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America: Freedom to Facism

Determined to find the law that requires American citizens to pay income tax, producer Aaron Russo (“The Rose,” “Trading Places”) set out on a journey to find the evidence. Neither left, nor right-wing this startling examination of government exposes the systematic erosion of civil liberties in America since 1913.
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Spanish Edition of Pocket Constitution Book Released in Time for Constitution Day



Chicago, IL (PRWEB) August 3, 2006

With Constitution Day quickly approaching and commemorated by schools around the country due to recent federal legislation, ConstitutionFacts.com is pleased to announce the release of “La Constitucion De Los Estados Unidos e informacion fascinante al respecto” – a word-for-word translation of the national best-selling book “The U.S. Constitution & Fascinating Facts About It.

The book includes the entire text of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence. It also includes interesting insights into the men who wrote the Constitution, how it was created, and how the Supreme Court has interpreted the Constitution in the two centuries since its creation.

“The Constitution serves as the fabric of our society, and today, more than ever, is the right time for all Americans to examine and understand it,” says Keir Walton, founder of ConstitutionFacts.com. “With Constitution Day quickly approaching we’re pleased to announce the release of this Spanish language translation in response to increasing demand from Spanish speaking people and their families.”

The book is successfully used by educators at all levels from primary schools to colleges and law schools to teach people a fundamental knowledge of the Constitution. Reviewers have praised the book for its thoroughness and non-partisan approach.

The Constitution Challenge:

Between now and Constitution Day on September 17th ConstitutionFacts.com is challenging Americans to test their constitution IQ with the Fascinating Facts Quiz (www.constitutionfacts.com). Anyone can check their Constitution I.Q. by answering 10 simple questions to see if they’re a constitutional whiz kid.

But the Fascinating Facts quiz is more than a game—it’s a simple way to educate millions. If one visitor takes the 10-question quiz, and then fills out the form on ConstitutionFacts.com to pass it via email to 10 people, who then pass the email to 10 more people, and so on and so on, soon every American will have the chance to learn more about the Constitution.

“By leveraging the power of email users can quickly help share the fun and interactive quiz with millions, making sure that everyone in America knows ten basic things about their constitution.” Walton said.

About Constitution Facts:

At Constitution Facts we make it fun and easy to learn about the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence. Constitution Facts began with a simple idea — to publish an informative pocket size guide to the U.S. Constitution. Soon people across the country, from U.S. Supreme Court Justices to students and teachers, caught the craze for The U.S. Constitution & Fascinating Facts About It. Today, more than one million copies have been sold—and millions more are educated each year by visiting ConstitutionFacts.com – a companion website to the book and central resource for educators and students worldwide.

For more information visit http://www.constitutionfacts.com.

Contact:

Keir Walton

630.922.1627

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Reframing the National Security Language Policy

This national language policy, because it encourages more U.S. citizens to learn multiple languages, provides an important counterbalance to the Official English legislation that Senator James Inhofe introduced during the 2006 congressional debates on immigration reform and that his fellow senators approved by a 63-34 vote (Inhofe Natl.). Senator Ihofe’s English Language Amendment targets immigrants in particular, demanding that they learn English as a means to prevent them from “importing dangerous, deadly philosophies that go against our American ideals” (“Inhofe Statement”). Although President Bush and other federal officials might share the same belief that all people living in the United States need to learn Links Of London Charms English, they have also sought to encourage—and to fund programs that enable—all U.S. citizens to learn multiple languages. Even as the national security language policy promotes multilingualism, however, English scholars need to examine this policy closely to understand the ideas about language, identity, and public participation that guide its vision for language arts education.

The policy’s almost exclusive focus on the military and intelligence communities’ “critical” language needs reinforces a belief that English is the language for U.S. civic life whereas non-English languages are “foreign” and are needed only for speaking and writing in international contexts. As John Trimbur argues, such a perspective results from “a ritualized forgetting that the United States was then, as it is now, a multilingual society”. In this way, the policy effectively reinscribes a belief in an English-Only U.S. public sphere. Trimbur instead proposes a vision of U.S. society in which multiple languages “circulatfe as means of participating in public life”. This vision of people using multiple languages in both professional and civic life should guide English scholars as they attempt to redirect the aim of this emerging national language policy. By defining the nation’s language crisis in terms of “foreign” languages and overseas concerns, President Bush, DoD officials, and congressional leaders have potentially dissuaded schools and colleges from developing programs to serve the communities where they are located. Mary Louise Pratt provides an example that illustrates this point in her 2004 essay “Building a New Public Idea about Language”: Within its own borders the United States needs professionals and service people of all kinds who can operate in locally spoken languages. A few months ago, for example, two southern California primary school teachers told me of their frustration when a flagship Japanese program was set up in their school district, while an acute need for Tagalog speaking nurses, doctors, lawyers Links Of London Earrings teachers, social workers, even tax preparers went unmet. There was no pipeline to track local Tagalog speakers into these professions and enable them to develop their Tagalog.

