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"Those who are willing to give up freedom for a little safety deserve neither freedom nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." Theodore Roosevelt
digg links, for the techie:
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| .....Secret Service questions student on drawings |
| 04.27.04 (7:29 pm) [edit] |
PROSSER, Washington (AP) -- Secret Service agents questioned a high school student about anti-war drawings he did for an art class, one of which depicted President Bush's head on a stick.
Another pencil-and-ink drawing portrayed Bush as a devil launching a missile, with a caption reading "End the war -- on terrorism."
The 15-year-old boy's art teacher at Prosser High School turned the drawings over to school administrators, who notified police, who called the Secret Service.
"We involve the police anytime we have a concern," Prosser Superintendent Ray Tolcacher told the Tri-City Herald newspaper.
Secret Service agents interviewed the boy last Friday. The student, who was not arrested, has not been identified.
The school district disciplined him, but district officials refused to say what the punishment was. Tolcacher said the boy was not suspended.
The artwork was apparently part of an assignment to keep a notebook of drawings, according to Kevin Cravens, a friend of the boy's family.
The drawing that drew the most notice showed a man in what appeared to be Middle Eastern-style clothing, holding a rifle. He was also holding a stick with an oversize head of the president on it.
The student said the head was enlarged because it was intended to be an effigy, Cravens said. The caption called for an end to the war in Iraq.
A message left by The Associated Press with an after-hours duty officer with the Secret Service in Washington, D.C., was not immediately returned on Monday.
"If this 15-year-old kid in Prosser is perceived as a threat to the president, then we are living in '1984'," Cravens said.
Tolcacher insisted it was not a freedom of speech issue, but a concern over the depiction of violence.
"From what I saw, [school officials] were right to be concerned," Prosser Police Chief Win Taylor said.
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| ....The Top Ten Conservative Idiots |
| 04.22.04 (7:01 pm) [edit] |
http://www.democraticunderground.com/top10/02/67.html" title="http://www.democraticunderground.com/top10/02/67.html" target="_blank"http://www.democraticundergro...
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| ....Idaho Trial Could Be a Test of Patriot Act |
| 04.14.04 (2:42 pm) [edit] |
By BOB FICK, Associated Press Writer
BOISE, Idaho - A Saudi graduate student used his computer expertise to help Islamic terrorists recruit followers and raise money over the Internet, prosecutors said in opening statements at the man's trial Wednesday.
Sami Omar Al-Hussayen, a 34-year-old doctoral candidate in computer science at the University of Idaho, is accused of setting up and running Web sites that supported the Palestinian militant group Hamas and organizations that advocate attacks on the United States.
"With his expertise and expert advice, he created for them the vehicle for the recruitment and funding of terrorism," federal prosecutor Kim Lindquist told the jury. "The Internet is an integral part of logistical support for extreme jihad, terrorism, around the world."
Al-Hussayen has denied any wrongdoing. Defense attorney David Nevin depicted him as a respected Muslim leader in the university community, telling jurors that the government was giving them only a small part of the Internet picture.
The main Web site relied on by prosecutors to charge Al-Hussayen is "the most popular site in all of Islam," Nevin said.
"These are not terrorist Web sites," he said. "They are general news and religious Web sites."
He also argued that whatever the views on the sites, the Constitution protects the right to express them.
The case is seen as a key test of a USA Patriot Act provision that prohibits offering "expert advice or assistance" to foreign terrorist groups.
Al-Hussayen also has been accused of maintaining bank accounts in four states to funnel money to a Michigan-based organization that federal agents said has links to terrorists.
The government also has filed visa fraud and false statement charges against Al-Hussayen.
The terrorism counts are punishable by up to 15 years each, the visa fraud charges by up to 25 years each, and the false-statement counts by five years each.
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| 04.07.04 (4:36 pm) [edit] |
http://www.gwbush.com/multimedia/index.shtml" title="http://www.gwbush.com/multimedia/index.shtml" target="_blank"http://www.gwbush.com/multime...
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| ....FCC Crackdown |
| 04.01.04 (6:19 pm) [edit] |
Due to the recent breast-baring incident by Janet Jackson, and Bono's use of a vulgarity on the CBS network, the FCC have now gone to the next step in securing the airwaves from indecent material. The FCC have now started a serious retroactive crackdown on indecent lyrics. Unfortunately, Depeche Mode are one of the first bands to be victims of this. A number of tunes, including fan favorites such as "Personal Jesus", "Sea Of Sin" amd "I Want You Now" (all written by Martin L. Gore) have effectively been banned from U.S. airwaves.
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QUOTE:
Stupidity has a bad habit of getting its way. --"The Day After"
QUOTE: Because I do it with one small ship, I am called a terrorist. You do it with a whole fleet and are called an emperor.
– A pirate, from St. Augustine's "City of God"
QUOTE: War: A wretched debasement of all the pretenses of civilization.
– General Omar Bradley
I hope....that mankind will at length, as they call themselves responsible creatures, have the reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting throats...
– Benjamin Franklin
"There must be security for all, or no one is secure. Now this does not mean giving up any freedom, except the freedom to act irresponsibly."-- Klaatu, The Day The Earth Stood Still, 1951.
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