Judge: Pa. Intelligent Design Mandate Unconstitutional

FOXNews.com - U.S. & World - Judge: Pa. Intelligent Design Mandate Unconstitutional

Court ordered censorship... what has become of us... [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Statistics Suggest Race Not a Factor in Katrina Deaths -- 12/14/2005

Statistics Suggest Race Not a Factor in Katrina Deaths -- 12/14/2005

Surprise!! Surprise!!

I wonder if this will be picked up in the Main Stream Media... [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Eminant Domain

On Fox last night, I saw a story about some city trying to kick a WWII veteran out of his house so they can turn the land over to a contractor to build condos. The guy is terminal with cancer and has about two years to live.

While what the city is doing is perfectly legal (thanks to the wisdom of the Supreme Court) it is completely immoral. It also indicates the wide spread impacts that this Supreme Court ruling is having. Cities now see $$$ in taking peoples land. An easy fix to tight municipal budgets. Under the current law this man really has no rights to his land. The only barganing chip he has is his status and the really bad publicity the city is going to get. Hopefully this case will serve to bring the impacts of this stupidity to the publics attention. Hopefully the SC will be able to revisit this ruling with Alito & Roberts on the bench. [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Refusal to present ID sparks test of rights

Rocky Mountain News: Local: "'We don't believe the federal government has the legal authority to put Deborah Davis in jail, or even make her pay a fine, just because she declined the government's request for identification,' said Mark Silverstein, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado, which has taken up the case.

'She was commuting to her job,' Silverstein said. 'She wasn't doing anything wrong. She wasn't even suspected of doing anything wrong.'

'Passengers aren't required to carry passports or any other identification documents in order to ride to work on a public bus,' he said." [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Bush to China: Emulate Taiwan

FOXNews.com - Politics - Bush to China: Emulate Taiwan

I just wish he could be stronger on this point.... [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Iraqi WMD?

Fascinating article on the search for WMD? What if this guy is right? Hmmm... [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Dissapointed in Alito

Well this is quite dissapointing. In an earlier post I hoped that Alito's abortion "outing" would force Republicans to say that believing abortion is unconstitutional does not make you a whacko. But it appears that Alito himself is backing down.

"Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito distanced himself Tuesday from his 1985 comments that there was no constitutional right to abortion, telling a senator [Fienstein] in private that he had been "an advocate seeking a job."

This is dissapointing to me not only in the fact that nobody is standing for the "pro-life = normal" position, but that it shows weakness in his character. He is saying that he lied to get a job then and he didn't truly believe what he said. The other possibility is that he is lying to Fienstien now (kinda like lying to the Devil I suppose), but that is dissapointing because he is still lying and refusing to stand for his beliefs. The message then would be that it is acceptable to lie to accomplish the "greater good" (get on the SC). I suppose this is the way politics functions these days, but it is what is killing us.

Is there no one in this country willing to say that our country was founded on the principle of "Inalienable Rights" and among those listed prominently is LIFE and not abortion? If one takes an honest look at the original intent there is no basis for the "right to abortion" in the Constitution. Interpreting the Constitution based on original intent is NOT out of the mainstream and somebody needs to stand up and say so.

I'm dissapointed... [This Post Continues after the jump...]

In There Own Words

GOP.com has a video of what Democrats said going all the way back to the Clinton administration. Now they are changing their tune!!

Here is the direct link to the video..
http://media1.streamtoyou.com/rnc/111505.wmv [This Post Continues after the jump...]

