Arkansas Blog

Is that all there is? If that is what it sounds like and if it is so then they are so misinformed.

Worked at the polls all day yesterday, from 6:30 a.m. until getting home about 9:00 p.m. We had almost 4,800 eligible voters in our precinct registration books, with just under 1,700 of those voters casting ballots yesterday and another 1,500+ in early voting. That's a turnout of almost 68% in our precinct versus 63% statewide, according to what I heard today.

It still amazes me how unprepared most people are to vote. Voting seems fairly important to me as a veteran, and you'd think voters would be willing to do at least some research on candidates and issues, particularly since it is so easy via the internet. Here in Pulaski County voters can even look at and print a sample ballot online so they know in advance exactly which candidates they want to support in local races.

Many voters came in and had not a clue what the voting process was. Either the county election commissions need to do a lot more public service announcements or voters need to do a better job of learning 'how to vote' (probably both of those and more).

Sorry, but I need to vent a bit. Our form of government is only as good as our citizenship.

Your last chance to vote -- till midnight tonight!

Choose your favorite caption and vote either at clicky or here:

http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/norma/2008/11/mccain_tanked_but_not_you.aspx

Winner announced tomorrow!

Just an observation for the "anti-church" group: Not all Baptists are created equal.

The GLBT "freedom riders" were arrested on the Central Baptist College campus in Conway.

They were provided a meeting place and students were invited to visit with them if they wished at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia.

You're not on solid ground when you group all Christians (or anyone else) into one classification.

"Many voters came in and had not a clue what the voting process was."

Nothing quite like self-imposed ignorance. Very difficult if not impossible to combat it. Public service announcements help little when people won't take the time to listen. On a slightly related note, my "late vote' experiment yielded precisely the results I had predicted: Not another voter in sight when I arrived at my west Little Rock polling place at 7 p.m. yesterday. The ladies working my prescient said there had not been a line since 2 p.m.

.......................EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION part II.............................................

Just a few thoughts churning around in my brain today........

after leaving Rumba, last night, our driver, ALiJB, took us to a drive around of the Clinton
library....how very lovely and fitting for what had just taken place in our american history.

Will always remember who I was hugging at the moment we heard Obama had won; Mag, who
we found out is DBI's lovely wife....and speaking of DBI, the main reason I went was to get a
peek at his penis,,,,but sorry to say it was a *no show.*

Had g'son with me, most of the day, and started sharing with him how it was, when I was
growing up in south Ark., and what a long, long way we have come. He was shocked at some of
the things I told him.

CiCi called me before noon for a report on last nights wild bunch. She was so sorry not being
able to attend but had a great evening at home with family....I'm ready to go again!!!!

As I read about how the Republicans are wondering how they lost the election, I'm reminded of a quote from General George Pickett after the civl war when he was asked how was it possible for his charge to fail at Gettysburg..... "Well, the Yankees had something to do with it."
Sure, the Repubs need to reeavaluate themselves, but lets not forget the other side had a little say in it as well.

I'm sorry but this is pretty simple to understand. You don't have to be a lawyer to get it. This state is just full of prejudiced people, and most are very religious.

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Proposed Initiative Act No. 1
(Proposed by Petition of the People)

(Popular Name)

AN ACT PROVIDING THAT AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS COHABITATING OUTSIDE OF A VALID MARRIAGE MAY NOT ADOPT OR BE A FOSTER PARENT OF A CHILD LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD.

(Ballot Title)

a proposed act providing that a minor may not be adopted or placed in a foster home if the individual seeking to adopt or to serve as a foster parent is cohabiting with a sexual partner outside of a marriage which is valid under the constitution and laws of this state; stating that the foregoing prohibition applies equally to cohabiting opposite-sex and same-sex individuals; stating that the act will not affect the guardianship of minors; defining "minor" to mean an individual under the age of eighteen (18) years; stating that the public policy of the state is to favor marriage, as defined by the constitution and laws of this state, over unmarried cohabitation with regard to adoption and foster care; finding and declaring on behalf of the people of the state that it is in the best interest of children in need of adoption or foster care to be reared in homes in which adoptive or foster parents are not cohabiting outside of marriage; providing that the Director of the Department of Human Services shall promulgate regulations consistent with the act; and providing that the act applies prospectively beginning on January 1, 2009.

