TylerMC/civil rights

SHAME ON YOU UK!
Clean cell phones are going to become as valuable as crack, and just as hard to get in England it seems. I can't believe the Brits are allowing this!

Wait a minute, I was in England when this article came out five months ago. Hmm. Think I better do a little more looking into this first. If it's true and goes through, then definitely Shame of you UK!

I've been privy to a number of debates and alarms in the worldwide Muslim community about this film which I have not seen. The good thing about this attack is that it could change the tide. I think it was 1963 when white supremacists bombed the church in Birmingham and killed 4 little girls in the basement. That atrocity broke through the denial and forced the majority of Americans to begin re-evaluating their racist attitudes. Perhaps when Americans begin to realize we are becoming like Nazis in many ways, both in the US, overseas and through our support of Israeli apartheid, that shame and realization will finally move us to act. This kind of thing should never happen in America, though over the past eight years, I'm not sure I even know what my own country is any more. I know we were never meant to be this.
As an aside, the throwing of gas into rooms where Muslim children are playing, praying or congregating is not new. The first time this was caught on film was by a British / American film crew in October 2000. It was the Israelis throwing poison gas into the courtyards of homes in Gaza as children played, in that case and all others since in the Occupied Territories, a war crime.

This year's top 25 most censored news stories was released this morning. I've put them in an article for easier reading. Feedback always welcome--Tyler MC

They made it! Hopefully Mohammed Omer will have a story for us shortly on the arrival.

Excellent article here on yesterday's Supreme Court ruling.
One of the multitude of issues I have with the current administration in the United States, (and I'm a conservative thou there is nothing conservative about this administration) is its fascist approach to the constitution and our nation. Fascism has two defining factors: a two-tiered legal system which is applied differently to one group versus another. The other is creating that separation, where there is an us and a they. Democratic republics do not make such distinctions, nor do they deny rights based upon geography. Treatment of individuals is to be based upon universal human rights: the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Specific benefits, (such as voting) are given when one accepts the responsibility of citizenship, but being or not being a citizen has no effect on an individuals human rights. These rights have no borders and they do not discriminate. If one is a human being.,one is entitled regardless of where they are in the world, who they are or what they are. The entire premise of democracy is involvement and acknowledgment of all as equal under the law. This policy of treating individuals differently and applying different laws to them than are extended to American residents (or in the of Sami Al Aran, withheld due to his faith, race and political views) violates everything the United States is intended to stand for. When the Supreme Court issued its ruling, I clapped, thou I was dismayed that the vote remained so close, 5 for and 4 against. What I wonder is how many rights and freedoms we will all lose before the average American figures out he or she is no longer, 'free'. We can't be a free people if we do not treat others the way we expect to be treated. Anything less is hypocrisy and sets us on the road to serfdom once again

Got to love it. When I was over in Israel and Palestine last month the racism on the Israeli side was so obvious. Getting it down to a local level like this is the first step to ending it for good.

As the 60th anniversary of Israel's declaration of statehood approaches you'll see more and more restrictions on Palestinians. This is a celebration of 60 years of apartheid, injustice, murder, theft, deception and destruction and it marks 60 years of genocide, occupation and racism. Nothing to celebrate and everything to be ashamed of. Should Israel ever choose to uphold UN194, create a constitution and grant equal rights in practice rather than rhetoric, then the foundation of this political entity might be something to celebrate. However, until that happens, no person with an ounce of morality should acknowledge this travesty of humanity and the ultimate hypocrisy of man.

What amazes me about this is that those arguing to keep this are trying to tie this to military and they completely neglect a basic fact of the US Constitution and the structure of the United States. The United States was never meant to have a standing army, as we have, because it leads to Imperialism...which we also now have.
The word 'militia' refers to citizen soldiers who are not conscripted or part of a standing army. The reason we're granted our 2nd Amendment rights is because after those seeking to rule round up the Intellectuals and other influencers in society, the next thing they do is disarm the population. The 2nd amendment is as much for the protection of our property and selves as for the peoples' protection against our own government. People seeking to dictate think twice before imposing martial law and restrictions on people who can and will fight back.
Curbing gun ownership doesn't decrease crime. It isn't the guns that kill. It's the person holding it. Guns don't think. People do.
I hope they uphold the 2nd amendment. Blaming problems on inanimate objects is useless. Deal with the factors that cause someone to use a gun to kill and guns won't be used to kill as often.