The Cost of the Iraq War
Cost of the War in Iraq
I cannot believe how fast this number increases EVERY SECOND. Our world is in terrible, terrible trouble.
http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
ACLU lawsuit: U.S. block entry at border via ‘ideological exclusion’ policy
“The American Civil Liberties Union and the New York Civil Liberties Union today released new documents that indicate the government is broadly interpreting and using a controversial Patriot Act power known as the “ideological exclusion” provision to block people from entering the country,” the press release reads.
“The ACLU is concerned that the provision is increasingly being used to target foreign scholars and others whose politics the government disfavors,
Source:http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/ACLU_U.S._block_block_entry_at_0712.html
Patterns That Connect
Here’s an exerpt I found at http://patternsthatconnect.blogspot.com/2006/03/rightwing-authoritarianism-and.html
Hostility & Fear Toward Outgroups
RWA’s are more likely to:
- Weaken constitutional guarantees of liberty, such as the Bill of Rights.
- Punish severely ‘common’ criminals in a role-playing situation.
- Admit they get personal pleasure from punishing such people.
- But go easy on authorities who commit crimes and people who attack minorities.
- Be prejudiced against many racial, ethnic, nationalistic, and linguistic minorities.
- Be hostile toward homosexuals.
- Support ‘gay-bashing.’
- Be hostile toward feminists.
- Volunteer to help the government persecute almost anyone.
- Be mean-spirited toward those who have made mistakes and suffered.
- Be fearful of a dangerous world.
What is Right-Wing Authoritarianism?
High scorers on the RWA scale tend to have a rigid, often fundamentally religious view of morality tending towards as homophobic, racist and patriarchal beliefs. High RWA scorers tend to support authority figures, such as the government, taking action to censor certain social groups (often those who are viewed as physically or morally threatening).
Here’s the rest of what Wikpedia has to say about Right_Wing_Authoritarianism.
