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tell your congressman to vote no on H.R. 1528:

2005-05-23T11:19:00.000-07:00

Proposed legislation would compel people to spy on their family members and neighbors, forcing all Americans to become foot soldiers in the war on drugs.

Neighbors spying on neighbors? Mothers forced to turn in their sons or daughters? These are images straight out of George Orwell's 1984, or a remote totalitarian state. We don't associate them with the land of the free and the home of the brave, but that doesn't mean they couldn't happen here. A senior congressman, James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), is working quietly but efficiently to turn the entire United States population into informants--by force.

Sensenbrenner, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman, has introduced legislation that would essentially draft every American into the war on drugs. H.R. 1528, cynically named "Safe Access to Drug Treatment and Child Protection Act," would compel people to spy on their family members and neighbors, and even go undercover and wear a wire if needed. If a person resisted, he or she would face mandatory incarceration.

Here's how the "spy" section of the legislation works: If you "witness" certain drug offenses taking place or "learn" about them, you must report the offenses to law enforcement within 24 hours and provide "full assistance in the investigation, apprehension and prosecution" of the people involved. Failure to do so would be a crime punishable by a mandatory minimum two-year prison sentence, and a maximum sentence of 10 years.

Here are some examples of offenses you would have to report to police within 24 hours:

* You find out that your brother, who has children, recently bought a small amount of marijuana to share with his wife;

* You discover that your son gave his college roommate a marijuana joint;

* You learn that your daughter asked her boyfriend to find her some drugs, even though they're both in treatment.

In each of these cases you would have to report the relative to the police within 24 hours. Taking time to talk to your relative about treatment instead of calling the police immediately could land you in jail.

In addition to turning family member against family member, the legislation could also put many Americans in danger by forcing them to go undercover to gain evidence against strangers.

Even if the language that forces every American to become a de facto law enforcement agent is taken out, the bill would still impose draconian sentences on college students, mothers, people in drug treatment and others with substance abuse problems. If enacted, this bill will destroy lives, break up families, and waste millions of taxpayer dollars.

Despite growing opposition to mandatory minimum sentences from civil rights groups to U.S. Supreme Court Justices, the bill eliminates federal judges' ability to give sentences below the minimum recommended by federal sentencing guidelines. This creates a mandatory minimum sentence for all federal offenses, drug-related or not.

H.R. 1528 also establishes new draconian penalties for a variety of non-violent drug offenses, including:

* Five years for anyone who passes a marijuana joint at a party to someone who, at some point in his or her life, has been in drug treatment;

* Ten years for mothers with substance abuse problems who commit certain drug offenses at home (even if their children are not at home at the time);

* Five years for any person with substance abuse problems who begs a friend in drug treatment to find them some drugs.

These sentences would put non-violent drug offenders behind bars for as long as rapists, and they include none of the drug treatment touted in the bill's name.

At a time when everyone from the conservative American Enterprise Institute to the liberal Sentencing Project is slamming the war on drugs as an abject failure, Sensenbrenner is trying to escalate it, and to force all Americans to become its foot soldiers. Instead of enacting new mandatory minimums, federal policymakers should look toward the states. A growing number have reformed their drug sentencing laws, including Arizona, California, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, New Mexico, New York and Texas, and they have proved it is possible to both save money and improve public safety.

Simply put, there is no way H.R. 1528 can be fixed. The only policy proposal in recent years that comes close to being as totalitarian as this bill is Operations TIPS, the Ashcroft initiative that would have encouraged -- but not required -- citizens to spy on one another. Congress rightfully rejected that initiative and they should do the same with H.R. 1528. Big Brother has no business here in America.

Judge rules against Christians who preached to homosexuals

2005-02-04T07:58:00.000-08:00

TESTING THE FAITH
Judge rules against Christians who preached to homosexuals
'Philly 5' lose round in federal court, prosecutors get away with calling defendants' words 'hateful'

Posted: February 4, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern

© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

In another blow to the "Philly 5" – the Philadelphia Christians facing possible 47 year jail terms for evangelizing at a homosexual event – a federal judge has refused a request to stop the local prosecution of the group.

Judge Petrese B. Tucker, for the second time, has refused to sanction the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office for what the Christians' attorneys say are "retaliatory criminal proceedings."

According to the American Family Association Center for Law & Policy, which is representing the Christians on the federal level, Tucker denied the request for relief last week, saying the Philly 5 had "insufficient evidence ... regarding why any of the defendants would want to stifle their First Amendment rights."

