standardLyrical Terrorist Free

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Samina Malik A.K.A the Lyrical Terrorist, who was convicted of thought crimes has escaped a long prison sentence (( 12/7/2007 The New York Times Britain: ‘Lyrical Terrorist’ Spared Prison )) . Instead of the 10 years she could have been sentenced she was given a suspended 9 month sentence. Obviously this show of compassion and dare we say common sense from the courts was the right choice. History has shown that you cannot destroy a message by censoring and punishing the writers. Instead in the face of oppression the message only flourashes and grows.

See the story I wrote last month “What’s On Your Bookshelf” for more information on this story and my take on it.

As bad as Samina Malik’s situation was I cant help but think it would be worse in America. I would like some help on this one though. I simply do not have the time to properly research this so I was hoping one of you will. What protections would an American have in the same situation now that Habeas Corpus has been destroyed?

standardSummer’s Response to Ron Paul Supporters

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The article I wrote entitled 10 Reasons Not to Vote for Ron Paul has generated tons of comments, most from his supporters. Here is just a quick response to some of these. I have not provided references within this response but please see the previous article for tons of them. Ok, so I am going [...]

standardTom Tancredos Top 3 Election Issues

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Tom Tancredo is widely known as the candidate most likely to appeal to racists, bigots, and xenophobes. So, aside from going for the conservative fundamentalist Christian vote, what else is Tom Tancredo doing? Here are three television commercials that he has run, outlining his top three issues for presidency. I think that they pretty much [...]

standard10 Reasons Not to Vote for Ron Paul

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As anyone with a blog, YouTube account, MySpace page, or web site knows Ron Paul supporters are everywhere! The internet is filled with them. Although we are a progressive blog and both William and I support Democratic candidates, vocally, we are constantly barraged with pleas and “stories” to win us over. The frightening thing that [...]

standardTop 5 Reasons For Republican Sex Scandals

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Please note that these are just my observations and opinions. I am by no means saying that Christian Republicans are the only people with dirty little secrets. I am merely commenting on what appears to be a growing issue within the Republican ranks. In the last couple of years the list has grown and grown [...]

standardThe Kindness of Strangers

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Every now and then a complete stranger will do something that reaffirms my faith in humanity. Most of the time I read about them in the news, or see them on television, but very rarely I have the pleasure of being personally helped out by a stranger. Most often you only hear about the big [...]

standardMuhammad the Christian Pig

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OMG, and then these same people wonder why they hate us!  (Thanks to Jill @ Feminste for the story) Seriously, you know how offended Muslims got when a British teacher innocently allowed her students to name a teddy bear Muhammad.  So now you have Muhammad the Christian Pig calling their prophet a pedophile and a [...]

standardAthiest Takes Pledge of Allegiance Back to Court

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Michael Newdow is taking his fight to remove the words “under god” from the Pledge of Allegiance and U.S. Currency back to federal appeals court.  The case asserts that forcing children to recite the pledge is unconstitutional as it infringes on their freedom of religion.  He had already won significant court cases on the issue [...]

standardIran Ended Nuke Program in 2003

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According to American intelligence agencies Iran ended its Nuke program in 2003. This reality, as reality seems to do often, flies in the face of statements made by both the President and Vice President who are both threatening WWIII if Iran doesn’t stop their nuke program immediately. Now it is quite possible that their statements [...]

standardHalf Way For PBW House

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Just wanted to quickly point out that we are half way to raising the necessary money to get a new shelter for the Pretty Bird Woman House. As always I am proud of the selfless charity from the liberal sites and our wonderful readers. For those of you who missed my last piece on the [...]