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civil disobedience

"Under the PATRIOT Act, the whims of the administration take precedence over nonprofit groups' constitutional rights"

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Posted on August 16, 2008 - 10:00pm at Stone Soup Station
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I just posted Neimoller's famous words a few days ago. It bears repeating again because frankly, the occasional protests and actions of civil disobedience the homeless population sometimes engages in here in Nashville could very easily be deemed "terroristic" in nature.

"The Nashville Movement is also the term used to refer to coordinated acts of civil disobedience organized by Nashville civil ri

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Posted on June 6, 2008 - 9:46pm at Stone Soup Station
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Sorry I missed shooting some video of it - I had been asked to attend by NHPP members at the meeting earlier that day but got so damned busy by 4 I couldn't get over to it in time.

To Serve Tibet: It’s . . . it’s a cookbook!

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Posted on April 8, 2008 - 3:33am at dorknation
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Before I was sucked into the bowels of mainstream politics by the lure of late night bashes with lobbyists and White House soirées, I was strictly on the protest politics tip. I’ve done the sit-ins, lived in the shanty towns, marched the march. I’m all for tactics of civil disobedience.

Martin Luther Sadr?

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Posted on March 25, 2008 - 10:58am at Nashville21
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A potentially troubling, or potentially good development in Iraq.

I May Have to Move to Texas to Fulfill a Prophecy

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Posted on March 22, 2008 - 1:11am at Going Like Sixty
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One my my 2008 prophecies was that I would do an act of civil disobedience.

Obama’s Speech on Race: Full text and video

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Posted on March 18, 2008 - 12:41pm at dorknation
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Obama/Clinton---This Is Not The Way I Thought It Would Be

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Posted on March 15, 2008 - 4:17am at Sharon Cobb
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I should really feel good about this election. For the first time in American history, the Democrats are going to have an African American or a Woman as the nominee.

That begs the question, why are so many of us miserable when we should be celebrating?

This is not the way I thought it would be.

Kentucky: Pass This Law; No Anonymous Commenting.

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Posted on March 7, 2008 - 9:57am at Going Like Sixty
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Ineed to accomplish an act of civil disobedience this year to meet my earlier prognostication.

If this law passes, it would be so easy! One single anonymous comment here, and I get a $500 fine.

Taking One’s Art To Heart

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Posted on March 6, 2008 - 5:07pm at Volunteer Voters
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Lean Left comments on the call by writers of the HBO television novel, The Wire, for civil disobedience in non-violent drug prosecutions:

Interesting Stance by The Wire Writers

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Posted on March 6, 2008 - 4:16pm at Lean Left
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The principal writers of The Wire, the HBO drama about the Baltimore underworld, have published a public call for civil disobedience in non-violent drug crime prosecutions:

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