There are a number of issues and rights we posses as a nation that set us apart from others. The Constitution and all those amendments we still debate top that list. The first of those amendments guarantees our freedom of speech, explicitly stating that it shall not be abridged.
This should allow virtually any form of […]
Entries from June 2005
Don Young Votes to Ban Flag Burning
June 22nd, 2005 · 9 Comments
Tags: Politics
1776
June 18th, 2005 · 1 Comment
The year 1776 marked the beginning for America’s struggle for independence. It’s a time we study intensely as school children, though we don’t get a complete sense of all that was happening at the time. Our teachers may gloss over certain aspects of the conflict, or not know themselves the difficulties involved in claiming independence […]
Tags: History · Book Review
Supreme Court Rules on Medicinal Marijuana
June 7th, 2005 · 1 Comment
After my natural gas post, I need something to reclaim my hippy status. It didn’t take long to find a good topic. With the recent Supreme Court ruling on medicinal marijuana, I knew I had to jump on the bandwagon.
I’ve always been a supporter of the industrial use of hemp, as well as medicinal and […]
Sempra Pulls Out of Gas Line.
June 2nd, 2005 · 1 Comment
I can’t claim to know a lot about liquefied natural gas. I know natural gas is a cleaner burning fuel than coal and diesel, and that is about it. So, when talk of a natural gas pipeline began making the airwaves a few years ago, I was cautiously optimistic. I know it is still a […]