More on the Jordan Bombings

The Irony just keeps on coming. Apparently the wedding party that was bombed was from "prominent Palistinian families". I have to admit something feels good to me on this. I know these families are suffering and I should feel bad for them, but I'm having troubles feeling sympathy when I see crowds of Palestinians dancing in the street rejoicing for succesful "martyrdom operations". Well this "operation" took out many of their own and the head of their military intelligence. Funny, no dancing in the street for this one? The article goes further to point out the hypocrisy of the Muslim/Arab world. Apparently, they had no problem condeming the Jordan attacks, but yet they can't quite seem to see the issue the same way when the targets are Jewish or Americans. The Palestinians have let the genie of terrorism is out of the bottle and apparently they are now realizing that it may be a little more difficult than they thought to control it. Hopefully they will learn a lesson and maybe begin trying to stuff the genie back in the bottle. [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Real News from Iraq

Fascinating insights into what is going on in Iraq. Discusses weapons, tactics, moral, & progress. A good read for anybody interested in what is going on over there. [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Supreme Court turns down Florida voting case

Supreme Court turns down Florida voting case - OrlandoSentinel.com: State News

This is interesting. I don't think this is racial at all, so the Voting Rights Act of 1965 shouldn't apply. But I do think that if someone is released and has served their time, they should be able to vote again.

Any comments? [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Alito Nomination

Well it looks like the Liberals have discovered Alito's position on Abortion. Apparently he has stated that "the Constitution does not protect a right to abortion". Well there is a surprise! Now begins the effort to paint him as "out of touch with the mainstream". There are many points to be discussed here, but I'll just rant on the fact that I am glad he has been "outed". I guess it is easier to get a "stealth" nomination (like Roberts) through the confirmation process w/o having to discuss his position on abortion and just avoiding the conflict. However, I think conservatives will now have to stand up and fight the whole "pro-lifers are whacko's" image the Democrats have been painting. To date it seems Republicans have not countered this, offering instead stealth nominations to avoid the issue. It will be interesting to see if perhaps the Republicans "grow some balls" (for lack of a less crude way of saying it) and take the issue head on or if they try to avoid and minimize it by saying the statement was made 20 years ago and he should be judged by his time on the bench. [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Alito rejected abortion as a right

Alito rejected abortion as a right - Nation/Politics - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper: "'The issue is not Judge Alito's political views during the Reagan administration 20 years ago,' the Republican official said. 'It's his 15 years of jurisprudence, which can be evaluated in hundreds of opinions. And in none of those opinions is it evident what his political philosophy is. "

Well, no one can complain now that they are NOT getting enough information. This is what I've been waiting and praying for for years. I just hope the President isn't too weak politically right now to fight this battle. [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Al-Qaeda kills the head of Palestinian Military Intelligence!

Too Funny! The Palestinians are getting a taste of their own medicine from their supposed defenders! Apparently the head of Palestinian Military Intelligence was killed in the Jordan hotel bombings which Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for. The whole thing is quite ironic. Anyway, the good news here is that perhaps this will help turn moderate Arabs/Muslims against terror/Al Qaeda. Seems that the Jordanians are none to happy with Zarqawi. Good for them. [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Calif. Lawsuit Targets Sony

Security Fix - Brian Krebs on Computer and Internet Security - (washingtonpost.com): "'What Sony is saying with this software is that 'Our intellectual property is more deserving of protection than your intellectual property,' and Sony can't be allowed to get away with that.'"

Here's a list of the effected CD's
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004144.php [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Are you "Racist"

Here is an interesting article about Gay marriage that really makes you think. Once legalized, speaking out against it can be legally interpreted as "hate speach". Further, you can expect children to be taught homosexuality as a normal alternative in school and since the 9th circuit court has said that parents have no rights in determining what their children are taught and since you would be racist to protest it anyway, there won't be anything you can do. [This Post Continues after the jump...]

The Evolutionists Are Wrong!

Wired News: Evolutionists Are Wrong!: "We 'copyright liberals' have been highly critical when IP owners enforce an ideological litmus test for permission to use a work. "


Suppressing alternative views is a sure sign that you think they actually are on to something... [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Will Voters Veto One-Party Rule in 2006?

FOXNews.com - Views - Martin Frost - Will Voters Veto One-Party Rule in 2006?: "However, we do know that in two-thirds of the elections in the past 50 years, voters have refused to give one party total power."

