Monday, June 22, 2009
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Friday, June 19, 2009
Statute of Limitations Reform for Sex Abuse Victims
Source: "http://writ.news.findlaw.com/hamilton/20090611.html/
By MARCI A. HAMILTON
Thursday, June 11, 2009
When the California legislature passed amendments to its statute of limitations on child sex abuse in 2002, no one knew that its members were initiating a revolution for child sex abuse survivors.
In California, over 1,000 survivors came forward (about 850 from the Catholic Church). No one knew, though, what the benefits or costs of the window would be. It was a large experiment. Now that the claims have been litigated or settled, however, there are important facts that we have learned for the first time, or that reinforced facts unearthed by previous studies:
First: In California, the names of over 300 perpetrators who had never before been named publicly were released. And the bishops' role in placing children's needs below public appearances was also elaborated. Making that information public is a benefit to every parent and child.
Second, many survivors need decades to come forward. The fact that over 1,000 survivors (from a variety of groups) took advantage of the window confirms what social science studies have shown repeatedly: It is a psychological fact that child sex abuse victims are disabled from revealing the abuse at the time they suffer it and for many years thereafter. However, if given an opportunity to come forward years later, they do want to – and are finally able to – do so.
Third, until the window was in place, society had been making public policy based on too little information. The window revealed that the laws we have focused upon, like sex offender registries and pedophile-free zones, have assumed we know who the predators are. One of the greatest shocks in the last ten years is to learn that we only know about 10% of the perpetrators because of a broken legal system that shuts victims out of court before they get there. (Victims usually cannot name their perpetrators without the legal system, because perpetrators can and will sue the victim for defamation.
After the California statute of limitations (SOL) window closed at the end of 2003, Delaware opened a two-year window in 2007, which will close in July 2009. Once again, in Delaware, survivors deeply appreciated the opportunity for justice and the public was educated about previously anonymous child abusers.
When the California window legislation passed, the hierarchy of the Catholic Church was still reeling from its recent exposure in Boston, and other communities across the country, and did not put up much of a fight. When the hierarchy realized after its passage, though, that many of their victims in California would open the window on the Church's secrets, they quickly mobilized, hiring an army of lawyers in California to fight every case (and now to fight the release of every document,
as I discussed in a previous column
The reform movement has become more sophisticated, with the Survivors for Justice purchasing radio spots urging passage, other groups even hiring lobbyists, and the creation of a comprehensive website, on which I have taken the lead. Moreover, the movement has expanded well beyond survivor groups alone, to now include Parents for Megan's Law, the National Organization for Women, Pandora's Project, Justice for Children, the Leadership Council, and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, among many other worthy organizations.
Get Stoked Note: if we study our Bill of Rights as it applies to this problem we see a balance between the rights of the abused and the accussed.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
Ref: http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=F.2a6348af-1434-42f0-bbc0-af8ae726c390&hl=en
Get Stoked Note: our current elected officials, even though they have lost site of it after just a few months took a very serious oath to obey our constitution including our Bill of Rights.
Our Dear Leader Obama Swore the following words:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
Our Dear Leader Pelosi Swore:
"I, ___, do solemnly swear (or affirm)that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same;
that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me god.’’
The oath of office required by the sixth article of the Constitution of the United States, and as provided by section 2 of the act of May 13, 1884 (23 Stat. 22), to be administered to Members,Resident Commissioner, and Delegates of the House of Representatives,the text of which is carried in 5 U.S.C. 3331:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/uscode05/usc_sec_05_00003331----000-.html
By MARCI A. HAMILTON
Thursday, June 11, 2009
When the California legislature passed amendments to its statute of limitations on child sex abuse in 2002, no one knew that its members were initiating a revolution for child sex abuse survivors.
