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Latest Articles: Dead Constitution Search:     on:   Titles/Articles Titles only Keywords   order by:   Post Date Relevancy   Note: Keyword search results are always sorted from Newest to Oldest Postings THE GOAL IS FREEDOM : Is The Income Tax Unconstitutional? Post Date: 2006-06-26 15:49:14 by Mind_Virus 0 Comments THE GOAL IS FREEDOM Is The Income Tax Unconstitutional? June 23, 2006 by Sheldon Richman Sheldon Richman is the editor of The Freeman and "In brief." Wishful thinking, always a temptation, is hazardous. Example: An awful lot of people think the income tax as it applies to private-sector wage earners is illegal -- even unconstitutional -- and they assume that if they can only come up with the right legal arguments, judges will strike down the tax and make America a free society once more. Many such people are in prison today. It would be nice if their wish came true. But it's not going to happen, for reasons I will discuss here. This is another example of Richman's Maxim: ... Congressman: charge newspapers over reports on terrorist-tracing program Post Date: 2006-06-26 14:37:11 by Dakmar 5 Comments WASHINGTON (AP) - The chairman of the House homeland security committee urged the Bush administration on Sunday to seek criminal charges against newspapers that reported on a secret financial-monitoring program used to trace suspected terrorists. Representative Peter King cited the New York Times in particular for publishing a story last week that said the Treasury Department was working with the CIA to examine messages within a massive international database of money-transfer records. King, a New York Republican, said he would write Attorney General Alberto Gonzales urging that the country's chief law enforcer "begin an investigation and prosecution of the New York Times - the ... New Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Breaks Tie to Uphold Kansas Death Penalty Law Post Date: 2006-06-26 11:52:31 by Brian S 1 Comments WASHINGTON - New Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito broke a tie Monday to rule that Kansas' death penalty law is constitutional. By a 5-to-4 vote, the justices said the Kansas Supreme Court incorrectly interpreted the Eighth Amendment's protection against cruel and unusual punishment to strike down the state's death penalty statute. The dissenters, the four liberal members of the high court, bitterly complained about the decision. The Kansas court said the state's death penalty law improperly forced jurors to impose a capital sentence even if they believed that the prosecution and defense evidence were equal in weight. But the justices disagreed. Writing for the majority, Justice ... Bush under fire over tracking of money transfers Post Date: 2006-06-26 10:50:25 by robin 3 Comments Bush under fire over tracking of money transfers Suzanne Goldenberg Washington Friday June 23, 2006 Guardian The Bush administration was forced today for the second time in months to account for a controversial spying programme, defending its tracking of millions of financial transactions as an important tool in the war on terror. The revelation that CIA agents and treasury officials had been secretly monitoring financial transactions routed through Swift, the Brussels-based banking cooperative, caused uproar. It followed intense controversy - and a number of law suits from civil liberty organisations - provoked by the disclosure in the New York Times last December that ... Cheney’s Cheney [David Addington] Post Date: 2006-06-26 06:20:01 by robin 0 Comments Cheney’s CheneyIssue of 2006-07-03Posted 2006-06-26 BLAKE ESKIN: Most people have never heard of David Addington. Why is he important enough to be the subject of such an in-depth piece? JANE MAYER: Addington has been the single most influential legal thinker, according to other Administration lawyers, in shaping the Bush Administration’s legal response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. He has left almost no paper trail, and has avoided all public scrutiny—as far as I know, he’s granted no interviews to reporters, and he even avoids having his photo taken by the press. It seemed important to me to hold the creator of these policies accountable, so ... Debunking “America: Freedom To Fascism” Post Date: 2006-06-26 02:51:30 by Mind_Virus 21 Comments Debunking “America: Freedom To Fascism” Saturday 24 June 2006 As a Small Government Conservative (I would use the word “Libertarian”, but that’s a loaded word), it pains me to take the side of the Federal Government against a guy who can’t