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Has The Police-State Arrived?

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Posted on August 13, 2008 - 6:06am at Stone Soup Station
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Forgive me for sounding alarmist here, but given the rationale used to initiate such a blatant blanket-trampling of civil rights, are we looking at the potential future of "everytown" America?

Bush War Crimes: Newly obtained Bush administration memos show that torture was authorized

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Posted on July 25, 2008 - 12:03am at Loose TN Cannon
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Just another brick in the wall of evidence of war crimes.

The American Civil Liberties Union has obtained through Freedom of Information several internal Bush administration documents that authorizes the CIA to torture detainees.

Bush War Crimes: Newly obtained Bush administration memos show that torture was authorized

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Posted on July 24, 2008 - 2:00pm at Tennessee Free
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Just another brick in the wall of evidence of war crimes.
The American Civil Liberties Union has obtained through Freedom of Information several internal Bush administration documents that authorizes the CIA to torture detainees.
“These documents supply further evidence, if any were needed, that the Justice Department authorized the CIA to torture prisoners in its custody. [...]

Marriage in Tennessee

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Posted on July 15, 2008 - 3:05pm at Terry Frank
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Today at 5:05 we’ll interview Brian Raum, Senior Legal Counsel for ADF, regarding a potential challenge to the Tennessee Constitutional Amendment defining marriage as an institution between one man and one woman.  

Here’s a recent press release on the subject:

The Indignity of Our Health Care System

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Posted on July 1, 2008 - 6:54pm at The Crone Speaks
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"important to struggle for rights & for enforcement of rights & the respect of those rights & dignity of everyone. That's fundam

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Posted on June 15, 2008 - 10:49am at Stone Soup Station
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All who affirm the use of violence admit it is only a means to achieve justice and peace. But peace and justice are nonviolence...the final end of history. Those who abandon nonviolence have no sense of history. Rather they are bypassing history, freezing history, betraying history.
Andre Trocme

"...federal judge gave preliminary approval to a settlement in a lawsuit brought by nine homeless residents in Fresno."

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Posted on June 15, 2008 - 10:04am at Stone Soup Station
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Another reason that should give pause to those officials considering sweeps of homeless camps without proper notification and/or time to remove personal belongings...

(CA)

Tennessean Catches Up to Eric "English Only" Crafton

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Posted on June 13, 2008 - 7:15am at Enclave
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The Tennessean

"...federal lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana claims that city police are harassing panhandlers and

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Posted on June 12, 2008 - 9:01am at Stone Soup Station
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The ACLU fights to protect the poor and those experiencing homelessness from being harassed while engaging in passive begging...

(Indiana)
Suit claims police harass homeless

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS • June 12, 2008

Sherlock, Your Mental Acuity Still Amazes Me

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Posted on June 7, 2008 - 12:29am at Going Like Sixty
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