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You owe your life — and everything else — to the sovereign. The rights of subjects are not natural rights, but merely grants from the sovereign. There is no right even to complain about the actions of the sovereign, except insofar as the sovereign allows the subject to complain. These are the principles of unlimited, arbitrary, and absolute power, the principles of such rulers as Louis XIV. Intellectuals have assiduously promoted them; think of Jean Bodin and Thomas Hobbes. A new intellectual champion of absolutism has now emerged. Mild-mannered University of Chicago law professor Cass Sunstein has been advancing the...

Washington, DC—Senate Democrats today sent the following letter to Mark P. Mays, CEO of Clear Channel Communications, calling on him to publicly repudiate Rush Limbaugh’s characterization of troops who speak out against the Iraq war as “phony soldiers.” Despite recent Republican comments condemning verbal attacks on our troops, when given the opportunity to join us in signing this letter, not a single one did so. The text of the letter is below and attached: October 2, 2007 Mr. Mark P. Mays CEO, Clear Channel Communications Inc. 200 East Basse Road San Antonio, TX 78209 Dear Mr. Mays, At the time...

The GOP leadership is waking up to a persistent reality, and it's one that has fundraisers and strategists at the RNC up at night. Conservatives, the core constituency of the Republican Party, are irate. Far from a passing hobbyhorse, the illegal immigration issue has galvanized Republican voters like no single issue in recent memory, and conservatives are refusing to let it go. The Senate's comprehensive immigration bill, backed by the President and pushed by the GOP establishment, was more than a mere legislative miscalculation, is was the straw that broke the conservatives' back. Moreover, to listen to conservatives, it wasn't...

In 1973, a Frenchman named Jean Raspail wrote a bitter and paranoid novel about the "invasion" of his native land by starving Third World refugees. The book was a racist vision of the consequences of non-white immigration, aided and abetted, in the author's view, by the weak-minded liberals who failed to resist it. For almost 35 years, The Camp of the Saints has been a Bible to the radical right. Now, courtesy of former Navy SEAL Matthew Bracken, comes the American version — a portrait of the apocalypse Bracken fears will overtake America thanks to undocumented immigration from the south....

The politicians in Washington are dating impending doom. The vote yesterday by the House of Representatives in surrendering to the jihadists in Iraq spells T-R-A-V-E-S-T-Y in just about any dictionary. Our stolidly sturdy troops in Iraq are beginning to get the idea that we, as a nation, are giving up on them, and it's time to let these honorable men and women in uniform know that the public won't allow the politicians to bail on them. The people of this nation cannot give up on our troops – no matter how tempted the politicians become to do just that. We...

From SMASH's blog tonight... "WITH BUSHS APROVAL (sic) POWS HAVE BEEN TORTURED SHAME ON YOU AMERICA SHAME ON YOU!" For these clowns, nothing is sacred. I have it on good authority that some Vietnam veterans are seriously pissed off... And hey, they made that poor P.O.W. look like E.T.!

Use the link...these people speak for themselves. Mexica-Movement - Gran Marcha If you are a loyal Ameerican...be prepared to GET MAD!

There have been rumblings of late about the developing alliance between Islamic radicals and neo-Nazis. In late May, Israeli president Moshe Katzav gave a speech before the German parliament in which he warned, "Let's not be surprised if terror organizations use neo-Nazis for carrying out terror attacks." And on August 5, WorldNetDaily reported, "Neo-Nazi skinheads are working with radical Islamists in a growing unholy alliance that has European law enforcement officials concerned about a new front in the war on terrorism." Such an alliance seems unlikely on its face; after all, neo-Nazis view most Muslims as racially inferior, while Islamic...

As you probably already know, I am not a movie-goer – only set foot in a theater maybe once or twice a year, if that -- for three reasons: (1) most of the ‘stuff’ that passes for cinematic excellence these days is no more visually or intellectually rewarding than staring at road kill, (2) I cringe at the thought of lining the pockets of the politically-activist Hollywood left, and (3) I’d rather be biking. :) With that disclaimer out of the way … Rick and I saw the just-released movie ‘The Great Raid’ last night. Knowing the shared love that...

