Tuesday, June 26, 2007
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Friday, June 22, 2007
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Media Bias... say it isn't so
The fact is — and it is a fact — the media are far more liberal than they are conservative, and far more liberal than the public at large. They represent one of the most consistently left-leaning segments of American society.
clipped from www.ibdeditorials.com
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Tammy Bruce... talks about media conspiracy.
I love this woman! She is one of my favorite Democrats... but don't expect her to be a lemming! She is a regular on fox, substitutes for Laura Ingram... and regular diva!
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Happy Flag Day!!!
This history of flag day was taken from the website USA Flag.org It is a nice symbol of the freedoms that we enjoy and a remembrance that we live in a great nation. Take a moment today to say the pledge of allegiance... I did
The History Of Flag Day
The Fourth of July was traditionally celebrated as America's birthday, but the idea of an annual day specifically celebrating the Flag is believed to have first originated in 1885. BJ Cigrand, a schoolteacher, arranged for the pupils in the Fredonia, Wisconsin Public School, District 6, to observe June 14 (the 108th anniversary of the official adoption of The Stars and Stripes) as 'Flag Birthday'. In numerous magazines and newspaper articles and public addresses over the following years, Cigrand continued to enthusiastically advocate the observance of June 14 as 'Flag Birthday', or 'Flag Day'.
On June 14, 1889, George Balch, a kindergarten teacher in New York City, planned appropriate ceremonies for the children of his school, and his idea of observing Flag Day was later adopted by the State Board of Education of New York. On June 14, 1891, the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia held a Flag Day celebration, and on June 14 of the following year, the New York Society of the Sons of the Revolution, celebrated Flag Day.
Following the suggestion of Colonel J Granville Leach (at the time historian of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution), the Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Dames of America on April 25, 1893 adopted a resolution requesting the mayor of Philadelphia and all others in authority and all private citizens to display the Flag on June 14th. Leach went on to recommend that thereafter the day be known as 'Flag Day', and on that day, school children be assembled for appropriate exercises, with each child being given a small Flag.
Two weeks later on May 8th, the Board of Managers of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution unanimously endorsed the action of the Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Dames. As a result of the resolution, Dr. Edward Brooks, then Superintendent of Public Schools of Philadelphia, directed that Flag Day exercises be held on June 14, 1893 in Independence Square. School children were assembled, each carrying a small Flag, and patriotic songs were sung and addresses delivered.
In 1894, the governor of New York directed that on June 14 the Flag be displayed on all public buildings. With BJ Cigrand and Leroy Van Horn as the moving spirits, the Illinois organization, known as the American Flag Day Association, was organized for the purpose of promoting the holding of Flag Day exercises. On June 14th, 1894, under the auspices of this association, the first general public school children's celebration of Flag Day in Chicago was held in Douglas, Garfield, Humboldt, Lincoln, and Washington Parks, with more than 300,000 children participating.
Adults, too, participated in patriotic programs. Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior, delivered a 1914 Flag Day address in which he repeated words he said the flag had spoken to him that morning: "I am what you make me; nothing more. I swing before your eyes as a bright gleam of color, a symbol of yourself."
Inspired by these three decades of state and local celebrations, Flag Day - the anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777 - was officially established by the Proclamation of President Woodrow Wilson on May 30th, 1916. While Flag Day was celebrated in various communities for years after Wilson's proclamation, it was not until August 3rd, 1949, that President Truman signed an Act of Congress designating June 14th of each year as National Flag Day.
Sunday, June 03, 2007
DU student law team vs. the United States
A team of University of Denver law students has stepped up to the big leagues early, arguing in federal court against government limits on prisoners' free speech.
Interesting... I am not sure if you guys feel the same way. But I think if you are in prison, there are certain "rights" you loose since you chose to commit a crime against society.
Jordan "has no avenue left to express his thoughts and ideas," student attorney Jack Hobaugh argued. The federal rule, he said, "is an irrational and exaggerated response" to concerns that inmates reporting on prison life could disrupt order and threaten security.
I personally think he can journal who is stopping him, but to make a profit? He needs to wait until he gets out of prison to be able to exercise all of his rights again. I don't feel sorry for him AT ALL
Until then prisoners need to keep making our license plates and such for FREE and any sort of productivity and profit that could come from them should be used to offset the need to use taxes used to run the prisons. They committed a crime against society, they should help pay for their "downtime"...
I am embarrassed that this is coming out of Colorado
clipped from www.denverpost.com
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