Cops have too much power?

Well, do they?

I believe they do. Contrary to what the government will have us believe, police officers are humans. They make mistakes. Unfortunately, when they make mistakes, people are maimed or killed. The justice system, however, does not seem to believe police officers are capable of wrong.

TheAmazingAtheist addresses this issue nicely:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysajIKG1uOA

SOPA - it's not over.

There is a virtually SOPA part 2 coming out. It's called CISPA, which is short for Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. It violates your rights to free speech.

Please read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CISPA

Please read about its supporters here: http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/cispa-supporters-list-800-companies-that-could-help-uncle-sam-snag-your-data/

 

RIP Whitney Houston

You've left us with your songs.

We love you.

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http://www.craigslist.org/about/SOPA

U.S. Government Invades Privacy and Censors - SOPA, PIPA

Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, seeks to give the government methods of battling online piracy. Unfortunately, it does this by invading U.S. citizens' privacy and impacting freedom of speech. The PROTECT IP act also has similar ramifications.

Join the movement to oppose SOPA and PIPA! Stop censorship! Let your voice be heard!

Educate yourself:

http://americancensorship.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_IP_Act

Write to your representatives:

https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

Raise awareness! Tell everyone you know!

Make your voice heard...while you still can!

Kim Jong Il Dead - Pictures of His Body

Kim Jong Il has died. I'm sure some people would like to see pictures of his body. I would not, though. I have respect for the dead. Besides, I don't think they're released. I must say, from the perspective of an American girl, Kim Jong Il was an interesting person. I wonder what effect his death will have on his people. The cause of death is a bit suspect. According to his spokesman, he died from 'fatigue'. Interesting.

In memory of the fearless leader, here is the post in Korean:

김정일 사망 했다. 나는 확실히 어떤 사람들은 그의 시체의 사진을 보고 하 고 싶습니다. 난, 하지만 것 이다. 나는 죽은 존중 한다. 게다가, 그들은 발표 있어 생각 하지 않습니다. 말을 해야 합니다 미국 여자의 관점에서 김정일은 재미 있는 사람 이었다. 그의 죽음은 그의 사람들에 있을 것 이다 어떤 효과가 있을까. 죽음의 원인이입니다 조금 의심. 그의 대변인에 따르면 그는 '피로'에서 사망 했다. 재미 있는.

National Defense Authorization Act

As some of you may know, the National Defense Authorization Act has passed congress. The act would allow the president the ability to indefinitely detain terrorism suspects, including US citizens, WITHOUT TRIAL.

Does anyone realize how dangerous this is?

Does the WITHOUT TRIAL part strike fear into anyone's heart?

It should.

Act now before it is too late. Acting is a three step process.

Step 1: Educate yourself.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/13/indefinite-military-detention-defense-bill-citizens_n_1146181.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization_Act_for_Fiscal_Year_2012

Step 2: Write to politicians.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

Step 3: Raise awareness. Blog about this, post about it on facebook, tell everyone you know, sign petitions.