In California, over 1,000 survivors came forward (about 850 from the Catholic Church). No one knew, though, what the benefits or costs of the window would be. It was a large experiment. Now that the claims have been litigated or settled, however, there are important facts that we have learned for the first time, or that reinforced facts unearthed by previous studies:
First: In California, the names of over 300 perpetrators who had never before been named publicly were released. And the bishops' role in placing children's needs below public appearances was also elaborated. Making that information public is a benefit to every parent and child.
Second, many survivors need decades to come forward. The fact that over 1,000 survivors (from a variety of groups) took advantage of the window confirms what social science studies have shown repeatedly: It is a psychological fact that child sex abuse victims are disabled from revealing the abuse at the time they suffer it and for many years thereafter. However, if given an opportunity to come forward years later, they do want to – and are finally able to – do so.
Third, until the window was in place, society had been making public policy based on too little information. The window revealed that the laws we have focused upon, like sex offender registries and pedophile-free zones, have assumed we know who the predators are. One of the greatest shocks in the last ten years is to learn that we only know about 10% of the perpetrators because of a broken legal system that shuts victims out of court before they get there. (Victims usually cannot name their perpetrators without the legal system, because perpetrators can and will sue the victim for defamation.
After the California statute of limitations (SOL) window closed at the end of 2003, Delaware opened a two-year window in 2007, which will close in July 2009. Once again, in Delaware, survivors deeply appreciated the opportunity for justice and the public was educated about previously anonymous child abusers.
When the California window legislation passed, the hierarchy of the Catholic Church was still reeling from its recent exposure in Boston, and other communities across the country, and did not put up much of a fight. When the hierarchy realized after its passage, though, that many of their victims in California would open the window on the Church's secrets, they quickly mobilized, hiring an army of lawyers in California to fight every case (and now to fight the release of every document,
as I discussed in a previous column
The reform movement has become more sophisticated, with the Survivors for Justice purchasing radio spots urging passage, other groups even hiring lobbyists, and the creation of a comprehensive website, on which I have taken the lead. Moreover, the movement has expanded well beyond survivor groups alone, to now include Parents for Megan's Law, the National Organization for Women, Pandora's Project, Justice for Children, the Leadership Council, and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, among many other worthy organizations.
Get Stoked Note: if we study our Bill of Rights as it applies to this problem we see a balance between the rights of the abused and the accussed.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
Ref: http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=F.2a6348af-1434-42f0-bbc0-af8ae726c390&hl=en
Get Stoked Note: our current elected officials, even though they have lost site of it after just a few months took a very serious oath to obey our constitution including our Bill of Rights.
Our Dear Leader Obama Swore the following words:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
Our Dear Leader Pelosi Swore:
"I, ___, do solemnly swear (or affirm)that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same;
that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me god.’’
The oath of office required by the sixth article of the Constitution of the United States, and as provided by section 2 of the act of May 13, 1884 (23 Stat. 22), to be administered to Members,Resident Commissioner, and Delegates of the House of Representatives,the text of which is carried in 5 U.S.C. 3331:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/uscode05/usc_sec_05_00003331----000-.html
Supreme Court Says No Constitutional Right to DNA Testing for Convicts
Source: http://blogs.findlaw.com/blotter/2009/06/supreme-court-says-no-constitutional-right-to-dna-testing-for-convicts.html
By Javier Lavagnino
It's not unusual to hear news stories about individuals who have languished in prison for years to be freed based on exonerating DNA evidence. Similarly, although they might not get as many headlines, the police-indicate-john-floyd-thomas-jr-may-be-westside-rapist-mandatory-dna-collection-was-key.Police Indicate John Floyd Thomas Jr. May be 'Westside Rapist': Mandatory DNA Collection Was Key?"
The value of evidence from DNA tests for law enforcement and the prosecution in pursuing and establishing the guilt of a defendant is tough to dispute. In a close 5-4 Dist. Atty's Office for the Third Jud. Dist v. Osborne decision today, the Supreme Court today announced that there is no constitutional right for someone who has been convicted of an offense to get access to the prosecution's evidence to perform DNA testing.
