The administration quarantines dissent.
The American Conservative
By James Bovard
On Dec. 6, 2001, Attorney General John Ashcroft informed the Senate Judiciary Committee, “To those who scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty … your tactics only aid terrorists, for they erode our national unity and … give ammunition to America’s enemies.� Some commentators feared that Ashcroft’s [...]

[From Kuro5hin]
A bumper sticker? It can’t be. Who would care about a bumper sticker? As I sat across the table from three stoic Secret Service agents, I started to think about the country I live in. We were always told growing up that what separated America from everywhere else is the First Amendment and it’s [...]

The
Oregonian
target="NewWindow">reported that Mayor Tom Potter of Portland,
Oregon refused “to provide a letter supporting the Mrs. Oregon America pageant
because its contestants must be married to a man.”

Tax season is here and April 15th is near for U.S. citizens, and this was a good timing for those who do taxes on their computers. Gracie’s Broadband Reports security forum thread mentions Michelle Malkin’s article on people’s tax return information being exposed to the public due to P2P programs like Limewire and eMule. The problem is not the software, it is the way user share their folders/directories.

Progressives are Reaping the Harvest They Planted in 2004
By KEVIN ZEESE
Recently, progressives who supported the Democratic Party in 2004 are expressing dissatisfaction with how Democratic elected officials are voting on the funding of the Iraq war, minimizing bankruptcy protections for working families, weakening the right to file class action lawsuits against abusive corporations and shying [...]

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