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ACLU Christian

Ok, there are 2 key facts I know about me. I am a Christian, and I am a software programmer. So I have to put things into a perspective I can understand, and this assignement must be true.
ACLU Christian
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Judge says Ten Commandments can stay: “The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio sued Lucas County in 2002 to have the display removed, saying it was unconstitutional and promoted religion.”
If you are willing to sue because something “promoted religion” it only proves the fact that you can not be a member of the ACLU and a Christian. The great [...]

Teh Nutroots Ain’t Happy With Obama. Say It Ain’t So!

Some things are just priceless. Like this article: Barack Obama isn’t even President yet, and he’s already angering some of his most devoted followers on the party’s left wing. This is the mark of what could be a very successful presidency. “With its congressional majority, the Democratic Party has refused to seriously try to end the war, to stop the bailout and to stop the trampling of civil liberties, just to name a few off the top of my head,” wrote David Sirota on the popular liberal blog

Gotta Love It

The New Republic’s Jamie Kirchik is really quite the dick: Barack Obama isn’t even President yet, and he’s already angering some of his most devoted followers on the party’s left wing. This is the mark of what could be a very successful presidency. “With its congressional majority, the Democratic Party has refused to seriously try to end the war, to stop the bailout and to stop the trampling of civil liberties, just to name a few off the top of my head,” wrote David Sirota on the popular libe

Civil Liberties Groups Petition KY Court on Side of Poker Players

Civil Liberties Groups Petition KY Court on Side of Poker Players The Kentucky case affecting online gaming domain names is far from over, though it seemed so on October 16th when Judge Thomas Wingate rendered his decision to allow the Commonwealth of Kentucky to seize 141 domains after giving them reasonable time to ban Kentucky players. Nov 22, 2008

Harvard yale game 2008

Editorial: If Bankruptcy Hits Detroit failing to bail out detroit’s automakers would be a rightfully reckless act and could engender other bankruptcies and mass unemployment. Documents Obtained By ACLU Provide Further Evidence That Abuse Of Iraqi Prisoners Was Systemic dandelion salad american civil liberties union (11/19/2008) military investigations stymied by missing documents, flawed records and failure of witness recollection, records show conducive to immediate release contact: (212

What goes around...

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed” - Mahatma Gandhi Shrinking economy tests Singapore Saturday, 22 November 2008 John Burton Financial Times Singapore's government faces its biggest test since taking office in 2004 after forecasting that the economy will shrink 1-2 per cent next year. The prediction followed weaker than expected third-quarter gross domestic product figures. Official data said the city-state's GDP contracted 0.6 per cent y

Guantanamo judge rejects 'forced' confession

A US military judge in Guantanamo Bay has thrown out the US government's evidence against an Afghan detainee because it was obtained under coercion, a rights group said Friday. The decision came late Wednesday in a preliminary hearing in the trial of Mohammed Jawad, arrested in Kabul in 2002 as a teenager on charges of throwing a grenade that wounded two American soldiers and their Afghan interpreter. A representative for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), who was present at the heari

Cordoning mosques is violation of Indian constitution: Experts

SRINAGAR: Legal experts in occupied Jammu and Kashmir has said that stopping people from offering Friday prayers was against the Right to Religious Practice, a fundamental right under Article 25 and 26 of the Indian constitution. Renowned human rights activist and convener of Peoples Union for Civil Liberties (J&K state) Balraj Puri termed stopping of people from offering Friday prayers as an act of “clear constitutional and human rights violation”. “We will definitely take this issue at the Un

“Men in Drag at the White House?”

Sorry I haven’t been around for a while. It seems that my life has turned into an episode of some earnest ’70s TV show (perhaps “Quincy, M.E.”), mixed with a ’70s crime show (”Baretta,” maybe). So, I am way late in sharing with you this important story from the AFA about how J. Edger Hoover might be attending the White House Christmas party. “Men in Drag at the White House?” AKA Obama offers ‘open door’ to gender-confused (OneNewsNow.com) A conservative activist is expressing alarm over

Saving Detroit: Is there corporatism in our future?

A question being asked is: Is crippling Honda and Toyota appropriate for leveling the field so that Detroit's big three can rebound? Kausfiles at Slate: The New Plan? Cripple Honda! Save Detroit with Card Check! Eliminating the secret ballot and making it easier to organize U.S. Honda and Toyota workers (and imposing contract terms via binding arbitration) would "level the playing field," says Dem. Congressman Tim Ryan. ... Then when Honda and Toyota responded by importing more cars from abr

Court could give Obama early test on detentions

The Supreme Court could hand President-elect Barack Obama a delicate problem in the coming days: What to do with a suspected al-Qaida sleeper agent who is the only person detained in this country as an enemy combatant? Ali al-Marri has been held in virtual isolation in a Navy brig near Charleston, S.C., for nearly 5 1/2 years. He is challenging President George W. Bush's authority to subject a legal resident of the United States to indefinite military detention without being charged or tried.

