Category Archives: Civil Liberties

SELMA, LORD, SELMA

Posted on February 16, 2011 by

I recently drove to Florida and took a detour to Alabama to see three civil rights memorials which had been on my mind for quite some time: 1) the Birmingham, Alabama,  location of the jail where Martin Luther King, Jr. … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, History, Human Rights, Rights and Liberties, Statues and Monuments, The Sixties | Tagged , , , , , | 11 Comments

FORT WAYNE AIRPORT INCREASES INVASION OF PRIVACY

Posted on October 9, 2010 by

I recently took a short trip to Florida  and ran smack dab into the body scanner issue at our little, ole airport.  Now,  I am not sure what basis is used to establish the need for these things, but Fort … Continue reading →

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THEY WANT WHAT! JUST FOR MY HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION!

Posted on April 10, 2010 by

As we morph into a society increasingly obsessed with tracking its members and assembling as much personal private data as possible in mega-databases, I would never have dreamed that my Homestead Exemption would become a vehicle to gather personal data. … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Government, Indiana | Tagged , | 2 Comments

AS THE LION FADES – TED KENNEDY

Posted on August 22, 2009 by

Ted Kennedy – better known as the Lion of the Senate – has terminal cancer.  His days are numbered.  But while the most infamous indiscretion of his life forever kept him from running for president and haunted him the rest … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Congress, Government | Tagged , , | 47 Comments

“THE ARC OF THE MORAL UNIVERSE IS LONG, BUT IT BENDS TOWARD JUSTICE”

Posted on June 21, 2009 by

President Obama responded to the Iranian crisis by aptly quoting Martin Luther King: “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” The universe will always bend toward justice – it may be a long trek … Continue reading →

Posted in Barack Obama, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Human Rights, Iran, U.S. Presidency | Tagged , , , , | 6 Comments

ROBERT ROUSE- FIRST AMENDMENT SHUFFLE

Posted on January 16, 2008 by

Robert, of Left of Centrist, has outdone himself with this one. For those of you who are not familiar with the Constitution, it contains the Preamble, the Body (those 7 articles that established our federal government and its powers), and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bill of Rights, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, First Amendment, Government, Human Rights, U.S. Constitution