I for one am becoming a fan of Divided Government. Academically I don't like it, but in reality, its the only thing that seems to provide the necessary checks and balances. The current Republicans have proven to me that they can't be trusted.

Because of this, I will probably vote for Nelson as Senator again. I would rather have Democrats control the House rather than the Senate, but I doubt they will field a good candidate in our district. So I'm stuck support a Dem. Senator.

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California Church Vows to Fight IRS Investigation of Sermon

California Church Vows to Fight IRS Investigation of Sermon -- Beliefnet.com

I heard this on NPR this afternoon, and I think it would be presented in a different light if the Church Supported Bush. The Left just can't handling religous support for Bush, and watches conservative organizations for this sort of thing like a hawk. But since the church in this case was anti-bush, it was painted as the "victim", and the left suddenly remembers they are for free speech and free religion

Regardless of that, I do think the IRS is going to far here. Maybe the NPR story left something out, or glossed over the "real" reason for this, and I would agree with the IRS if I knew it. But with what I know now, the church should be left alone. [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Russian Wisdom

The Russians have some great advice for France and for the US regarding imigrants. I just wonder how many Americans have to die before we put aside our liberal based PC mentality and do what is required:

Also Tuesday, nationalist parliament deputy Dmitry Rogozin urged Russia's interior ministry to increase checks on immigrants and identify "potential instigators" of riots. "The interior ministry should take preventive measures against those who could organise unrest, up to and including detention and deportation," Rogozin said in an interview with the Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily. Rogozin said law enforcement forces should increase checks on diasporas from the Caucasus and Central Asia "with the aim of preventing violent action by illegal immigrants in Moscow and other cities."

My paraphrase: Don't let the people in and if they are in and participating in this type of activity, throw them in Jail for 10 years or deport them (thier choice). [This Post Continues after the jump...]

China jails three for illegally printing Bibles

China jails three for illegally printing Bibles


The conviction of house church minister Cai Zhuohua, 34, and his family by the Beijing People's Intermediate Court came days before U.S. President George W. Bush arrives for a state visit.

I wonder if Bush will bring this up? [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Evolution in the bible, says Vatican

Evolution in the bible, says Vatican - The Other Side - Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au: "'The fundamentalists want to give a scientific meaning to words that had no scientific aim,' "

1. Did the Vatican say Evolution is "in the Bible" or just "compatible with the Bible" ?

2. Did the Vatican "reject" intelligent design or was that just how this reporter interpreted it? [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Dirty tricks at the CIA

Rule can head off dirty tricks at CIA | ajc.com:

"To the media, it doesn't matter that the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence says Wilson lied about what he did and with whom he met while investigating Iraqi attempts to purchase 'yellowcake' uranium.

To the media, it doesn't matter that the CIA says what Wilson did actually find supported that Iraq was attempting to buy the uranium — a direct contradiction to Wilson's public claims."


Seriously, what do you do when someone is lying about what they did or didn't do "undercover"? Especially when the lie is meant to hurt you politically? Do you just take it? Do you tell the truth and thereby "blow their undercover status"? You loose eitherway. [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Reining in Google - Commentary

Reining in Google - Commentary - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper:


"..nor has Google defined what a 'snippet' is: a paragraph? A page? A chapter? A whole book?"

So why not wait until Google defines this before panicing? Or better yet, state if it matters to you? Did you ever think that knowing that your book contains certain information might actually lead more people to BUY the book. Or they might just check it out of the library and you wouldn't get squat, so I guess libraries are robbing you too!!

The sad thing is that previous members of Congress can be so SHORT SIGHTED. [This Post Continues after the jump...]

CIA holds terror suspects in secret prisons

CIA holds terror suspects in secret prisons - washingtonpost.com Highlights - MSNBC.com

The existence and locations of the facilities -- referred to as "black sites" in classified White House, CIA, Justice Department and congressional documents -- are known to only a handful of officials in the United States and, usually, only to the president and a few top intelligence officers in each host country.