The group's attorneys had presented as evidence their clients' First Amendment rights were violated the fact that Assistant District Attorney Charles Ehrlich told an earlier court proceeding the Christians' religious speech was "hateful, disgusting, despicable words," and "fighting words."

As WorldNetDaily reported, on Oct. 10, a group of 11 Christians was "preaching God's Word" to a crowd of people attending the Philadelphia "OutFest" event and displaying banners with biblical messages.

After a confrontation with a group called the Pink Angels, described by protesters as "a militant mob of homosexuals," the Christians were arrested and spent a night in jail.

Eight charges were filed: criminal conspiracy, possession of instruments of crime, reckless endangerment of another person, ethnic intimidation, riot, failure to disperse, disorderly conduct and obstructing highways.

None of the Pink Angels was cited or arrested.

After a preliminary hearing in December, Judge William Austin Meehan ordered four of the Christians to stand trial on three felony and five misdemeanor charges. If convicted, they could each get a maximum of 47 years in prison. One female teenage protester faces charges in the juvenile justice system.

Brian Fahling is senior trial attorney for the law center.

Said Fahling in a statement: "The law requires us to show bad faith or retaliation by the D.A.'s office; we established that beyond argument with a videotape of the entire incident that shows our clients peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights, then being arrested and charged with crimes that carry a potential for 47 years imprisonment, and a district attorney's office that retaliated against them because it hates their speech.

"It is difficult to conceive of more compelling evidence of bad faith and retaliation than what we have presented to the court in this case."

Fahling colleague Michael DePrimo added: "There has never been a stronger case for federal court intervention based upon allegations of bad faith and retaliation than [the Philly 5] presented to Judge Tucker. … Prior to taking the bench, Judge Tucker was an assistant district attorney for Philadelphia for eight years; she is undoubtedly aware that peaceful expression of First Amendment rights is not criminal."

The next hearing date scheduled for the Christians is Feb. 17, when the court will consider their motion to dismiss the case. Seventeen-year-old Lauren Murch's trial date is Feb. 18.

'Philly 5' win 1 in court

Christian group gets obscene, hateful messages

Hate-crimes law infringes on 1st Amendment?

religion of peace alert

2005-01-25T09:07:00.000-08:00

click the link to see a video of the peaceful and tolerant devotees of islam shoot a delivery driver in the head 5 times as a warning to all to not help the americans.

http://awfulpics.com/ugh.wmv

hold my beer and watch this !

2005-01-22T02:30:00.000-08:00

My wife, Gretchen, is fond of saying that my last words on this earth will be something akin to, "hey y'all, hold my beer and watch this!" Well, I have outdone myself once again. No doubt you will see this true story chronicled in a LifeTime movie in the near future. Here goes.

Last weekend I spied something at Larry's Pistol and Pawn that tickled my fancy. (Note: Keep in mind that my "fancy" is easily tickled). I bought something really cool for Gretchen. The occasion was our 14th anniversary and I was looking for a little something extra for my sweet girl.

What I came across was a 100,000-volt, pocket/purse-sized Tazer gun with a clip. For those of you who are not familiar with this product, it is a less-than-lethal stun gun with two metal prongs designed to incapacitate an assailant with a shock of high-voltage, low amperage electricity while you flee to safety. The effects are supposed to be short lived, with no long-term adverse affect on your assailant, but allowing you adequate time to retreat to safety. You simply jab the prongs into your 250 lb. Tattooed assailant, push the button, and it will render him a slobbering, goggle-eyed, muscle-twitching, whimpering, pencil-neck geek. If you've never seen one of these things in action, then you're truly missing out-way too cool!

Long story short, I bought the device and brought it home. I loaded two triple-a batteries in the darn thing and pushed the button. Nothing! I was so disappointed. Upon reading the directions (we don't need no stinkin' directions), I found much to my chagrin that this particular model would not create an arch between the prongs. How disappointing! I do love fire for effect. I learned that if I pushed the button, however, and pressed it against a metal surface that I'd get the blue arch of electricity darting back and forth between the prongs that I was so looking forward to. I did so. Awesome!!! Sparks, a blue arch of electricity, and a loud pop!!!

