Tag Archives: politics

Europe

I found it amusing that in this review of Jeremy
Rifkin’s hagiography of the EU, the only suggestion to help combat
his beloved
EU’s population implosion was to have more non-EU immigrants come
in (does
he really want an Islamic Europe while he’s at it? Will Italians dig the
“halal
prosciutto” from their local butcher?).

Now there’s one time-honored tradition for curing a low population that
the Economist
implied that Rifkin didn’t mention, and it’s HAVE MORE BLEEDING
CHILDREN!

ACLU Mining Member Data

A.C.L.U.’s Search for Data on Donors Stirs Privacy Fears

The American Civil Liberties Union is using sophisticated technology to collect a wide variety of information about its members and donors in a fund-raising effort that has ignited a bitter debate over its leaders’ commitment to privacy rights.

Some board members say the extensive data collection makes a mockery of the organization’s frequent criticism of banks, corporations and government agencies for their practice of accumulating data on people for marketing and other purposes.

Does anyone else see an inconsistency in this? Doesn’t the ACLU list privacy as a
civil right?

Politics From the Pulpit

There are great discussions going on in the comments to these posts, both of which
touch on faith in public life. I encourage those who haven’t done already to hop
in. 🙂

Merry
Christmas, ACLU
Still
Hope

I’d like to thank all those who’ve been participating. I don’t usually get such
lively debate in my comments. I really think a blog without comments is only half
a blog, so I really appreciate the exchange of thoughts going on. That said, I now
encourage those who enjoy the chatter about the first post to head over to The
Smedley Log, where H2 has expanded his thoughts from the comments. He deserves
a traffic spike, too, so spread the love. 😉

Theomorph
also has a post related to this topic, though he was inspired by an essay by
David Brin, not this blog.

Still Hope

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I’m holding on to the hope that the Democratic Party will make room under their "big tent" for the Culture of Life. I just pray what I’m seeing is sincere and not just a cheap ploy for votes.

Pro-Life Democrat Gets Backing for Party Chair, Could Start Abortion Debate
Will Pro-abort Gasp Spell Last Gasp for Party of Death?
Meet the Press transcript from December 12

Merry Christmas, ACLU

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PowerBlog! has a great suggestion:

I’m sick of seeing anything remotly connected to Christmas being forced from the American landsacpe. The ACLU is behind most, if not all of it. So I thought we should all get together and send a Christmas card to the folks over at the ACLU.

I once sent a Meat Lover’s pizza to the folks at PETA. Never even got a thank you but it’s the thought that counts. If you care to send a bit of Christmas cheer to the lost people at the ACLU here s the address:

ACLU of PA
Greater Pittsburgh Chapter
313 Atwood St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

BTW, I’ve decide to back off from my suggestion of not using "Merry Christmas" (hence the title). I still think something like the Easter exchange of "He is risen" and "He is risen indeed" would be cool. Perhaps "He is with us" and "He is with us indeed" (because Immanuel means "God with us") would work.