And now to the Washington Post knows... can't the CIA keep a secret?

I can't help to think that this is going to come back to haunt the U.S. I agree that some of this is necessary, but it seems like there are too many people being kept like this... [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Bush Nominates Alito for Supreme Court

FOXNews.com - Politics - Bush Nominates Alito for Supreme Court

Now this is more like it... [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Arizona Court: Embyros Are Not Persons

FOXNews.com - Politics - Arizona Court: Preserved Embyros Are Not Persons: "Because the terminology surrounding such issues is highly charged, the Court of Appeals said it tried to be neutral by using the term 'pre-embryo' to describe the days-old, lab-preserved fertilized eggs involved in the case. Calling such eggs 'embryos' could imply the egg is a 'person,' the ruling by a three-judge panel said."

How can making up a nonsense term be consididered "neutral"? Using the term "pre-embryo" is necessary to say that the embryo isn't yet a person (isn't yet even an embryo). [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Miers Withdraws Nomination to Supreme Court

FOXNews.com - Politics - Miers Withdraws Nomination to Supreme Court: "Miers Withdraws Nomination to Supreme Court" [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Danforth Criticizes Christian Sway in GOP

BREITBART.COM - Just The News

"Nothing is more dangerous than religion in politics and government when it becomes divisive," he said. "I'll give you examples: Iraq. Northern Ireland. Palestine." [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Supreme Court nominee -- Harriet Miers

In Speeches From 1990s, Clues About Miers Views

On page 10 of her speech (linked PDF in the WashingPost Story) she says...

"We undeniably still have a justice system that does not provide justice for all as provided by the Pledge of Allegiance".

She seems to be saying that the Pledge or Allegiance is an authoritative SOURCE of rights, that the Pledge was mean to PROVIDE "justice for all". Granted this is just a speech and you sometimes pick words and phrases because they sound good, but she could have easily said "as claimed in" or "as spoken of in".


American's for Better Justice

and another link [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Reality Vs. Rhetoric in the Abortion Debate

FOXNews.com - Views - Martin Frost - Reality Vs. Rhetoric in the Abortion Debate: "Reality Vs. Rhetoric in the Abortion Debate" [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Evolutionists seldom question the intelligent design in everyday life

World Magazine - Weekly News | Christian Views: "Evolutionists seldom question the intelligent design in everyday life"

The question is this: Why do so many scientists—people who would never pick up a stranded wristwatch and hypothesize that it occurred by "gradualism"—suspend everyday logic and rules of evidence when it comes to the "big" questions of origins? "There is no publication in the scientific literature . . . that describes how molecular evolution of any real, complex, biochemical system either did occur or even might have occurred. There are assertions . . . , but absolutely none are supported by pertinent experiments or calculations" (Behe, p. 185). [This Post Continues after the jump...]

U.S. losing competitive edge in science | CNET News.com

Panel: U.S. losing competitive edge in science | CNET News.com [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Demonstrable Science (and Axioms)

I want to make a distinction between "here and now" science and science of the past. I need better terms for these and maybe someone can help me there. But what I call "here and now" science could also be called "demonstrable" science. An example would be mixing chemical A and chemical B to get chemical C which when taken by a person has a positive medical effect. This can be repeated over and over. And even if we don't understand WHY the drug has the effect it does, we can still observe it.

Evolution is different in many ways.

1) The time frame for evolution is thousands or millions of year and this cannot be demonstrated in a lab.
2) Even Biological process that can be demonstrated today are still only "possible" explanations (What COULD have happened) and not conclusive proof of what DID happen.

Even CSI type science (criminal science) can't PROVE what happened last week. It gives evidence of what might have happened, what could have happened, and what could not have happened. But the Science itself doesn't draw a conclusion, the jury does. If science can't prove definitively what happened last week, why do we think it can proof what happened millions of years ago?

Another point I was trying to make is that like religion science also has certain beliefs that are held to be true without proof. These are called AXIOMS.

