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Latest Articles: Dead Constitution
Shorn on the Fourth of July
Post Date: 2007-07-04 16:06:15 by DeaconBenjamin
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The history of taxation is mostly a history of rising taxes. It makes depressing reading. Tax increases tend to accelerate as the right to vote is extended to more people. It may take time for this process to be evident, but rarely does it take longer than one generation. In no nation has this process been more true than the United States. Yet the history textbook writers have successfully told the story as if the reverse were true. Am I exaggerating? Consider whether the following verifiable story is familiar to you. Is this what you have been told? THE STORY BEHIND THE TAX STORY When I was in graduate school four decades ago, I wrote a paper on then-current academic opinion regarding ...
Congress adjourned sine die in 1861
Post Date: 2007-07-04 15:46:32 by richard9151
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Senate Report 93-549 War and Emergency Powers Acts, Executive Orders and the New World Order From data available on the web. The Introduction to Senate Report 93-549 (93rd Congress, 1st Session, 1973) summarizes the situation that we face today - except it is far worse today than it was in 1973 !! "A majority of the people of the United States have lived all of their lives under emergency rule. For 40 years [now 66 years], freedoms and governmental procedures guaranteed by the Constitution have, in varying degrees, been abridged by laws brought into force by states of national emergency. The problem of how a constitutional democracy reacts to great crises, however, far antedates ...
Commuting Prison Term Is Implicit Critique of Sentencing Standards
Post Date: 2007-07-04 10:15:03 by Ada
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In commuting I. Lewis Libby Jr.’s 30-month prison sentence on Monday, President Bush drew on the same array of arguments about the federal sentencing system often made by defense lawyers — and routinely and strenuously opposed by his own Justice Department. Critics of the federal sentencing system have a long list of complaints. Sentences, they say, are too harsh. Judges are allowed to take account of facts not proven to the jury. The defendant’s positive contributions are ignored, as is the collateral damage that imprisonment causes the families involved. On Monday, President Bush made use of every element of that critique in a detailed statement setting out his reasons ...
Cop Lobby Flexes Its MuscleCop Lobby Flexes Its Muscle
Post Date: 2007-07-04 07:37:36 by boonie rat
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Cop Lobby Flexes Its Muscle by Steven Greenhut "The Brotherhood" – members of California's various police and law enforcement unions – showed up in force at the California Assembly's Public Safety Committee hearing Tuesday morning in Sacramento. There were perhaps hundreds of them in attendance – mostly big, burly white men, dressed typically in sport coats that were emblazoned with pins from the cop agencies and government unions they represent. Quite frankly, they strutted around like they owned the place, which is pretty accurate given that they basically do own most of the legislators. The front rows of seats in the audience at the committee are ...
Cindy Sheehan is back!
Post Date: 2007-07-04 02:24:00 by kiki
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Call Out the Instigator Cindy Sheehan Call out the Instigator Because there's something in the air We got to get together sooner or later Because the revolution's here You know it's right! Thunderclap Newman I'm not backing off. I tried to remove myself from the political realm of the US, what BushCo is turning into an Evil Empire, but the blatant audacity of George commuting Scooter's sentence (he's not ruling out a full pardon ---and you know he will) has dragged me kicking and screaming back in. I can't sit back and let this BushCo drag our country further down into the murky quagmire of Fascism and violence, taking the rest of the world with them!I have ...
NYC man held for reciting 1st Amendment (thatwill teach him to think he has rights in this country)
Post Date: 2007-07-03 23:09:07 by freepatriot32
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NEW YORK - Reverend Billy says he wants the New York Police Department to get right with the Constitution. The performance artist — a cross between a street-corner preacher and an Elvis impersonator (but blond) — was arrested on harassment charges last week while reciting the First Amendment through a megaphone in Manhattan's Union Square. On Monday, he donned his trademark white suit and returned to the scene of his alleged sin to demand that police repent. "It feels so good to be back on the very spot where I was denied my First Amendment rights by reciting the First Amendment," he told reporters over the din of an NYPD helicopter hovering overhead. Reverend ...
