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Why is it so hard to coexist?

October 4th, 2008
By: Steven Haddox
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I have had several political conversations the last week that have really had me asking a lot of questions:

  • Why are all politicians liars in some form or another?
  • Why is it impossible to be involved in politics without being a hypocrite?
  • Why is it okay for the government to be hypocritical but not for its citizens?
  • Why won’t people just vote for the candidate that most similar to them so that we can get rid of this stupid bicameral system?
  • Why are people so uninvolved?  Why do we wait until something effects our daily lives to care about it?
  • Why is everyone so greedy, selfish, or inconsiderate?

However, amidst all these questions the only truly important one I find is:

Why is it so hard for people to peacefully coexist?

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Fight for your 4th Amendment Rights (NOW!)

July 7th, 2008
By: Steven Haddox
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I’ve just written to my senators, telling them to oppose granting immunity for lawbreaking phone companies. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has all the details. You really should contact them too.  This is not an issue we can just let slip by.  If we do we will begin the slippery slope to ignoring all essential rights within the Bill of Rights and our nation will be one thread less as it hangs from its line of floss already.

Please take action on this within the next day.  The vote is left in the hands of the Senate now as the House has already approved the bill.  We all know that President Bush doesn’t respect the rights of privacy that our citizen’s are entitled to and there is no chance of a veto as a result.  If we can’t get 41 senators to vote no then we can kiss a large portion of our 4th amendment rights good-bye.

I am not at liberty to discuss some of the things I know. But I promise that the things that our government is able to spy on is ONLY limited by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and USSID 18.  These are the two laws that restrict spying to not include US Citizens without a warrant (even if it is a ’secret’ warrant due to classification stuff).

President Bush wants to let the telecomm companies off the hook for violating the rights of United States citizen’s by not punishing them or allowing them to be taken to court for turning over records, phone calls, etc. that were not required by a warrant.  Such blatant infringements on the rights protected by the Bill of Rights has not happened in a very long time.  There is no “gray” line here.  It is simple black and white.  Do NOT allow this to sit idly in your mind.  If you value your rights contact your senators NOW!

I personally have not had a chance to watch the following video yet as I’m at work.  However, a friend of mine has highly suggested watching this video to get more details about this issue and help you be more informed regarding its significance and consequences.

Sincerely, your brother in alarm,

Steven Haddox

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