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ARE AMERICANS “EDUCATED” OR “KNOWLEDGEABLE?”
by One Pissed-off Vietnam Vet
Galileo Galilei was a scholar of physics, astronomy, mathematics and philosophy. He agreed with Copernicus that the earth was not the center of the universe, which went against the beliefs of the Catholic Church at the time
(Jul. 6, 2011) — A person may very well be “educated” yet not possess proof, such as a diploma; by the same token, a person may have plenty of “proof,” yet is not necessarily educated. Years ago, only those who had others working for them had the leisure to learn to read and write, and to pursue disciplines outside their personal scope: maybe a wealthy Lord of the Castle or a Cattle Baron would delve into the mysteries of the cosmos. However, since the advent of the printing press, even the poorest of souls received a primer on the three R’s.
At the outset, schools of higher learning were the only institutions able to afford the newest, the largest, the most costly books, hence a real demarcation of a gentleman vs. the commoner, the gentleman being vastly more knowledgeable. However, the chasm narrowed when the library was invented and the “Harvard Classics” became available to any who wished to pursue a higher degree of learning.
‘She is a good mother… we were right’ Juror defends shock acquittal of Casey Anthony
An alternate juror in the Casey Anthony trials has said that he believes that Anthony was a good mother and that two-year-old Caylee’s death was just a horrific accident.
The sensational acquittal of Casey Anthony sparked outrage across the U.S. as angry spectators compared the trial’s outcome to the infamous verdict in the OJ Simpson case.
But Russell Huekler, one of five alternate jurors who were present for all the testimony and were sequestered with the 12 other jurors, said he would have given the same verdict and is stunned by the public anger.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk …
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Is Obama Stacking The West Point Board With (gay) Activists?
WEST POINT, N.Y. — President Obama on Tuesday appointed an openly gay former Army officer to the U.S. Military Academy’s Board of Visitors.
Former Capt. Brenda S. “Sue” Fulton, a founding board member of OutServe, an association of actively serving gay military personnel, is also co-founder and executive director of Knights Out, an organization of gay West Point graduates. She graduated in 1980 with the first West Point class to include women.
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‘Team Casey’ gives America the finger: How defence celebrated
‘Team Casey’ gives America the finger: How defence celebrated
‘Team Casey’ gives America the finger: How defence celebrated: “Casey Anthony‘s defence team have been branded insensitive and loutish after they were spotted celebrating their court victory with a lavish champagne party.
In an unapologetic display many have slammed as inappropriate considering the serious nature of their case, Jose Baez and his team were seen downing drinks as they watched reaction to their client being found not guilty of brutally murdering her two-year-old child, Caylee.
At one point, attorney Cheney Mason could be seen making an obscene gesture to an angry crowd outside, an apparent gesture of contempt towards anyone who dares criticise the team.”

The Assault Weapons Ban: How Silly Was It? (Part One)
With the Obama admin and a Washington Post editorial calling for its reinstatement — amidst a tie-in to the Gunwalker scandal — it’s worth revisiting the boneheaded law.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, February 26, 2009:
As President Obama indicated during the campaign, there are just a few gun-related changes that we would like to make, and among them would be to reinstitute the ban on the sale of assault weapons.
The fabled “assault weapons ban.”
Few laws ever passed have been as idolized — and misunderstood — as Title XI of the Federal Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Subtitle A (the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act).
To listen to the Obama administration, the media, or the nominated head of the ATF spin it, the ban made it illegal to purchase machine guns, and outlawed the ownership or use of high-capacity magazines, saving billions, perhaps trillions, of lives.
That mischaracterization is as wrong as it is laughable. The law had nothing to do with machine guns and real military-issue assault rifles, and did nothing to measurably impact violent crime.
The purpose of the law was to ban the sale and importation of certain semi-automatic (one bullet fired per trigger pull) firearms by name, and a wider group of firearms that had an arbitrarily selected list of largely cosmetic features. These features did not affect the rate of fire, accuracy, or range of the firearms impacted. Firearms were determined to be “assault weapons” — a term that was created by the law itself — if it had two or more of the following features:
Casey Anthony supoenaed in Zenaida Gonzalez defamation suit
CNN is reporting that Casey Anthony was served papers in jail Tuesday night for her deposition on a defamation lawsuit filed by Zenaida Gonzalez. Attorney John Morgan from Morgan & Morgan in Orlando is representing Gonzalez in the case.
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European Views of the War To Prevent Southern Independence by Thomas DiLorenzo
European Views of the War To Prevent Southern Independence by Thomas DiLorenzo
European Views of the War To Prevent Southern Independence by Thomas DiLorenzo:
“These conclusions are all glaringly obvious to anyone who studies the historical facts. For several generations now, it has been the job of ‘Lincoln scholars’ in America to keep these facts from the American public, lest they learn the ugly truth about their own history.
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Whenever such facts do occasionally pop up and see the light of day, they are typically buried in an avalanche of lame excuses, justifications, and silly rhetoric (i.e., see anything Harry Jaffa has ever written on the subject), and the messengers denounced as public enemies — or worse.”
A President’s Mission To Destroy the Press by Thomas DiLorenzo (via ~ BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984+ ~ (BLOG & EMAIL))
Freed mother set to make a fortune from media interviews… but will family take her back?