FOR Proposed Initiative Act No. 1
AGAINST Proposed Initiative Act No. 1

No, Chasv.

There's is this!

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WTF Arkansas??

This map is feckin' embarrassing.

Seriously, how does this happen??!!??

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Yes, but will you still be saying that two years from now? You loved me last night but will you respect me in the morning?

Aw, Jazzy, that will be one of my best memories too!

I appreciate that you spent the day telling your grandson about growing up. Our children probably get tired of hearing the stuff we tell them about our childhood. But the changes that have happened in just my almost-50 years are tremendous. I almost can't process the idea that I started first grade in the year my little south Arkansas school district was fully integrated. (I didn't know it at the time. Hooray for my parents, for making nothing of it.)

I'm glad they are the generation who can't quite understand why we find Obama's election so historic. Perhaps I should have taken a cue from my own parents and acted as if his election wasn't extraordinary to me. I blew the chance to ask them if it was a conscious decision to let me just have my own experience with school without showing or telling any of their own reactions to integration. I think it was a wonderful way to behave.

But last night, I was able to be happy that we were finally, FINALLY beginning to drag this country back in the direction of compassion and peace rather than war and fear. Secondly, I was proud to be part of electing our first non-white-male president. I have mixed feelings that one came before the other. But isn't that a great measure of where we are? I'm not sure... just relieved.

The McCain belt is centered in Arkansas. Boy.

Pulaski county sure does look nice, though.

I have been on the winning side and I have experience loss. Every dog has its day in the sun. Enjoy your victory while it is sweet. However, that old pit bull, reality, is standing in the wings and will start snapping at you pretty quick. Enormous problems face us that will not wait and will not be swept away or whitewashed by the press. Even the most gifted and able leader would have trouble dealing with these issues. However, barry doesn't have that experience and eventually he will have to deal with them without the cover provided by the mainstream media. He has a tendency to avoid making hard decisions. He will not be able to talk them away.

When the Roman leader had successfully concluded a great battle and he returned to a conqueror's welcome as he rode into town to an cheering crowd a slave riding with him in the chariot would whisper in his ear that 'fame is fleeting'. Barry would do well to remember that. The electorate are a fickle lot and they can turn on you as fast as they praised you.

Ah, Sir Strange. We all agree that our challenges are formidable. But which of the two candidates did the people determine would be most able to bring the unity required to meet those challenges? We're all going to have to sacrifice and we're going to have to have most of us on the same page if we are going to be successful. Republicans historically done unity or sacrifice very well. After 911 Bush told us to go out and spend more money. We need a real solution this time.

Thank God for a president who isn't afraid to talk about hope, who isn't afraid of being belittled for talking about the very things, the only things that can bring us together. Say what you want about Reagan - and I've done my share - he wasn't afraid to talk about hope. George W. Bush's greatest crime - among the multitude - was taking our hope.

It's time to take it back. Eight years of stupid WAS enough!

The people also chose jimmy carter. However, before his term was over they were more than glad to give him the heave ho. People are fickle. Two years from now we might be singing a different song so enjoy it while you can. I don't think that repubs are any less capable of sacrifice than demos so let's recognize that you were giving an opinion.

I'm gonna take this opportunity to remind my darling but never-wrong hubby that he was pretty much wrong about EVERYTHING regarding the election. No tanks rolled down our streets...Martial Law wasn't used to stop the election...We woke up without a declaration that McSame was President despite evidence to the contrary. Justice triumphed, good prevailed, the system worked...

Optimism lives!!!

Obama's eloquence and mastery of our language is music to these traumatized ears of mine. It was downright ugly and painful to hear what Monkeyboy could do to words/thoughts.

I would like to know how many votes obama got just and only just because he's black.
With hundreds of thousands of muslims, in Detroit for one place, voted for him also.

I have to say again that I hate I couldn't make the gig last night. mrs. rosso and I had a nice semi-quiet night with a kiddo that felt crummy but we sure made the most of it when President-elect Obama ignited what is, to me, the most blazin' fire this kid has seen!!!!

And you know what else?! I was taking the Young Master to school today and he was watching Bob the Builder. Y'feel me?!

"Can We Fix It?!"

