It Is Getting Very Serious Now
by Pastor Chuck Baldwin
First, it was a Missouri Analysis and Information Center (MIAC) report; then it was a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report; now it is a New York congressman's bill. Each of these items, taken on their own, is problematic enough; taken together they portend "a clear and present danger" to the liberties of the American people. It is getting very serious now.
http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin511.htm
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I’m a terrorist, you’re a terrorist
Wendy McElroy.Com
by Wendy McElroy
05/11/09
Last month, the Department of Homeland Security released its controversial report that warned against ‘right-wing extremists.’ … Although Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano eventually backed away from the report’s targeting of military veterans, she has not similarly withdrawn from viewing anti-government sorts — like libertarians — as threats to security. … Compared to the April 7th report, an 11-page memo entitled ‘Domestic Extremism Lexicon’ has received less attention — perhaps because it did not mention veterans. Dated March 27th, its public lifespan was a flicker; the document was yanked back almost as soon as it saw the light of day. The memo defined dozens of groups as potential threats to security …. Taken together, the two documents could chill the blood of anyone who believes in a free or civil society — not just libertarians but anyone who values freedom of speech, religion, the press, etc. ...
http://wendymcelroy.com/news.php?extend.2452
“Thought crimes” bill advances
Cato Institute
by Nat Hentoff
05/11/09
Why is the press remaining mostly silent about the so-called ‘hate crimes law’ that passed in the House on April 29? The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act passed in a 249-175 vote (17 Republicans joined with 231 Democrats). These Democrats should have been tested on their knowledge of the First Amendment, equal protection of the laws (14th Amendment), and the prohibition of double jeopardy (no American can be prosecuted twice for the same crime or offense). If they had been, they would have known that this proposal, now headed for a Senate vote, violates all these constitutional provisions...
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10188
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=MIAC
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=DHS
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Constitution
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=thought+crime+bill
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=hate+crimes+law
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Janet+Napolitano
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=right-wing+extremist
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=veterans
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/baldwin
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Wendy+McElroy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Nat+Hentoff
First, it was a Missouri Analysis and Information Center (MIAC) report; then it was a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report; now it is a New York congressman's bill. Each of these items, taken on their own, is problematic enough; taken together they portend "a clear and present danger" to the liberties of the American people. It is getting very serious now.
http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin511.htm
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I’m a terrorist, you’re a terrorist
Wendy McElroy.Com
by Wendy McElroy
05/11/09
Last month, the Department of Homeland Security released its controversial report that warned against ‘right-wing extremists.’ … Although Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano eventually backed away from the report’s targeting of military veterans, she has not similarly withdrawn from viewing anti-government sorts — like libertarians — as threats to security. … Compared to the April 7th report, an 11-page memo entitled ‘Domestic Extremism Lexicon’ has received less attention — perhaps because it did not mention veterans. Dated March 27th, its public lifespan was a flicker; the document was yanked back almost as soon as it saw the light of day. The memo defined dozens of groups as potential threats to security …. Taken together, the two documents could chill the blood of anyone who believes in a free or civil society — not just libertarians but anyone who values freedom of speech, religion, the press, etc. ...
http://wendymcelroy.com/news.php?extend.2452
“Thought crimes” bill advances
Cato Institute
by Nat Hentoff
05/11/09
Why is the press remaining mostly silent about the so-called ‘hate crimes law’ that passed in the House on April 29? The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act passed in a 249-175 vote (17 Republicans joined with 231 Democrats). These Democrats should have been tested on their knowledge of the First Amendment, equal protection of the laws (14th Amendment), and the prohibition of double jeopardy (no American can be prosecuted twice for the same crime or offense). If they had been, they would have known that this proposal, now headed for a Senate vote, violates all these constitutional provisions...
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10188
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=MIAC
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=DHS
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Constitution
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=thought+crime+bill
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=hate+crimes+law
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Janet+Napolitano
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=right-wing+extremist
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=veterans
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/baldwin
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Wendy+McElroy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Nat+Hentoff
rudkla - 12. Mai, 09:05
