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Monday, March 1, 2010

Obama And The Democrats Renew The Patriot Act

They voted for it, he signed it. All their outrage about it that the media amplified? Pure show.

The crickets chirping right now? That’s how the ACLU and all other leftist protesters really feel about protecting your rights. They don’t actually care: they’re just about prosecuting conservatives.

On the other hand, they did a good enough job waking up Americans to the fact that Government is the major threat to their rights. The threat just comes from the left as much, if not more, than from the right.

[Via http://taoist.wordpress.com]

CNN Poll: Majority Think Government Poses Threat To Citizens' Rights

Tea Party acitivists should be proud, America is waking rapidly. A new CNN poll shows Americans are becoming increasingly skeptical of the Federal Government and it’s intent towards people rights and freedoms. Well you think so? The Tea Party was founded on fidelity to the Constitution and loosely on Glen Beck’s 9/12 project, values and first principles.

Fifty-six percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Friday say they think the federal government has become so large and powerful that it poses an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens. Forty-four percent of those polled disagree.

The survey indicates a partisan divide on the question: Only 37 percent of Democrats, 63 percent of independents and nearly seven in 10 Republicans say the federal government poses a threat to the rights of Americans.

Democrats are depends people.

[Via http://tarpon.wordpress.com]

How to Organize a Tea-Party

It has been many moons since sitting down at a tea-party with my little friends (at the time), although it is that type of comity and friendship that brings people together in times like these.

Governor Schwarzenegger’s remarks about the Tea-Parties disappearing are not hard to believe. The reason is because people think that this is a one-time frustration with the system, and as most humans (and Americans) operate, that frustration soon goes away (or we become complacent).

However, it would be great to prove the people wrong who think that the Tea-Party movement will just “go away.” The reason is that the movement is not about politics – it is about our RESPONSIBILITY as Americans, as constituents, and as consumers. It is about EVERYTHING, and because WE THE PEOPLE are the foundation of this great Country, we cannot just “stop” when things look good. We must continue to be vigilant, and never go back to the complacency that got us here in the first place.

How do you organize a Tea Party? Well, we keep the grass-roots activism alive, you support grass-roots organizations, and you support local media outlets that are dedicated to the cause. And, you don’t stop. Ever.

By Tisha Casida

[Via http://goodamericanpost.info]

Leaked ACTA draft reveals plans for internet clampdown

ISPs must snoop on subscribers or face being sued by content owners

By Paul Meller | Brussels | 21 February, 2010 Computerworld

The US, Europe and other countries including New Zealand are secretly drawing up rules designed to crack down on copyright abuse on the internet, in part by making ISPs liable for illegal content, according to a copy of part of the confidential draft agreement that was seen by the IDG News Service.

It is the latest in a series of leaks from the anticounterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA) talks that have been going on for the past two years. Other leaks over the past three months have consisted of confidential internal memos about the negotiations between European lawmakers.

The chapter on the internet from the draft treaty was shown to the IDG News Service by a source close to people directly involved in the talks, who asked to remain anonymous. Although it was drawn up last October, it is the most recent negotiating text available, according to the source.

It proposes making ISPs (internet service providers) liable under civil law for the content their subscribers upload or download using their networks.

To avoid being sued by a record company or Hollywood studio for illegally distributing copyright-protected content, the ISP would have to prove that it took action to prevent the copyright abuse, according to the text, and in a footnote gives an example of the sort of policy ISPs would need to adopt to avoid being sued by content owners:

“An example of such a policy is providing for the termination in appropriate circumstances of subscriptions and accounts in the service provider’s system or network of repeat offenders,” the text states.

Terminating someone’s subscription is the graduated response enacted in France last year that sparked widespread controversy. The French law is dubbed the “Three Strikes” law because French ISPs must give repeat file sharers two warnings before cutting off their connection.

Other countries in Europe are considering similar legal measures to crack down on illegal file-sharing. However, EU-wide laws waive ISPs’ liability for the content of messages and files distributed over their networks.

European Commission officials involved in negotiating ACTA on behalf of the EU insist that the text being discussed doesn’t contradict existing EU laws.

“There is flexibility in the European system. Some countries apply judicial solutions (to the problem of illegal file-sharing), others find technical solutions,” said an official on condition he wasn’t named.

He said the EU doesn’t want to make a “three strikes” rule obligatory through the ACTA treaty. “Graduated response is one of many methods of dealing with the problem of illegal file-sharing,” he said.

He also admitted that some in the Commission are uncomfortable about the lack of transparency in the ACTA negotiations.

“The fact that the text is not public creates suspicion. We are discussing internally whether the negotiating documents should be released,” he said, but added that even if it was agreed in Brussels that the documents should be made public, such a move would require the approval of the EU’s 10 ACTA negotiating partners.

The participating countries are the US, the E.U., Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Singapore, Jordan, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.

In a separate leak that first appeared on blogs last week, the European Commission updated members of the European Parliament on the most recent face-to-face meeting between the signatory countries, which took place in Mexico at the end of last month.

According to that leak, the internet chapter of the treaty was discussed, but no changes to the position suggested by the US last fall were agreed.

“The internet chapter was discussed for the first time on the basis of comments provided by most parties to US proposal. The second half of the text (technological protection measures) was not discussed due to lack of time,” the memo said, adding:

“Discussions still focus on clarification of different technical concepts, therefore, there was not much progress in terms of common text. The US and the EU agreed to make presentations of their own systems at the next round, to clarify issues.”

The Commission official refused to comment on the content of the leaked documents.

The next meeting of ACTA negotiators will take place in New Zealand in April.

[Via http://laudyms.wordpress.com]

The Carbon Trade Rip-Off

Here’s how it works:

Corus’ steelworks at Redcar, near Middlesbrough, “Teesside Cast Products”, is to be closed (”mothballed” is the euphemism). It is Britain’s last great steelworks and an essential national resource. Without it, we are at the world’s mercy.

Corus is owned by Tata Steel of India. Recently, Tata received “EU-carbon-credits” worth up to £1bn, ostensibly so that steel-production at Redcar would not be crippled by the EU’s “carbon-emissions-trading-scheme”. By closing the plant at Redcar – and not making any “carbon-emissions” – Tata walks off with £1bn of taxpayers’ money, which it will invest in its steel-factories in India, where there is no “carbon-emissions-trading-scheme”.

Read the whole thing.

[Via http://sidemeat.wordpress.com]

Great Patriot Money Bomb for Liberty Candidates

On April 18th 1775 At the start of the War of American Independence, US patriot Paul Revere rode from Charleston to Lexington, warning people that British troops were advancing….

Liberty Candidates are letting us know that we need to win our American Independence back with Sound Money, Constitutional Government, Individual Liberty, a Free Market and Non-interventionist Foreign Policy.

Great Patriot Money Bomb for Liberty Candidates
April 18, 2010

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Spring windows for children's fashion and mum's lifestyle 2010 part two

More early spring windows today, the grey gloom lifted a little on London on Wednesday so I popped out to see what some of my favorite stores had in their windows.

I was glad to see the tribute to Alexander McQueen in Liberty’s windows but a little perplexed by their depiction of Stella McCartney’s underwear, see what you think?