tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140385382011-12-13T21:52:20.457-06:00Did you ever hear anyone say, "That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might be very damaging to me?"...Joseph Henry JacksonMike G. Gaitherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12060998977034551066noreply@blogger.comBlogger1151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14038538.post-1138799339625362862006-02-01T07:04:00.000-06:002006-02-01T07:08:59.660-06:00

I have a confession, last night, although I had promised friends and readers to pay careful attention to President Bush’s State of the Union speech, I was unable to tolerate the bull-oney to the end. Truth be told, I actually was only able to get to the part where he was attempting to mislead the nation concerning his flagrant violation of the nation’s wiretapping (FISA) laws. When our duly

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High Schools, even those that focus on vocational training rather than pre-college education, have an obligation to teach the children placed in their care the rights and obligations of citizenship in this country. Inherent in this responsibility to their charges, is a requirement to respect the rights of all students. The employees of public schools are government employees and should conduct

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On the fourteenth day of this month the forty-eight United States Marines guarding various installations and gates at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis Maryland, were relieved of their duties in anticipation of their serving in Iraq. This is not the first time in America’s history that the “leathernecks” have been pulled from their duty of guarding the tomb of John Paul Jones, it also

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The truth is that Gerome Alexander is not a nice guy. We know this because he has been convicted of five felonies in his home state of Texas, and four of those convictions resulted in his serving time prison. Even more to the point, three of Mr. Alexander’s convictions were for sex crimes, his most recent being indecent exposure with a child. The vast majority of Americans would suggest that

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As mentioned in early December, the Gaithers have begun the process of relocating from Louisiana to the Pacific Northwest. My personal cross country odyssey in the dead of winter, traveling in our twenty-nine foot motor home put the “A” in adventure. I was accompanied by our pets; the African Grey Parrot; Patty, our two elderly and very irritable teenage cats; Missy and Fat Cat, and the menagerie

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In an interview with Fox News commentator Britt Hume, the President of the United States of America; George W. Bush made the following statements:Hume: Do you home(?) and expect that Tom DeLay will return to be majority leader?Bush: Yes. At least I don’t know whether I’m expecting it. I hope that he will.Hume: Why?Bush: Well I like him. When he’s over there, we get our votes through the House. We

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Today’s post is extraordinarily long and we apologize, but the subject illuminates the search for freedom by America’s founders in a unique and contemporary way. It also demonstrates how vulnerable freedom can be to the whims of a government out of control. The right to a free press is an essential ingredient for any people seeking or desiring to maintain the human right of freedom. In order to

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Former Wisconsin State Democratic Senator; William Proxmire, has passed away. The Senior Senator was probably best known for his stance against wasteful federal spending which he illustrated by awarding his monthly “Golden Fleece” awards.Here are some personal favorites:March 1975 For spending $84,000 to learn why people fall in love, the first Golden Fleece award went to the

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Before the lawsuit, when Great Falls South Carolina held a town council meeting, it was always opened with a Christian prayer. When town resident Darla Kaye Wynne, herself a practicing Wiccan Priestess, suggested maybe the prayers should be more inclusive of other beliefs, her requests were rebuffed. Eventually, in light of the town’s stubborn refusal to modify their behavior, Wynne sued.This is

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H. Beatty Chadwick is still being held in a Delaware County Pennsylvania prison for committing “contempt of court” and chances are he will remain there until he dies. Chadwick was a prominent Philadelphia based corporate attorney until his fifteen year marriage to Barbara Jean Crowther came to an end. During the long divorce proceedings, investigators for Ms Crowther established to the divorce

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By the time you read this post, chances are that Governor Swarzenegger has made his decision concerning the clemency hearing for convicted murderer Stanley Williams. It was four days ago when the California Governor listened to impassioned pleas from Williams’ supports to spare his life. It’s hard to believe that one day, two days, or three days, is not sufficient time to reach such a decision,

