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In Black & White:
Index:
9-11 II Amendments
II Liberty II In
Black & White
II Quote of the Week
New
Jersey Department of Education Revision
of History Textbooks to Exclude the Founding
Fathers:
Gerald
Cardinale,
New Jersey State Senator:
"Its
unconscionable that some politically
correct bureaucrats in the state Education
Department are trying to hijack the
history of the United States of America."
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Jay
Doolan,
Acting Assistant Commissioner of New
Jerseys Division of Academic and
Career Standards:
"We
dont intentionally exclude certain
names. But how long should the list
of names be? Who do we include or not
include?... Its unimaginable to
us why teachers wouldnt teach
students about George Washington when
they talk about the new nation."
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GAO
Demands For Energy Task Force Records:
David
Walker,
GAO Comptroller General:
"The
Congress has a right to the information
we are seeking in connection with its
consideration of comprehensive energy
legislation and its ongoing oversight
activities."
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Ari
Fleischer,
White House Spokesperson:
"The
president will stand strong on principle,
fighting for his right and the right of
all future presidents to receive advice
without it being turned into a virtual
news release. The president will fight
for this right in a court of law. And
the White House expects to prevail because
our case is stronger, our policy is sound
and principle is on our side."
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Expanding
Eligibility of Health Insurance for Low Income Children
to the Unborn:
Douglas
Johnson,
Legislative Director,
The National Right to Life Committee:
"We
applaud this Bush administration proposal
to recognize the existence of an unborn
child in order to allow the baby, and
the mother as well, to receive adequate
prenatal care a concept to which
only the most extreme pro-abortion ideologues
will object."
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Laurie
Rubiner,
Vice President,
National Partnership for Women and Families:
"This
is not about providing prenatal care or
expanding coverage for pregnant women. This
is about the administration using that language
to accomplish its real goal, which is granting
legal personhood to a fetus."
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Prayer
Ceremonies at Virginia Military Institute:
Norman
K. Moon,
U.S. District Judge:
"Because
the prayers are drafted and recited at the
direction of the Institutes Superintendent,
the result is that government has become
impermissibly entangled with religion."
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Jerry
W. Kilgore,
Virginia Attorney General:
"Its
a shame today that while American soldiers
are fighting for our liberty in places like
Afghanistan, cadets training to be soldiers
cannot pray for their safety."
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September
11 Federal Fund for Victims Families:
Anthony
Gardner,
Chairman of theWTC United Family Group, and
Brother of a 9-11 Victim:
"The
perception has gone from us generating all this
sympathy to a situation where people think we
are as greedy as a pack of wolves
What
my mother is going through, what were
all going through, has nothing to do with money
or figures. It has to do with justice."
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Thomas
Connor,
Son of Frank Connor,
Killed in a 1975 bombing by Puerto Rican separatists:
"Everyones
saying, Its not enough, its
not enough, its not enough. Well,
certainly its not enough. Infinity is not
enough. But why are the taxpayers the ones who
should pay for your suffering?"
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Stephen
Push,
Co-Founder of Families of September 11 Inc.,
and husband of 9-11 victim Lisa Raines:
"Its
another way that these families are being
put through more unnecessary emotional anguish,
feeling betrayed by their government and feeling
despised by the rest of the country."
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Marsha
Knight,
Mother of Frankie Merrill,
Victim of 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah
Federal Building, Oklahoma:
"In
some ways I dont understand their complaint,
because theres been so much more being
done for them that has been done for any other
victims families, or will be done for
any other victims families. Its
not equitable."
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Trial
of Accused Terrorist John Walker Lindh:
U.S.
Attorney General
John Ashcroft:
"We
may never know why he turned his back on our country
and our values, but we cannot ignore that he did.
Youth is not absolution for treachery, and personal
self-discovery is not an excuse to take up arms
against ones country."
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Frank
Lindh,
Father of
John Walker Lindh:
"John
loves America. We love America. John did not do
anything against America. John did not take up arms
against America. He never meant to harm any American,
and he never did harm any American. John is innocent
of these charges."
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U.S.
Attorney General
John
Ashcroft:
"John
Walker chose to join terrorists who wanted to
kill Americans, and he chose to waive his right
to an attorney, both orally and in writing,
before he was questioned by the FBI
Mr.
Walker will be held responsible in the courtroom
for his choices."
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James
Brosnahan,
Lead
Attorney
For John Walker Lindh:
"For
54 days, he [John Walker Lindh] was held incommunicado.
While he was kept away from a lawyer, officials
in the federal government leaked or stated out
loud their understanding of the evidence in the
case in violation of the rule of this courthouse."
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Libel
Suits Against Hollywoods "Real Life" Portrayals
in Film:
Attorney
Gerson Zweifach:
"Theres
a recognition in the law that (movies) are entertainment
(and) that often you have to make changes
like telescoping a long trial into a few scenes
to make the story work. If you didnt
do that, lets face it, no one would come to
see your movie."
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Stephen
Calvacca,
Attorney
for Jodi Tyne,
Former Wife of
"Frank" Billy Tyne, Jr.