Sorry...just got a little carried away today but my chest is out a littlle...

On a more serious note I think that Sound Policy makes a good point on the general flustered nature of the reg'lar voter. I witnessed it too. It is only the most important thing afforded a citizen. Y'know?

But it seems that there are about a million, trillion voters that struggle. Frustrating for this cynical kid...

The stoopid crapola Act 1 is still wearing me out. It will for a while. I'll bitch like crazy about it for a while too...

Needed the ramble...

Amen Zelda, and how nice to turn on t.v. and not hear Grandpa and moosemama saying the

same things over and over and over,,,wish they would both get lost in an Ak. snowbank

and take Joe the plumber with them................ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mr. Brantley, I hope you post this one every medium you've got.

SARAH PALIN DID NOT KNOW AFRICA WAS A CONTINENT. SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A COUNTRY.

According to Fox news.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWZHTJsR4Bc

And she was almost VP, and possibly president of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Oh my god.

Sound Policy, allow me say first "Thank you" and all the other poll workers. Long day and hard work. I appreciate all the people who do this kind of work. Second, how much pay does a poll worker receive now? I know it's not much and it's been several years since I worked a poll (never again). Just curious.

A gem, JD. Been following on Aravosis' blog today. Wow. WOW.

And how 'bout the hotel room moment with her sporting nothing but a towel for Schmidt and Salter?! HA!

Just hangin' with Todd...you betcha...

Well, u liberals have what you want now.

A democratic liberal pres, A demo house and senate. Now you guys have no excuses. The conservatives are mostly out of your way now.

Go for it and let's see where it takes us.

I am going to guess the reality won't be a sweet as you think.

There is no doubt about that, dogg...

Where have you been for the last 7.75+- years? Things just goin' peachy into a rot, huh?

Big and large work ahead for everyone. For you too...

Get. The. Rich. Off. My. Back.

corndogg, you hit the nail on the head. There are not republican obstacles. It is all in the hands of the liberal democrats. You will either sink or swim. Unfortunately, we are in that same boat regardless of our political affiliation.

Chasv, 'bout the same number McCain/Palin got because they're white. What's your next question, or do you need to rest after coming up with that one?

Uh oh, SkyPilot. I'm afraid there's more than meets the eye re: OBU's treatment of the Equality Riders.

You say: "They were provided a meeting place and students were invited to visit with them if they wished..." That's not exactly true.

You see, the riders had tried since April to contact President Horne, to no avail. It seems the administration at Ouachita figured the riders would just go away if the university ignored them. Then, about a month ago, OBU finally responded to the riders' request, declining to invite them to the campus.

More recently - apparently to save face with the community - OBU designated the Hammons House as the place for Equality Riders to assemble. For those of you not familiar with OBU's campus, that location is about as far away from the main campus as possible, behind the Jones Center parking lot, practically off the map. As one rider told me, they appreciated the rather last-minute gesture, but they still felt as if they were in the dog house.

And while it's true that no riders were arrested at OBU, the police presence - university as well as Arkadelphia cops - made it clear that the administration felt the riders were not to be trusted around those precious young Baptist minds. In fact, according to OBU vice president for communications Trennis Henderson, the administration saw the Equality Ride as "an orchestrated media event" (www.obusignal.com) and in my opinion, did not respect their message at all.

But that's no surprise, really, in such a morally divided liberals-vs.-conservatives college town as Arkadelphia. Sometimes I wish the OBU "Bubble" was more like an OBU "Cave Hundreds Of Miles Beneath The Earth So The Rest Of Us Can Be Safe From The Poisonous Reach Of Conservative Domination."

Click on name for an article about how it is now cool to be an American abroad and the positive feelings Obama's election has generated around the world for Americans.

The Bush error and terror will soon be o'er. And, corndogg, you hit your head on a nail. A real rusty one known as George W. Bush that played a big part in the crucifixion of our freedoms and rights. That reality will be our national nightmare for generations to come.

What freedom and right did you personally lose? Be specific. I think that you are just mouthing the liberal line.

Hubby and I finally had a few minutes to visit tonight and he was just appalled at the comments he received at his workplace today.

College educated people actually said:

"Obama is going to turn the United States Muslim."
"The White House will be the Black House."
"The Rose Garden will be replaced with a watermelon patch."
"I'll never vote for a nigger."