In the eyes of the Court's majority the issue may have boiled down to one of procedure after someone has been convicted. With the consideration that someone has already been found guilty, the issue is best left to the legislatures of the states to resolve. Indeed, the Court pointed out that 46 states and the federal government already have laws dealing specifically with access to DNA evidence.
Get Stoked Note for the Abused: our Bill of Rights was never designed to be a suicide pact. Study all 10 of them they are meant to balance the way between protection of the innocent and the rights of the accussed. period.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice,ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common, promote the general Welfare and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
Ref: http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=F.2a6348af-1434-42f0-bbc0-af8ae726c390&hl=en
By Javier Lavagnino
It's not unusual to hear news stories about individuals who have languished in prison for years to be freed based on exonerating DNA evidence. Similarly, although they might not get as many headlines, the police-indicate-john-floyd-thomas-jr-may-be-westside-rapist-mandatory-dna-collection-was-key.Police Indicate John Floyd Thomas Jr. May be 'Westside Rapist': Mandatory DNA Collection Was Key?"
The value of evidence from DNA tests for law enforcement and the prosecution in pursuing and establishing the guilt of a defendant is tough to dispute. In a close 5-4 Dist. Atty's Office for the Third Jud. Dist v. Osborne decision today, the Supreme Court today announced that there is no constitutional right for someone who has been convicted of an offense to get access to the prosecution's evidence to perform DNA testing.
In the eyes of the Court's majority the issue may have boiled down to one of procedure after someone has been convicted. With the consideration that someone has already been found guilty, the issue is best left to the legislatures of the states to resolve. Indeed, the Court pointed out that 46 states and the federal government already have laws dealing specifically with access to DNA evidence.
Get Stoked Note for the Abused: our Bill of Rights was never designed to be a suicide pact. Study all 10 of them they are meant to balance the way between protection of the innocent and the rights of the accussed. period.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice,ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common, promote the general Welfare and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
Ref: http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=F.2a6348af-1434-42f0-bbc0-af8ae726c390&hl=en
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Obama Demands Rejecting Hypocratic Oath to get Funding is BOOED by AMA
By Cathryn Friar
It was inevitable I suppose. After just six months in office the Light Fantastic, Barack Obama, was actually booed during a speech - by Doctors! Read more below, see photos and the video.
Frankly, I didn’t know they had it in them! If the reception Barack Obama got from doctors at the American Medical Association meeting is an indicator, The One is in for a bumpy ride as he tries to sell ‘Obamacare’ - his plan to socialize our country’s health care system.
Those rowdy doctors booed Obama when he told them he wouldn’t help them win their top legislative priority: placing limits on jury damages in medical malpractice cases.
Of course we know what would have happened if The One had said he would help the doctors — the trial lawyers and unions who are major supporters of Democratic candidates would go ballistic. And that would be just the beginning. A wide variety of consumer groups would also revolt against Obama and we can’t have that now can we?
The doctors at the AMA meeting are only the first stop on Obama’s effort to socialize our health care in this country. Of course, his efforts to stamp out private insurance and subplant it with ‘Obamacare‘ would reduce the best medical care in the world to a mere shadow of itself — bad news for American taxpayers, health-care providers, and, most important, patients.
It is certainly clear, after just six months in office, that Barack Obama’s vision for our country is one where the government is greatly involved in the private sector: sometimes mandating heavily, sometimes taking over, sometimes competing. And despite Obama being booed by doctors, his efforts to get Obamacare passed by the end of his first year in office is a priority.
"Above all, do no harm"
Q: Why all the stress among our national physicians?
A: Until this administration everyone encouraged them to be loyal to their historic Hypocratic Oath.
The Hippocratic Oath is an oath traditionally taken by physicians pertaining to the ethical practice of medicine. It is widely believed that the oath was written by Hippocrates, the father of western medicine, in the 4th century BC, or by one of his students.
