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Demon Pass Slaughter of the ConstitutionPosted by melodieshouse on March 19, 2010
So, I understand the House wants to “pass” the health care deform reform bill without actually voting on the whole bill, using a measure called the Slaughter Rule, or Deem and Pass, which sounds like Demon Pass. I don’t have time to go into all the details, but I will say I am so angry [...]
The Presidential CampaignPosted by melodieshouse on October 10, 2008
Politics is a very touchy area for me that I’ve avoided for the life of this blog for several reasons: 1) I don’t want a highly polarized flame war in the comments section. 2) The real issues at stake in this country are always ignored in the face of all the “politicking” going on, what’s [...]
The erosion of our Constitutional rightsPosted by melodieshouse on August 23, 2008
This is absolutely outrageous: Texas truant students to be tracked by GPS anklets http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jFYM06p0hvA97H1VyrK6x4G6dzqQD92NRQ4O0 Satellite GPS to Track Truant Students: http://radio.woai.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=119078&article=4137166 The worst part of this is that the anklets will be on 24/7 until a judge orders them removed. This is a blatant disregard of Fourth Amendment rights, which are also interpreted to protect [...]