Today is either National Day of Reason or National Day of Prayer

Today is the National Day of Prayer, it is also the National Day of Reason. Only one of these concepts is our nation founded upon, and no, it's not the former. Our nation is a product of the Enlightenment. Men such as Thomas Paine, James Madison, Ben Franklin and Thomas...

Gay aide of Romney forced out of campaign and other stories

A few different stories in the news. In one case, the foreign policy adviser of Republican (probable) presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, resigned. Indeed, this was celebrated by many in the far religious rightwing who don't want any openly gay individuals in the Republican...

Can the government arrest someone and not release their names?

Immigrantion and Criminal Enforcement is the main federal agency charged with enforcing our nation's immigration laws. Well, it seems that they can arrest suspected illegal/undocumented individuals and have stated that they as an orgaization are not obligated to release the...

Schools suppress speech rights and bus driver fired

Germantown (Wisconsin) High School teacher Eric Glass is facing sexual assault charges for sexual relations with a 17 year old student at his high school. While this action is wrong, because society has to draw the line somewhere when it comes to an age of consent, Mr....

Anti-gay group endorses Mitt Romney

A few stories about gay rights and the opposition to gay rights, in the United States. The Alaska Family Council, an anti-gay group in that state, sent e-mails to individuals that they could register to vote at the polls. While we enjoy this right in Wisconsin, they don't in...

Police abuse, pro-marijuana protest banned and gay rights

In this case out of New Jersey, a female cop named Ragina Tasca, who stopped a beating of an emotionally disturbed man, might (or by this time already has) lost her job on the Bogota, New Jersey Police Department. The other cops had ran out of their police car and attacked...

Anti-drug folks deny marijuana to patients and silence critics

"His marijuana trade and propagandist marijuana magazine have generated nearly $5 million a year in profits that bolstered his trafficking efforts, but those have gone up in smoke today. … Drug legalization lobbyists now have one less pot of money to rely on." Those were...

How unions help women in society, along with others

Women in the U.S. make about 78 of what men make in society. When it comes to comparing union women workers v. union male workers, that difference is cut to about 88%. This isn't surprising. Unions, though imperfect, have done a good job in supporting well paying jobs for...

RULE OF LAW, MORALITY DIE IN USA FUSION CENTER SLOW-KILL GENOCIDE

NOTE:  This article also is available at VicLivingston.blogspot.com:http://viclivingston.blogspot.com/2012/01/thugocracy-u.html • Multi-agency fusion center- directed, police-protected community "policing" thugs stalk, terrorize, home-invade their targets --...

Non-violent felons should have their 2nd Amendment rights guarant

I believe in the 2nd Amendment's guarantee of a right to "bear arms". As a progressive, I don't think rights are narrow, but broad. That goes for speech, due process, press freedom and especially the 9th Amendment's protection of rights not previously listed in the Bill of...

Illegal strip search and concussion for minor with baggie of pot

In Beloit, WI, local police got a call of suspected drug use. An officer found a 16 year old boy in a parked car, with two others. He told the teenager to get out. After patting him down for weapons and drugs, the officer, Kerry Daugherty, saw a bulge in the boy's pants....

Are gays led by demons, some on the religious rightwing think so

Rick Santorum, a man who believes that two men getting married is like a man marrying a dog, is quitting the presidential race. So in honor of the most anti-gay presidential candidate ever, and that includes you Michelle Bachmann, here are a couple of stories that deal with...

Gay marriage is like a child driving? Someone believes that.

Republican Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler believes that same sex marriage is like an uncle marrying his niece and a 50 year old marrying a 12 year old girl. Yes, she said that. She also believes that it is comparable to a 3 year old driving a car. At least, she didn't compare...

The Catholic church castrated children to "cure" them of gayness?

Republican Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler believes that same sex marriage is like an uncle marrying his niece and a 50 year old marrying a 12 year old girl. Yes, she said that. She also believes that it is comparable to a 3 year old driving a car. At least, she didn't compare...

Judge lies to get man arrested, and is still on the bench

A judge in New Hamsphire, Edward Burke, lies to police  and states that a citizen named Ademo Freeman, who was asking him questions in a courthouse that the judge obviously didn't like, threatened him. I didn't have to watch the video more than once to know it was...

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