Legal Confusion Follows Libby Decision
Post Date: 2007-07-03 19:14:58 by aristeides
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Legal Confusion Follows Libby Decision Tuesday July 3, 2007 10:31 PM WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush forced the CIA leak case into uncharted legal territory when he commuted the prison sentence of former White House aide I. Lewis ``Scooter'' Libby, a federal judge said Tuesday. Bush eliminated Libby's 2-year prison term and left in place his two years of supervised release. But supervised release - a form of probation - is only available to people who have served prison time. Without prison, it's unclear what happens next. U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton posed the question to Libby's attorneys and to Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald: Does this mean Libby ...
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY;YOU HAVE NO GOVERNMENT
Post Date: 2007-07-03 18:16:26 by Horse
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As this article is being written the world is entranced with terrorist attacks in the United Kingdom, and U.S. residents are stocking up on beer and barbecue for the most sacrosanct of all American holidays. Barefoot children are running through sprinklers and reveling in backyard swimming pools. Fireflies flicker through muggy Midwest nights, and urban jungles swelter in a sultry aura of crime and poverty. But whether in the McMansions of Florida bedroom communities or locked in the suffocating despair of Chicago’s Cabrini Green, everyone knows—everyone feels it, but no one is talking about “it.” That “it”, hat “something” is why depression is ...
US Obit
Post Date: 2007-07-03 17:18:13 by aristeides
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US Obit I wrote a draft of this a few weeks ago and updated a bit today. I really think we could be at the beginning of the end here. United States of America July 3, 2007 Washington, D.C. The United States of America was found dead Tuesday evening just after 7 pm, only two days before its 231st birthday. Death appeared to be due to complete failure of the principles on which it was founded, but several self-inflicted contributing factors also were identified. According to the preliminary autopsy report, the heart was damaged by a severe blockage of habeas corpus. The skeletal system was extremely weak, suggesting long term failure of infrastructure maintenance. The brain suffered ...
Can you tell me if what I've got is the real White House phonebook, in case the switchboard's down when I call about Scooter?
Post Date: 2007-07-03 16:09:59 by aristeides
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Can you tell me if what I've got is the real White House phonebook, in case the switchboard's down when I call about Scooter? Submitted by lambert on Mon, 2007-07-02 21:43. [I’ve been told the answer is “Yes,” by an authoritative source, although YMMV because numbers do change. Welcome, Wonkette readers. Welcome, Raw Story readers. If you call, please feel free to check back here, and leave the results of your courteous, polite, civil, and dignified conversation in comments!] See The White House Phone Directory (May 18, 2007). Because I figure the regular switchboard might be busy tomorrow, but if you’ve got the White House phone directory, you can just work ...
Reprobrate Gengis finds grey area site: all sortsa stuff to get you in trouble
Post Date: 2007-07-03 14:37:04 by gengis gandhi
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* Hacking Coke Machines * How to make an M80 * inherent weaknesses of 7pin tubular locks * Make your own Home Theater Projector * Making your own XM Commander Cable * Usb Powered Christmas Lights * The Explosive Pen * Introduction to digital logic * Antenna Concepts and Building a "Coffee Can" Antenna * The History and Science of Lock Pick Guns * Hacking BetaBrite LED Signs PART1 * Hacking Coffee Machines * Hacker Mags you might not know about. * DIY Ultra-Simple Hovercraft * Transmit Audio with a Laser Pen * Building your own MasterLock MasterKey * Homemade Stun Gun * Elevator Hacking * Beer Can Padlock Shim * DIY AC-USB Charger * Video: Making a beer can shim * Hacking BetaBrite ...
Unimpeachably Impeachable
Post Date: 2007-07-03 05:26:01 by Zoroaster
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July 3, 2007 Unimpeachably Impeachable by Ray McGovern Last week's four-part Washington Post feature on Vice President Dick Cheney removed any doubt in my mind as to whether he and President George W. Bush have committed the kinds of high crimes and misdemeanors that warrant impeachment. While President George W. Bush bears the ultimate responsibility, the nature of the evidence against Cheney and his closest associates is so specific and overwhelming that it makes sense to impeach and bring him to trial first. Subpoenas from Capitol Hill are flying downtown into executive office buildings like paper airplanes, but the potential for obfuscation and delay is immense, and the danger ...
