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Oregon HB 3467: Are Oregon Lawmakers Really Ready to Throw Out the Baby with the Bathwater?

Open Letter To Publisher on House Bill 3467, the mugshots bill.

(HALLANDALE BEACH, Fl) - To whom it may concern:

I am sure as editors and news professionals for many years you are no doubt all aware of an Oregon Bill that would seek to all but eliminate any meaningful access to what are absolutely every citizens right to know, their collective right to know about arrests.

Heckler`s Veto and Speech Codes Threaten Free Speech at Universities

Now, even a hint of vocal opposition to a speaker seems to be enough to eliminate the possibility of that speaker being heard.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Americans used to frequently quote Voltaire's declaration that, "I disapprove of what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

That is no longer the case at too many of our colleges and universities.

SB13-013: Federal Agents Can Double as Local Cops in Colorado?

Feds get more power as state's governor signs progressive gun control legislation.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - A new bill gives a special agent, uniform division officer, physical security technician, physical security specialist, or special officer of the United States secret service limited peace officer authority while working in Colorado.

The tension surrounding the notion of regulating firearms is leading to new, unexpected federal involvement in local authority. Desperation is showing on all fronts in this fight. Large numbers of gun owners refuse to accept the idea of any type of gun regulation, and anti-gun proponents are willing to showcase national tragedy in an attempt to change firearm laws.

World Views of America

It wasn't very long ago when the world view of the United States was one of a country that represented justice, democracy, freedom and moral accountability, even if only in the minds of the naive. --Bernie Suarez

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - Terms like justice, democracy, freedom and moral accountability are generalized with varied meanings.

They also mean something different for those who want to live in America.

$12M Invested in Background Checks

Mayors Against Illegal Guns are buying $12M in TV ads that feature a gun owner who understands that supporting background checks goes hand in hand with defending the Second Amendment - and his family.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Now that assault weapons are secure from efforts to ban them, background checks are still alive as an example of the “incremental” theory of liberal politics.

I doubt they will achieve what the anti-gun movement is after but it’s a test of what really big money can do for a liberal cause.

February 2013: They Waited, Wanted and Watched For Me To Die...

Notes from Behind Bars and Stripes.

(ONTARIO, OR) - Even before I began my political journey in 2001, I maintained certain principles; a variety of things I just don’t do.

And usually, if ever I deviated from those principles, even in error, I’d end up in a tangle of trouble.

Declared Innocent But Will Die in Prison

Secrecy and Democracy cannot co-exist; they are incompatible.

(JAMESTOWN, RI) - It reads like a movie script. You have been held prisoner for 11 years, you have been tortured, no charges have been filled against you, nor have you had access to a lawyer.

You are innocent, you have claimed innocence for 11 years. Your daughter, unborn when they took you, is now 10, and you have never seen her.

Is Salem in Denial of Bias?

Let us learn how to extricate such warped attitudes and truly practice universal love. Short of that, we are indulging in self-folly.

(SALEM) - Did all of us see The Statesman's front page story for Saturday?

It focuses on an ugly case of racial prejudice of a Black woman named Ms. Dau Tucker employed at Salem Hospital. Clear and simple. I find this a wake-up call not for mere words but actions.

Consumer and Privacy Organizations Issue Statement on Do-Not-Track Mechanisms

Privacy and consumer organizations issued a statement on DNT.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - The World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) "seeks to support the wide adoption of Web technologies in digital publishing contexts. . . to reinforce cooperation around well defined technical issues."

In this regard, the W3C conducts workshops around a number of technical issues. A workshop will be held in Berlin on March 11 and 12 to discuss how Do-­Not-­Track (DNT) mechanisms should work.

Second Amendment Truths

Individuals alone do not constitute a well regulated body...

(PASO ROBLES, CA) - In 1783-9 ‘Militia’ meant a well regulated body of men under the leadership of such as Geo. Washington who defeated the English whose Officers surrendered to him at York.

Victory was won by patriots with firearms meant to provide food for their families...