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Thom's blog for Thursday May 6th 2010:
Dear Leader...Who is and Who isn't a Citizen?
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) is proposing a new law to strip Americans of their citizenship if they're involved with foreign terrorist organizations. Lieberman will introduce the bill, along with Rep. Jason Altmire of Pennsylvania. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has expressed support as well. This bill would empower the State Department to decide -- on its own -- that Americans are conspiring with terror groups and should be stripped of their citizenship. Serving in the army of a foreign state or pledging allegiance to a foreign state would be considered so disloyalty could merit loss of citizen status. Lieberman's law would add involvement with a foreign terror organization -- as opposed to a foreign state -- to this list. Who would determine whether you're involved with a foreign terror group? The State Department would, and they would be "the Decider." Can you imagine the Bush State Department - or the Palin State Department - deciding that you are officially stripped of your citizenship, without a trial before a jury of your peers, in fact with no legal process whatsoever that conforms with the fifth through the eighth amendments of the constitution? Senators Lieberman and Schumer, if they are serious about this, are suggesting we should bring the battlefield of Afghanistan and Pakistan to the United States and destroy the Constitution. If they're so gung-ho to change America from a nation of laws to a dictatorship run by whoever is president, maybe they should renounce their own citizenship and move to Libya or North Korea or some other country where the "dear leader" can decide who is and who isn't a citizen?
-Thom
The first third party to nominate a Presidential candidate. Christian-right politics began in 1826. They accused opponents of being anti-Christian and anti-government. Sound familiar?
The oil slick caused Arnold Schwarzenegger to withdraw support for a plan to expand oil exploration off California's coast. How many more people will wake up to the perils of our dependency on ancient sunlight, including oil? Leonardo DiCaprio was inspired by Thom's book "The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight" first to make a short web movie, then to make his film, "The 11th Hour". Get the DVD and be inspired too.
The Daily Stack Quote: "Americanism is a question of principles, of idealism, of character: it is not a matter of birthplace or creed or line of descent." -- Theodore Roosevelt.
Hour One: The chemical dispersants being used against the oil spill in the Gulf.
Article: "In Gulf of Mexico, Chemicals Under Scrutiny" by Elisabeth Rosenthal.
Article: "Chemicals Meant To Break Up BP Oil Spill Present New Environmental Concerns" by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica.
Article: "ToxFAQs™ for 2-Butoxyethanol and 2-Butoxyethanol Acetate" by Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Division of Toxicology.
Why do conservatives want to turn America into Pakistan?
Article: "Bill of Rights".
Full Monty alert: "Bad Sex Prompts Scissors Attack".
Article: "McCain: 'Serious mistake' if car bombing suspect was Mirandized" by Michael O'Brien.
Article: "World needs 'bailout plan' for species loss: IUCN" by AFP.
Book: "The Sixth Extinction: Patterns of Life and the Future of Humankind" by Richard E. Leakey.
Site: "Matter of Trust" asking for donations of hair.
Article: "Interior Department Exempted BP Drilling From Environmental Review: In Rush to Expand Offshore Oil Drilling, Interior Secretary Salazar Abandoned Pledge to Reform Industry-dominated Mineral Management Service" by Kierán Suckling.
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Hour Two: Should all terrorists on the "terrorist watch list" be able to buy a gun? Thom disagrees with Dan Gainor, of the Business and Media Institute.
Article: "N.Y. mayor decries 'terror gap' in U.S. gun laws" by William Branigin.
Pigeon alert: "A Pigeon Riding the Subway".
Geeky Science Rocks! - can you improve your eyesight with mind over matter?
Geeky Science alert: "Vision gets better with the right mind-set: Eyesight improves when people expect to have especially keen vision" by Bruce Bower.
Geeky Science alert: "'Profound' decline in fish stocks shown in UK records" by Richard Black.
Article: "Dispersant 'may make Deepwater Horizon oil spill more toxic'" by Suzanne Goldenberg.
Book: "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide" by Nicholas D. Kristof.
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Hour Three: Is a government sanctioned "Day of Reason" proof that atheism can be a religion? - with David Niose, President, American Humanist Association.
The good: "Phoenix Fans Turn Out For 'Los Suns'" by Amanda Terkel.
The bad: "Limbaugh: "Los Suns" protest from Phoenix Suns is "sad," "shortsighted," "cowardice disguised as I'm better than you"".
The very, very ugly: "Dan Fanelli, Florida Congressional Candidate, Wants To Fight Terror With Racial Profiling (VIDEO)" by Jason Linkins.
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