even simple facts straight. Google Video: America, Freedom to Fascism trailer 1. Strike One About 8m:29s into the movie bit of text says “Executive Order 1099083; leading you to beleive that E.O. 10990 is some fascist order that “allows the gov’t to take over all modes of transportation” NOWHERE in the Order is the word transportation, or anything even remotely talking about transportation. ... Lawmaker Wants Newspapers Charged Over Stories On Secret Programs Post Date: 2006-06-25 12:57:25 by Brian S 5 Comments WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee urged the Bush administration on Sunday to investigate newspapers that reported on a secret financial-monitoring program used to trace terrorists. Rep. Peter King cited The New York Times in particular for publishing a story last week that the Treasury Department was working with the CIA to examine messages within a massive international database of money-transfer records. King, R-N.Y., said he would write Attorney General Alberto Gonzales urging that the nation's chief law enforcer "begin an investigation and prosecution of The New York Times— the reporters, the editors and the publisher." ... Iraq: Fool Me Twice Post Date: 2006-06-24 18:35:31 by Zoroaster 2 Comments June 23, 2006 Who Will Hold Them Accountable? Iraq: Fool Me Twice By Col. DAN SMITH A date to remember will be the night of June 20, 2006. That’s the night Congress was fooled for the second time. Remember October 2002 and Iraq? So much has happened since then that it seems like ancient history. Or at least that is what the Bush administration would like to have the public think. One constant theme that emanates from the White House is that whatever mistakes might have been made in the past – e.g., the reasons given to justify going to war with Saddam Hussein’s Iraq – that’s behind us. It’s “water under the bridge” or maybe “over the ... The Cheap Pathos of Civil Rights Post Date: 2006-06-24 17:47:38 by Zoroaster 0 Comments The Reactionary Utopian The Cheap Pathos of Civil Rights June 8, 2006 “The unexamined life is not worth living,” Socrates said, probably after reading the morning papers. It never ceases to amaze me how passionately we all (I emphatically include myself) get caught up in the most trivial, ephemeral matters, like summer flies buzzing around the freshest dunghill. “How small this will appear a twelvemonth hence!” Samuel Johnson remarked about the latest news of his day. I forget what it was — probably something political. It’s in politics that men are always aggravating the hopeless tangle of their laws, obscuring the simplest principles and making a ... Populist #28: On the Electoral College Post Date: 2006-06-24 17:00:08 by BTP Holdings 0 Comments Populist #28: On the Electoral College America's presidential election system is clearly the most heavily debated part of the United States Constitution, as many people and groups complain about its anti-democratic leanings. Calls have rung out from all over to change the system to a strictly popular vote method. Although many organizations have long supported the abolition of the Electoral College, the recent protracted proceedings in Florida and Ohio, as well as the apparent disparity between the popular and the Electoral vote have added more fuel to the calls to abolish the Electoral College. However, for all of the furious invectives against the College over the last few years, ... The Pussification of The South Post Date: 2006-06-23 23:54:51 by Mind_Virus 7 Comments The Pussification of The South Dec 04, 2004 Recently here in Arkansas, it seems like the Clinton Library has been the big topic of conversation, saturating the news to the point of naseau on my part. Clinton maybe didn't suck, but he wasn't as great as liberals seem to think either. That's beside the point. Shortly before the mass of ceremonial bullshit that went into opening the library, a ridiculous bit of political correctness was undertaken in Little Rock, namely — pun intended — the RENAMING of Confederate Blvd. Now, part of the road had already been redubbed as Springer quite a few years back. The moniker assassins returned to finish the job recently apparently because ... American Civil Rights Union Supports Case in Defense of Right to Bear Arms Post Date: 2006-06-23 19:27:45 by Coral Snake 0 Comments American Civil Rights Union Supports Case in Defense of Right to Bear Arms 6/22/2006 12:19:00 PM To: National Desk Contact: Hugh Newton, 703-408-1065, for the American Civil Rights Union WASHINGTON, June 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) filed a brief amicus