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Ales Rarus
A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
For the modern world will accept no dogmas upon any authority; but it will accept any dogmas on no authority. Say that a thing is so, according to the Pope or the Bible, and it will be dismissed as a superstition without examination. But preface your remark merely with ‘they say’ or ‘don’t you know that?’ or try (and fail) to remember the name of some professor mentioned in some newspaper; and the keen rationalism of the modern mind will accept every word you say.
— G.K. Chesterton
flag
Fighting Fire With Fanaticism
Stop
Congress from Amending the Constitution to Limit Free Speech
Urge your Members of Congress to Oppose the Flag Desecration Amendment!
For more than a decade, numerous members of Congress have tried to amend — with
seemingly endless resources — the U.S. Constitution to give the government the
[…]
Flag Schmag
I'm far from being a stickler about flag desecration. In fact, I'm very much against the Flag Desecration Amendment. However, this just seems wrong to me.
"President Bush signs American flags for workers at Beaver Aerospace and Defense after speaking about jobs and economic growth in Livonia, Michigan, Thursday, July 23, 2003. President Bush, […]
Civil Liberties
I don't always agree with the ACLU, but here are a few causes of theirs I support.
Support Oversight of the Secret FISA Court
"Under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (most commonly known as FISA), a secret intelligence court was created to authorize government wiretaps in foreign intelligence investigations. Since its initial enactment, FISA has been steadily […]