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The old expression “No good deed goes unpunished” is especially true when the good deed is performed within the sight of an ignorant police officer. When Donald Pirone noticed a fellow Atlanta Georgia citizen having trouble with a vending machine used to sell subway tokens, he offered one of his own tokens to the potential passenger. The man, who otherwise would have been unable to board a subway

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Let’s say you have a cause that’s near and dear to your heart, it’s not the law of land yet, but you really want it to be. Since you live in a state that allows measures to be put on the ballot as long as you’ve gotten enough signatures to qualify, you put all of your time and effort into circulating petitions and campaigning for your belief. Eventually you get your cause on the ballot, Election

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“People are doing the same as Saddam’s time and even worse!” This quote is not from a speech by John Dean or Ted Kennedy, it was said instead by the former Prime Minister of Iraq; Ayad Allawi, during an interview published this Sunday by Britain’s newspaper; ”The Observer.” Allawi went on to say; “We are hearing about secret police, secret bunkers where people are being interrogated…A lot of

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It’s not just the Police Department in New Orleans Louisiana that is accused of rampant violence against the citizens it is supposed to protect. Last September in the state’s capital of Baton Rouge, trouble with police abuse was also reported. Although there were no convenient news teams to video tape the violence, the new reports appear to be very reliable. The claims of abuse were made by law

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The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is “first” for a reason. Of the ten Amendments in the Bill of Rights, it’s the one that is of paramount concern to most Americans. Included in the Amendment’s restrictions on government it says; “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech,,, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble…” These are powerful words and if they

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In South Carolina, if a mother consumes illegal drugs during the course of her pregnancy and the fetus dies, she can be prosecuted for homicide. In the case of McKnight v South Carolina (McKnight) a couple of years ago the United State Supreme Court let stand a ruling by the South Carolina Supremes which had upheld the conviction of Regina McKnight for just such a crime.Ms McKnight had been

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What do you do in Wichita Kansas when you’ve got too much time on your hands and just can’t mind your own business? Well Jan Beemer (A political gadfly who lost at her most recent attempt to obtain elective office.), and a Baptist preacher named Pete Dominguez, who came up with an interesting way to harass legitimate adult businesses. The two got together and formed a group calling itself “

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While researching yesterday’s post concerning Alabama’s attempt to add “God Bless America” to all of that state’s license plates, an interesting Supreme Court case was uncovered that clearly demonstrates the need for both restraint and intelligent forethought on the topic of politicizing these government issued ID tags and on the topic of “freedom” in general. The case is entitled Wooley v

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Now a “duly elected Legislator” in Alabama wants to put the legend “God Bless America” on all new license plates issued to citizens. This legislator claims his state’s obvious violation of United States Constitution: “Will let all of the people in America know that we are a bible belt state.” After Judge Moore’s silly fight over the ten commandments, is there anyone left who is not aware of

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The Surgeon General of the United States has determined that smoking tobacco products is hazardous to your health. The evidence is pretty clear that this is so and certainly every American above the age of seven has been told this repeatedly. The Surgeon General has also made the same warning regarding “secondhand” smoke. Yet, even a layman can review the evidence of this “danger” and find it is

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Saifullah Paracha is one of the hundreds of “detainees” being held illegally at the Naval Base on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Like most, if not all of the detainees, he’s of the Islamic faith, and has been allowed a copy of the Koran with which to study and practice his religion.According to a recent article published in the Los Angeles Times, written by Times reporter Richard A. Serrano; Mr. Paracha

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Immediately following the attack on 9/11, airlines like Northwest Air, knew they were in trouble and began lobbying Congress for tax money to bail them out of their financial woes. As soon as the Congress was able to sneak through bailout money for the airlines; Northwest put in an application for 249 million in free taxpayer money, which was quickly approved. Northwest had a quarter of a billion