It is thus usually included in the Hippocratic Corpus. Classical scholar Ludwig Edelstein proposed that the oath was written by Pythagoreans, a theory that has been questioned due to the lack of evidence for a school of Pythagorean medicine.
The phrase "Above all, do no harm" is usually attributed to the oath. Although mostly of historical and traditional value, the oath is considered a rite of passage for practitioners of medicine, although it is not obligatory and no longer taken up by all physicians.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
The Inspector General to Close to Obama's Crimes?
Source: http://blatheringsblog.com/
June 17, 2009
confused? disoriented? i think not. i’ve seen gerald walpin, the fired americorps inspector general, on a number of shows and he is completely lucent, articulate, and very compelling.
apparently, The One is practicing hardball politics, chicago-style, with the firing of the inspector general, gerald walpin for his aggressive investigation of the misuse of federal americorps funds by sacramento, california mayor, former nba star, and big time obama supporter, kevin johnson as well as the research foundation of the city university of new york. you can read inspector walpin’s very lucid reports here.
the wh says they fired walpin for:
“Mr. Walpin was removed after a review was unanimously requested by the bi-partisan Board of the Corporation,” Obama ethics counsel Norm Eisen wrote in a letter to senators Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Susan Collins (R-Me.), with a copy directed to McCaskill. “The Board’s action was precipitated by a May 20, 2009 Board meeting at which Mr. Walpin was confused, disoriented, unable to answer questions and exhibited other behavior that led the Board to question his capacity to serve.”
“We further learned that Mr. Walpin had been absent from the Corporation’s headquarters, insisting upon working from his home in New York over the objections of the Corporation’s Board; that he had exhibited a lack of candor in providing material information to decision makers; and that he had engaged in other troubling and inappropriate conduct,” Eisen wrote. …
the white house is simply demonstrating Obamaland thugery by using shameful allegations of mental illness to discredit someone who didn’t fall under the spell of The One’s hopechangery but rather took his job seriously, daring to call out anyone - even friends ofOobama - who are fraudulently using taxpayer dollars.
now here’s what Gerald Walpin has to say after learning of the wh reasons for his firing:
“Anybody who’s heard me speaking more than I’m used to speaking on radio and TV in recent days, obviously under great pressure from what happened would clearly know that I know what I’m saying and what I’m doing and I’m not incoherent,”
Walpin told POLITICO. “There’s nothing confusing about malfeasance and there’s nothing confusing about what appears to be the fact that they terminated me because I was doing my job because the White House wanted to protect people who proclaim they are friends of the White House.”
amen.
with walpin’s firing, the top management positions at obama’s ‘new and improved’ americorps parent organization are now all open. Obama has in effect, cleared the way to install his lackeys who will protect the government volunteerism industry and its democrat cronies. and a cold chill has undoubtedly taken hold in every other inspector general’s office in washington.
any principled liberals or democrats left in congress? in the country? why is this chronic bullying and thugocracy toward political ‘enemies’ of the wh being tolerated? and answer me this: how’s all this hope and change working for you?
Get Stoked Notes: Psalm 119:69 Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep your precepts with all my heart. NIV Notes: 1 Lit besmear me with lies a Job 13:4; Psa 109:2 b Psa 119:56
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Seattle Foreign Exchange Student Called 9-1-1 in Spain
Seattle Foreign Exchange Student
Called 9-1-1 Nov 2007 in
Spain Not Been Seen Since
The Crime Wickipedia: The body of Meredith Kercher was discovered by Italian police at the cottage that she shared with other students in Perugia on November 2, 2007. The 21-year-old British student, who was part of a university exchange programme, was found lying partially clothed under a duvet in her bedroom. Her windpipe had been crushed and throat partially slashed. Following a murder investigation, police initially arrested two suspects, Kercher's American flatmate, Amanda Knox, and Knox's boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, then a third man, the owner of a local bar (who was later released without charge). A fourth suspect was later arrested after having fled toThe pathology report at a bail hearing for the suspects and ruled that Kercher’s carotid artery had not been ruptured in the attack, and that she likely died a “relatively slow and agonizing death.”
