Fear. Fear is paradoxically a powerful motivator and pacifier. It compels us to fight back but sometimes can lull us into complacency if we believe such complacency will protect us. It was recently revealed that the NSA been collecting “metadata” from American’s phone conversations and recording the content of our internet usage in a furtive attempt [...]
Category: Civil Liberty
June 17 / 2013
War Against the Constitution
In the wake of the Boston bombing many of those who claim a deep and abiding respect for the Constitution show a curious tendency to ignore those parts of the Constitution that tend to interfere with their desire for instantaneous revenge (i.e. 4th, 5th and 6th Amendments). The desire for revenge is understandable. Those desires [...]
April 30 / 2013
State Marriage Benefits Betray State Intrusions
Last week the Supreme Court heard oral arguments concerning two different cases that relate to the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). DOMA was signed into law in 1996 in order to delegitimize any attempt by the states to legalize homogender marriage by disqualifying members of such unions from receiving certain federal “benefits.” So [...]
April 01 / 2013
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National ID = National Disgrace
The Washington Post’s editorial board recently opined that a national ID card would be the most effective method to thwart illegal immigration. Their idea was bolstered by the fact that both President Obama and a bipartisan group of eight senators recently put forward similar ideas (“fraud-resistant, tamper resistant Social Security card”). Superficially this makes sense. [...]
February 05 / 2013
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Big government is the problem, Civil Liberty, Current events, Immigration, Libertarian opinion
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Vaccination Cures Gun Epidemic
Those that are opposed to gun control frequently resort to the tactic of citing some statistic that demonstrates how some ordinary object (e.g. a hammer, a fist) is used far more frequently to kill someone than is a “rifle.” This approach is not particularly constructive to the debate. While it is true that hammers are [...]
January 14 / 2013
Legalize potato marriage now!
President Obama’s recent “outing” by Joe Biden on the same sex marriage issue along with North Carolina’s Amendment 1 which bans all non heterosexual marriages has bubbled this divisive issue back to the top of the lava lamp that is our political landscape. It does not matter what the President nor the voters of North [...]
May 21 / 2012
What law would Jesus pass? None.
Although Georgia has a long history of having one foot in the dark ages when it comes to certain “blue laws” such as the ban on Sunday alcohol sales, it was encouraging that last year Governor Nathan Deal signed into law legislation that would allow local communities to vote on the matter. It is also [...]
March 26 / 2012
Who will speak for me?
All too often violations of liberty by our government upon its citizens occur silently, sheltered from the bright lights of the Fourth Estate as it were, because the victims are singular. Abner Schoenwetter was sentenced to 8 years in federal prison for violation of the Lacey Act because he imported seafood from Honduras in plastic bags [...]
February 13 / 2012
Worldwide Police State
The Dec 16, 2011 passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was a dark day in American history. In short it (a) expands the “battlefield” of the “war on terror” to the entire planet and (b) it permits the indefinite detention of a suspect (including US citizens) without any appeal rights. Although this Act [...]
December 22 / 2011
Legalize Stupidity
If you were offered raisins, crickets or pebbles would you prefer that they were chocolate covered or plain? They would seem palatable at first if coated with chocolate, but after a few bites you would know their true nature. Everyone prefers to see things in their unadulterated form if there is risk of ingesting something [...]
November 17 / 2011
