I was listening to NPR today, and a woman made the statement that, “Being homeless is illegal in the U.S.” and beyond that it is a crime to be poor in this country. I would agree, that is virtually is. Apparently, she had eventually been arrested for failing to pay tickets resulting from her sleeping
Category: Politics
Government Preparedness and Response
“This is now the focus of this administration.” declared the president today during a press conference on hurricane Katrina and natural disasters in general. “We will root out all of these evils—hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, avalanches, tornadoes—we must not allow them to cause devastation unhindered. We will fight this war on natural disaster, and we
Borrowing A Billion Dollars — Every Day
“Most Americans are vaguely aware that Congress has run up huge deficits in recent years, but the numbers involved are so large that it’s hard to grasp what our government’s indebtedness really means to us as individuals. “The total federal debt is quickly approaching $8 trillion, courtesy of an administration that borrows roughly one billion
Loss of Freedom
“We have to abridge individual rights, change the societal conditions, and act in ways that heretofore were not in accordance with our values and traditions, like giving a police officer or security official the right to search you without a judicial finding of probable cause.” U.S. Army Lt. Gen. (Retired) Patrick M. Hughes — the
Christian Band Sues Rossford Schools
Christian band sues Rossford schools This to me is another example of how christians seem to be off track. While I think it’s ironic, and perhaps deserving that the school’s is getting sued because they were afraid of getting sued, but at the same time I don’t really know if this should be the christian
British Crime Wave Coming to United States
Look out, America! Two British men are planning to criss-cross the entire United States and engage in a massive, weeks-long crime wave. They plan to break literally dozens of U.S. laws. And the brazen pair is even bragging openly about their plans to the media. Of course, there’s more to the story. The laws they
FairTax
Some info on a proposed tax reform known as FairTax. Apparently, it is considered by many to be the best option, and has economic benefits. FairTax will not only help the savings rate which has tremendous implications for the US economy but a few of the benefits of the FairTax also include: The FairTax ends
Quote
Quote of the day (heard of NPR): “I’m calling on the religious right to follow Christ…” (from a Bush protester)
Loss of Freedom
This is crazy. I just heard about a couple of people who were at a public transportation station in Chicago, minding their own business. Suddenly the police came and detained them, just because they had their cameras out. Apparently the police called and checked with the federal homeland security whatever, and threatened to confiscate their
Glorifying War
Last weekend I was over in Ohio with some friends, and we ended up going to the air force museum in our free time. Typical of guys, they were quite interested in all the planes and thought it was really cool. I however was actually kind of freaked out by the place. A photo section