Student Trusts 9-1-1 in Spain
Amanda Knox, 21, who gave herself the nickname of "Foxy Knoxy" on the MySpace social networking website, will be testifying for the first time since the trial began in January in this sleepy Italian university town. Prosecutors allege that Kercher was killed after refusing to take part in a sex game following an afternoon Knox allegedly spent smoking cannabis with Sollecito. Kercher's family are seeking 30 million euros (25.5 million pounds) from the alleged killers. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090612/tuk-us-student-to-testify-in-kercher-mur-86ac183.html 13/06/2009 14:41.
Q: what is the difference between calling Interpol and a U.S. police force ?
A: The U.S. Fifth Amendment: No person shall be held to answer for any capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. http://getstokedfightingcrime.blogspot.com/
A: as we contrast Interpol’s Constitution with our own we see an amazing lack of concern over individual citizens being charged with a crime. They are assumed guilty. American students who want to live the lifestyle we see Foxy Knoxy’s blogs evidence should never be talked into going abroad.
A: Countries under control of Interpol are Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Burma, Cambodia, Canada, Ceylon, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eire, Finland, France, Federal German Republic, Greece, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Luxembourg, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Saar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sudan, Surinam, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yugoslavia.
Q: our current administration Barack Obama wants Americans to finally get mature enough to join up with Interpol.
A: INTERPOL is the world’s largest international police organization, with 187 member countries. Created in 1923, it facilitates cross-border police co-operation, and supports and assists all organizations, authorities and services whose mission is to prevent or combat international crime. http://www.interpol.int/public/icpo/default.asp 6/13/2009 2:48 PM.
A: INTERPOL aims to facilitate international police co-operation even where diplomatic relations do not exist between particular countries. Action is taken within the limits of existing laws in different countries and in the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. INTERPOL’s constitution prohibits ‘any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character.’ http://www.interpol.int/public/icpo/default.asp 6/13/2009 2:48 PM.
A: If we click on their own constitution we can learn a lot about how legal citizens are treated all across Europe http://www.interpol.int/Public/ICPO/LegalMaterials/constitution/constitutionGenReg/constitution.asp 6/13/2009 2:53 PM.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Out of Control Nation: Attacked by Unintended Consequences
Stange Unintended Consequences
Kan. man convicted of Craigslist rape found dead
Jun 9 05:53 PM US/Eastern
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A man facing nearly 30 years in prison for raping three women who had advertised in the "erotic services" section of Craigslist apparently committed suicide in his Kansas jail cell.
The Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office says David Lee Gage of Wichita was found dead around 6:10 a.m. Monday at the county jail.
The 52-year-old from Wichita had been in custody since August 2008. He was awaiting transfer to prison after being convicted in May of seven felony counts, including three counts of rape.
Prosecutors say Gage met the women at motels, then flashed a federal marshal's badge and threatened to arrest them for prostitution if they didn't have sex with him.
The sheriff's office says it's the first suicide in that jail since 2006.
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Deputy Tasers woman, 72, during traffic stop
Jun 10 03:24 PM US/Eastern
By JIM VERTUNO
Associated Press Writer
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Cursing and belligerent, the great-grandmother refused to sign her speeding ticket, got out of her truck and dared a deputy to shock her with a Taser.
So he did. Video released by a Travis County Constable's Office shows 72-year-old Kathryn Winkfein hitting the ground and moaning while the shocks jolted through her body after the May 11 confrontation with Travis County Sheriff's Deputy Chris Bieze.
Winkfein was stopped for driving 60 mph in a 45-mph zone just west of Austin. A dashboard camera in the deputy's car shows the 4-foot-11 Winkfein refusing to sign her speeding ticket, getting out of her white pickup truck and cursing at the deputy constable.
Bieze then pushes her to get her away from traffic. "You're gonna shove a 72-year-old woman," Winkfein says angrily, standing inches from the deputy.
