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Politicians tend to forget they represent the people. They tend to forget the value of individual human life. They tend to think people exist to serve the government. Educators tend to forget they are to educate students to think and speak critically and objectively about events. To make matters worse, some corporations think people exist to serve the bottom line of the corporation: making money for the investors. Politicians, educators, and corporations assume a position of absolute power. Their attitudes toward their constituents betray their assumptions of power.

Hollywood can use eminent domain on downtown property, court rules

In a 3-0 decision, the Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed a 2006 ruling by Broward Circuit Judge Ronald J. Rothschild in favor of the Mach family.

Source: Sun-Sentinel (online), March 27, 2008

Soldier next to Tillman disputes new info

The military initially told the public and the Tillman family that he had been killed by enemy fire. It was only weeks later, when the truth was about to be published, did the Pentagon acknowledge that he was gunned down by fellow Rangers.

Source: Army Times (online), July 29, 2007

Panel Moves to Cut Off Funds to Cheney

At issue is a requirement that executive branch offices provide data on how much material they classify and declassify. That information is to be provided to the Information Security Oversight Office at The National Archives.

Source: Breitbart, July 10, 2007

Comey’s Dissent at Justice

On Tuesday, former deputy Attorney General James B. Comey testified in a Senate hearing on the US Attorneys investigation. What unravelled was a made-for-TV drama, a whole new episode in the Bush-Cheney push for presidential power.

Source: Open Source, May 17, 2007

Hallandale Beach commission rescinds $55,000 a year raises

City commissioners on Friday rescinded the $55,000 a year pay raises that they gave themselves on Wednesday.

Source: Sun-Sentinel (online), May 4, 2007

Bush names Fox to Belgium post despite criticism

U.S. President George W. Bush bypassed Democratic critics and appointed Sam Fox ambassador to Belgium on Wednesday during the congressional recess in a move that avoided requiring Senate approval.

Source: Reuters (online), April 4, 2007

Principal bans parents from pro-'gay' seminar

Administrators at North Newton High School in Newton, Mass., have held a seminar for students that explained how to know they are homosexual, but banned parents from attending.

Source: WorldNetDaily, March 15, 2007

District gags 14-year-olds after 'gay' indoctrination

Officials at Deerfield High School in Deerfield, Ill., have ordered their 14-year-old freshman class into a "gay" indoctrination seminar, after having them sign a confidentiality agreement promising not to tell their parents.

Source: WorldNetDaily, March 13, 2007

"'Don't discuss polar bears": memo to scientists

Polar bears, sea ice and global warming are taboo subjects, at least in public, for some U.S. scientists attending meetings abroad, environmental groups and a top federal wildlife official said on Thursday.

Source: Yahoo! News, March 8, 2007

Lawmaker: Ban 'illegal aliens' – just the words

Wilson has already received calls from dozens of people critical of her proposal. She dismisses them as ignorant and hypocritical.

"All of us are immigrants except the American Indian," Wilson said. "Now how would we like it if they called us aliens. The only people who should not be called that should be American Indians."

Source: WorldNetDaily, February 28, 2007

Protecting Property Rights in a Landslide

An overwhelming majority of voters in Florida, Georgia, Michigan, New Hampshire, and South Carolina approved constitutional amendments that forbid the use of eminent domain to transfer land from one private party to another for economic development purposes, as did Louisiana voters last month. Similar voter-initiated constitutional amendments passed in both North Dakota and Nevada, though Nevadans will need to pass the same amendment in 2008 for it to take effect.

Source: Pacific Legal Foundation

'Gay' groups: We have rights to your children!

A collection of 'gay' organizations has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in a Massachusetts lawsuit, claiming they have every right to teach their doctrine to grade-school students.

Source: WorldNetDaily, October 6, 2006

Riviera Beach activist vows to fight eviction from city marina

Lozman, 45, a retired software entrepreneur, sued the city June 7 to stop a $2.4 billion redevelopment plan from using eminent domain to acquire property.

Source: Sun Sentinel (online), September 22, 2006

Residents: Association is being intolerant of religious expression

A couple charges that the Byers Station Homeowners Association’s decision to deny their request to erect a 24-inch statue of the Virgin Mary in their front yard is intolerant.

Source: DailyLocal News (online), August 30, 2006

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