Axiom

My point at lunch was not to defend or attack any particular issue or theory, but merely to point out the similarities between some aspects of science (namely science of the past) and some aspects of religion (which is many cases is based on documents or events of the past). [This Post Continues after the jump...]

OK, I finally joined your Blog thing

This is my first test post and I'm figuring out how this all works... [This Post Continues after the jump...]

NASA is pretty boring, but people still care about space.

Onward and upward - Glenn Reynolds - MSNBC.com:
"NASA is pretty boring, but people still care about space." [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Renamed: How can Democrats Win ?

A Real Contract With America?

(http://www.thenation.com/doc/20051024/borosage )

1. Crack Down on Corruption:
2. Make America Safe:
3. Unleash New Energy for America:
4. Rebuild America First:
5. Make Work Pay:
6. Make Healthcare Affordable for All:
7. Protect Retirement Security:
8. Keep the Promise of Opportunity:
9. Refocus on Real Security for America:

Report Warns Democrats Not to Tilt Too Far Left:

Best Qutoes:
In one of their more potentially controversial findings, the authors argue that the rising numbers and influence of well-educated, socially liberal voters in the Democratic Party are pulling the party further from most Americans.

"liberals espouse views diverging not only from those of other Democrats, but from Americans as a whole

They warn against overreliance on a strategy of solving political problems by "reframing" the language by which they present their ideas, as advocated by linguist George Lakoff of the University of California at Berkeley: "The best rhetoric will fail if the public rejects the substance of a candidate's agenda or entertains doubts about his integrity."

Their basic thesis is that the number of solidly conservative Republican voters is substantially larger that the reliably Democratic liberal voter base

“Sometimes the problem with being a Democrat is being a Democrat,”
-- James Carville (A Democrat)

"...[we] need more narrative like Winnie the Pooh stories"


Al Gore '08 (my attempt at Gogglebombing)
Failure [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Al Gore's Speech at Media Conference

American democracy is in grave danger
Due to Money effecting News reporting...

BREITBART.COM - Just The News:
"I came here today because I believe that American democracy is in grave danger. It is no longer possible to ignore the strangeness of our public discourse . I know that I am not the only one who feels that something has gone basically and badly wrong in the way America's fabled 'marketplace of ideas' now functions."

I haven't finished reading this yet.. so I don't know how he plans to "fix" this.. but so far it actually pretty good...

Finished reading now...He couldn't resist taking specific (and unfounded) pot shots at President bush and even Rush Limbaugh. And some of his examples from history don't mesh with my rather limited historical knowledge or common sense.

The first part is still good. But the ending is just an ad for his new TV network, the internet (which I think he created), and more Bush-Bashing...



George Clooney chimes in... with some good points. Because he "was determined not to create a piece of anti-Bush propaganda." (Which he did, at least in the interview)
http://www.thisislondon.com/til/jsp/modules/Article/print.jsp?itemId=20563131 [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Senate OKs Terror Suspect Treatment Limits

FOXNews.com - Politics - Senate OKs Terror Suspect Treatment Limits: "The Republican-controlled Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to impose restrictions on the treatment of terrorism suspects, delivering a rare wartime rebuke to President Bush"

Its good the see the Congress actually doing their JOB and not just deferring to the President all the time.

Thou Shalt Not...

http://www.mudvillegazette.com/archives/003666.html [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Gov. Bush supports oil drilling in eastern Gulf of Mexico

Gov. Bush reverses stance, now supports oil drilling rigs in eastern Gulf of Mexico: South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Interesting.... I don't see what the benefit is for doing this... [This Post Continues after the jump...]

High Court to Hear Assisted-Suicide Case

High Court to Hear Assisted-Suicide Case

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,171261,00.html

This is one of Robert's first cases and it covers a lot....

Sates Rights
Right-to-Die
Power of the Federal Government
Etc.. [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Media Bias

WEB SITE LIST


http://newsbusters.org/

Media Research Center [This Post Continues after the jump...]