Category Archives: law

The TSA: Doing Their Part to Make Airline Travel a Miserable Experience

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

 How Wasteful and Ineffective Is Airport Security?   from the Daily Beast and Newsweek

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Check Your Mailbox

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Arlen Grossman
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Chilling Video: Media Censorship

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Jeremy Scahill article in The Nation, March 14, 2012: Why Is President Obama Keeping a Journalist in Prison in Yemen?

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Reich: Moral Rot Is In the Corporate Boardrooms, Not Our Bedrooms

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

The Difference Between Private and Public Morality by Robert Reich/ March 13, 2012 Republicans have morality upside down. Santorum, Gingrich, and even Romney are barnstorming across the land condemning gay marriage, abortion, out-of-wedlock births, access to contraception, and the wall … Continue reading →

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Hedges: “The Iron Doors of the Corporate State are Slamming Shut.”

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Supreme Court Likely to Endorse Obama’s War on Whistle-Blowers by Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ March 12, 2012 Totalitarian systems disempower an unsuspecting population by gradually making legal what was once illegal. They incrementally corrupt and distort law to exclusively serve the … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: We Don’t Have to Follow Any Stinking Fifth Amendment!

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

“This is a monumental pile of crap that should embarrass every Democrat who ever said an unkind word about John Yoo.” Charles Pierce/ Politics Blog/ Esquire.com/ March 5, 2012 Pierce (author of Idiot America) was reacting to a speech by … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: None Dare Call It Fascism (Except Ron Paul)

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

“We’ve slipped away from a true Republic. Now we’re slipping into a fascist system where it’s a combination of government and big business and authoritarian rule and the suppression of the individual rights of each and every American citizen.” Ron … Continue reading →

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I’d Rather You Didn’t, Mr. President

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Arlen Grossman
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Double Standard?

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Arlen Grossman
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Separation of Church and State….Except in the Bedroom

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Arlen Grossman
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