Yipeeeeee . . I'm easily amused, just for your information, but I have yet to explain to Toni what that burn spot is on the face of her microwave. Okay, so I was home alone with this new toy, thinking to myself that it couldn't be all that bad with only two triple-a batteries, etc., etc. There I sat in my recliner, my dog , Moscow, looking on intently (trusting little soul), reading the directions (that would be me, not Moscow) and thinking that I really needed to try this thing out on a flesh and blood target. I must admit I thought about zapping Moscow for a fraction of a second and thought better of it. She is such a sweet dog, after all. But, if I was going to give this thing to Barb to protect herself against a mugger, I did want some assurance that it would work as advertised. Am I wrong? Was I wrong to think that? Seemed reasonable to me at the time... So, there I sat in a pair of shorts and a tank top with my reading glasses perched delicately on the bridge of my nose, directions in one hand, Tazer in another. The directions said that a one-second burst would shock and disorient your assailant; a two-second burst was supposed to cause muscle spasms and a loss of bodily control; a three-second burst would purportedly make your assailant flop on the ground like a fish out of water. All the while I'm looking at this little device (measuring about 5" long, less than 3/4 inch in circumference, pretty cute really, and loaded with two itsy, bitsy triple-a batteries) thinking to myself, "no friggin' way!"

Friggin' way-trust me, but I'm getting ahead of myself. What happened next is almost beyond description, but I'll do my best. Those of you who know me well have got a pretty good idea of what followed. I'm sitting there alone, Moscow looking on with her head cocked to one side as to say, "don't do it buddy," reasoning that a one-second burst from such a tiny lil' ole thing couldn't hurt all that bad (sound, rational thinking under the circumstances, wouldn't you agree?). I decided to give myself a one-second burst just for the hell of it. (Note: You know, a bad decision is like hindsight-always twenty-twenty. It is so obvious that it was a bad decision after the fact, even though it seemed so right at the time. (Don't ya hate that?)

I touched the prongs to my naked thigh, pushed the button, and HOLY SHIT! DAaaaauuuuuuMN!!! I'm pretty sure that Jessie Ventura ran in through the front door, picked me up out of that recliner, then body slammed me on the carpet over and over again. I vaguely recall waking up on my side in the fetal position, nipples on fire, testicles nowhere to be found, soaking wet, with my left arm tucked under my body in the oddest position. Moscow was standing over me making barking sounds I had never heard before, licking my face, undoubtedly thinking to herself, "do it again, do it again!" (Note: If you ever feel compelled to mug yourself with a Tazer, one note of caution.)

There is no such thing as a one-second burst when you zap yourself. You're not going to let go of that thing until it is dislodged from your hand by a violent thrashing about on the floor. Then, if you're lucky, you won't dislodge one of the prongs 1/4" deep in your thigh like yours truly. SON-OF-A-BIT%CH that hurt! A minute or so later (I can't be sure, as time was a relative thing at this point), I collected my wits (what little I had left), sat up and surveyed the landscape. My reading glasses were on the mantel of the fireplace. How did they get there??? My triceps, right thigh and both titties were still twitching. My face felt like it had been shot up with Novocain, as my bottom lip weighed 88 lbs. give or take an ounce or two, I'm pretty sure.

By the way, has anyone seen my testicles? I think they ran away. I'm offering a reward. They're round, rather large, kinda hairy, and handsome if I must say so myself. Miss 'em . . . sure would like to get 'em back!

AMIGO DON'T EVER DO THIS!

Third Circuit Refuses to Come to the Aid of Philadelphia Christians(video link included)

2004-12-14T21:11:00.000-08:00

Contact: Brian Fahling, Esq.
American Family Association
P.O. Drawer 2440
Tupelo, MS 38803
1-662-680-3886

For Immediate Release: 12/13/2004

Philadelphia, PA - The Third Circuit Court of Appeals today denied an emergency appeal by eleven Christians who allege that the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office retaliated against them for exercising their constitutional rights during a homosexual event that celebrated the “National Coming Out Day.” The Philadelphia 11, the group arrested at the coming out event dubbed “Outfest,” were charged with three (3) felonies and five (5) misdemeanors. Among the felony charges were Criminal Conspiracy, Ethnic Intimidation and Riot.

The Philadelphia 11 were placed in handcuffs when Chief James Tiano, liaison between the police department and the homosexual community, ordered the group to relocate to the outskirts of the Outfest event. A few moments prior to their arrest, the group was told by another Philadelphia police officer that because they were on a public sidewalk they were permitted to move freely through the event. The Philadelphia 11 faces a maximum penalty of forty-seven (47) years each in jail.

Early last week the Center for Law & Policy (CLP) filed papers in the federal court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania seeking a temporary restraining order that would prevent the City of Philadelphia from prosecuting the case against the Philadelphia 11. Judge Petrese Tucker heard the case and denied the Philadelphia 11’s request. The CLP immediately appealed Judge Tucker’s decision to the Third Circuit and that Court denied the Philadelphia 11’s request for emergency relief.

