I think… I don’t know if it has widespread support, but I think we should have a committed moratorium on all taxes until they rescind Kelo and then restrain the eminent domain takings.
That’s right. Just vote down every single tax that comes up for the vote. Every. Single. One. And if they threaten you [...]
Entries from June 30th, 2005
Voting Down The Kelo Decision
June 30th, 2005 · 3 Comments · politics
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It Is Rather Ironic
June 30th, 2005 · No Comments · Controversy
Dhimmi Watch: Tolerance and tolerance
I spoke about the violent intolerance of the Islamic jihad: its imperative to impose Sharia, with its institutionalized discrimination against non-Muslims and women, and its mandate to commit violent acts that is rooted in the Qur’an and Sunnah, supported by mainstream understandings of those texts, and elaborated by Islamic law. I [...]
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Highly Recommended
June 30th, 2005 · 2 Comments · Contemporaries
If you don’t have “Crossing the Rubicon2″ on your blogroll, you should. Someone with heart and soul- and just plain guaranteed to jog your thinking. This time she has some things to say about the new Freedom Tower slated for ground zero, and takes the NYTimes to task.
Crossing the Rubicon2: An Inappropriate Application of Politics
>>The [...]
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Gay Marriage Begs A Question?
June 30th, 2005 · 3 Comments · Controversy
Well, someone was begging a question and gay marriage came up…..
In the Civitas blog
This was put forth in an argument:
Civitas: Family Matters
[David Cameron] was guilty of having twice begged the question in that part of his speech in which he argued that, because it is demonstrable that (i) children do better if their mother and [...]
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The Wolves Were Waiting At The Door
June 30th, 2005 · 1 Comment · politics
Institute for Justice: Property Rights Cases: New London, CT, Kelo
“Washington, D.C.—Less than one week after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Kelo v. City of New London upholding the use of eminent domain for private development, the floodgates are opening to abuse.
Already, the ruling has emboldened governments and developers seeking to take property from [...]
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A Message From God
June 29th, 2005 · Comments Off · Christian
You know, Ive been thinking about that leopard story. There have been a few news stories recently that have caught my attention along these lines. Like the lion which protected the girl from kidnappers.
For some reason I have been thinking about how God speaks and how many of His messages are “Be not afraid”. [...]
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More Than One Way To Skin A Cat
June 29th, 2005 · No Comments · Who Knows
Kenyan, 73, kills leopard with bare hands – Africa – MSNBC.com
The leopard sank its teeth into the farmer’s wrist and mauled him with its claws. “A voice, which must have come from God, whispered to me to drop the panga (machete) and thrust my hand in its wide-open mouth. I obeyed,†M’Mburugu said.
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America Coming To Grips With Islam
June 29th, 2005 · 1 Comment · Christian
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Do We Understand the Tenets of Islam?
From Crossing The Rubicon I found this article:
Is Allah God? – article by Daniel Pipes
in which the case is made that we are all addressing the same God, but in discerning whether this is true one must look beyond word usage.
One must look at outcome in [...]
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My Contention With Kelo
June 29th, 2005 · No Comments · politics
Why do I see this as a greater undermining of freedom than many of the other examples of Court Activism?
Let me count the ways:
(1) First, Kelo is taxation without representation. It strikes at the very root of this country’s inception: that the common man under common law has certain common rights… among these in [...]
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What Meaning, Constitutional Rights
June 28th, 2005 · No Comments · politics
Booker Rising:
Thomas Sowell on Property Rites
The conservative Republican economist weighs in on the Supreme Court’s ruling in Kelo vs. New London ruling. The high court ruled that the Fifth Amendment – which has a public use clause – enables local governments to snatch private property for private economic development whether it benefits the public or [...]
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