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July 10, 2010

Legalize All Drugs Now

I don’t make a business of having popular opinions, and this rates as one of my least popular opinions: legalize all drugs, destroy the narco black market tomorrow. Some of these newly legal substances are more dangerous than others, a … Continue reading →

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July 8, 2010

Boston Judge Rules Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional

A touch of good news out of Boston. It is about time the simple issue of a violation of equal protection under the law created by gay marriage bans of any sort was struck down as unconstitutional by a federal … Continue reading →

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June 14, 2010

SB1070 For Dummies & Hayward Hung By The Toes

This YouTube video from 4409 “Wake Up America” Productions is what people really need to understand about ‘that law’ that everyone is talking about when not picturing BP exec Tony Hayward in some contraption from one of the Saw movies. … Continue reading →

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June 6, 2010

MLA: Open Letter to Jan Brewer

At its May 2010 meeting, the Executive Council approved the following open letter to Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona. Dear Governor Brewer, We write regarding legislative and policy initiatives in the State of Arizona that concern us as teachers and … Continue reading →

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May 3, 2010

Arizona Expresses Their Racism

The Arizona Senate and Arizona Governor Jan Brewer have passed an unconstitutional and pro-racial profiling law that has sparked intense debate across the nation over the issue of illegal immigration. The law was written to pander to racist elements in … Continue reading →

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February 17, 2010

Texas Joins In On The Science-Denial Trend

The state of Texas has jumped on the science-denial bandwagon currently gripping the right-wing. Texas has challenged the EPA findings that greenhouse gas emissions are classified as “dangerous,” claiming that the findings are based on flawed science. This is of … Continue reading →

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Tagged as 2010, America, blog, climate science, congress, conservative, EPA, global warming, Internet, law, liberal, Lightborn, media, news, politics, science, science-denial, Texas, truth, USA

September 15, 2009

Dick Cheney Fails To Understand American Values

Former Vice-President Dick Cheney continues to obfuscate the truth and tarnish the name of all Republicans by means of standing up for cruel and unusual punishment of military detainees. Appearing on FOX News Sunday recently, the former Vice President continued … Continue reading →

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June 29, 2009

Exception to Torture

Now somehow in these dark days we have a portion of the country who believe in using the very tactics of the communists that we rallied against so many years ago in a new battle where following this ideology will undoubtedly lead to yet another terrorist attack on the homeland and further the goals of global terrorism abroad. Continue reading →

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June 15, 2009

Rusty Humphries is a Fascist

His hatred for President Obama and all things democratic is so great, and so vastly partisan, that he continues to jeopardize and threaten the nation with his dangerous and unconstitutional rhetoric. Continue reading →

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May 25, 2009

Judge Andrew Napolitano & Alan Colmes

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May 21, 2009

Shayana Kadidal of the Center for Constitutional Rights

Shayana Kadidal, a senior managing attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights who has represented a number of Guantanamo detainees, joins Martin Savidge to discuss how the president made his case, the next step and potential pitfalls of the Obama plan. Continue reading →

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May 21, 2009

Cheney Deserves His Day in Court

I continue to advocate investigation and prosecution based on any evidence gathered that can meet the standards of a courtroom. If sufficient evidence to convict Dick Cheney of war crimes exists then, we the American people, deserve to hear the facts out before a jury of his peers. Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: law

Legalize All Drugs Now

Boston Judge Rules Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional

SB1070 For Dummies & Hayward Hung By The Toes

MLA: Open Letter to Jan Brewer

Arizona Expresses Their Racism

Texas Joins In On The Science-Denial Trend

Dick Cheney Fails To Understand American Values

Exception to Torture

Rusty Humphries is a Fascist

Judge Andrew Napolitano & Alan Colmes

Shayana Kadidal of the Center for Constitutional Rights

Cheney Deserves His Day in Court

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