All I want for Christmas- The Constitution

I love this Idea.

clipped from salsa.democracyinaction.org The President needs to be reminded that he swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States-his administration has been systematically destroying the Constitution since he took office. With your help, CCR will flood the Oval Office with copies of the Constitution this holiday season. If you sign this letter, CCR will send it along with a copy of the Constitution to the White House as a seasonal reminder that the Constitution needs to be upheld ; not destroyed. We hope to send President Bush more than 5,000 copies of the Constitution by January 2008.

Army Reiterates that Waterboarding is Prohibited

clipped from www.msnbc.msn.com With Congress’ approval of a new attorney general who refused to describe waterboarding as torture, the U.S. Army has sent out a message to its leaders repeating that the interrogation technique is prohibited in the military The service issued the Nov. 6 message “to eliminate any confusion that may have arisen as a result of recent public discourse on the subject The U.S. military formally banned waterboarding as an interrogation technique in September 2006 It is specifically prohibited by Field Manual 2-22.3 and is not a sanctioned interrogation technique in any training manual If Mukasey confirmed that waterboarding is torture, it could put the CIA interrogators and possibly the chain of command above them in legal peril. Torture is illegal both under U.S. and international law

IF Scale

Still trying to get the hang of the crow quill pen and the art that is comics . Have fun illustrating everyone

Redefining Privacy

Now they want us to Redefine our definition of privacy to fit with the government's agenda. Here's a link to the CNN article.
Thankyou Debbyski of ClipMarks for bringing this to everyone's attention :)

IF Post - The Many Hats of Mom or Dad

Crow quill pen, india ink, and artist still getting the hang of it .

How Much Do You Value The Right To Free Speech?

You wouldn't have heard about it on the news, our journalists seem to be turning a blind eye to some of the things that have been going on in our government. If you blog, protest, or generally like your opinion heard you definitely want to read up on this new bill . Written by Jane Harman(Democrat-California) and passed by the House of Representatives by a 404 for-6 against vote on October the 23rd 2007.

The Terms"radical" or "extremist" is entirely up to State interpretation, anything the Government interprets it to be. This may include anti-war groups, environmentalism, universal health care, animal rights, labor organizing, social change, possibly even John Q Public's wish to return to our Constitution. HR 1955 is aimed directly at American citizens, and particularly bloggers.
Here are two quotes on the definitions of Radical extremist and Homegrown terrrorist

HOMEGROWN TERRORISM.--The term `homegrown terrorism' means the use, planned use, or threatened use, of force or violence by a group or individual born, raised, or based and operating primarily within the United States or any possession of the United States to intimidate or coerce the United States government, the civilian population of the United States, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives

VIOLENT RADICALIZATION.--The term `violent radicalization' means the process of adopting or promoting an extremist belief system for the purpose of facilitating ideologically based violence to advance political, religious, or social change

IDEOLOGICALLY BASED VIOLENCE.--The term `ideologically based violence' means the use, planned use, or threatened use of force or violence by a group or individual to promote the group or individual's political, religious, or social beliefs

Now consider the term "use of force". Does this include marching, demonstrating, organizing? When is the line crossed from protesting to terrorism? It's up for the States interpretation.

I'm probably not the greatest at explaining this so the best thing to do is look into it yourself. Here are some links to get some info:
Wikipedia
Indybay.org
GovTrack.us

Check it out , pass it on, and think about it . This is headed for The Senate right now.

British museum to return Aboriginal remains

If this were my great,great,great grandmother I would want her back at home and decently buried too.

clipped from wbztv.com LONDON (AP) A second British museum has agreed to return Aboriginal remains to Australia, including bones collected by explorers in 1849. National Museums Liverpool said it has decided to turn over the remains of three bodies, unconditionally fulfilling a request made by Australia in January 2006. The pledge follows a much more controversial dispute between Tasmanian Aborigines and the Natural History Museum in London for the return of 17 remains. After a 20-year dispute that involved a lawsuit, teeth, skulls and skeletons looted in the 19th century from Tasmania, an island south of Australia were turned over to the Tasmanian Aboriginal Center in May. Two American Indian tribes have also submitted demands. Since 1996, more than 1,000 Indigenous remains have been returned to Australia from other countries.