[Translate] I disagree that the tea-baggers and others referred to in Hart’s Huffington Post OpEd today, “Getting the Government We Seem to Want,” hurt only themselves – by acting to disrupt civil discourse and undermine the effectiveness of our government they drag the country toward a path that will parallel the outcomes of “no taxes but no government” as currently practiced in Somalia. “…the cynics and trolls who scream like banshees at town hall meetings and scan the blogosphere to...
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[Translate] If paying taxes to support our military, the interstate highway system, the FAA, satellites, and a Medicare system that insures senior citizens can afford health coverage, etc., offends your sense of fair play, you’re living in the wrong country. You want tax havens? Move to Somalia, my friend, while real patriots pay their fair share in the USA! Closing loopholes that reward wealth instead of work is fine with me. I’ve had enough of special interests inserting ways to keep big business from paying taxes. Any tax...
[Translate] If you read Justice Kennedy’s Majority opinion in the Gitmo/habeas corpus decision, you’ll discover that the ruling is in line with all of the principles the Catholic Church mandates. If you’re not familiar with those particular teachings, here’s further reading. What do the four Justices who dissented have in common beyond a lack of faith in the Bill of Rights and the U.S. Constitution as ways to spread democracy and limit repression which we can see leads to recruiting terrorists? They are each Catholics...
[Translate] “Muslim!“ Now Available In Insult Form: In a 2004 survey by Cornell university, almost half of the national respondents favored curtailing the civil liberties of Muslims. 40 percent of Republicans wanted American Muslims to register their whereabouts. There are some Americans who recognize the demonization for what it is… but we all need to look fairly at religious discrimination. As Ali Eteraz‘s article points out, even Mitt Romney, a Presidential candidate who comes from a marginalized religious...
