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Your first amendment rights under attack by "activist judges." Wikileak has been shut down.

February 20, 2008 02:59 by Roger Vannoy

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Recently a judge shut down a website called Wikileak because a cayman islands bank asked him to.  Wikileak provides a website for those individuals who have whistle blower information against corporations, banks and the federal government.  And the judge shut them down.  Wikileak has posted articles such as a military manual for the operation of the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.  I'd like to know that!  I'd like to know how people are being tortured in the name of American safety.  All I can say is I hope that this goes to a higher court and gets overturned.  If this isn't "abridging freedom of speech" I don't know what is.  This is even speech that can protect people and expose the bad guys.  It makes me sick.  Heres the complete article http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/us/20wiki.html?ref=technology  and according to the article you can get to Wikileak still with this http://88.80.13.160/wiki/Wikileaks.  And you can.     


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West Virginia's super delegates according to superdelegates.org

February 12, 2008 12:11 by Roger Vannoy

I found the idea of superdelegates interesting and entirely undemocratic.  Naturally I was curious as to who these people are.  I'm thinking about harassing the shit out of them.....  Anyway, here is the affirmentioned list.

 Democrats

Senator Robert Byrd, Senator Jay Rockefeller, Congressman Rahall, Congressman Mollohan, Gov. Manchin, Nick Casey Jr. - WV Chair , Belinda Biofore - WV Vice Chair, Pat Maroney, Marie Prezioso.

So, if your candidate doesn't win the election that will happen in the backrooms of the Democratic National Convention, you know who you can blame....


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President W.'s budget cut proposals and what you should do about them, or God bless the New York Times for being such an incredible news paper.

February 5, 2008 17:00 by Roger Vannoy

My good buddy President W. came out with his new budget plan today.  Here are the programs he wants to cut money from.  I hate that bastard. 

Spending on poison control centers would be cut 62 percent, to $10 million. Rural health programs, a favorite of many senators, would be reduced 87 percent, to $16.9 million.

A special health program for rescue workers and volunteers who responded to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001 would be cut by 77 percent, to $25 million, even though the administration has said that many workers were exposed to "unprecedented levels of risk" for lung disease and other illnesses.

Mr. Bush's budget would end the Community Services Block Grant, a $654 million program that provides housing, nutrition, education and job services to low-income people.

The budget would also end special programs to care for people with Alzheimer's disease and to treat people with traumatic brain injury. Mr. Bush would eliminate federal money for a new "patient navigator" program, which coordinates care for people with cancer and other serious illnesses. The administration contends that these programs are ineffective or duplicate other government initiatives.

Mr. Bush proposes a 22 percent cut in the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which provides $2.6 billion to help people pay heating bills. Many lawmakers want to expand the program at a time when oil costs are soaring.

Mr. Bush wants to end the Hope VI housing program, which upgrades severely dilapidated public housing. The House voted two weeks ago to renew the program for eight years.

The White House wants to eliminate spending for more than a dozen education programs, including Even Start, which promotes family literacy; grants to the states for classroom technology; Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants, for needy undergraduates; and a scholarship program named for the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Robert C. Byrd, Democrat of West Virginia.

This was copy/pasted from the NY times.  I encourage all of you who read this to call/email your Senators/congressmen and let them know how you feel about it.


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John McCain is secretly Skeletor.

February 5, 2008 16:40 by Roger Vannoy

 

Is Skeletor trying to become the next President of the United States?  I think so.  I'm going to start a grass roots campaign called "DON'T VOTE FOR SKELETOR".  I'm taking donations now.


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