Like Napoleon at Elba, Wolfowitz Finds Contentment at AEI
Post Date: 2007-07-02 19:36:04 by aristeides
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Like Napoleon at Elba, Wolfowitz Finds Contentment at AEI Posted July 2, 2007 | 05:22 PM (EST) Paul Wolfowitz, former Deputy Secretary of Defense and former President of the World Bank, has been named Visiting Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. But while AEI is known as a hub for hawkish neoconservatives--including Richard Perle, David Frum, and Michael Ledeen--Wolfowitz will not be working on any more foreign wars, according to AEI President Chris DeMuth. Instead, as the July 2 press release informs us, Wolfowitz will "work on entrepreneurship and development issues, Africa, and public-private partnerships." All of which makes perfect sense: Wolfowitz, the release ...
Bits from the Presidential Advance Manual
Post Date: 2007-07-02 17:35:57 by aristeides
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Bits from the Presidential Advance Manual ACLU has a mostly redacted copy of the Presidential Advance Manual (pdf) which tells staff and volonteers how to prepare for Bush's speech events. Excerpts from the not redacted bits (emphases as in the original): Distribution [...] Typically, tickets will be divided into two different categories. [...] The categories are: VIP These tickets should be used to highlight a group involved in the theme of event and in a limited number to members of the State Party, Local Officials, the Host of the Event or other groups extremely supportive of the Administration. These seats are usually located behind the podium or in the area between the stage ...
McDermott to Cheney: ‘Resign or face impeachment’
Post Date: 2007-07-02 13:20:37 by tom007
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McDermott to Cheney: ‘Resign or face impeachment’ By Chris Good June 29, 2007 Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) told Vice President Dick Cheney to “resign or face impeachment” Thursday night as three more House Democrats lent their support to a plan to impeach the vice president. “The vice president holds himself above the law, and it is time for the Congress to enforce the law,” McDermott said in a floor speech. “For the good of the nation, the vice president could leave office immediately.” McDermott was one of three House Democrats to come out in favor of impeachment Thursday, along with Reps. Keith Ellison (Minn.) and Hank Johnson (Ga.). Including ...
Bush Losing `fast Track' Trade Powers (bwahahahah!!!)
Post Date: 2007-07-01 07:05:26 by gengis gandhi
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Bush Losing `fast Track' Trade Powers By JIM ABRAMS 06.29.07, 2:15 PM ET Popular Videos Extreme CEOs: Jones Soda Inside The $482,000 Mercedes McLaren 722 Sopranos' On the Hudson China's Growing Pains Red Hot Summer Gadgets Most Popular Stories The Saboteurs Of Search Europe's No Fly Zone Liz Claiborne Remembered Ten Trophy Home Must-Haves Six Capital Gains Faves From Dow Theory President Bush loses his power Saturday to seal "fast track" trade agreements without interference from Congress, where Democrats blame recent deals for sending U.S. jobs abroad. Since 1975, only one other president, Bill Clinton, has been stripped of that trade promotion authority, ...
Action Alert! Stupak Amendments for FDA Reform
Post Date: 2007-07-01 06:25:44 by gengis gandhi
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Stupak Amendments for FDA Reform In our ongoing efforts addressing institutional conflict of interest within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the AAHF strongly backs the efforts of Congressman Bart Stupak to make the agency more accountable to the American people. In May 2007 when Senator Kennedy's FDA Revitalization Act was approved in the Senate and sent on to the House of Representatives, Rep. Stupak was ready with six carefully crafted amendments to mandate greater accountability, efficiency and openness by the FDA. Over the past seven years Stupak and his colleagues have painstakingly reviewed FDA activities repeatedly finding the FDA to be an agency characterized by a ...
The Misunderestimated Mr. Cheney: The Vice President's Record of Willfully Violating the Law, And Wrongly Claiming Authority to Do So
Post Date: 2007-07-01 04:28:18 by Zoroaster
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The Misunderestimated Mr. Cheney: The Vice President's Record of Willfully Violating the Law, And Wrongly Claiming Authority to Do So By JOHN W. DEAN ---- Friday, Jun. 29, 2007 Vice President Dick Cheney has regularly claimed that he is above the law, but until recently he has not offered any explanation of why. In fact, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find a law that Cheney believes does apply to him, whether that law be major or minor. For example, he has claimed that most of the laws passed in the aftermath of Watergate were unconstitutional, and thus implicitly inapplicable. His office oversees signing statements claiming countless new laws will not be honored except ...