curiae on Friday, June 16 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in support of the plaintiffs in the case of Shelly Parker et al. v. District of Columbia. This is a potential landmark case where the plaintiffs are asking the Court to recognize that the Second Amendment does, indeed, establish a right of individual citizens to keep and bear arms. The ACRU brief states, "Thorough analysis ... Feds Raid Patsy “Terror Cell” in Miami Post Date: 2006-06-23 18:35:54 by loner 22 Comments Feds Raid Patsy “Terror Cell” in Miami Friday June 23rd 2006, 8:36 am In a transparent repeat of the paintball terrorist op in Ottawa (and the absurd bust of innocents in London)—designed to remind American, Canadian, and British subjects they must surrender what remains of their beleaguered civil liberties—the FBI has announced they have raided “a suspected terror cell based in Miami,” according to the Ministry of Hysterical Propaganda, ABC News division. “The group has been under surveillance for some time and was infiltrated by a government informant who allegedly led them to believe he was an Islamic radical, a Justice Department official ... White House Demands Dismissal of Spy Suit Post Date: 2006-06-23 11:32:16 by Brian S 1 Comments (06-23) 01:32 PDT SAN FRANCISCO, (AP) -- A lawsuit challenging the Bush administration's domestic spying program must be dismissed because it threatens to reveal state secrets and jeopardize the war on terror, the government says. The case was set to go before a federal judge in San Francisco on Friday. The Bush administration argues that the courts cannot decide the constitutionality of the president's asserted wartime powers to eavesdrop on Americans without warrants. The government is invoking the so-called "state secrets privilege" in a federal lawsuit filed by a privacy group against communications giant AT&T Inc. about the telecom's alleged involvement in Bush's ... History About a famous logo Post Date: 2006-06-23 08:23:19 by Itisa1mosttoolate 3 Comments History of Piracy Author: Krzysztof WilczyDski (about) The history of piracy dates back more than 3000 years, but its accurate account depends on the actual meaning of the word ‘pirate’. In English, the word piracy has many different meanings and its usage is still relatively new. Today, some uses of the word have no particular meaning at all. A meaning was first ascribed to the word piracy sometime before the XVII century. It appears that the word pirate (peirato) was first used in about 140 BC by the Roman historian Polybius. The Greek historian Plutarch, writing in about 100 A.D., gave the oldest clear definition of piracy. He described pirates as those who attack without ... Cheney Says He Might Testify in Leak Case Post Date: 2006-06-23 00:10:13 by Mekons4 2 Comments Cheney Says He Might Testify in Leak Case The Associated Press Thursday, June 22, 2006; 7:57 PM WASHINGTON -- Vice President Dick Cheney said Thursday he might have to testify in the CIA leak trial of his former chief of staff. Cheney made the comment in a CNN interview, following last month's suggestion by prosecutors that the vice president would be a logical witness in the case of I. Lewis Libby, who is accused of perjury, obstruction and lying to the FBI. Libby is "one of the finest men I've ever known," Cheney said, then declined further comment. "I may be called as a witness." Cheney's state of mind is directly relevant to whether Libby lied to FBI agents and ... Court's Marijuana Ruling A Victory For Authorities; users can be arrested for drugged driving weeks after they toast a joint... Post Date: 2006-06-22 17:59:53 by Brian S 15 Comments Marijuana users can be arrested for drugged driving weeks after they toast a joint, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a Jackson County appeal. A veteran prosecutor hailed the ruling as a correct interpretation of the zero-tolerance law that will make enforcement easier. A longtime defense attorney said the high court has opened the floodgates on overreaching government. "This goes to show the Supreme Court does not seem to care about individual rights," Jackson attorney Jerry Engle said. Advertisement At issue were cases from Jackson and Grand Traverse counties. The local case involved the prosecution of Dennis Kurts for driving under the influence of ... Why the Duke Case is Important Post Date: 2006-06-22 00:21:30 by Tauzero 13 Comments Why the Duke Case Matters by William L. Anderson The Seattle Public Schools recently decided to define "racism" in all its forms, including the denunciation of those who held to the importance of "future orientation" and "individual rights" (both under the "cultural racism" category). However, after being hit with a barrage of emails (including a couple from me, one of which said that according to their standards, having pensions for Seattle teachers was an act of "cultural racism," since it involved "future orientation"), the board took down the site and claims to be re-working it. Seattle might be a long way from Durham, North ... IF Bush is going to make a super UNION of US, Canada, and S. America is that not an ACT of TREASN? Post Date: 2006-06-21 21:39:34 by Itisa1mosttoolate 12 Comments Bush 'super-state' documents sought: FOIA request filed to expose plans for 'North American union' (Article) Post Date: 2006-06-20 12:41:45 From: Goldi-Lox To: *TREASON ALERT* http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=146721&Disp=0 AT&T rewrites rules: Your data isn't yours Post Date: 2006-06-21 19:12:55 by Zipporah 6 Comments Wednesday, June 21, 2006 AT&T has issued an updated privacy policy that takes effect Friday. The changes are significant because they appear to give the telecom giant more latitude when it comes to sharing customers' personal data with government officials. The new policy says that AT&T -- not customers -- owns customers' confidential info and can use it "to protect its legitimate business interests, safeguard others, or respond to legal process." The policy also indicates that AT&T will track the viewing habits of customers of its new video service -- something that cable and satellite providers are prohibited from doing. Moreover, AT&T (formerly known as ... Test Your Freedom IQ Post Date: 2006-06-21 14:54:40 by Mind_Virus 1 Comments Sunday, June 18, 2006 Test Your Freedom IQ As July 4 approaches, ask yourself how well you understand the principles upon which the nation was founded Are you a rock-solid freedom lover, a closet authoritarian or an in-your-face socialist? Take the Register's first Freedom Quiz and see. It's devised with new graduates in mind, to help them understand their political philosophy as they head out into the real world or back into the not-so-real world of academia. Register editorial writers Alan Bock, John Seiler and Steven Greenhut developed these questions to highlight aspects of "small l" libertarianism, the freedom philosophy that animates our pages. We believe in limited ... Inspirational read, and remember, as much as things change, they remain the same: Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death Post Date: 2006-06-21 09:40:42 by Ferret Mike 2 Comments No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if, entertaining as I do opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve. This is no time for ceremony. The questing before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate. It ... ADL, Bush Seek to Make West Criticism-Free Zone for Jews Post Date: 2006-06-19 20:58:14 by Brian S 4 Comments Dept. of Global Anti-Semitism is first step toward outlawing disapproval On October 16, 2004 President Bush signed into law the Global Anti-Semitism Review Act. It establishes a special department within the U.S. State Department to monitor global anti-Semitism, reporting annually to Congress. This is more “Hate Crimes” legislation, orchestrated by the international Jewish religious, educational, and fraternal organization, B’nai B’rith, and its Anti-Defamation League. The new “Department of Global Anti-Semitism” is designed to make critics of Israel not only into “anti-Semites” but ultimately into “domestic terrorists.” According to its ... U.N. INSULT TO CONSTITUTION A GOOD REASON TO HALT U.S. FUNDING, SAYS SAF Post Date: 2006-06-19 19:29:45 by noone222 4 Comments NEWS RELEASE Second Amendment Foundation 12500 NE Tenth Place • Bellevue, WA 98005 (425) 454-7012 • FAX (425) 451-3959 • http://www.saf.org U.N. INSULT TO CONSTITUTION A GOOD REASON TO HALT U.S. FUNDING, SAYS SAF For Immediate Release: 6/19/2006 BELLEVUE, WA – In what can only be a carefully-timed, deliberate insult to the United States and its Constitution, the United Nations is hosting a conference on global gun control aimed directly at our Second Amendment, on dates that include our national holiday, July 4. The U.N. Conference on Global Gun Control, scheduled June 24-July 7, poses a direct threat to our constitutionally-protected individual right to keep and bear ... WTF: "HATE HOTLINE" In Colorado Allows Citizens To Call In And Report Instances They've Experienced Or Overheard That Are Insensitive, Insulting, Or "Hateful" (VIDEO)... 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