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It’s hard to believe that a lawsuit decided in a Small Claims Court might have far reaching impact, but such just might be the situation in the case of Stone v Continental Airlines. The story revolves around an aviation lawyer; Thatcher A. Stone and his planned Christmas vacation trip over the Christmas holidays in 2004.Mr. Stone had planned a ski trip from New York City to the remote Rocky

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This week has been a banner one for Republican’s in the House of Representatives and the Senate. This morning the House Republicans narrowly passed a Deficit Reduction Bill which will penalize America’s poor and families struggling to put a child through college. Later today the same legislative body is scheduled to vote on a bill to extend the tax cuts (tax deferments) on capital gains and

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Both the American Medical Association and the American Psychiatric Association consider alcohol abuse or dependency, to be potential “mental disorders.” According to a pamphlet published by the AMA, one of the four sure signs of such dependency is whether or not alcohol use has caused the user to have a “run in with the law.” A resident of the “Show Me” state of Missouri; Robert J. Pinson could

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A couple of weeks ago with no authority, no justification, and no public interest to serve, the Governor of New York; George Pataki (R), orderd twelve sex offenders due to be released from prison, sent to a psychiatric hospital against their will. Claiming this lame shot at rightwing publicity would somehow protect the population, Pataki, who has been defeated in his previous attempts to pass “

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Thanks to all who have been tolerant of LibertyWatch's slow publication during the last week. It has always been our objective to publish every morning, five days a week. We've been preparing to pull up stakes and relocate from Louisiana (Care to guess why?) to the Pacific Northwest within the next couple of months.Now that all the property is listed and things have more or less returned to

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So GWB’s choice to replace Sandra Day O’Conner on the Supreme Court; Samuel A. Alito Junior, really doesn’t believe that Roe v Wade should be the law of the land. This “no-brainer” is according to a job application written by him back in the days of the Reagan Administration. Sure, Alito has said he was just an “applicant seeking a job” at the time of the statement, but what the heck does that

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Mickey Weinstein, a former Air Force Officer and graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, is suing the Air Force Academy. Weinstein’s aim is to make senior officers and cadets cease and desist from forcing their Christian beliefs upon those in attendance at the school who are not Christian. He has been joined by four other officers and former students in his suit which has shaken the

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Republican Representative Steve Buyer, Chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, said Tuesday that the organizations which represent America’s Veterans, including the Disabled American Veterans (DAV), would not be invited to address a joint House-Senate meeting this year. Such meetings have been held for the past fifty-five years, and have demonstrated America’s commitment to our

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It was in December of 1963, that North Carolina resident; Henry Alford, was indicted for First Degree Murder. The evidence against Alford was compelling. First, he took his gun from his house and swore before three witnesses that he was going to kill the victim. Second, upon returning, he told the same three observers that he had committed the deed and killed the victim. All that was missing was

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Let’s give a big “Hip, Hip, Hurray!” for the Ninth U.S. Court of Appeals. This San Francisco based court has again refused to make a politically popular decision and has again ruled right in line the Constitution of the United States. This time their wisdom was invoked deciding the appeal of California citizen Darren Chaker.The Ninth’s recent decision revolves around a law which was enacted in

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On Wednesday of this week, The Washington Post published an article written by reporter Dana Priest which should rock this nation directly to the center of its moral, freedom loving, heart. The Post claims in the well researched article, that since 9/11 the Central Intelligence Agency has been running secret prisons around the world in nations of ill repute. Many of these prisons are alleged to

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House Republican Duncan Hunter, wants to build a fence across the border the United States shares with our neighbor to the south; The United Mexican States. Congressman Hunter has not just any fence in mind, but one that will cost about eight billion dollars to construct and no doubt be a modern day monument to fence builders everywhere. According to an article written by Erica Werner of the

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So whose lawyers are they anyway? From city and village attorneys up to the President’s Solicitor General, countless thousands of legal minds are hired by the government to provide advice to elected officials. Like all public employees, their paychecks come from the coffers of whatever government entity cuts their paychecks, but in the final analysis, it’s the taxpayers who foot the bill for