Jane Fonda talks about how she is 'riveted' by faith and why feminism is what Jesus taughtFrom her longtime political activism to her Oscar-winning acting, Jane Fonda has never done anything halfheartedly, and she brings this characteristic intensity to her faith. When she talks about "feeling the presence of the Almighty," her view of Jesus, and the way she prays, her voice wells from deep within her chest. You may know this voice from her films (among dozens of others: Barbarella, Klute, On Golden Pond, and currently in theaters, Monster-in-Law), or from her aerobics videos ("feel the burn!"), or from...

Alberto Gonzales targeted by media low-lifes BrookesNews.Com Marian Wilkinson is not alone in her political bigotry and prejudiced reporting: the repulsive Roy Eccleston is every bit her equal. Terror lawyer Bush's new legal chief revealed just how low this creep can sink (Murdoch’s Australian, 12 November 2004). He quickly set the tone with this opening statement: “Alberto Gonzales the White House lawyer, who advised George W. Bush to ignore the Geneva Conventions when interrogating suspected Taliban and al-Qaeda prisoners, will become the new US Attorney-General.” The only thing in it that is true is the bit about becoming “the new...

Sometime ago, the the vast body of Freeper Knowledge put together a very impressive list of calls for violence against people made by various left wingers. Hot headed neanderthals like Alec Baldwin and Spike Lee were known, but when you added up all the incidents, it was newsworthy and did recieve attention in major media. What I would like to do with your help is compile all the incidents of left wing violence, violence so common in this election that it is without precident. For example, there are the invasions of GOP offices by "Brownshirts For Kerry" organized by...

Mystery Surrounds Kerry's Navy Discharge BY THOMAS LIPSCOMB - Special to the Sun October 13, 2004 An official Navy document on Senator Kerry's campaign Web site listed as Mr. Kerry's "Honorable Discharge from the Reserves" opens a door on a well kept secret about his military service. The document is a form cover letter in the name of the Carter administration's secretary of the Navy, W. Graham Claytor. It describes Mr. Kerry's discharge as being subsequent to the review of "a board of officers." This in it self is unusual. There is nothing about an ordinary honorable discharge action in...

  Violence Won't Stop Iraqi Power Turnover By Rudi WilliamsAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, April 18, 2004 – It was probably predictable that insurgents would try to prevent the transfer of power to Iraqis on June 30, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said on ABC's "This Week" today. The insurgents "been aggressive and violent in the last couple of weeks," Rice told host George Stephanopoulos. "We're responding to that. We're also responding politically by working with the people on the ground, including local leaders and members of the governing council." She said the people the coalition is working with...

" Well, you Sons of Bitches, now you know how I feel!"                                       -General George S.Patton- You may not like what I'm going to say here, but the First Amendment is still in effect (at the time of the time of this writing) so I'm going to exercise my right to rant: Prepare to get your feathers ruffled!... If you are an uniformed Police Officer of any rank and do not fully, and honorably support the pre-existing God given rights enumerated in the 2nd Amendment, you are a disgrace to your Badge and your oath of office to protect...

A federal constitution with the heart of a manifestoBy Noel Malcolm(Filed: 28/07/2003) In the minds of government ministers, it is a mere "tidying-up exercise" which will impart new "clarity" to an existing state of affairs. In the opinions of its opponents, it is the greatest alteration in the rights and powers of government in this country since 1688 - or, possibly, since the execution of Charles I in 1649. But in the hearts and minds of the British people, the new European Constitution has hardly made any impression at all; it is viewed with either vague apprehension or almost...

While we celebrate the fall of foreign enemies, we should also be aware of suspected DOMESTIC terrorists: Adnan G. El Shukrijumah Dr. Mohammed Khan Aafia Siddiqu Amer El-Amaati Habis Abdulla Al Saoub THESE INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THESE INDIVIDUALS, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FBI OFFICE, THE NEAREST AMERICAN EMBASSY OR CONSULATE, OR SUBMIT A TIP THROUGH FBI.GOV.