Learning to Let Go

By Tom Paine | August 21, 2006 |

Today our “wartime president” reiterated for the umpteenth time that we are not getting out of Iraq while he is president. He tells us that the result of withdrawal would be catastrophic, would result in a failed state in Iraq. Well, I have news for our fearless leader, Iraq was a failed state from the day we invaded it. It was inevitable that it would fail, given the incompetence of this administration. Aside from billions in no-bid contracts for Haliburton, our invasion of that troubled nation has done nothing for either the Iraqis or for us -aside from getting over 2,500 of our troops killed and thousands more maimed for life (and we won’t mention the tens of thousands of Iraqis killed and maimed). «Read the rest of this article»

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Discrimination by so called Christians

By Bill Larson | August 21, 2006 |

This story illustrates why our nation must not allow churches and religious institutions to be above the law.

The behavior by this church and its pastor is degrading to women, to true Christians, and to Americans in general.

Discrimination is always wrong! It doesn’t matter if it’s on based on race, gender, religion, sexual orientation or identification, and it should never be tolerated by any one no matter the political, social, or religious institution involved. «Read the rest of this article»

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Life and Liberty for those who believe, Religion and Politics Part I.

By Bill Larson | August 20, 2006 |

Over the next few weeks, I intend to discuss at length, the extent that certain individuals are going to, in order to blur the clear lines between religion and politics, and those between Church and State.

By their very nature religion and politics are strange bed fellows. In Christianity, when confronted with the issue, Jesus handled it in a simple manner: «Read the rest of this article»

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What the Judge actually said regarding the NSA spying program. Why doesn’t the press care?

By Bill Larson | August 19, 2006 |

I posted the other day on the ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in response to the lawsuit brought by the� American Civil Liberties Union� challenging the President’s so called “Terrorist Surveillance Program” (TSP).� It was a story posted with little review of the judges decision. Her ruling actually raises serious issues that extend beyond that one program.� �

The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny. - THE FEDERALIST NO. 47, at 301 (James Madison)

Here’s the meat of the issue. «Read the rest of this article»

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NSA’s Warrantless Domestic Surveillance UNCONSTITUTIONAL!

By Bill Larson | August 17, 2006 |

Judge orders program to be halted!

It’s just coming out, MSNBC and the AP are reporting that U.S. District Court Judge Anna Diggs Taylor has ruled that the President’s warrantless domestic spying program is unconstitutional, and that she has ordered an immediate halt to it.

This is a serious rebuke to the Bush Administrations, and their attempt to use the State secret privilege to block an independent judicial review of the legality of this program. This is something that other judges need to take note of as well. «Read the rest of this article»

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Fort Campbell steps up gay discharges

By David W. Shelton | August 16, 2006 |

Surprise, surprise, surprise! Fort Campbell had the second highest discharge rate in the nation of soldiers under the failed “don’t-ask-don’t-tell” policy. Clarksville’s neighboring Army base, the site of the brutal 1999 murder of Pfc. Barry Winchell, is still cashiering people out of the service at an alarming rate. According to information obtained by the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, 49 soldiers were discharged from the base. That’s up from 19 in 2004.

On a national scale, 782 were discharged, which is up from 668 in 2004. The only base that had a higher number of discharges was Ford Leonard Wood with 60. «Read the rest of this article»

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An update on the Bush Administration and the Politics of Fear

By Bill Larson | August 15, 2006 |

When I am right, I am right! I said in my August 11 piece, that you should take these new claims of terrorist plots with a grain of salt. Since then my premise has been confirmed. Here’s some new examples.

There was a recent piece by MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann on his Countdown show, which covered the history of using Terrorism and Terrorists by politicians especially Republican ones for Political Gain. It’s very damning and you should really go watch it, it’s also available on Crooks and Liars where I first learned about the piece! Then come back here, and read the rest of this article! «Read the rest of this article»

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Non-debates get us no where

By Blayne Clements | August 14, 2006 |

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According to Kathleen Parker (August 14), having a blog and expressing a strong political opinion is akin to “Stalinist tactics”. Such words would not apply to any right winger editorialist like herself of course, but only to those such as the “operative” Michael Moore.

Parker describes a recent blog by Moore as a “manifesto…straight out of Stalin’s playbook”. The blog merely states his strong opinion that the next democrat presidential candidate be anti-war. «Read the rest of this article»

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