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Defense Dept.: We Can’t Give Ft. Hood Victims Purple Hearts Because Accused Shooter Wouldn’t Get a ‘Fair Trial’

March 30, 2013 at 2:16pm

The soldiers continue to be wrong. Tenets of all definitions of terrorism used in the last 30 years are 1) a random act, 2) against a civilian target. They can either be victims or they can be soldiers. They are soldiers. They fight an “enemy” that is so in popular parlance, but who cannot be declared so under the rules of war.
NASA Orders All Light Bulbs on Space Station Changed — But You’ll Never Guess Why

December 6, 2012 at 12:06pm

I know a very smart dentist who has always insisted that this subject is a big deal. But I guarantee you he did not spend millions to outfit his dental building.
Here Are 12 of the Most Interesting Petitions on the White House Website

December 4, 2012 at 11:23pm

How about a petition for the American people to stop groveling to govt and to start acting like the free people they once were.
MSNBC Host Uses Tragic Fla. Shooting to Explain Why This Is ‘No Country for Young Black Men’

December 3, 2012 at 3:29pm

Maybe people shouldn’t be whistling at women, or dressing as criminals do, of acting in ways threatening to reasonable people, or inflicting loud, violent music on the people around you, &c &c &c.

I have yet to hear of a young black man being gunned down because he’d stayed at the library studying until closing time.
Texas Student Successfully Defies ‘Total Surveillance State,’ Citing ‘Mark of the Beast’

November 23, 2012 at 7:44pm

The worst part of this is that only one student and no parents resisted.
‘There Is No Right to Secede’: See the Alleged Letter Where Justice Scalia Shoots Down Idea of Leaving the Union

November 13, 2012 at 1:00pm

Just because Abe Lincoln said secession could not be done and invented a set of criteria for his determination does not make it so. See, the 13A/14A ratification fiascos.

Just because federal courts would probably not have jurisdiction to hear such a case does not mean the right to secede does not exist.

Finally, c’mon people. If you are asking permission to secede then you have already given up your cajones. Act like the free people that you once were.
‘Real News:’ We Can Do Better for Our Veterans

October 19, 2012 at 7:54pm

In reply to SCREW-WINDOWS.

Screw, there are many like you. They serve for the highest privilege of ‘service’, and not to make the mad grab for bennies. Most service people have pride in what they do, but most are not on the front lines, and most are not moved by a primary interest to sacrifice their lives on the line for their country. Common flag-waving to the contrary.
Service is just that: service. If injured in the line of duty, a grateful nation will do all it can. Like no other nation in history has done. That does not or, as service to the country, should not, translate to free medical care for life. Or transition benefits. Or a hundred other things that too many people know long before they understand that one primary duty: to protect and defend the Constitution.
‘Real News:’ We Can Do Better for Our Veterans

October 19, 2012 at 7:34pm

Govt fails at this, one of their few Constitutionally enumerated duties. Surprise surprise. On the other hand, every service person swore an oath to protect and defend that Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic.

Its a wash.
Judge Sides With TX Cheerleaders: Ban on Bible Banners Violates Their Free Speech Rights

October 18, 2012 at 3:19pm

I have a dream….that one day, people of this nation will assert, protect and defend ALL parts of the Constitution with the sort of vigor that the cheerleaders displayed on this one issue. What a nation it would be.

I have another dream…that one day, the people who spent time and treasure opposing the exercise of free speech and religion will humor us and actually read that pesky little cornerstone of the nation. They run and hide, like cockroaches, when asked to point out the words ‘separation of church and state’ IN the charter.
Pastors Will Unite Against IRS to Deliver ‘Pulpit Freedom Sunday’ Political Sermons (Poll)

September 20, 2012 at 10:31am

No Constitutional rights are at stake. Churches are completely free to say what they wish. However, it is they who apply for privileges under 503(c). If one wants to be free and live their Constitutional rights, govt cannot and will not stop that. If one wants to enslave themselves to the king’s favors, then they’ve gotta play by the king’s rules. It isn’t much more complicated than that.