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Once the election is over and the publicity has died down, many judges appear to regret the loss of publicity brought on by the rough and tumble campaign process. As they make the transition to garden variety work-a-day jurist, sometimes a rare judge seems to have become addicted to the media coverage. Unable to get in the news any other way, they must feed their craving for public adulation at

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In a clear and precise use of logic and reasoning, last week the Alaska Supreme Court unanimously ruled that it was unconstitutional to deny family employment benefits to the same-sex partners of Alaska’s public employees. The decision by the Alaskan Supremes overturns a lower court’s ruling that likened a gay’s civil employee benefit eligibility package, to those offered to unwed heterosexual

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The way it used to work, if a kid was between the ages of thirteen to sixteen in Washington State and a potential criminal suspect, the police could interrogate the child at will. The cops were allowed by state law to engage in such malicious behavior without allowing the parents of suspected kids to be present or even bothering to notifying them their children were in custody. Imagine the mother

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In light of GWB’s out of control spending on the war in Iraq, the United States is just about broke. Not only are we nearly broke, but with Katrina, Rita, and now Wilma, blowing across the landscape this hurricane season, we’re spending money we haven’t got at a rate rarely seen before in American history. The national debt now stands at a staggering eight trillion plus dollars. What this means

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Senator John McCain’s anti-torture amendment to the Defense Appropriations Bill is in trouble. Not only has President Bush threatened to veto the measure, but since the house did not pass a similar amendment to their Defense spending bill, the item will be subject to negotiation between the House of Representatives and the Senate. Both Senator Ted Stevens (Republican, Alaska) and Representative

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Kentuckian John Holiday has found a little known terrorist threat to America. In his capacity as the Director of Kentucky’s Office of Charitable Gambling; Holiday is in a position to take action. This patriot has determined terrorists might be playing charitable bingo (that’s right; bingo) to win funds for future attacks against Americans. Recently Holiday applied for and received, a grant from

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In striking the down the Texas law which forbade anal sex between partners of the same sex, the US Supreme Court said in part: “The petitioners are entitled to respect for their private lives. The state cannot demean their existence or control their destiny by making their private sexual conduct a crime. Their right to liberty under the Due Process Clause gives them the full right to engage in

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Below is the corrected version of Friday's post, not the incoherent rough draft that was inadvertently posted yesterday.

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Alameda County social workers are in a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” situation. Yesterday, when twenty-three year old Lashuan Harris decided to throw her three small children into the frigid waters of San Francisco Bay, the County’s child protective services were finding themselves focused in the spotlight of notoriety. Just three months ago, Harris’ mother had contacted the Social

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White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan earns $161,000 a year as an employee of the United States government. His salary is paid by the taxpayers, not George W. Bush. As such an employee of the American people, it is his job to present to the media (i.e. the citizens of this great country) insights into the President’s plans, activities, and scheduled events on a daily basis. In order to

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When California joined Michigan and Illinois in their ban on the sale or rental of certain video games to minors, the state’s legislators and governor must have known they would be challenged for violating the First Amendment to the US constitution. Last year when Governor Swarzenegger signed the anti-video game bill AB1179, he engaged in a bit of Orwellian “newspeak” stating “I believe strongly

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Law enforcement officers have a new name for their technique to try and skirt the Fourth Amendment rights enjoyed by all citizens. This scam is called the “knock and talk” in police jargon and uses intimidation to get past the cop’s requirement to obtain a search warrant based upon probable cause.In the “knock and talk” officers attempt to overwhelm and intimidate alleged suspects into allowing

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Paralytic Polio has broken out in a small Amish community near the town of Clarissa, in western Minnesota. Health officials have determined that a baby and three inter-related children have contracted the disease so far, although thankfully none are currently displaying symptoms.In light of the unprecedented outbreak of this disease which has been considered eliminated from the Western Hemisphere

