Blasphemy laws are instituted when members of a religious group decide that their belief system should be unassailable, immune from any real or perceived criticism, and protected from any disrespect or display of dissent, and are enforced through thethreat of punishment or dire consequences. America’s freedoms are being threatened by both internal and external forces exploiting the unwarranted legitimacy they receive through religious profession. If any one is going to secure their rights as an American citizen, we must all stand firmly for the rights of all American citizens.
The article previously published here seems to have caused certain individuals (previously exposed in the Digg Patriots article here) – especially one in particular – to unsurprisingly decide to once again to try to do exactly what has been done before as part of DiggPatriots, and attempt to censor and “force” removal of anything that reveals their participation in malicious activity. Instead of confronting or replying to the issues, R.J. Carter (formerly CaptCarrot on Digg.com), decided to resort to making demands, that I assume were supposed to be intimidating. They weren’t. If he believes the truth to be defamatory, its defamation by his own doing.
Today and tomorrow, September 11 and 12, Portland, Oregon will play host to Hempstalk 2010, a pro-cannabis event held every year, starting in 2009 at Kelley Point Park at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers.
It’s hard to believe it’s been nine years. The devastating images of September 11, 2001 are indelibly etched on our collective psyche. So many of us remember exactly what we were doing when we heard the horrible news. For me, the day plays out in vivid sensory snatches like a chaotic movie. I’m watching an [...]
In a strange coincidence of calendar, today is the end of the holy month of Ramadan. It is a time for Muslims to celebrate after a month of fast. For Americans, tomorrow will be a time a grief and remembrance on a day that remains a turning point in our global history and is still [...]
