Due to the holidays, RtF's Newsletter didn't go out last week. Hope you missed us!
Garry's "Man bites dog: straight man outed," held the front page, and is now being replaced by Sandy's "Are Atheists Normally Socialists?" While I'm pretty sure they're not, it is a nice lesson in not allowing the opposition to label you.
Here's hoping everyone has a enjoyable New Year,
MJ Taylor
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Are Atheists Normally Socialists?, by Sandra Price
http://www.reasontofreedom.com/are_atheists_normally_socialists.html
I am what most people call a generic Republican. I apparently fell for the: Limited Government, Individual Freedoms, Personal Responsibilities, and a Balanced Budget crap! ... Is there no hope left in America to try and keep our individual freedoms out of the hands of the religious right?
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Highway Pork
http://www.reasontofreedom.com/Highway_Pork.html
It would be easy to lambaste the recent Federal Highway Bill. The $14 million bribe money per district to spend on any project desired. The $200 million dollar bridge to connect 50 people to the Alaskan mainland. The $14 million for a Children's Museum. And a 60% budgetary increase over the last ten years, with a 10-fold increase in earmarked pork projects. All this, and much more, is funded by the 18.4 cent per gallon federal gas tax, which is still being collected for the Interstate Highway System that was ostensibly finished in 1980. But as opposed to writing about something that should have been turned off 20 years ago, lets look at something that should have been implemented 30 years ago.
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LIBERTY FOR ALL, by Elizabeth Price Foley
http://www.reasontofreedom.com/liberty_for_all_by_elizabeth_price_foley.html
Specifically, I will document and discuss the significance of two foundational principles embodied in the U.S. Constitution: limited government and residual individual sovereignty. I will explore how these twin foundational presumptions evince a morality of American law itself, a set of higher values by which to gauge the legitimacy of ordinary laws. Subordinate to the Constitution are ordinary laws, enacted by a legislative majority, that tell citizens what specific actions are punishable. These ordinary laws often reflect "public morality"?--i.e., the passions, prejudices, and moral beliefs of a portion of the citizenry. But are they legitimate exercises of governmental power? Should we restrain our neighbor's liberty because she engages in an activity we consider icky, gross, or just plain wrong? This book will argue that the answer is no because public morality--based laws are immoral exercises of governmental power, inconsistent with the morality of American law.
Man bites dog: straight man outed, by Garry Reed
http://www.reasontofreedom.com/man_bites_dog_straight_man_outed.html
A general journalistic principal: Dog Bites Man is not news; Man Bites Dog is news. World-renowned lingerie and handbag designer Ignacio Octavo Ulysses (known to his legion of fans and trademark attorneys simply as Iggy) stunned the global gay community by announcing that he is straight. "I can no longer live a lie," Iggy announced during his acceptance speech at the International Fashion Designers and Trend-Setters Awards Festival in Cannes. (Satire)