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If you want to go to a National Football League game this year be prepared to be subjected to a “pat down” search no matter what you are wearing and no matter what your sex. Customers paying an average price of $54.00 per ticket receive the added benefit of an unjustified and unconstitutional search. This interesting additional experience is shared by all fans without exemption and without any

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According to a new 157 page report by Amnesty International, of the thousands of people in American serving life prison sentences without the possibility of parole, at least 2225 of them committed their crimes as children. Granted, young people are quite capable of committing heinous crimes, we’ve all read the stories. In fact, every time a horrible murder is perpetrated by a youth, the press in

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Five point three billion dollars, or put another way; five thousand, three hundred million bucks. That tremendous amount of money is the budgeted cost for the Transportation Safety Administration during fiscal year 2005. So what did we get for massive amount of money year other than women across the land being felt up by perverts? The answer is; Nada, zip, nothing. Why such a bleak answer you may

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Sadly, it’s not just New Orleans where police officers abuse American citizens without regard for our laws. Its happening all over America and every citizen should quake in fear at the approach of one of these loose cannons. With little or no fear of punishment, police across the land are heaping abuse upon Americans in an unprecedented number of cases. Below are just a few of the more

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It’s hard to imagine and even harder to understand, but last Saturday night a sixty-four year old black man named Robert Davis, was drunk on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans. In most cities Mr. Davis would be urged to go home and sleep off his intoxication, but New Orleans is not most cities. Instead of treating the Senior Citizen Davis with a modicum of respect, New Orleans

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Conan the Barbarian must have been taking more than just steroids and smoking pot in his quest for the Mister Universe Title. During two speeches in California this week, Governor Arnold Swarzenegger repeatedly cited California’s infamous traffic problems as reason for the state’s voters to cast their lot in favor of his Proposition 76. With polls showing voters heavily opposed to the draconian

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It gets really cold in Yellowstone National Park. During the winter month of January, the average low temperature is a frigid 9.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Although there is only one entrance open to cars, there are many winter activities still available to the rugged visitor to make the trip worthwhile.One frequently visited spot is the road through Lamar Valley. While making this drive, one may see

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One of the side effects of the attack upon the World Trade Center was Washington’s wild gifting of tax dollars to police agencies across the country. Billions of dollars were dispersed to federal, state, and local law enforcement folks to track down and eliminate the terrorists from within our midst. Cities both large and small have added “Homeland Security” departments and purchased every

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At the United States Naval Facility, located at Guantanamo Bay Cuba, hundreds of terrorist suspects have been held for years against their will under inhumane conditions. Dozens of these illegally held and poorly treated prisoners have attempted to kill themselves through hunger strikes and other methods. The Bush Administration claims these potentially innocent victims are not entitled to a

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Further displaying his ignorance and foolishness, Republican Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, again reiterated his outlandish opinion, reported by LibertyWatch on September 19th, that the Federal Government should place wiretaps in Muslim Mosques. It appears that Romney is attempting to distance himself from the liberal views of his state by making such obviously inflammatory and

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Clean water is flowing through the taps, the telephones are now getting dial tones, and electritcity is flowing through the wires again! Except for the occassional sideways tree, Rita is nothing more than a bad dream. LibertyWatch will resume publication on Monday, 10-3.Thanks all for your kind notes of concern and helping me to keep my dates correct. - - - -Mike G

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If we have power and if our house is still fairly operational, LibertyWatch will be resume publication on Monday, September 26 as scheduled. If not, as soon as power is restored we will be back.Thanks all!