"If you don't step back, you're going to get Tased," Bieze says. "Go ahead, Tase me," Winkfein says. "I dare you." The video shows Bieze using the Taser and Winkfein hitting the ground and moaning in pain. "Put your hands behind your back or you're going to be Tased again," Bieze yells, and then hits her with another jolt.
Winkfein was eventually charged with resisting arrest, a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and fines up to $4,000. A telephone message left with Constable Sgt. Maj. Gary Griffin of the constable's office was not immediately returned Wednesday. Telephone calls to a number listed for Kathryn Winkfein in Marble Falls, about 50 miles west of Austin, went unanswered.
Griffin has defended Bieze's actions and that Winkfein was belligerent and difficult to handle.
But Travis County Sheriff Greg Hamilton, whose office does not oversee the constables, issued a statement Wednesday saying: "I do not personally agree with the actions of the deputy constable as they are shown in the video. When I look at the video I am in awe of what happened."
Get Stoked Notes: Tasers were introduced as less-lethal weapons to be used by police to subdue fleeing, belligerent, or potentially dangerous subjects. The Taser fires two small dart-like electrodes, which stay connected to the main unit by conductive wire as they are propelled by small compressed nitrogen charges. Taser devices are not considered firearms by the U.S. government. Amnesty International has documented over 245 deaths that occurred after the use of Tasers. Texas documents more than 180 deaths as of 2006. Despite the growing controversy, a study funded by the U.S. Justice Department asserted that majority of people tasered from July 2005 to June 2007 suffered no injury. A study led by William Bozeman, of theWake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, of nearly 1,000 persons subjected to Taser use, concluded that 99.7% of the subjects had either minor injuries, such as scrapes and bruises, or none at all, while three persons suffered injuries severe enough to need hospital admission, and two other subjects died. Police officers that patrol schools, including grade schools, in several U.S. states (including Kansas, Minnesota, Kentucky, Virginia and Florida), currently carry Tasers. In 2004, the parents of a 6-year-old boy in Miami sued the police department for tasering their child. The police said the boy was threatening to injure his own leg with a shard of glass, and claimed that using the Taser was the only option to stop the boy from injuring himself. Taser International asserts that the Taser is safe for use on anyone weighing 60 pounds (27 kg) or more. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tazer
Note: as we move further and furthe away from our roots with a high view of thinking citizens it suddenly becomes normal to take up using a tazer as a torture device at a time when spanking is still illegal.
Tazer Torure Issue: A report from a meeting of the United Nations Committee against Torture states that "The Committee was worried that the use of TaserX26 weapons, provoking extreme pain, constituted a form of torture, and that in certain cases it could also cause death, as shown by several reliable studies and by certain cases that had happened after practical use.
Amnesty International has reported several alleged cases of excessive electroshock gun use, that possibly amount to torture, including the death of an individual after being struck 12 times with a Taser in Orange County, Florida. They have also raised extensive concerns about the use of other electro-shock devices by American police and in American prisons, as they can be (and according to Amnesty International, sometimes are) used to inflict cruel pain on individuals. For example, Eric Hammock of Texas died in April 2005 after receiving more than 20 Taser shocks by Fort Worth police officers. Maurice Cunningham of South Carolina, while an inmate at the Lancaster County Detention Center, was subjected to continuous shock for 2 minutes 49 seconds, which a medical examiner said caused cardiac arrhythmia and his subsequent death. He was 29 years old and had no alcohol or drugs in his system. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tazer
Tazer's Corporate Response: In response to the claims that the pain inflicted by the use of the Taser could potentially constitute torture, Tom Smith, the Chairman of the Taser Board, has stated that the U.N. is "out of touch" with the needs of modern policing.
David Letterman Sucessful Middle Age Latenite Host
Attacks 14 year old girl Willow Palin
Source: http://blatheringsblog.com/
June 10, 2009
As part of his show he Joked that her fourteen-year-old daughter being raped byNew York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez.