Sadly, that's Arkansas.

durango- I thought about you several times yesterday. You were right on the mark waiting until late on election day to go vote. But, that said, if every voter had done that we would probably still be working voters through the process since everyone in line when the polls close at 7:30 p.m. gets to vote. Had all 1,700 of our election day voters shown up at 7:15 yesterday evening ... well, we don't want to go there.

Cato- poll workers get paid $95 and the chief judge gets $110 here in Pulaski Co. I think other counties pay less. Typically we also get paid $25 for attending poll worker training once every few years. That $95 for 14 hours computes to about $6.79/hour ($7.86/hour for the chief judge), not exactly get rich money. And it's taxable income, of course. There are retired folks who do count on a little extra money every so often and need the money. But many more work to give something back. Susan Inman, who coordinates elections here in Pulaski County, does a splendid job. When another precinct was combined with ours a year or so ago, I knew our huge list of voters would require more poll workers. Inman gave me a free hand to staff as needed. Total pay at our precinct yesterday came to $917.50 (some folks work half days @ $47.50) or about $0.51/per voter for our part of the voting process.

A number of voters told us 'thank you' yesterday, and somebody bought Smoothies and delivered them to all 10 poll workers about lunch time. We don't know who our anonymous benefactor was, or I would thank him/her.

During the first 4 hours we processed 200 voters per hour and had a hard time keeping our heads above water. The wait was still only about an hour during that period. The main problem that could be easily avoided? Voters waiting until election day to update their addresses which requires a lot of one-on-one time and often results in the voter having to go to another polling place to vote. It costs the voters time and it costs poll workers precious time.

I may go on a one-man crusade before our next general election to see if a better educated public will help elections run more efficiently.

"It was downright ugly and painful to hear what Monkeyboy could do to words/thoughts." --zelda

Yes, and TOO BAD it wasn't just a language/grammar/speaking problem but rather an intellect problem.

Click my blue name for the most revealing and intelligent interview I've ever heard regarding the Republican Party vis-a-vis Conservatism, how/when and why it ran off the tracks beginning with Reagan, escalating dramatically via the Gingrich Revolution, finally derailed by Rove and the ineptitude of Bush!! It's Mickey Edwards, former congressman, foreign policy adviser to Bush 1 & adviser to Bush Lite's campaign, co-founder of the Heritage Foundation and author of "Reclaiming Conservatism."

It's 17 minutes, and you'll thank me...GREAT stuff, and reminded me why I was a R "back in the day!"
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From the Daily Kos today:

"It's a great day for Democrats and Republicans alike. For Democrats, Barack Obama was elected President. For Republicans, there was finally dancing in the streets and Americans greeted as liberators.
Dare I add? MISSION ACCOMPLISHED"

Clicky for link to full article

Anyone know when the last approve/disapprove poll will be run on Bush2?

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It was the best feeling today to not be depressed the day after the election. It's been a long time since I've had that feeling. Lots of Repubs in my workplace and they were very quiet and depressed today. Meanwhile several of us Obama supporters had big smiles on our faces.

For those of use who lived through the 40+ years that led to last night, it was a very emotional moment. I agree Jazzy and Mag that it is hard for the younger generation who didn't live through some of it to understand the immensity of the moment.

I'll never get tired of hearing it--"President Obama"!

WOW!

Compare this map

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With the McCain Belt map here.

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And this map.

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Martin Luther King's sister reacting as Obama went over the top in electoral votes. Link to the picture at my name. Priceless.

Surely the cartoon of the Week!

on eLwood.

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I've had a whole day to take it in and I'm still pinching myself...OK...I'm a little kinky and like pinching myself. We won! We won the chance to work like n.....ah.....beasts of burden for the next 4 years in the slim hope of reversing the terminal cancer put on this nation by Cheney-Bush. OK.....sign me up....what can I do...put me in coach.

I'm done with arguing with chasv about his 1952 view of America. I've had it with strangelove who likes to hover above the earth shaking his woolly head as us mere mortals. A fact check of his many blog postings show his is not the voice to follow over the next 4 years. I predict that church will go back to what it used to be and by 2012 religion won't be a weapon any more.