“This turn of events is beyond belief,” stated Brian Fahling, Senior Trial Attorney for the CLP. At the hearing before Judge Tucker, the CLP presented undisputed video evidence that captured the “Outfest” events on tape. This video shows that at all times the Philadelphia 11 cooperated with the police and was continually harassed by a homosexual security force called the Pink Angels. Further, despite the disruptive tactics of the Pink Angels, not one Angel was cited or arrested, or even warned. This evidence was not contested by the City of Philadelphia.

“Despite the undisputed evidence placed before the Court, our action for emergency relief was denied not once, but twice,” Fahling added. “Many had thought an outcome like this,” argued Fahling, “ended at Selma.” “It seems that the Philadelphia 11 have become second class citizens in the City of Brotherly Love.” The Philadelphia 11’s preliminary hearing will take place tomorrow, December 14th, 9:00 AM, at the Criminal Justice Center for the Philadelphia Municipal Court, 1301 Filbert Street, Room 606, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Center for Law & Policy is a division of the American Family Association, Inc. The CLP restricts its practice to constitutional litigation in state and federal courts.

See Video (Windows Media format)

FRENCH SOLIDERS OPEN FIRE ON INNOCENT CIVILAINS ON THE IVORY COAST (WARNING VERY GRAPHIC VIDEO)

2004-11-28T21:14:00.000-08:00

ALMOST ALL THE WOUNDED AND DEAD ARE WOMEN AND CHILDREN http://radioci.embaci.com/englishdownload/frenchsoldiersshootingcivilians2.mpg

video of the detriot indiana basketbrawl

2004-11-27T05:36:00.000-08:00

watch the video for yourself as it happend liv e on tv and see if you think the punishment fitt he crime

indiana/detriot basketbrawl video

unedited fallujah video

2004-11-23T04:12:00.000-08:00

this is the video that was on the news a week ago of a marine shooting a terrorist that was playing dead this is the unedited video WARNING very disturbing images not to be viewed by children or sesitive adults

http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/Video%202.rm

cool game program

2004-11-17T01:58:00.000-08:00

This is what happens when you mix LSD and peyote

2004-11-16T03:45:00.000-08:00

i just got done looking at the most insane website ever and my stomach and lungs hurt from laughing whoever created this skit wasnot on just oxygen at the time they thought it up i almost garuntee it :-)

MOON SONG

stock market trading game

2004-11-12T13:03:00.000-08:00

oner of my friends was telling m eabout a stock market trading game he joined calls smartstocks.com its al lthe actuall stocks from wall street but whne you invest its al ljustplay money they give you 1 million dollars to start out with andyou see how much you can make or lose trading and you can join groups also after you sign up go to the groups page and click join groups my group is future investors and the password is stocks if the group does well we have a cchanceto win real money to put in thereal stock kmarket!

THE FIRST SIGN OF THE APOCOLYPSE

2004-11-07T10:15:00.000-08:00

CHARTED: Yoko Ono, 71, has the No. 1 single on the dance chart, "Every Man Has A Man Who Loves Him"/"Every Woman Has A Woman Who Loves Her," a mix of techno beats and her somewhat off-key vocals that delivers a message in favor of same-sex unions. "This is a victory not just for me but for all Americans who are against the administration's decision to ban gay marriage," Ono says about the success of the tune, as quoted by the BBC.

I can see why she would have the number one dance single on the charts. Yoko Ono's music always made me want to go clubbing

get off your butt and vote

2004-11-02T09:08:00.000-08:00

you have until 6 pm to vote so get out and do it my personal preference is straight libertarian ticket but if you vote for anyone you are changing the political landscape so go do it i will post the presidential election results for ALL of the candidates as they become available unlike the lamestream media who wont tell you even who all is running because they hate democrocy as much as both lamestream presidential candidates do

