Civil Rights

Want To Get Away From It All?

You may want to reconsider that camping get-away you have planned if you’re thinking of seclusion, getting away from technology, and getting “back in touch” with mother nature. Depending on where you are camping, the only touching that may be going on is the Federal Park Ranger touching the video camera controls aimed at...
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The Internet Made Me Do It!

Garry Reid, deputy assistant secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Combating Terrorism recently spoke to the Senate Armed Services Emerging Threats subcommittee. Reid, according to a report by The Hill, said, “Enabled by 21st-century technology, extremists have optimized the use of Internet chat rooms, Web sites and e-mail chains to spread their virulent...
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Census Role in WWII Camps For Japanese Americans

The Census Bureau played a role in the confinement of more than 100,000 Americans of Japanese descent who were rounded up and held in internment camps, many until the war ended in 1945. In 1942, the Census turned over general statistics about where Japanese-Americans lived to the War Department. It was acting legally under...
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Never Waste A Good Crisis

Let’s start with a quote from blogger Jack Ward: Never waste a good crisis has become the mantra of the Obama administration. This ideology was first echoed by President Obama’s White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel. Less than ten days after Obama was elected president, Emanuel went on a Sunday morning talk show...
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MIAC Report Profiles Supporters of the Constitution as Terrorists

A recent report which was leaked to the public from the Missouri Information Analysis Center makes reference to followers of former presidential candidates Ron Paul, Chuck Baldwin, and Bob Barr as a potential militia members and a possible terrorist threat. Militia members most commonly associate with 3rd party political groups. It is not uncommon...
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