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A4L Tonight-6-8 pm CST Guest Don Casey-Alliance for Citizen’s Rights

Friday Jan 7, 2010 on AxXiom For Liberty: Special Guest Don Casey Don Casey is the Vice Chair of Alabama’s Alliance for Citizen’s Rights. He and his organization have been at the forefront of many battles to protect private property …...

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GiN Meeting NEXT Monday Jan. 10: Taking Action During the Legislative Session

If you’re interested in having an impact on the legislative session that begins today, please plan on attending our meeting next Monday in Lincoln. When: Monday, January 10 Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm Location: See RSVP form below Agenda: Brief overview of GiN’s activities in recent months Presentation on issues likely to arise this session, GiN’s [...]

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EPIC Reminds DHS that “Fusion Centers” are Subject to the Federal Privacy Act

Dec. 17, 2010 EPIC has submitted comments [1], [2] to two departments in the Department of Homeland Security concerning the establishment of federal “fusion centers” that would contained detailed personal information on US citizens. The Dep...

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Lame Duck Session: Earmarks, Tax Cuts & More…Greasy Pork…or Red Herrings?

By Shelli Dawdy During this seemingly endless lame duck session of Congress, there have been several pieces of onerous legislation discussed, debated, and commented on. Recognizing the likelihood of a historical drubbing on Election Day,  Democrats withheld action on key legislation, clearly planning an effort to pass their wish list before losing their current level [...]

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Tax Cut Compromise $858 billion Boondoggle – Endangers US Credit Rating

By Shelli Dawdy This is a continuation from yesterday’s article about the Tax Cut Compromise. If Democrats’ want to play class warfare, perhaps the debate should include such vivid examples of where this kind of rhetoric can ultimately lead if it is allowed to stand unchallenged. In Soviet Russia, upper-middle class peasants known as kulaks [...]

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Obama – GOP Tax Compromise is a $858 billion Compromise of Principle

By Shelli Dawdy Webster’s online dictionary provides some example phrases for some words. I find one of the examples for the word compromise, fascinating 1: “To avoid an argument, always be ready to seek compromise.” There’s no question we’ve heard a lot about bipartisanship and compromise. I’m not naive, compromise is of course, a necessary [...]

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