Sea Captain portrayed in
The Perfect Storm:
"You cant
take real peoples lives, say youre telling
a true story, and (then) holler free speech,
when challenged about the films authenticity.
This suits not about money. The movies
about money. This is about
accountability to the truth."
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Libertarianism
and Homeland Defense:
Columnist
George Will:
"The
events of Sept. 11 have underscored the limits
of libertarianism
[Libertarianism] asserts
that freedom exists where government compulsion
does not."
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Edward
H. Crane,
President,
Cato Institute:
"Government
is created precisely to secure our liberty, and
the use of compulsion for that purpose is wholly
appropriate. Government should exercise its authority
to protect our liberty, which is the framework within
which we can all pursue our various ends as free
people."
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Bush
Versus Daschle on the U.S. Recession:
United
States President
George W. Bush:
"There
are some in Washington saying that the tax cut caused
the recession. I dont know what economic textbook
theyre reading. The best way to come out of
a recession is to say to the small business person,
well let you keep your own money"
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Senate
Majority Leader
Thomas A. Daschle
(D
South Dakota):
"[The
administration has provoked] the most dramatic fiscal
deterioration in our nations history. The tax
cut has taken away our flexibility and left us with
only two choices, both of them bad. We can shortchange
critical needs, such as homeland defense, or we can
raid the Social Security Surplus and even run deficits
to pay for those critical needs."
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Televising
Suspected Terrorist Zacarias Moussaouis Trial:
Court
TV Attorney
Lee Levine:
"Through television,
the means exist for all Americans to exercise their
constitutional right to observe this trial."
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United
States Attorney
Paul J. McNulty:
"While
the First Amendment includes a right to attend criminal
trials, it does not include a right to observe such proceedings
on television. Instead, the case law draws a clear distinction
between an open trial and a televised trial, and rejects
any claim the media has a First Amendment right to broadcast
criminal proceedings."
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The
Governments September 11 Victims Compensation Fund:
Lee
Kreindler,
Veteran
Air-Crash Litigator:
"...[The
fund is] a radical and untried system, full of contradictions,
loaded with Hobsons choices and replete with denials
of remedies (claimants) thought they had a right to expect."
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Senator
Patrick Leahy
(D
Vermont),
Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee:
"Thousands
of kids went to school that day and came home to learn they
were orphans. Is this program perfect? No, but its
the best we could do in the short term."
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National
Energy Plan and Drilling in ANWR:
Teamsters
President
James
P. Hoffa:
"Exploring
in the ANWR is clearly the right thing to do. It will reduce
our reliance on foreign oil while creating thousands of
jobs for working families. A vote on the energy package
must not be delayed any longer."
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Senate
Majority Leader
Tom
Daschle
(D South Dakota):
"What
weve got to do is look for new ways to conserve. Look
for new ways to develop new kinds of energy and, obviously,
spur production in those environmentally safe areas. We dont
need to drill in ANWR."
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Human
Cloning:
USA
Today Editorial:
"By
outlawing both therapeutic and reproductive cloning in one
expansive ban, congressional worriers would pull the plug
on promising research while merely pushing reproductive cloning
offshore and underground."
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U.S.
Senator Richard Shelby
(R Alabama):
"Congress
and the international community must act in a thoughtful and
reasoned manner to define the boundaries of ethical science
and ban the cloning of human beings."
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Military
Tribunals: On the Power to Detain Non-Citizens Without Court Approval:
Timothy
Lynch,
Director of the Criminal Justice Project of the CATO Institute:
"If
the President can suspend one constitutional principle today,
the danger is he can suspend others tomorrow."
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Mindy
Tucker,
Spokeswoman Justice Department:
"We
do not believe our system of justice prevents us from protecting
peoples constitutional rights and protecting American
lives."
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Charlie
Danielss New Song: "This Aint No Rag, Its A Flag":
Charlie
Daniels:
"This
aint no rag, its a flag, and we dont wear
it on our heads
Political correctness is out-and-out junk.
This is a time to rub salt in the wounds."
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James
Zogby,
President of the Arab American Institute:
"The
notion of a rag head has the same meaning as nigger,
kike, or spic."
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Cross-Burning
and the Constitution:
Virginia
Supreme Court Justice
Donald W. Lemons:
"Under
our system of government, people have the right to use symbols
to communicate. They patriotically wave the flag or burn it
in protests; they may reverently worship the cross or burn
it as an expression of bigotry."
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Virginia
Attorney General
Randolph A. Beales:
"Cross-burning
with the intent to intimidate is a form of domestic terrorism,
which is intolerable in a free society."
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Free
Speech vs. Intellectual Property Rights:
The DeCSS Case
Robin
Gross,
Attorney for the Electronic
Frontier Foundation:
"What
this case isnt about is intellectual property rights. What
it is about is the First Amendment rights of people who come across
information in the public domain who want to republish and discuss
that information."
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Jeffrey
L. Kessler,
Attorney representingThe
DVD Copy Control Association:
"The
decision would be a devastating blow to the U.S. economy, and it
makes absolutely no sense
Beyond our case, if this decision
becomes the law of the United States, all trade laws are unconstitutional."
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