Civil Rights, National Security, Terrorism, U.S. Constitution · No Comments
Church-going sixteen-year-old N.C. boy held since Feb. 15 in Indiana on domestic terrorism charges.
“Never in my worst nightmare did I ever think that it would be my own government that I would have to protect my children from,” the boy’s mother said. “This is the United States, and I feel like I live in a Third World country now.”
Posted on May 19th, 2009 by Pardon My Politics · 13 views
Civil Rights, Global Views, Religion & Politics · No Comments
Are you an unintentional anti-Semite? The U.S. State Department’s “Office of Global Anti-Semitism” in its 2008 report to Congress warns not just of conscious, intentional anti-Semitism but of another lurking form of potential bigotry: unintentional anti-Semitism. This consists of criticisms of Israel, which, though true, might be manipulated by others to Israel’s detriment. To avoid [...]
Posted on July 3rd, 2008 by Pardon My Politics · 83 views
Civil Rights, National Security, Terrorism · No Comments
In reaction to 9/11, our modern Pearl Harbor, the Federal Government has gone far beyond taking measures to prevent terrorism. They’ve taken measures to prevent the freedom of US citizens. In the hurricane of post 9/11 legislation sweeping through Congress, a suspicious little addendum to a military appropriations and tsunami relief bill (HR1268), the Real [...]
Posted on June 26th, 2008 by Pardon My Politics · 6 views
Civil Rights, Political Reform, U.S. Constitution · No Comments
Proving the old axiom that Congress “is the best that money can buy,” congressional Democrats are preparing to gut the Constitution by granting giant telecom companies retroactive immunity and liability protection on warrantless wiretapping by the Bush regime.
Posted on June 17th, 2008 by Pardon My Politics · 2 views
Civil Rights, War & Peace · No Comments
Opinions that once gave legal cover to the Bush administration’s torture regime are ultimately branding both John Yoo and the administration as war criminals.
Posted on April 22nd, 2008 by Pardon My Politics · 19 views