We'll soon know if Mark W. Pryor is a US Senator or one of Pavlov's dogs. Will he be a real Democrat now that he doesn't have Republicans to follow around? I urge him to do the right thing and side with the Democratic Senators who want to throw Joe LIEberman out of the Democratic caucus. Screw him and the Zell Miller horse he rode in on.

Initiated Act 1 is shit. Until it is overturned good Arkansans will have to take care of their own and cut the state out of the picture. We can start a new underground railroad and band together for the good of the homeless children across the state. Let's start a slush fund, call it a PAC if you'd like, to help poor people with the expense of raising their vanished sister or brother's kids. Sarah Palin gave us rogue, let us go rogue on Initiated Act 1 until it's struck down by the Supreme Court.

Congratulations to the Green Party for nailing the 20% of the voted needed to make them a legitimate political party in the state of Arkansas from now on. With the Republican Party on the way down, the Green Party has a good chance to fill the void. And congratulations to the city of Greenwood, Arkansas for ending the Walter's legislative dynasty. It's fun to imagine an Arkansas legislature without a Medley or a Walters. Best of all, in 2009 for the first time since 1952 there will not be a Dole or a Bush in Congress or the White House. Free at last....free at last......

If I'd take an hour....I'd come up with a long list of people I'm sorry didn't live to see today. Ma, with all her reservations about black men, had she lived, would have been waving her good arm at the heavens last night in celebration of Barack's victory and the demise of the Republican Party. Molly Ivins, Kurt Vonnegut, Paul Newman, Barbra Jordan, Martin Luther & Coretta King, Rosa Parks, Daisy Bates......the list is endless! How I wish they all could have been with us Tuesday night witnessing the real start of the 21st century in America. Maybe I'm wrong and they're smiling down from up above....who knows?

We all have a mandate for change now. Let's get jiggy with it!

Getting off on the correct foot, much different from Clinton and Bush's pedigree pooches-

"President-elect Barack Obama has said, "I think how we treat our animals reflects how we treat each other. And it's very important that we have a president who is mindful of the cruelty that is perpetrated on animals." Because PETA is devoted to fighting animal abuse and recognizes the link between cruelty to animals and violence directed against humans, the organization is very encouraged by this statement.

PETA is also pleased that Obama and his wife, Michelle, have announced that they will adopt a rescued dog for their daughters instead of patronizing a pet store or breeder. PETA opposes large-scale breeding facilities, known as "puppy mills," as well as private breeders who bring puppies and kittens into the world while nearly 4 millions cats and dogs must be euthanized at the nation's extremely crowded animal shelters every year."

Hope someone forwards this to our Gov. YOUR president opposes animal abuse.
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I am elated at the Obama victory, however I am severely distressed by my fellow Arkansawyers.

2000- Bush beats Gore by 5%
2004- Bush beats Kerry by 9%
2008-Vote McCain over Obama 20%

I seriously was hoping we were getting bluer, but shit we glow red like a cherry.

Following are examples of freedoms which President Bush and his fellow Republicans in Congress have already expunged (as reported by the Associated Press):

* FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION: Government may monitor religious and political institutions even if no criminal activity is suspected.

* FREEDOM OF INFORMATION: Government has closed once-public immigration hearings, has secretly detained hundreds of people without charges, and has encouraged bureaucrats to resist public records questions.

* FREEDOM OF SPEECH: Government may prosecute librarians or keepers of any other records if they tell anyone that the government subpoenaed information related to a terror investigation.

* RIGHT TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION: Government may monitor federal prison jailhouse conversations between attorneys and clients, and deny lawyers to Americans accused of crimes.

* FREEDOM FROM UNREASONABLE SEARCHES: Government may search and seize Americans' papers and effects without probable cause.

* RIGHT TO A SPEEDY AND PUBLIC TRIAL: Government may jail Americans indefinitely without a trial.

* RIGHT TO LIBERTY: Americans may be jailed without being charged or being able to confront witnesses against them.

The Populist Party is also a good source about the Bush regime's using the war on terror to attack our freedoms and rights. Click on name for a good article on just a few of these laws that have encoded serious erosions to your rights. Many, many more are listed.

