Constitution

Protect yourself, your family and America

Posted by themelinda

When your drug-sodden brother starts taking out loans and expects you to pay your remedy is to run a notice in the paper under LEGAL NOTICES. We have all seen them.

The time has come for all of us to do just that. Do it today. Protect yourself and let Congress, and the world, know we are not going to stand for it. Get on record.

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Voters in Ecuador Approve Constitution and Rights of Nature

Posted by Jeff from Washington Post

In a country rich with ecological treasures, including the Galapagos Islands and part of the Amazon rain forest, the constitution also calls on government to avoid measures that would destroy ecosystems or drive species to extinction -- the first such measure of its kind, according to Ecuadoran officials. The constitution would allow civil unions for gay couples.

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Review of Discovery Institute's Evolution Textbook

Posted by Jeff

Intelligent Design is still a hot topic, as evidenced by recent legislation mandating that it be taught in school. Pro-ID group Discovery Institute has released an evolution textbook for use in schools, but a review shows it to be chock full of bad science and questionable reasoning. 'The book doesn't only promote stupidity, it demands it. In every way except its use of the actual term, this is a creationist book, but its authors are expecting that legislators and the courts will be too stupid to notice that, or to remember that the Supreme Court has declared teaching creationism an unconstitutional imposition of religion.'

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The Sarah Palin Selection: Why McCain's Inexperienced Running Mate Falls Short of Meeting the Implic

Posted by dureau from FindLaw

The Twenty Fifth amendment to the Consittution implicitly defines that a VP selection must be able to take contorl ot the country and govern on Day One. This article shows how the Palin selection does not meet that criteris.

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Ecuador Constitutional Assembly Votes to Approve Rights of Nature In New Constitution

Posted by Jeff from Idealog.US

On July 7, 2008, the Ecuador Constitutional Assembly - composed of one hundred and thirty (130) delegates elected countrywide to rewrite the country's Constitution - voted to approve articles for the new constitution recognizing rights for nature and ecosystems. "If adopted in the final constitution by the people, Ecuador would become the first country in the world to codify a new system of environmental protection based on rights," stated Thomas Linzey, Executive Director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund.

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Melt Down the FED and do it NOW.

Posted by themelinda

You can give Americans an alternative to the FED that will be adopted across the world like wild fire. it costs ten million dollars but you will never again pay interest of be charged fees. Fractional Reserve Banking will be a thing of the past. You get what you pay for.

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t r u t h o u t | US General Accuses Bush Administration of War Crimes

Posted by okami from Truth Out

Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba (now retired) served as the deputy commanding general for support for the Third Army for ten months in Kuwait during the early days of the Iraq occupation. In a statement released today, he bluntly accuses the Bush administration of war crimes and lays down a challenge for prosecution.

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