Chairman Joe Barton (R-Texas):Â “If I … Continue reading
Due Process gets the axe in Ohio
The Ohio legislature now will allow judges to list people on a registry of sex offenders even if they’ve never been charged with a crime, much less convicted of one. They don’t even have to be accused in a civil … Continue reading
New Hampshire needs a new state motto
Their current state motto is “Live Free or Die”. But since recent court rulings in New Hampshire have eliminated the “Live Free” choice, it appears that dying is the only choice remaining to citizens of New Hampshire. I’ve previously mentioned … Continue reading
The Gospel of John & Yoko: The Origins of Mad Morality
A friend sent me a link to Oleg Atbashian’s essay “The Gospel of John & Yoko: The Origins of Mad Morality“. I either don’t understand Atbashian’s position, or disagree with much of it. I don’t believe that opposing the war, … Continue reading →