"WE hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness -- That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government ..."
I've had a number of reports that the prison guards in visiting were abusing people because of their obesity. It was difficult for me to actually envision that state employees could be that cruel and well, stupid, to do such a thing. It was only when I actually witnessed this discrimination myself, that such a spectacle literally brought me to my feet to challenge such callousness and disrespect.
Salinas Valley Prison Denies Obese Woman Visits - Couldn't fit through the metal detectorThis column is about one of the most shocking displays of discrimination and cruelty to a prison visitor that I personally witnessed in the visiting waiting room at Salinas on Saturday, June 28 at approximately 10:30 a.m. About 50 other people saw it as well.
"Change" for the sake of "change" is nonsense. Those who campaign on "change" do so to hide their real agenda. Every new politician is a "change" from his predecessor. We need real change. A wholesale change of our Imperial Congress.
A New Independence Day
Happy Birthday, America. It's been 232 years since the Declaration of Independence was proclaimed. Take a quick quiz to see how much you know about this statement that changed the world.
The Mike Bates Independence Day Quiz
This past June, the ever more prominent annual ritual played out in which the Court handed down its latest batch of “decisions,” which increasingly appear less as judicial considerations and more as edicts. More disturbing is that a growing number of Americans seem to be accepting the latest whims of the court as some sort of celestial standard, determining with absolute finality what America can or cannot be, and what Americans can or cannot do.
Manifold Dangers Of A Liberal Supreme Court
The media (even Fox) often refers to Obama as a former constitutional law professor, but he was a lecturer, not a professor, and his extreme views on constitutional law make him unfit to be either a professor or a lecturer, much less the person entrusted with the responsibility of nominating justices and judges.
Thoughts on the Presidential Race
In a scheme to artificially raise prices of petroleum products to make alternative fuels more attractive, the federal government forbid tapping what may be the world's largest known oil reserve off Alaska. Congress continues to block use of mountain states' oil shale deposits, offshore deposits, and ANWR deposits where another offshore site promises huge additional supplies.
How large is Prudhoe Bay?Gull Island Oil - America's Independence Sealed Off By Congress (peakoil.com)
Considering the current war of words between Wesley Clark (a fired general) and John McCain (a certified war hero) this article seems quite relevant, so we have republished it by request.
Machiavelli: The Art of War in 2008 By Steve Amoia and Andrew T. Durham
Last week marked the 20th anniversary of the mass hysteria phenomenon known as global warming. Much of the science has since been discredited. What, discredited? NASA's Jim Hansen insists otherwise, first banging the gong with his June23, 1988, congressional testimony (delivered with all the modesty of "99% confidence"). But mother nature has opinions of her own.
Global Warming As A Mass NeurosisBy Bret Stephens
Democrats have worked hard to ensure that Americans pay as much for gas as Europeans do. After a quarter-century of gas tax hikes, a ban on drilling for oil and a complete destruction of the nuclear power industry in America, I guess liberals can declare: Mission accomplished!
You Can't Fuel All Of The People All Of The Time
Liberal thinking takes away a man's responsibility for his own actions. It sets the Government up as the parent of society. Because so long as parents are allowed to have the responsibility of providing for their children, they also have the authority to dictate how the children act and think. The ultimate end of Liberal thinking -- the complete control of the citizenry, is achieved when Government becomes the "parent" of society.
Right Brain, Left Brain
Taking God's name in vain is a serious matter, either trivializing God and His Son Jesus, or inferentially elevating ourselves to the role of God.
The Third Commandment
One of the most prolific American song writers, Irving Berlin, left his mark on musical comedy of the stage and movies. He wrote over 3,000 songs, with a remarkable number of them becoming hits.His music was danceable and singable.
A FOURTH OF JULY TRIBUTE TO IRVING BERLIN, SONGWRITER AND PATRIOT
"For we are members of his Body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they TWO shall be ONE FLESH. This is a GREAT MYSTERY: but I speak concerning Christ and the Church" (Ephes. 5:30-32).
How Adam and Eve Reflect the Kingdom of God
You’ve brought incalculable anguish upon the parents, spouses, siblings and children of eight innocent men based on nothing more than enemy propaganda planted by a Sunni agent of al Qaeda.
Just The Facts, Jack(An Open Letter to Jack "Cold-Blooded" Murtha)
To some the issue of secession was settled with the Civil War. To people with this mindset, the final answer is that no state has the right to leave the Union. However to those who are truly Americans and educated about our history, the issue of secession was settled with the Declaration of Independence and the fact that the founding fathers did in fact "secede" from the British Empire in order to start what would eventually become the United States.
Alaska Should Just Secede
James Hansen, Director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), addressed Congress and brought a new twist to his tired global warming song and dance routine. Hansen now seems to be calling for the chief executives of Big Oil to be tried for high crimes against humanity. Their crime? Spreading doubt about global warming. Actually, it is Hansen who is guilty. Guilty of abusing the public trust.
James Hansen: Abusing the Public TrustBy Brian Sussman, The American Thinker
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