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In a recent study to be published in the Santa Clara California Law Review, it has been determined there is no disparity between the race of the murderers and whether or not prosecutors seek the death penalty. In a much more interesting finding, the study also found the death penalty is handed out more often to those who murder white victims than those who murder non-white victims. Such an odd

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In October of 2003 Amy Leanne Prien, of Riverside California was convicted in state court of second degree murder and sentenced to life in prison for the death of her three month old baby and fourth child; Jacob Wesley Smith. Prien was also convicted of four counts of felony child endangerment. Baby Smith, who was found dead in his mother’s bed, was originally considered to have been killed by

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The State of Georgia has passed legislation to join Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina, and South Dakota, in requiring voters to provide election officials with a photographic Identification prior to being allowed exercise their right to vote in elections. Republican proponents of the legislation claim it is just a “common sense” tactic to reduce the possibility of voter fraud during

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Without holding him in prison for years without filing charges, torturing him to gain information, or spiriting him to another country for abuse, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has captured a potential terrorist in Memphis Tennessee. According to the Associated Press, Mahmoud Maawad was ordered held without bond in a Memphis jail on charges of wire fraud and fraudulent use of a Social

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In a clear demonstration of the proposition that there are two types of Republicans in public service, those who fear freedom and those who hate freedom, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has exposed himself as the later of the two. In a speech before the horrendously conservative Heritage Foundation, Governor Romney announced his desire to all attending, his desire to wiretap Muslim Mosques in

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Seventeen years ago, the Seattle City Council adopted a six month ban forbidding the issuance of business licenses to new cabarets (strip clubs). Claiming they were just waiting, and waiting, and waiting, for the state to impose a total ban on such establishments, the Council has renewed the ban every single year since. The temporary ban had no effect on established strip clubs, except to limit

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Again, a Federal District Judge has determined the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance with the phrase “under god” in classrooms across country is a violation of the First Amendment’s clause against Congressional establishment of religion. Since this jurist has rightly pointed out he is under the jurisdiction of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and his hands were sort of tied by that court’s

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Ten years ago, in 1995, Jose L. Velazquez, allegedly struck his boss, Hector Lopez, with a length of pipe. The incident occurred at the National Magnetics Plant in Allentown Pennsylvania where both Mr. Velazquez and his brother-in-law, had taken jobs. Mr. Lopez took exception to the attack and notified the Allentown police of the assault. A police officer arrived at National Magnetics and took a

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Next month when the new Republican sponsored Bankruptcy law take effect, tens of thousands of hurricane Katrina’s victims will learn just how punitive, greedy, and money grubbing the Republicans and their business partners have become. Instead of being able to petition the courts for relief from loan payments upon properties damaged or destroyed by the storm, the victims will become further

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Since the early 1980’s, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been performing Content Testing on bullets associated with criminal investigations. Using the results of such tests, in over twenty-five hundred cases, FBI experts have taken the stand and testified for the prosecution concerning the results of such tests. Prosecutors across the country know such testimony from FBI scientists can go

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The words “freedom” and “liberty” spew from their mouths almost daily. They even claim to be “patriots” and yet George W Bush and his goons have yet to display even a cursory understanding of the United States of America and this great nation’s Constitution. How can it be that a man is elected to lead our nation is so obviously uninformed of the rules by which he must govern?The Sixth Amendment

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Although we survived the storm with little problem, I developed a health problem that required a major surgery and some recuperation time in a Veterans Administration Hospital in the mid-west. As a transplant recipient of both a kidney and pancreas, such medical problems occur upon occassion and I apologize for my absence and failure to update LibertyWatch. Although the Veterans Hospital where I

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Due to Hurricane Katrina's arbitrary and vindictive invasion of Louisiana, LibertyWatch will be taking a short rain delay beginning Monday and possibly lasting a few days. As soon as the track and courts are dry and the greens mowed, we'll pull the cover off the mound and resume publication.

