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...]