Update at 4:30 pm nov 3

ALL CANDIDATES
CANDIDATE VOTE TOTAL VOTE %
John Kerry, Democrat 55,104,702 48%
George W. Bush, Republican (incumbent) 58,640,799 51%
Ralph Nader, independent 392,219 0%
Michael Badnarik, Libertarian 374,741 0%
Michael Peroutka, constitution party 129,162 0%
David Cobb, green party 104,591 0%
Leonard Peltier, peace and freedom party 21,616 0%
Gene Amondson, Prohibition Party 1,895 0%
Andy Andress, Unaffiliated (no websites for candidate or party )716 0%
Walter Brown, Socialist Party USA 10,258 0%
Roger Calero, socialist workers party 5,263 0%
Earl F. Dodge, href="http://www.prohibition.org/">Prohibition party 122 0%
Thomas Harens, christian freedom party 2,345 0%
James Harris,(surrogate nominee for Roger Calero) socialist workers party 6,688 0%
Charles Jay, personal choice party 867 0%
John Parker, write in(no website for candidate or party) 1,159 0%
Bill Van Auken, Socialist equity party 2,088 0%
None of the Above 3,645 0%
Precincts: 99% Updated: 11-03 4:30 PM ET

abominable snowman baseball

2004-10-29T09:59:00.000-07:00

ADVERTISE HERE FOR AS LITTLE AS $20 A WEEK

after my last posting about the redsox winning the world series someone emailed me a link to the most bizarre website ive seen in a while. click here for yeti/penguin baseball You area yeti thats at the bottom of a hill and when you click the mouse a penguin drops down and you gotta swing in time to hit him down the field and see how far you can get. WARNING not appropriate for animal rights activist.My record is 308.5 feet. Disclaimer no actual fictional yetis or real pengiuns were harmed during the course of this online game :-)

from cursed to first!

2004-10-28T07:36:00.000-07:00

I was checking the sports pages today and saw that the Boston red sox won the world series!Yes you read that right.Boston won the world series.That has to be the first sign of the apocalypse.

As long as the Cubs continue to screw up at the end of every season like they have been since 1908 the world will not spin off its axis and crash into the sun so dont even worry about that.

another birthday came and went

2004-10-27T08:43:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was my birthday(yay me!!) and it was an ok birthday. I got a few things that I wanted and my family took me out to eat at RULLI's and italian all you can eat buffet.Word of advise never go to an itiallian all you can eat buffet when you are starving I ate waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to much food last night I can see now why god made gluttony one of the 7 deadly sins.Do you all rember that scene in alien where that guy was eating lunch and all of the sudden he fell to the ground grabbing his stomach and the baby alien burst out of his stomach and ran out of the room?Well I now officialy know exactly what he feels like

How bad do the bears suck? Let me count the ways

2004-10-24T16:04:00.000-07:00

I just got done watching the chicago bears lose the 6th game out of 7 today and they did it by making high school level mistakes throughout the game.There was one very lousy pass interference call that would have given the bears an interception instead it ended up being a tampa bay first down due to the horrible call.But even without the call they would have gotten thier butts kicked i think its way past time we fired lovey smith oh and also maybe possibly get a quarterback if thats not to much trouble or anything.Some rich guy out there needs to do a hostile buyout of the bears from the hallass' thier father knew how to run a football team but none of his offspring do

new word added to the english language

2004-10-22T13:20:00.000-07:00

A friend of the family Todd Mendez just invinted a new word in the english language "Overcargonated" its what happens to you when you fill every one of your cargo pants pockets so full of stuff you cant fit even one more object in them and it weighs you down so much you have trouble moving

post the second

2004-10-20T09:38:00.000-07:00

I was reading on the internet the other day where there was a traffic jam in Los Angeles that was so backed up a woman went into labor before they could get all the cars moving again.Man I hope she was pregnant first.I know how bad it must suck to go into labor when you are pregnant but to be sitting in traffic and all of a sudden just go into labor if you arent would suck twice as bad I would imagine.The online newspaper I was reading didnt say rather or not she was or was'nt pregnant at the time I'll have to email them later and ask about that

my first post on my first blog

2004-10-19T17:59:00.000-07:00

Well this is my little weblog on the www welcome to all brave souls that look upon it and oh yeah abandon all hope ye who enter here. :-) This blog wil lbe a little insight into my mind and what makes me tick now for some random observations of mine.

*regardless of how much peer pressure you get from your "friends " its never a good idea if you ever find yourself in jamaica to drop a hit of acid and eat two pieces of ganga and shroom cake it tends to make you strip off all your clothes and run through the streets at midnight singing peter gabriels shock the monkey at the top of your lungs while pouring butterscotch all over yourself plus the cops there tend to fill thier nightsticks with lead ballbearings and it stings really really bad when they beat you

*This election for president is a contest between tweedle dum and tweetle dummer and michael badnarik the libertarian candidate not that im biased mind you . :-)

*I'm bart simpson in a Fred Flinstone world.

*When I first wake up every morning i feel like a purple smurf thats been puking green bile on the grey steps of the whitehouse.

thats all I got for today tune in next time for more from me.Same bat time same bat channel