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Imagine you’ve been called to jury duty in Dallas County Texas, for the second time in your life. In the first case in which you judged a criminal for the state as a juror, the trial ended with the defendant being found not guilty by all twelve jurors. For whatever reason, neither you nor the other eleven who listened to the evidence believed the state prosecutor’s case. This time, you probably

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The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America reads; “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” That’s the whole amendment start to finish. Sixteen very clear words outlining the bail requirements, restricting the imposition of fines, and excluding torturous and odd punishments. Any judge unable to

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In their never ending quest to show just how much Fish and Game employees across the country can act like storm trooper wannabe’s, two of Washington State’s pathetic Fish and Game Department Agents were successful in their attempt to seize a pet duck from an American citizen.It all started a few weeks ago when Diane Erdman was given an ailing duck hatchling to care for by a friend who raises

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Recently Brick Township in New Jersey passed an ordinance restricting where a convicted sex offender can live, that virtually bans them from their city. Not only can a sex offender live no where near a school or park, but Brick’s new law bans a convicted pedophile from residing near any one of the towns 2500 school bus stops. In response to questions from the press asking whether or not such a

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When Scott and Virginia Honefenger decided to drive their golf cart to the country club located in their neighborhood, they set in motion a series of events that would cost Virginia her life and leave Scott facing criminal prosecution. Like many golf oriented subdivisions around the country, the Honefenger’s neighborhood in Sugar Land Texas, allows the use of golf carts on the local streets to

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Bob Taft, the Republican Governor of Ohio, has been fined four thousand dollars by Municipal Court Judge Mark Froehlich, for his failure to report weekend golf outings and other gifts paid for by lobbyists. Taft is one of America’s professional politicians who have never held an actual job he wasn’t either given for his name or had to be elected to hold. His family is well represented in American

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When Thomas E. Jones and his ex-wife Tammy U. Bristol decided to terminate their marriage in an Indianapolis Indiana courthouse, they could not have been more surprised when the presiding judge; Cale J. Bradford of the Indiana Superior Court, ruled the two parents could not teach their child their chosen faith. It seems both Jones and Bristol are “pagans” who worship the “Wiccan” faith and Judge

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For the past few years, grocery stores have been issuing “membership” cards to shoppers who desire to purchase items at their regular price rather than artificially inflated prices. In order to take advantage of the “lower” prices offered by membership, the shopper is required to present their membership card or swipe one through a card reader while going through the checkout line. The purchases

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Modern Conservatism in the United States can trace its roots to two distinct individuals. The late Senator and Presidential candidate from Arizona, Barry Goldwater and the former Russian turned American, author/philosopher Ayn Rand. Prior to Ronald Regan’s corruption of the conservative movement, these two people represented all that was good and bad about Conservatism. Today’s post covers

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Harvard University has recently announced funding for a study to eventually determine the Origin of Life on this planet. In order to attract researchers from a variety of disciplines, such as Astronomy, Chemistry, and Biology, the school has promised extensive funding as well as new research facilities. Harvard’s leadership has recently put forth the need for interdisciplinary research programs

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It was on the morning of March 28, 1998 when Mitchell Johnson, age 13, waited in camouflage clothing while his 11 year old cousin, Andrew Golden, snuck into the Jonesboro Arkansas Middle school the two attended and pulled the fire alarm. As students and teachers filed out of the building, Mitch and Andy opened fire with the two high powered rifles they had stolen from Andy’s grandfather’s house

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This evening, Governor Arnold Swarenegger's attorneys have prevailed in the California Supreme Court case concerning Proposition 77. Just Wednesday, LibertyWatch reported Superior Court Justice Gail Ohanesian had ordered the initiative taken off the ballot in the State's upcoming special election, because the text of the petitions circulated by Swarzenegger's volunteers was different than the

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George W. Bush sent a clear message to Capitol Hill the other day, threatening to veto the Defense Spending bill being considered by the United States Senate. This veto threat was not because the President believed four hundred and forty-two billion dollars was too much hard earned American tax money to spend. Nor was Bush threatening to reject the spending measure because of some sort of silly

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Just hours after the Supreme Court ruled against Susette Kelo and he co-plaintiffs in the Kelo v New London, Eminent Domain case, the City of Freeport Texas, filed papers against a fifty year old seafood company to take its land and buildings. Why, would a town like Freeport do such a thing? Its all in the name “free” port. The city fathers of city had been eagerly anticipating the decision while

