Thursday, December 23, 2010

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Reason Magazine article on recording police

Michael Allison, a 41-year-old backyard mechanic from southeastern Illinois, faces up to 75 years in prison for an act most people don’t realize is a crime: recording public officials.

read article

lots of good quotes:
“They may have problems with some bad police officers in some of your urban areas,” Wiseman adds. “But we don’t have those problems around here. All of our cops around here are good cops.”

Friday, December 17, 2010

IRS is part of the police state

No Conspiracy: IRS Agent Joe Banister Acquitted

be sure to see both pages

UN wants to regulate the internet ...

How's this for doublespeak:

The resolution invited the UN Secretary-General "to convene open and inclusive consultations involving all Member States and all other stakeholders with a view to assisting the process towards enhanced cooperation in order to enable Governments on an equal footing to carry out their roles and responsibilities in respect of international public policy issues pertaining to the Internet but not of the day-to-day technical and operational matters that do not impact upon those issues."

India, South Africa, China and Saudi Arabia appeared to favor a new possible over-arching inter-government body.

Article here

Now DHS can prevent you from working !

DHS Implementing No Work List: Citizens Must Get Government Approval to Work in Private Sector Jobs