The late-night host had drawn particular fire from Palin and some pundits for a joke about one of Palin's daughters being impregnated by New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez during a trip to Yankee Stadium.
Letterman's Liberal Defense: “We were, as we often do, making jokes about people in the news and we made some jokes about Sarah Palin and her daughter [Bristol]... and now they’re upset with me…” Letterman says on tonight's show. "These are not jokes made about her 14-year-old daughter. I would never, never make jokes about raping or having sex of any description with a 14-year-old girl.... Am I guilty of poor taste? Yes. Did I suggest that it was okay for her 14-year-old daughter to be having promiscuous sex? No." Saying he hopes he's "cleared part of this up," Letterman extended an invitation to Palin to come on the show as a guest.
Get Stoked Note: the fact that Letterman could remain so popular after making an evil attack against someone's little girl. Thankfully no one ever attacked vulnerable kids like the Clinton's daughter Chelsy or our current Presidents kids. This evidences the out of control status of our national life. Attacking a young girl like this would have gotten this evil man fired with a loss of retirement in a previous age. Kids in our post counter culture life are the ones still paying the price.
Miss California Fired Again Second Time
Reuters
Thursday, June 11, 2009; 2:01 PM
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Beauty queen Carrie Prejean, who ignited a furor at the Miss USA pageant by taking a stand against gay marriage, has been fired as Miss California for violating her contract, officials said on Wednesday. Prejean, who nearly lost her Miss California crown last month following the same-sex marriage flap and revelations that she had posed topless at age 17, failed to fulfill her duties, a pageant spokesman said.
Get Stoked Note: this is an amazing event in our legal history. First she is fired for having a Christian world-view that is somehow based on what God says about marriage. Second she was fired for "violating" her contract in some amazing ways. She said no to a Playboy interview and she was speaking to church groups in her spare time.
Obama: ‘Miranda Rights for Terrorists’???
Obama: ‘Miranda Rights for Terrorists’
By Shannon Bell Source: http://www.rightpundits.com/
According to a top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, President Obama and his administration have ordered FBI agents to read terror suspects their Miranda rights; even though they have been captured on foreign soil and are not U.S. citizens officially protected by the Miranda vs. Arizona decision over 40 years ago.
Michigan congressman Mike Rogers, met recently with military, intelligence, and law-enforcement officials on a fact finding trip to Afghanistan. What he found was deeply troubling. The Obama Justice Department has quietly ordered the FBI to issue Miranda rights to foreign fighters captured on the field of battle.
Q: as we study the way every legal court action is effected by "Stare Decisis" we understand from now on anyone picked up on a battle field can insist on going to federal court and enjoying "Miranda" rights.
A:Stare decisis: is the legal principle under which judges are obligated to follow the precedents established in prior decisions. In the United States, which uses a common law system in its federal courts and most of its state courts.
Reality Check: Flashback: Obama in March: 'Now, do these folks deserve Miranda rights? Do they deserve to be treated like a shoplifter down the block? Of course not.'
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Bill of Rights Not a Suicide Pact
Bill of Rights Not a Suicide Pact
Bill of Rights 1 – 10
“ We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
Bill of Rights: The United States Bill of Rights consists of the ten amendments added to the Constitution in 1791, as supporters of the constitution had promised critics during the debates of 1788. The English Bill of Rights (1689) was an inspiration for the American Bill of Rights. For example, both require jury trials, contain a right to keep and bear arms, and prohibit excessive bail as well as "cruel and unusual punishments." Many liberties protected by state constitutions and the Virginia Declaration of Rights were incorporated into the United States Bill of Rights.
1. First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
2. Second Amendment: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
3. Third Amendment: No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
4. Fourth Amendment: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
5. Fifth Amendment: No person shall be held to answer for any capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
6. Sixth Amendment: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district where in the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense.
