Carnival of Liberty

Welcome to Carnival of Liberty the Eighth!



The Law:



He walks into the room,

He's got a briefcase like a bomb

A smile on both faces

And he calls it aplomb

(Al Stewart, "License to Steal")



Pubcrawler tells us about The Law



Fearless Philosophy tells us about attempts to discriminate against John Roberts in A Religious Litmus Test?. Without doing any research, there's been an anti-Catholic movement in this country since at least 1848, in the wake of the first large wave of Irish. It still disgusts me.



Below the Beltway talks about the useless The War on Sudafed



Stop the ACLU tells us about stopping the ACLU's Crusade against one religion in 'Anti-ACLU' Fights for Religion in Public Life. The religion the ACLU hates isn't the one that wants to conquer us, but then it's been a long time since I've heard the ACLU being accused of rationality.



Stop the ACLU tells us about Victory Dance For Moses



Mover Mike asks us Who is Chief Garret Chamberlain? Somehow, I don't think the ACLU is happy with him, either.



satire tells us about Pink Revolution Complements God's Rainbow Palette By Giving Muslim Sodomites Quranic Right to Marry.



Property and Taxation:



I'm working hard to pay the rent

And support my government

Built the highways and the railroad tracks

Now we're not giving up 'til they pay it all back

(The Hooters "Blood From a Stone")



Unrepentant Individual gives us a lot of information in his two part series The FairTax Plan - my response, and The FairTax Plan - the opponents.



Peakah's Provocations tells us about more ACLU funny business in Me Immigrant, You Racist. We can't have people taking the law into their own hands, but this is ridiculous.



Forward Biased tells us again about the further antics of the City of New London against Kelo et al in Sorry, but "chutzpah" doesn't quite cut it for me



Your host has helpful economic and stress reducing advice on procedures to follow in acquiring or refinancing your property in The Appraisal



Firearms and the second amendment



And the Sons of Mary smile and are blessèd---they know the Angels are on their side.

They know in them is the Grace confessèd, and for them are the Mercies multiplied.

They sit at the feet---they hear the Word---they see how truly the Promise runs.

They have cast their burden upon the Lord, and---the Lord He lays it on Martha's Sons!

(Rudyard Kipling, "The Sons of Martha")



Combs Spouts off considers where the second amendment stops in Purity versus Principles



Mr. Completely asks us Is it time to dump your AOL account? Seems they are firing employees who keep firearms locked in the cars in the parking lot.



Education:



But Johnny can't read

Summer is over and he's gone to seed

(You know that) Johnny can't read

He never learned nothin' that he'll ever need

Well, is it Teacher's fault? Oh no!

Is it Mommy's fault? oh no!

Is it Society's fault Oh no!

Well is it Johnny's fault? Oh No!

(Don Henley, "Johnny Can't Read")



Liberty Letters asks us Should Constitution Day Be Mandated?. Seems Robert Byrd wants it taught, and wants to allow the schools to decide how. If you leave it up to the NEA, I'm not certain the students won't be taught about a mandatory class size of three and all teachers must be paid at least the years smallest lottery win.



Irregular Verbs:



Three sides to every story

Yours and there's mine and the Cold Hard Truth

(Don Henley, "Long Way Home")



Pubcrawler sends us an example of irregular verbs in Morally Absolute. You know, Irregular verbs as in "I'm witty, you're stupid."



Dangerous Liberty discusses a dichotomy between things which are labelled Liberty and things which are Liberty in Diamond in the Rough



The Common Room talks of gatekeepers and not taking their word in The Free Press



Private Enterprise



Nothing Ventured, Nothing gained they said

So you played for "Winner takes all"

Tossed the dice high up and craned your head

To see how the numbers would fall

(Al Stewart, "Midas Shadow")



Eric's Grumbles talks of Robert Heinlein's treatment of spaceflight in Heinlein on Private Space Flight. This is one of the great unfulfilled dreams of my generation; the world turned its back on space before I was of voting age.



Privacy:



I was taking some comfort

I needed a break from the rain

I guess I was mistaken

And someone remembered my name

But I knew I was doin' just fine

And it was nobody's business

Nobody's business but mine

(Don Henley, "Nobody's Business")



Your host talks about the implications in Able Danger, Databases, and the Right to Privacy



Next week's host: Resistance Is Futile!



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