Pratt’s words illustrate the fact that a national language policy conceived solely on international concerns may keep the citizenry safe from enemies, but it will also ignore inequalities that face linguistic minority communities within U.S. borders. The national language policy debate needs to include a broader range of voices to redirect the policy’s aim toward improving domestic well being in a variety of ways, particularly for those people who, because they speak seemingly “foreign” languages, are situated outside the national imagination in most debates about effective public policy.

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Is it absurd to literally apply the Constitution to situations the founding fathers could not have envisioned?

The Constitution
by Ewan-M

Question by Big Beautiful Man: Is it absurd to literally apply the Constitution to situations the founding fathers could not have envisioned?
Many people like to say they are for strict interpretation of the Constitution. Fine. However, there are many problems, issues, and situations that aren’t directly dealt with by the Constitution and/or were in fact totally inconceivable to the founding fathers.

For example, the internet. While it certainly affects interstate commerce and thus the Constitution would say that Congress has the power to regulate it, is that really what the founding fathers intended? How could we possibly know what they would have wanted or if they would have written the Constitution the same way if they had taken that into account?

Why should we assume the wisdom of a document at face value in any situation when the realities it is applied to could not have been predicted by its makers?

Best answer:

Answer by Liberal AssKicker
Is it that easy for liberals to cast aside the constitution?

What the hell kind of stupid excuse is that? Modernization = no more law?

What do you think? Answer below!

21 GOOD REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT ALTERNATIVE OR SECOND CITIZENSHIP AND PASSPORT

Citizenship and Freedom
by h de c

 

21 GOOD REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT ALTERNATIVE OR SECOND CITIZENSHIP AND PASSPORT:

1.   Political or economic siituation in your home country makes travel on your current passport difficult.
2. Your assets are the target of litigation or you are burdened by taxation.
3. Your basic human rights or travel is restricted by your citizenship.
4. You are not allowed to work, do business, buy property or land overseas or settle in another country.
5. Your assets, freedom of movement and even life are threatened by your country’s economical or political situation.
6. You are subject to persecution for your religious or political beliefs or for pursuing certain harmless activities.
7. Your current citizesnhip and passport can make you exposed for hijackers and terrorists.
8. Your current passport could be revoked, confiscated or suspended for some reasons.
9. You can be a subject to tax on your worldwide income, currency controls or other confiscation measures.
10. Your state controls, restricts or monitors your travels or private or business activities.
11. Your present passport causes you delays, harassment or denies at any border.
12. You need visas to visit places where you want to go or stay.
13. Your citizenship forces you into unwanted military or other burden obligations.
14. You are identified as a citizen of an unpopular, immoral, aggressive or despotic state.
15. Your passport needs to be renewed or validated frequently.
16. Limited freedom to invest your money when and where you please.
17. You belong to the “wrong” country, like ex-Yogoslavia, Iraq, Iran, North Korea etc.
18. You cannot invest in the foreign stock markets or offshore mutual funds without restriction or hindrance.
19. You would like to insure a freedom of movement, residence, business of choice for yourself, your dependants etc.
20. You simply would like to open a new opportunities and guarantee a certain freedom and choice for yourself or your dependants.
21. You just would like to have a right for employment in another country which is not available now or perimtion is difficult to obtain.

There, of course, can be other reasons to gain another passport. You may possibly have a passport from a country that has travel restrictions imposed upon it, and this can be frustrating to say the least. For example:
*   Many Chinese are desperately looking for a way to get out of their country, and/or to ease travel restrictions.  

* Many US citizens do not like the idea of being enslaved to the IRS worldwide, regardless where they may choose to live. Also they may not like being targeted by terrorists because of irresponsible actions by their immature government.

* Many Western Europeans feel, that during these turbulent times, it may be a good idea to nurture their plans for an additional insurance policy against difficult times ahead.

* Many Russians and Eastern Europeans are tired of having to queue to get visas all the time, and being treated as second class individuals by many, just because of their nationality.

* Many Africans and Latin Americans have tasted a bit of freedom but it doesn’t seem like they are free all the time as crazy governments and extreme travel restrictions make it very hard to get around.

