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Border Security Without Amnesty
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Written by Ken Reid   
Thursday, 26 July 2007

Head SouthThe Senate finally decided to listen to their constituents and allocate funds for increased border security today, after an overnight compromise between Democrats and Republicans. The agreement puts the White House in a bind, as President Bush had already threatened to veto the homeland security bill for spending too much money.

 

 

 

Senate Democrats and Republicans came together on July 26 to devote an additional $3 billion to gaining control over the U.S.-Mexico border, putting Congress on a path to override President Bush's promised veto of a $38 billion homeland security funding bill.

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Go John Doe!
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Written by Ken Reid   
Wednesday, 25 July 2007
 Flying ImamsIs it possible that after six months, Congress has finally done something useful? Last night after much wrangling by Republicans, congress has agreed to include protections in the Sept. 11 security bill for citizens who report suspicious activity.

These protections were made necessary by the “flying Imams”,otherwise known as six Arab dudes on a dry run. Thanks to Republicans, if we see something strange happening we can say to the authorities and not just ourselves, “gee, that looks strange."

(Via MensNewsDaily) 

In what must be celebrated as a major victory for both sanity and safety, the Improving America's Security Act of 2007 will, indeed, include liability protections for citizens reporting suspicious activity they fear may be linked to terrorism.

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Is Barack Obama Muslim?
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Election 2008
Written by Ken Reid   
Tuesday, 24 July 2007

Barack ObamaThis question came up today in a conversation at work. I offered that I thought he is Baptist, and even though I was pretty sure about this, the question remained and forced me to Google for an answer. That search led me to this speech which Barack Obama gave at the Call to Renewal conference in June 2006.

 

I think we make a mistake when we fail to acknowledge the power of faith in people's lives -- in the lives of the American people -- and I think it's time that we join a serious debate about how to reconcile faith with our modern, pluralistic democracy.

And if we're going to do that then we first need to understand that Americans are a religious people. 90 percent of us believe in God, 70 percent affiliate themselves with an organized religion, 38 percent call themselves committed Christians, and substantially more people in America believe in angels than they do in evolution.

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Churchill, "I'm Going Nowhere"
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Written by Ken Reid   
Tuesday, 24 July 2007
 
Loser

At long last, evidence that justice can still be found in these United States, Ward Churchill was fired today.

 

BOULDER –The University of Colorado Board of Regents voted to terminate controversial professor Ward Churchill on Tuesday evening.

The Board of Regents passed a motion to accept the recommendation from CU President Hank Brown to fire Churchill from his position in the Ethnic Studies department.

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