7. Seventh Amendment: In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
8. Eighth Amendment: Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
9. Ninth Amendment: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
10. Tenth Amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
Source of the Bill of Rights: To some degree, the Bill of Rights (and the American Revolution) incorporated the ideas of John Locke, who argued in his 1689 work Two Treatises of Government that civil society was created for the protection of property (Latin proprius, or that which is one's own, meaning "life, liberty, and estate"). Locke also advanced the notion that each individual is free and equal in the state of nature. Locke expounded on the idea of natural rights that are inherent to all individuals, a concept Madison mentioned in his speech presenting the Bill of Rights to the 1st Congress. Locke's argument for protecting economic rights against government may have been most salient to the framers of the Amendments; quartering and cruel punishments were not the current abuses of 1791. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights#cite_note-19
Common Law
7th Amendment “Common Law”
Seventh Ammendment refers to a safe body of what the author called Common Law: This safe body of common law was meant to protect all of our Bill of Rights including the 4th amendment right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects. Historically [until the counter culture revolution] this body of common law did a pretty good job of informing courts at all levels as well as state and local governments about our rights each citizen is to enjoy. We were free to speak, own firearms, go to any church of our choice who did not pay taxes, supported our church with deductions from our taxes. We were free to own and protect our properties or real estate and the government helped protect us with local police forces who worked for the people. That protection however was limited by misapplication of the 5th amendment which in fact gave super citizenship rights to criminals. Police and armed forces themselves enjoyed historical protection from injury when they faithfully did their duty but this again has been set aside to favor the super rights of our criminal neighbor by misapplication of the 5th amendment.
Common Law: is law created and refined by judges: a decision in a currently pending legal case depends on decisions in previous cases and affects the law to be applied in future cases. When there is no authoritative statement of the law, judges have the authority and duty to make law by creating precedent. The body of precedent is called "common law" and it binds future decisions. In future cases, when parties disagree on what the law is, an idealized common law court looks to past precedential decisions of relevant courts. If a similar dispute has been resolved in the past, the court is bound to follow the reasoning used in the prior decision (this principle is known as stare decisis). If, however, the court finds that the current dispute is fundamentally distinct from all previous cases, it will decide as a "matter of first impression." Thereafter, the new decision becomes precedent, and will bind future courts under the principle of stare decisis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law
Historical Note: This is how slavery was finally outlawed and all of our rights of full citizenship were guaranteed for all as Martin Luther King dreamed. Later this was misapplied to some in the current decades who want to enjoy super citizen rights over the rest of America. We see this first being misapplied in the case of some women wanting the freedom to kill unwanted babies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion
Stare Decisis
Stare decisis: is the legal principle under which judges are obligated to follow the precedents established in prior decisions. In the United States, which uses a common law system in its federal courts and most of its state courts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stare_decisis
Our Current Elected Official Swore to
Defend These Words Feb 13, 2009
Are They Doing Their Job?
Presidential Oath of Office: The oath of office of the President of the United States is an oath or affirmation required by the United States Constitution before the President begins the execution of the office. The wording is specified in Article Two, Section One, Clause Eight:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oath_of_office_of_the_President_of_the_United_States 4/11/2009 10:50 AM.
Congressional Oaths
The oath of office required by the sixth article of the Constitution of the United States, and as provided by section 2 of the act of May 13, 1884 (23 Stat. 22), to be administered to Members,Resident Commissioner, and Delegates of the House of Representatives,the text of which is carried in 5 U.S.C. 3331:
‘‘I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm)
that I will support and defend
the Constitution of the United
States against all enemies, foreign
and domestic; that I will bear true
faith and allegiance to the same;
that I take this obligation freely,
without any mental reservation or
purpose of evasion; and that I will
well and faithfully discharge the
duties of the office on which I am
about to enter. So help me god.’’
has been subscribed to in person and
filed in duplicate with the Clerk of the
House of Representatives by the following
Member of the 111th Congress,
pursuant to the provisions of 2 U.S.C.
25:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/uscode05/usc_sec_05_00003331----000-.html
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