You may qualify to obtain your documents free through ethnic background, ancestry or religion in; Brazil, China, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Portugal, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America etc. Another way is to get an alternative passport by registration, by descent, via marriage or naturalisation.

In some countries you can be eligible for your 2nd passport in just 6 months after residence application and there is no need to physically spend this time in the country!

There is an option for a 2nd passport and citizesnhip virtually for everyone who is seriously interested.

 

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What to do when a PUBLIC school doesnt have a separation of church & state?

Church and State
by wallyg

Question by naomi j: What to do when a PUBLIC school doesnt have a separation of church & state?
My school doesnt receive federal funding and because of that they can basically set their own rules. The high-ups all follow one particular religious belief and this has been a sort of wall for many clubs in the school. If the school admins dont like what the club is about – too bad. Ironically, this has stopped the Christian Club from becoming official. Also, the GSA has not been permitted to meet and the Anime Club is unofficial. (Christian club is limited to putting up one poster in a designated spot, they cannot advertise is any other way, their website was taken off the schools club page, they cannot fundraise, etc. WHILE anime club can do all of the above.)

What to do what to do?
The club that I am a part of is the Christian Club – we exist as an unofficial club but we cannot do many things due to that.

Our school is run by taxes – the reason that I mention not being federally funded is because that excludes us from the Equal Access Act which was basically made for the sake of religious clubs and the GSA.

We turned down federal funding and faced a referendum a few years ago.

Best answer:

Answer by J.Marie
I don’t really understand your question. BUT, I think you should write to your congressman or something about it. It sounds dumb, but it might make a little difference. Hope this helps!

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!

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KRQE News: “Anti Religion” Billboards Surface

November 22, 2009 – ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Messages questioning religion are popping up across the city of Albuquerque just weeks before the biggest religious holidays in the world. The Freedom from Religion group sponsoring the billboards said they are paid through next month. Even if some find them controversial, the group said they arent about to take the billboards down. Many times religion is a crutch that doesn’t do as much good as people think it does, Freedom of Religion member Ron Herman said. We paid for the space, just like people paid for their space in newspapers advertising their services.” The colorful messages are on 10 billboards around Albuquerque. One billboard reads Imagine No Religion and Keep Religion out of Government. via atheistmedia.com –

The University of Notre Dames Tocqueville Program held its inaugural two-day conference Feb. 4-5, 2009: Freedom for, Freedom from, or Freedom of Religion: The Meanings of Religious Freedom in America. Day one of the event, Feb. 4, began with a debate between Nicholas Wolterstorff, Noah Porter Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology, Fellow of Berkeley College at Yale University; Mark Lilla, Professor of Humanities, Columbia University; and Bill Galston, Senior Fellow & Ezra K. Zilkha Chair in Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution. The following day, Feb. 5, a panel of Notre Dame faculty responded to points made during the debate. The panel included David Campbell, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science; Rick Garnett, Professor, Notre Dame Law School; John McGreevy, IA O’Shaughnessy Dean of the College of Arts and Letters; and Mark Noll, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History. At America’s founding three different and sometimes competing visions of religion in American political life were planted in American soil:freedom of religion, for religion, and from religion. These three distinct conceptions converged at the time of the American founding in the form of the religion clauses of the First Amendment, as well as the many parallel provisions in the state constitutions. Yet Americans do not always agree on the role religion should play in American public life. Should it be excluded from the public sphere or restrictions placed upon its use in
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Judge Andrew Napolitano Natural rights Patriot Act – Part 3 of 3

Judge Andrew Napolitano gives a speech from the heart about freedom and from where our rights come. The Judge explains the hard core truth about the Constitution and why we must fight to regain and retain our freedoms. Courtesy of www.CampaignForLiberty.com. Edited by FreeTheNation.com Ron Paul, Rand Paul, Peter Schiff, Tom Woods, Andrew Napolitano and Daniel Hannan are the new FREEDOM FIGHTERS.

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Is the constitution manipulable, subject to reinterpretation based on modern concepts or meant to be immutable?

Question by hey38078: Is the constitution manipulable, subject to reinterpretation based on modern concepts or meant to be immutable?
Is the constitution manipulable, subject to reinterpretation based on modern concepts, or is it meant to be essentially immutable, defining a permanent relationship between government and citizens?

What is this question asking and what are your ideas or opinion about it?

Best answer:

Answer by LadyB
The founders of our country made the U.S. Constitution what is called a “living document,” meaning it can expand/change with the times but must always uphold the principles quoted therein.

It’s worked for over 200 years.

Add your own answer in the comments!