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Imagine you’re a citizen of the Golden State of California and a neatly dressed individual asks you to sign a petition to place an initiative on the upcoming ballot. You read the text of the petition and as a voter; you decide to place your John Henry on the document because you believe it is an issue that should be decided by the voters, and you do so because of what you read on the petition

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The following is a response to a comment made by a reader. The first section of the following article is a point-by-point response to his well presented and well written comment. The second is a fictional answer to the final question in his comment. Note: LibertyWatch always reserves the right to answer questions and comments, or not. Generally, all comments are usually answered in the comment

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The Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals has interpreted the Constitution correctly once again. Last Tuesday, a three judge panel ruled the Kamehameha Schools, in the state of Hawaii, are engaging in “unlawful race discrimination” with the school’s “Hawaiians only” admission policy.In an Associated Press story filed by Alexandre Da Silva, it was reported that approximately fifteen thousand people

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If you don’t want to be groped, then don’t fly on an commercial passenger airline as the sixty-two year old retired technical college teacher, Phyllis Dintenfass, found out the hard way. During her trial last week in Green Bay Wisconsin, Dintenfass was found guilty of assaulting Transportation Safety Administration passenger screener; Anita Gostisha, during an incident at the Outagamie County

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A New York State Assemblyman; Dov Hikind, (Democrat - Boro Park, Dyker Heights, Kensington and sections of Flatbush), has recommended that all people of a specific ethnic descent be searched prior to entering the New York subway system. Recently Hikind stated “police should be focusing” on those who fit the ''terrorist profile.'' He further added “We all know that Tim McVie was of Scottish

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You can file this story under the heading “Here We Go Again.” Odessa Texas, is a little known, old oil town in Central, West Texas, with a population of about ninety thousands folks, over forty percent of which are Hispanic and whites hold a just a slight majority of the population. At this time of year as we enter the dog days of summer, there can be no doubt the number one topic of conversation

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New York’s Governor, Republican George Pataki, has stated through his spokesperson, he will veto a bill that allows women to purchase a “morning after” birth control pill without a prescription. The bill was recently passed by both of New York's legislative bodies. According to the Governor’s Spokesman, Kevin Quinn, Pataki made this decision; "because it provides no protection whatsoever for

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The United States Supreme Court usually has its hands full of tough legal decisions, like all of those death penalty cases awaiting last second decisions, deciding who will serve as the President of the United States, or even deciding whether or not, nude dancers have to wear g-strings and pasties on stage. The later issue came before the court in August of 1991 and was decided in the case of

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There are a great many imponderable questions for which humankind is still seeking answers, but Police Officer Roger Peele, has found at least the answer to one. No, its not: Why are they called “apartments” when they are all stuck together? And its certainly not: Why does sour cream have an expiration date? Officer Peele’s solution is to the question: Can two women drive a car that cannot run?

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Elizabeth Solomon has taken on the State of Utah’s Department of Motor Vehicles, and won a small victory for common sense and free speech. Solomon had ordered a vanity plate for her car from the state, when the censors at the DMV decided she should not use it on her autos because it was somehow inappropriate. The plate reads “GAYSROK,” which can be read one of two ways, “Gays R OK” or “Gays Rock.

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Three years ago, four high school students from Arizona collaborated on a school science competition that changed their lives. The youngsters, Jaime Damian, Yuliana Huicochea, Oscar Corona, and Luis Nava, built a solar powered boat to race in Buffalo, New York. While in Buffalo, one of the youths expressed a desire to visit the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, to one of the teachers that was

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Liberty is such a fragile thing. All across this great land are thousands of induhviduals (to borrow from Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert), who have been either elected, appointed, or hired, to pass laws, rules, or regulations, to restrict, inhibit, or regulate our behavior. In every village, city, county, state, and even the whole country, there are legislators attempting to pass these

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