Casey Anthony has become the most vilified woman in America, condemned as a compulsive liar and heartless mother who murdered her own daughter so she could spend her life shopping and partying.
But with today’s sensational not-guilty verdict, the 25-year-old could be free as early as Thursday morning to begin the slow process of rebuilding her life – and cash in on her new-found celebrity status.
There is already speculation the compelling case could be turned into a movie, and she is likely to be inundated with lucrative television and book deals worth millions of dollars.
Despite the acquittal of capital murder charges, the Casey family lawyer said it was too early to say if they would welcome Casey back.
Speaking after the verdict he said: ‘The family hopes that they will be given the time by the media to reflect on this verdict and decide the best way to move forward privately.’
Although Casey smiled and broke into tears of delight as she learned she had escaped the death penalty, she is also likely to face the fear of attack from an angry public who were stunned by the jury’s decision.
She will also have to confront her family, which was torn apart after her defence team dramatically accused both her father and brother of sexually abusing her.
[snip]
Countless chat shows will give her the opportunity of telling her story for the first time – an offer she seems likely to take up, after her defence team had to dissuade her from giving testimony at the trial.
And because she has been found not guilty, there is nothing to stop Anthony selling her story to the highest bidder.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk …
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Dr. Manning Prophesied: Not Guilty Casey Anthony | ATLAH Media Network
Dr. Manning Prophesied: Not Guilty Casey Anthony
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Is the Internet Re-Wiring Our Brains?
Paul Joseph Watson
PrisonPlanetLive
July 6, 2011
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Like any technology, the Internet is a double-edged sword, but is the world wide web literally re-wiring our brains, dumbing us down by destroying our ability to think analytically and infantilizing our minds in the process?
Are we becoming a world of wireheads as the constant onslaught of new information reduces our attention span to nothing – eviscerating our ability to concentrate?
Some neuroscientists say the Internet is re-moulding brains to rely on associative thinking – which leaves us incapable of reading or writing at length.
But Oxford University’s Susan Greenfield goes further – warning that the likes of Facebook and Twitter are giving people what amounts to a lobotomy of empathy.
“We know how small babies need constant reassurance that they exist,” she told the UK’s Daily Mail. “My fear is that these technologies are infantilizing the brain into the state of small children who are attracted by buzzing noises and bright lights; who have a small attention span and who live for the moment.” Greenfield even fears that real conversation may give way to sanitized screen dialogues.
There are Facebook and Twitter obsessives who can barely visit the bathroom without posting a status update about it. To these people, privacy, individualism and merely the nagging voice of their own conscience are terrifying prospects. They constantly need to fill their environment with sound and fury, signifying nothing. To them, silence is torture – considered thought and peace of mind is anathema.
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Whose Tea Party? by Butler Shaffer
Just as the 1994 Republicans “contract with America” quickly morphed into a “contract on America,” the “Tea Party” episode will quickly be transformed into just another franchise by which the owners reinforce their established controls over the rest of us. In time, audiences will become dissatisfied with the new performance, sensing that the Tea Party has become just another conservative Republican trick that will, in the words of Frank Chodorov, work “to clean up the whorehouse, but keep the business intact.” By 2012, disgruntled audiences will again demand a new show, confirming the definition of insanity as repeating the same acts and expecting different results. By then, the producers will be preparing the sequel, Tea Party II, for an early fall release to the theaters.
Michele Bachmann was right. The Founding Founders did fight against slavery
“There is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it.”
- George Washington, letter to Robert Morris, April 12, 1786
“Every measure of prudence, therefore, ought to be assumed for the eventual total extirpation of slavery from the United States. … I have, throughout my whole life, held the practice of slavery in … abhorrence.”
- John Adams, letter to Robert Evans, June 8, 1819
“It is much to be wished that slavery may be abolished. The honour of the States, as well as justice and humanity, in my opinion, loudly call upon them to emancipate these unhappy people. To contend for our own liberty, and to deny that blessing to others, involves an inconsistency not to be excused.”
- John Jay, letter to R. Lushington, March 15, 1786
“I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil.”
- Patrick Henry, letter to Robert Pleasants, Jan. 18, 1773
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com …
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Protect IP Act Gives Government Power to Seize Websites On a Whim
New legislation that would give the US government the power to seize website domains on a whim with no oversight merely for linking to sites that host copyrighted material has been labeled a hallmark of “repressive regimes” by a group of law professors who warn that the bill allows the state to “break the Internet addressing system”.
Protect IP Act Gives Government Power to Seize Websites On a Whim
The Protect IP bill, currently stalled in the Senate, represents a death blow to Internet freedom of speech. It would turn the entire web into a clone of the YouTube model, which routinely censors and deletes material when requested to by governments or corporations and shuts down user channels without recourse.
The legislation merely codifies what Homeland Security is already practicing, seizing and shutting down websites without any form of legal proceedings and in many cases not even notifying the owner.
In an open letter penned by Professor Mark Lemley of Stanford University, David S. Levine of Elon University and David G. Post of Temple University, they warn that the bill would require Internet hosting companies and search engines to de-list entire websites on the basis of a mere copyright claim by a copyright holder, with no independent or legal process undertaken.
Even linking to a website that copyright holders claim is in violation of intellectual property laws would be grounds for the feds to seize your domain and impose criminal penalties.
“At a time when many foreign governments have
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