Mr. Sun



Highs in the 80s expected all week, sunshine, etc. The long, hot winter continues ...


12:45 pm CST
Your Government Loves You

EPA OK'd Plan to Dump Nerve Agent into Delaware River


10:15 am CST
RED ALERT: Grocery Manufacturers of America and Congress Are Conspiring to Poison You

The House of Representatives will vote tomorrow on H.R. Bill 4167, the "National Uniformity for Food Act. " This law would effectively destroy state and local government's power to require safety labels on foods and beverages that are likely to cause cancer, birth defects, allergic reactions, or mercury poisoning, as well as laws requiring genetically engineered foods and ingredients such as Bovine Growth Hormone to be labeled. Go to the following link to read more and send an email to your representative:
Congress Poised to Pass Bill Taking Away Your Right to Know What's in Your Food

2:55 pm CST
The Homeland is Secure from Unwanted Sexual Advances

Here's a story that has attracted a great deal of attention the past couple of weeks. It is being treated as a First Amendment issue, and rightly so; however, there is another issue raised by this story that has not been given attention.

It happened in Bethesda, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, DC. Two uniformed Homeland Security officers walked into a public library and loudly announced that it was forbidden to view pornography on library computers. Then they began going around the room, checking to see what patrons were viewing. After determining that three patrons--all adults--were viewing "pornographic" websites, they told the patrons to step outside.

At this point, the library manager intervened and told the officers that their actions were inappropriate. It turns out that there is no library policy that restricts the Internet activity of adults, although in some cases a privacy screen may be required. The officers disagreed, saying that the display of "pornographic" websites on a library computer was a violation of the county's sexual harassment policy.

The incident ended with the police being called and the police asking the Homeland Security officers to leave.

This, however, was not the end of the matter. After the incident came to light in the Washington Post, Montgomery County's chief administrative officer Bruce Romer apologized for the incident and announced that the Homeland Security officers would be reassigned. It was also announced that security personnel would now receive additional training to ensure that they "understand library policy and its consistency with residents' First Amendment rights under the U.S. Constitution."

This is good. Homeland Security officers should be aware of the existence of the First Amendment, and if they are unaware, someone should tell them about it.

However, this additional training, while necessary, does not address the reason why this incident happened in the first place.

Michael J. Knapp, the head of the county's Homeland Security Committee, explained that the incident occurred because officers faced "two or three competing policies" and "probably didn't interpret them as well as we'd like."

In other words, the officers had been charged with enforcing the county's sexual harassment policy, and their only mistake was in misunderstanding library policy and the right of library patrons to surf the Internet without official scrutiny.

And there's the problem. The Department of Homeland Security was ostensibly set up to fight terrorism. So why is it fighting sexual harassment?

As bad as sexual harassment might be for the individuals involved, it cannot by any stretch be considered a threat to the "Homeland"--further proof that the Department of Homeland Security was never set up to fight the phantom threat of terrorism, but rather, to increase federal police power over every aspect of human life ...

Maryland County Homeland Security Officers Not Porn Police, Officials Say

Guards Reassigned in Library Porn Case

2:05 pm CST
Don Knotts, "Barney Fife"


1924-2006

"I've been called everything from Chopper to Mad-Dog. But there's one thing they never called me ... Tattletale."

The Shrine to Don Knotts

Archive of American Television Interview

2:05 pm CST
Criticize China, Google Will Ban You

Paul Joseph Watson: Google Imposes Worldwide Ban On China Critical Website


12:49 pm CST
Fourth Reich News



Kurt Nimmo: Bush Neocons: Going After Fifth Columnists


10:09 am CST
The Story of Good and Evil



"Ah, little lad, you're staring at my fingers. Would you like me to tell you the little story of right-hand/left-hand? The story of good and evil? H-A-T-E! It was with this left hand that old brother Cain struck the blow that laid his brother low. L-O-V-E! You see these fingers, dear hearts? These fingers has veins that run straight to the soul of man. The right hand, friends, the hand of love. Now watch, and I'll show you the story of life. Those fingers, dear hearts, is always a-warring and a-tugging, one agin t'other. Now watch 'em! Old brother left hand, left hand he's a fighting, and it looks like love's a goner. But wait a minute! Hot dog, love's a winning! Yessirree! It's love that's won, and old left hand hate is down for the count!"

Internet Movie Database: The Night of the Hunter

Screenplay by James Agee, David Grubb, and Charles Laughton: The Night of the Hunter


9:54 am CST
Immensely Entertaining

A 1986 episode of CNN's Crossfire: Frank Zappa vs. Robert Novak


9:46 am CST
The Port Sell-Out

Alex Jones and Paul Joseph Watson: The Port Sell-Out and the Dismantling of America

Lou Dobbs (Video): Bush Family Ties to the UAE

Wayne Madsen: The Houses of Bush, Sabah, and Maktoum


8:44 am CST
The Arab League

A new, hilarious music video about the Bush Crime Family: Death Star