Wyoming Prison Officials bow to Muslim Inmate Demands After ACLU Filed Lawsuit on Their Behalf.....

When was the last time the ACLU defended Christianity in such a manner?...... CHEYENNE - The Wyoming Department of Corrections says it will allow Muslim inmates at the state penitentiary in Rawlins to time their meals to accommodate their daily prayers. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit earlier this year on behalf of two Muslim inmates. The lawsuit challenged a prison rule requiring inmates to eat their meals within 20 minutes after delivery, saying the policy forced them to

Abbreviated weekend edition.

PINKO DAILY BRIEFS: Hi! I’m mad late for something, so a couple quick bites. The Obama girls are going to Sidwell Friends! Yes, they are attending private school and it’s not hypocrisy it’s fine leave them alone. I’ll come back to this later. Barack Obama is getting his government together; this is a good rundown on who is up for the big spots. Team of Rivals omfg! Guh. Here is a great look at Obama and the issue of surveillance, and how he could curtail some of the erosion of civil liberties u

NYT finds more on the Sigelman investigation...

Well kids, looks like the DOJ formally lied to me, to Scott Horton, and others who were trying to verify if US Attorney Leura Canary had recused herself from the case. Here is what NYT (thanks for joining the investigation) reported last night: "[I]n her complaint, the Justice Department employee, Tamarah T. Grimes, cited several instances suggesting Ms. Canary maintained a close watch on the case. Ms. Grimes said a legal aide in the office reported on Mr. Siegelman's trial to Ms. Canary or her

ACLU makes argument for right to counsel at crack retroactivity proceeding

Yesterday, I received a press release from the ACLU noting the filing of a notable brief in the Fifth Circuit. Here are the basics: The American Civil Liberties Union today filed its opening brief before the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in an effort to preserve the constitutional right to counsel for those seeking resentencing based on the recent reduction to the federal sentencing guideline range for crack-cocaine offenses. “When an individual’s freedom hangs in the balance, fundam

ACLU makes argument for right to counsel at crack retroactivity proceeding

New Poll Causes Repubs to Flex Legislative Muscles

The poll numbers for the Republicans are good, if you conclude from them that in the future the numbers can’t possibly get worse. As DailyKos notes, the Republican approvals are tanking. That’s why Mitch McConnell, fresh from the GOP closet (is the proper word “cloakroom?), has decided to send a message to Harry Reid. With all his polling clout, Mitch McConnell tells Reid he’s just not going to take it any more. Oh, the DRAMA! From The Hill: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Fr

Recasting The War On Terrorism

Photo from The Observer (Getty Images) From The Washington Independent: Buoyed by high expectations for the first year of Barack Obama’s administration, an informal coalition of progressive national-security and civil-liberties experts are urging the president-elect to redefine the war on terrorism. Eight years of the Bush administration’s approach to counterterrorism have yielded two open-ended and bloody wars; a massively expanded security apparatus, and spending on defense far outpacing ou

Dirty Rep Strategist Regrets Putting Bush In Office.

The proof that the Republican party is rotten to it's core is best illustrated by the fact that even Roger Stone now regrets the work he did to help Bush get elected. Roger Stone is one of the last guys on Earth one would expect to feel guilty over an episode of rough and tumble politicking. As a self-admitted hit man for the GOP, Stone has had a hand in everything from Nixon's dirty tricks to Eliot Spitzer's resignation to spreading discredited rumors of a Michelle Obama “whitey” tape durin

Court could give Obama early test on detentions (AP)

Court could give Obama early test on detentions (AP) By admin | November 22, 2008 WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court could hand President-elect Barack Obama a delicate problem in the coming days: What to do with a suspected al-Qaida sleeper agent who is the only person detained in this country as an enemy combatant? Ali al-Marri has been held in virtual isolation in a Navy brig near Charleston, S.C., for nearly 5 1/2 years. He is challenging President George W. Bush’s authority to subject a lega

Congressman attacks "pre-emptive" pardons

Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York and chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, has authored a resolution demanding that President Bush refrain from issuing “pre-emptive pardons of senior officials in his administration during the final 90 days of office.” “This resolution declares that we will not tolerate a last minute attempt by President Bush to shelter his cronies - cronies who may well be guilty of serious criminal offenses - from t

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