In his commencement address at the University of Michigan on May 1, President Obama warned that public ignorance subverts self-government. Obama declared: "When we don't pay close attention to the decisions made by our leaders, when we fail to educate ourselves about the major issues of the day... that's when democracy breaks down. That's when ( Read more... )

Couldn't find the MIAC report itself online as wikileaks is having problems with web traffic. Guess a lot of people are upset...

I posted this transcript to Facebook. Here is another from the FOX news website. Notice that both Bob Barr and the Libertarian party are taking action. Pay attention to the last couple sentences in the article-

ACLU ( Read more... )

Italy starts fingerprinting Gypsies

I don't know anyone in Italy or any gypsies and I'm sure my viewpoint on the Roma is probably overly romanticized- but still- I find this article rather horrific. I get checking if they are legally in the country, but fingerprinting? posted mainly for commonreader

There is still time to call your Senators and urge them to vote no on FISA, to support the Dodd-Feingold amendment, and to support any fillibuster of the FISA bill.

You can also give tangible support, you know, the monetary kind? here at Accountability Now, a PAC set up by progressives and Ron Paul supporters to punish democrats who supported ( Read more... )

And as Americans,

I hope we can all stand together- liberals and progressives, independents, conservatives and libertarians- in upholding the BIll of Rights. The 4th amendment is under attack today in the Senate. The bill currently before the Senate gives telecoms like AT&T, which we know broke the existing FISA law, immunity from prosecution. It ( Read more... )

What the real progressives are thinking

I may differ in my response to economic socialism, but it is refreshing to see that people of different political ideologies can still hold things like the 4th amendment sacred.

Edited to add:
Obama's new FISA position

http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/SenatorObama-PleaseVoteAgainstFISARead more... )

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Quotes of the Day:

"And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor."- concluding sentence of the ( Read more... )

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