Six States Refuse The REAL ID Bill

This is a landmark case in, well, common sense. Fortunately, the federal government cannot force the state governments to comply. Unfortunately, it CAN bar any resident without a REAL ID from boarding a plane. The states fighting for people’s rights are Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Washington, but not my home state [...]

The US Is An “Endemic Surveillance Society”

According to Privacy International, the United States has dropped from Extensive to Endemic, now tied with China, Russia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, and the UK(with the UK being more-or-less the worst in the free world). But never fear! We are still number one in a few things. They are:
* Legal protections
* Privacy enforcement
* Use of [...]

Sorry For Another Lack Of Posts

Starting on December 19th, lasting until January 4th I will not be posting/writing, due to a much-needed visit to my family. I will, however, resume my schedule of a post every weekday starting on the 7th.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

You Don’t See This Happen Often

ABC News
Synopsis: A 16 year old Icelander decided to call the President; on the Number, supposedly secret. He doesn’t know how he got it, and he doesn’t know why it caused such a hubbub.
When Vífill Atlason, a 16-year-old high school student from Iceland, decided to call the White House, he could not imagine [...]

Why I Don’t Support Huckabee

So I’ve been getting many questions lately in regards to this. Apparently, since I don’t support ALL of Ron Paul’s values, I am actually a closet Huckabee supporter. Let me tell you, it couldn’t be farther from the truth. In fact, I’m more likely to vote Kucinich then Huckabee(but not on an economical standpoint, simply [...]

A Figment of the Imagination?

While browsing today, I came upon a government website that just so happens to have what I’ve been looking for for a long time.
Irrefutable proof that the Superhighway is AT LEAST being considered.
And I now have that proof.
At a government website for Alberta they have posted the approximate locations for the the NAFTA Superhighway. Just [...]

Ryan Holiday’s Take on The Doctor

Why I Don’t Care About Ron Paul and Why He Has Nothing to Do with the Long Tail - November 21, 2007
Ron Paul is the one candidate able to unite the diverse elements in the Long Tail. His supporters range from strippers to evangelicals, from gun-totters to peaceniks , and yet [...]

US Claims Right To Kidnap Foriegners

London Times - AMERICA has told Britain that it can “kidnap” British citizens if they are wanted for crimes in the United States.
A senior lawyer for the American government has told the Court of Appeal in London that kidnapping foreign citizens is permissible under American law because the US Supreme Court has sanctioned it.
The admission [...]

Sharif Blocked From Pakistan Election

AP - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Opposition leader Nawaz Sharif risks disqualification from Pakistan’s crucial parliamentary elections after an official rejected his nomination papers Monday.
The decision could deepen the political crisis that has engulfed Pakistan since President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule one month ago.
Sharif was to meet later Monday with fellow opposition leader Benazir Bhutto [...]

Chavez Loses His Amendment

CNN - Venezuelans, by the slimmest of margins, rejected a constitutional referendum that would have allowed President Hugo Chavez to seek re-election indefinitely and tightened socialism’s grip on the oil-rich Latin American nation.
By 51 percent to 49 percent, voters shot down a referendum that included 69 proposed amendments to the 1999 constitution, according to Monday [...]