Of course, you can have your head in the Iraqi sand and not see any of this. Conservatives used to be the biggest defenders of freedoms and rights. Looking at some of the comments from their leaders and supporters, they have decided to do just the opposite. In fact, several true conservatives have pointed out the transformation of traditional Republican values under the leadership of Newt Gingrich and George W. Bush to the detriment of their party, national politics, and US policy.

Hat's passing, boys. Come on and put those names in. They won't drop themselves in.

Don? Strange? Chasv? Large? Catfish? Pumpkin? Pines?

You know you want to help. That's why you ran with act 1, isn't it?

It's all about the children. And now there are even more orphans who will have trouble getting homes. And you know what the bible, the Old King James bible, says about orphans and our obligation to help them.

Look at it this way: you have you some time on your hands now to help even more. Your party is now a minority party of a fringe group--white, rural, born-again Christians in the South and the West.

You don't have all the bother of trying to run things anymore, now that a huge majority of Americans have gone the other direction and put someone in office they believe is intelligent and has character. And you don't have to whip the nation in shape anymore, since no one is listening but your own tiny constituency.

But you still have work to do! Look at it this way: if the best your side could do in California was to get only about half of that state's voters to rescind the rights of a minority, you're not doing so well in shaping public opinion, are you? And to get that 50% vote, how many millions did you have to pour into the fight--millions that could be helping the children.

Polls show young folks swinging far, far away from your Old King James bible views. You have a Christian obligation now to take some of these younguns into Christian homes and raise them right! With a God-fearing papa and a fearing mama, you're bound to buck the trend of tolerance and acceptance among the young.

Come on, now. Hat's passing, boys. Drop those names in. There are orphans to raise and to protect from the homosexual menace.

JD, that Fox News clip is VERY interesting. It's just a wee bit comforting to know, for all the blathering to the contrary, some of those conservative pundits really did get what an awful choice Palin was. From watching Morning Joe this AM, I get the idea that the msm will for some unknown reason, defend the silly woman with dollar signs tattooed on her eyeballs. They are even talking favorably about her running for Stevens' seat once he's booted. Thank goodness for Lawrence O'Donnell who pointed out she probably couldn't live on a senator's salary since she's used to all the per diem and other tax free freebies she's sucked out of Oilaska.

So who is going to tell the Right Wing Smear/Fear Nuts that their strategy didn't work? That
they are NOT Great Americans, do NOT have talent on loan from God, are NOT the great ones,
and need to take their millions and just stay home tomorrow. And the next day, and the next day,
and the next day................. it's obvious that we are not ALL that stupid.

"Well, u liberals have what you want now.

A democratic liberal pres..."

Ha...au contraire silly Republican. The MSM are, for the most part, corporate owned and run...hardly liberal in practice or ideology. While it's true that many individual reporters identify their personal beliefs as liberal in nature, it's the owners/editors who ultimately decide what stories will be covered and which ones will be ignored.

I realize that no amount of facts/statistics are going to dispel notions implanted in a closed mind. I just like to do my small part to rid our culture of as many public lies as possible.

Son of Kubrick,

Sorry for the delay. I overlooked your post. ". . . What freedom and right did you personally lose? Be specific. . . ."

The Right to be unremittingly proud of my country and the Right to have Faith in the Executive, Legislative and Judiciary branches of my government to be working for the Country, even though they stumble along the way.

The Freedom not to Fear another scandal by elected and appointed officials of the U.S. Government every time I glance at a newspaper, channel surf the television, or play the radio in my car.

The Freedom to show my passport in a foreign land without embarassment. (I was living in Europe when Nixon resigned).

Specific enough? I could go on, but I don't want to overtax your rhetorical retort question.

Son of Kubrick

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As I researched the question regarding freedoms and rights taken during the Bush administration, it didn't take long to realize that those complaining about this included people from all across the political spectrum in America, from liberal to conservative, from populist to libertarian, from peace activist to survivalist, from ordinary citizens to respected jurists and legislators.

To admit ignorance of this insidious erosion of many fundamental and essential rights is an indictment of one's lack of patriotism and concern for the most sacred document in our country: the Constitution. It is well documented and highly publicized how the Bush administration has undermined and damaged this foundation to our laws and liberties.

When the President fails to uphold the Constitution and has altered it in ways contrary to his oath to protect it, then without a doubt, he is unworthy of the office.