“Arrest me…”

A California mother of five has told members of a legislative committee their plan to criminalize spanking by concerned parents would mean that misbehavior and rebellion no longer could be corrected, and she could face arrest.
Sarah Berke appeared today before the Democrat-controlled Assembly Public Safety Committee, whose members listened to her, then advanced the plan [...]

Spying on us

 The Bush administration said yesterday that it plans to start using the nation’s most advanced spy technology for domestic purposes soon, rebuffing challenges by House Democrats over the idea’s legal authority.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said his department will activate his department’s new domestic satellite surveillance office in stages, starting as soon as possible with traditional scientific [...]

Another crack at a national ID card

Under the guise of protecting seniors and our national security, Congressman Mark Kirk of Illinois 10th District and Peter Roskam of the 6th District are setting the wheels in motion for another crack at a national ID card.

“Hate crimes” laws impacting American christians

“Hate crimes” laws were defeated in Congress just a few months ago. Just a few weeks ago, Frank Wright of the National Religious Broadcasters Association warned, “We must be one in Christ to face the days ahead” because “hate crimes” laws would create untold new liability for Christians.
Now a major Christian ministry has confirmed that [...]

All UK citizens in ID database by 2017

All British citizens will have their fingerprints and photographs registered on a national ID database within 10 years under plans outlined by the Government.
Millions in sensitive jobs, including teachers, carers and health workers, will be among the first to be entered on to the identity register.

 

Attempts have been made to justify this invasion of privacy [...]

“Romney-Care”

For all the blabbing and slashes he made at Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney made a hypocrite out of himself. (Not that Hillary doesn’t deserve to have jabs made at her expense)
I distinctly remember watching the Republican presidential debates and see Mitt “I’m a Peacock, watch me strut” Romney tooting his horn about how Massachusetts had [...]

Big brother’s eavesdropping scheme

On February 12, the U.S. Senate approved, by a 68-29 vote, espionage legislation that would expand the government’s authority to intercept international phone calls and e-mails and to block lawsuits against U.S. telecommunications companies that aided in past spying efforts. The legislation would permanently expand the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA). FISA, which [...]

Legality of home schooling in danger?

A ruling from an appeals court in California that a homeschooling family must enroll their children in a public school or “legally qualified” private school is alarming because of the way the court opted to order those results, according to a team of legislative analysts who have worked on homeschooling issues in California for decades.
In [...]

Feds threatening the states over “Real ID”

Homeland Security officials are pushing recalcitrant states to adopt stricter driver’s license standards to end a standoff that could disrupt domestic air travel.States have less than a month to send a letter to the Homeland Security Department seeking an extension to comply with the Real ID law passed following the 2001 terror attacks. Some states [...]

Ain’t gonna tell ME which lightbulb to use…

Maybe I am really libertarian at heart, but I don’t want anyone (much less Congress) telling me what type of light bulb I’m allowed to use. Ask anyone why Congress shouldn’t be allowed to tell them what type of light bulb to use. I would be willing to bet that most of the answers would [...]