The Bollyn Trial: The Criminalization of an Outspoken Journalist
Post Date: 2007-06-30 15:06:25 by Eoghan
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This conviction was for the sole purpose of destroying the credibility of Mr. Bollyn and retaliating against his controversial reporting on issues of the day. - Dr. Linda L. Shelton, MD, PhD. First of all, I want to extend my sincere thanks to the very kind, exceptionally gifted, and extremely generous people who have supported me during my ordeal with the authorities of Hoffman Estates and Cook County, Illinois. The sage advice and the financial, moral, and legal support that I have received from people around the world is nothing short of incredible. A positive and substantial result of this sordid affair is that it has separated the wheat from the chaff; it has clearly distinguished ...
16th Amendment net broadcast today
Post Date: 2007-06-30 11:46:40 by Pinguinite
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Dear Friends: Attorney Jeffrey Dickstein will appear on the TOGINET LIVE internet radio show at 4:00 pm Central time to speak about the historic 16th Amendment litigation that he is spearheading on behalf of author and researcher Bill Benson. Please listen in at http://togientertainment.com/radio.php
NY City May Seek Permit and Insurance for Many Kinds of Public Photography
Post Date: 2007-06-30 08:41:51 by Zipporah
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Some tourists, amateur photographers, even would-be filmmakers hoping to make it big on YouTube could soon be forced to obtain a city permit and $1 million in liability insurance before taking pictures or filming on city property, including sidewalks. New rules being considered by the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting would require any group of two or more people who want to use a camera in a single public location for more than a half hour to get a city permit and insurance. The same requirements would apply to any group of five or more people who plan to use a tripod in a public location for more than 10 minutes, including the time it takes to set up the equipment. ...
Walls of Babylon
Post Date: 2007-06-29 20:09:11 by robin
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Walls of BabylonAdd to My Profile | More Videos Description: Everyone needs to read more and consume less. We need to abolish corporate person hood and return the Commons to the People! We need to close down the Illegal and Unconstitutional Federal Reserve. We need to dismantle the corrupt and morally bankrupt CIA and shut down the Military Industrial Complex once and for all. We need to hold our government officials accountable. They are public SERVANTS. We are the people and our Rights as Free Individuals shall not be infringed! Mandatory viewing: "Why We Fight" A BBC documentary detailing the exploits and folly of the Military Industrial Complex. "The Corporation" ...
Agency's Strangeloves altered mind of a girl aged 4
Post Date: 2007-06-29 16:35:44 by Eoghan
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EASILY lost, on page 425, in the mass of the CIA's notorious "Family Jewels" files is a short paragraph outlining "potentially embarrassing Agency activities". "Experiments in influencing human behaviour through the administration of mind- or personality-altering drugs to unwitting subjects." Of all the heinous acts committed by the CIA in the name of national security, these experiments, done on the agency's behalf by prominent psychiatrists on innocent victims - including children as young as four - may be the darkest. "We have no answer to the moral issue," former director Richard Helms infamously said when asked about the nature of the ...
Bloomberg's Gun Campaign Is Dealt a Blow
Post Date: 2007-06-29 11:50:29 by Brian S
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In a blow to Mayor Bloomberg's campaign against illegal guns, a Senate committee yesterday voted 19–10 to pass an amendment that mandates prison time for police officers who use federal gun-trace data for anything except specific investigations. Mr. Bloomberg responded to the vote with a harsh statement, saying the senators who voted for the amendment made America less safe. "Today's vote … showed Congress at its most craven, buckling to pressure from the gun lobby to protect those who traffic in illegal guns — even if it means locking up police officers," he said. The new amendment will "empower criminals, undercut cops, and endanger innocent ...
Supreme Court Allows Student's Anti-Bush T-Shirt
Post Date: 2007-06-29 11:26:19 by Brian S
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(06-29) 07:22 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Putting its recent ruling on student speech into practice, the Supreme Court on Friday rejected a school district's appeal of a ruling that it violated a student's rights by censoring his anti-Bush T-shirt. A seventh-grader from Vermont was suspended for wearing a shirt that bore images of cocaine and a martini glass — but also had messages calling President Bush a lying drunk driver who abused cocaine and marijuana, and the "chicken-hawk-in-chief" who was engaged in a "world domination tour." After his suspension, Zachary Guiles returned to school with duct tape covering the offending images. Williamstown Middle ...
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