Justice System

I recently commented on an online Newsweek article about the informants who have leaked government documents and I thought that I would expand upon myself even more here. The issue is whether or not these informants are heroes or villains. The problem with this issue is that the line here is so very blurry. On one [...]

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Members of the infamous Westboro Baptist Church from Topeka, Kansas have just faced the unity of America, the power of the human spirit, and a taste of social justice. On Saturday the members of the (so called) church showed up at the funeral of Army Sgt. Jason James McCluskey of McAlester, Oklahoma to protest in [...]

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Recently someone I know forwarded me a piece that was supposedly by the Wall Street Journal with the subject line of “WALL STREET JOURNAL SIZES UP OBAMA”. In this article, which I will paste in a block at the end of this post, we hear an endless string of lies and propaganda used to feed on the [...]

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Yes, what is going on in Italy is about as frightening as that headline reads. Authorities in Italy have been attacking the internet on multiple fronts as of late with many moves that are eerily intrusive and controlling. First you may be wondering why such a drastic headline. I want everyone to know that I [...]

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Something rather horrible was just brought to my attention. It is the story about a 16 year old boy named Ashton Lundeby who was arrested in the middle of the night by a team of FBI and local law enforcement officers. Now an arrest of someone so young isn’t really news-worthy these days (shameful as [...]

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After the last few articles that I have written I thought that things couldn’t get much worse. I thought they would at least give it a couple weeks before taking another shot a stomping on consumer rights. Boy was I wrong. Today we received news about a small town in North Carolina called Wilson. This [...]

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As the internet has grown ever more popular so has cases of cyberbullying. It seems that no matter where we go in this world, when we are around other people there will be bullies. At first glance many people would see online bullying as a ridiculous thing to get bent out of shape about. I [...]

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Today the New York Times reported that AIG, a company that has received two bailouts in less than six months, is planning on rewarding it’s incompitent executives over $168 million in bonuses. How can we continue to let them take advantage of the American people? The lawyers for AIG say that they are contractually obligated [...]

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Since the formation of the United States of America we have cherished our rights that we granted to ourselves as a government by the people for the people.  However, as time has gone by, those that are in power have managed to stay in power and they bring their friends and family in with them. [...]

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Pjerky on March 9th, 2009

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As absurd as it may sound, it turns out patents really can kill people. This is a first for me, but I found an appaling story about an abuse of the patent system that violates intellectual property rights, consumer rights, human rights, justice, and can lead to more deaths. Now you may be thinking just [...]

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