Parents, Wake Up!

Topic: CensorshipIt’s not the government’s responsibility to raise your children. It’s not the government’s responsibility to protect them from porn on the internet. Guess who’s responsible? You Are!

That’s right, we shouldn’t even need a Children’s Internet Protection Act. If you don’t want your children to get hurt, it’s your job to protect them. Not the “Nanny State.”

That’s what makes this lawsuit so unnecessary. They’re arguing over automatic pr0n filters on library computers. First, filtering software is fallible. It can’t tell the difference between “come and see these huge breasts” and “the abortion-breast cancer link.” Second, it’s a violation of an adult individuals freedom to automatically filter out perfectly legal material.

Gun Grabbing Hypocrite

Topic: 2nd AmendmentApparently it’s OK for Sarah Brady, a gun control advocate, to break existing gun-control laws. She purchased a rifle for her son. This violates so-called “straw purchase” laws. I guess those gun laws she advocates only apply to other people, hmmmm?

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Irresponsible Lawmakers

Privacy

Delegates in Maryland’s legislature are making an irresponsible decision. They’re putting national security ahead of individual privacy, expanding the government’s eavesdropping powers. The comments of one lawmaker, Del. Dana Lee Dembrow, are particularly irresponsible. She said, "I realize that this bill basically says you can tap someone’s phone for jaywalking, and normally I would say, ‘No way.’ But after what happened on September 11th, I say screw ‘em."

Those that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety--Ben Franklin