I thought it was a hoax when I read this morning that US Senator Rand Paul was detained in Nashville by the TSA. It is, however, real. If ever there were a time to stand together and speak out against the out-of-control police state, it is today.
Specifically, I feel that:
The TSA, which detained US Senator Rand Paul this morning for refusing a full-body gropedown, is UNCONSTITUTIONAL and must be de-funded and scrapped. It intimidates citizens and searches us without warrants or cause, in CLEAR VIOLATION of our rights.
The NDAA’s indefinite detention without trial provision is UNCONSTITUTIONAL and completely disgusting. It must be amended immediately; those who drafted and supported these provisions should be removed from office. It’s a criminal act and a near declaration of war against the American people.
The proposed Enemy Expatriation Act, or EEA, is even worse.
Bills like SOPA, and global treaties like ACTA, enable government and corporate censorship. Such a push toward totalitarian censorship is DISGUSTING AND UNACCEPTABLE.
The dishonestly titled “Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011” is OUTRAGEOUS. It damages the Internet’s freedom and provides a wide open door to Big Brother censorship and archiving of PRIVATE personal communication online. This affects YOU. Incidentally, this legislation does very little to protect minors from exploitation. It has been given a ridiculous name so that any politician voting against it faces political suicide: “How could you vote against protecting the kids?!”
Hollywood, once a progressive force for good that questioned the political status quo, has now become just another cynical lobbying power that has no problem permanently weakening the freedom of speech, as long as they protect their lame franchise major motion picture profits. Time to boycott Hollywood. The MPAA’s strong-arming of politicians to support SOPA/PIPA, as well as their television networks’ pathetic coverage of these issues, is unacceptable.
Disobedience is civil. Disobedience is patriotic. Speak up, speak out.
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David Seaman is an independent journalist. He has been a lively guest on CNN Headline News, FOX News, ABC News Digital, among others, and on his humble YouTube channel, DavidSeamanOnline. Some say he was recently censored by a certain large media corporation for posting a little too much truth… For more, find him on G+ and Twitter.
SG Political Contributor David Seaman gives us a simple primer on the NDAA – a bill Obama signed into law on New Year’s Eve, when he thought the world wouldn’t be watching. Why you should be scared of it, and why it’s unconscionable and unconstitutional.
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David Seaman is an independent journalist. He has been a lively guest on CNN Headline News, FOX News, ABC News Digital, among others, and on his humble YouTube channel, DavidSeamanOnline. Some say he was recently censored by a certain large media corporation for posting a little too much truth… For more, find him on G+ and Twitter.
Note to men: if your sense of masculinity depends on avoiding ever having to buy a plastic tube filled with cotton, you’ve got way bigger problems than you realize.
Earlier this year, I was watching a repeat episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show. The guest on particular this episode was Dr. Oz, who was tasked with answering a series of health questions, many of which were related to women’s reproductive health.
After Dr. Oz answered a question about douching, Oprah turned to a gentleman who was sitting in the audience and (with some humor) apologized to him for being stuck listening to all the conversation about “womens’” stuff and being seen in on TV for participating in an episode that dealt with, among other topics, menstruation and menopause issues.
The gentleman turned out to be Major League Baseball player, Jim Thome, who plays for the Chicago Whitesox. He had brought his wife to the Oprah show as a gift (tickets to the Oprah Show were nearly impossible to come by). Oprah’s interaction with Jim Thorne left me fuming. Why should we feel bad for him? Why would Oprah feel bad for him? I am an Oprah fan, but her apology was uncharacteristic for someone who spends her life advocating for and helping women.
