Mayor Michael Bloomberg believes our interpretation of the constitution needs to change to allow for greater security to stave off future attacks like the Boston Marathon bombings. And my guess is sadly many people agree with him. During a press conference Mr. Bloomberg said, “The people who are worried about privacy have a legitimate worry, but we live in a complex world where you’re going to have to have a level of security greater than you did back in the olden days, if you will. And our laws and our interpretation of the Constitution, I think, have to change.” Does [...]
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The Benghazi Fiasco. Why? Why? WHY?!!!
Nearly eight weeks after the Benghazi fiasco on September 11, 2912 and we have no answers. All we have are questions. WHY? The answer obviously is this administration, this President, this Commander-in-Chief refuses to tell us what happened and why. And, apart from Fox News, the rest of the media has treated the Benghazi attack the killed an US ambassador for the first time in thirty years and three other Americans as a non-event. WHY? We are left to surmise that President Obama wanted to keep a lid on things until after the election when supposedly he could be more flexible. And, of [...]
WordPress Security Tips – Keeping Your WordPress Website Safe
NOTE: This is a guest post by LD Jackson, of Political Realities. It is re-posted in it’s entirety, with Mr. Jackson’s permission. Given my last post on Bloggers being targeted, so to speak, I remembered this post from Larry. Kindly give it a look… I realize this post will not be of much interest to my readers, unless you are using a self-hosted installation of WordPress to write a blog or build a website. If you are one who does, I hope this selection of WordPress security tips will point you in the right direction to help keep your [...]
September 11, 2011: Tenth Anniversary Post
Throughout our history, our nation has faced many evils. Sadly, man has the unerring tendency to engage in the most despicable of behaviors, all in the name of serving a “greater” power or cause. It would seem that the United States has often been caught in the cross-hairs of these evils. The very birth of our nation was predicated on the defeat of tyranny, namely, the “Divine Right of Kings.” The nation was split, literally and figuratively, on the question of whether or not one man could hold a fellow man as property. We, as a people, were horrified by [...]
Freedom vs. Security: Where Do You Stand?
Since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, we have witnessed a frightening trend in which we Americans have been willing to exchange our constitutionally protected freedoms for supposed improvements to our security. The Patriot Act and its ramifications, since enacted by President Bush, is a case in point. For much of my nearly 19 years in Venezuela, my only source of news about the United States was the little bit of superficial coverage provided by CNN Español. I usually didn’t pay much attention to it. But after the attacks of September 11, 2011, I was glued to CNN Español for weeks. I remember when [...]
