Below The Beltway

The residents on one street in Barefoot Bay, Florida aren’t too happy with Andy Lacasse:
BAREFOOT BAY — A sign in one man’s front yard has stirred up a controversy in his community.
Neighbors of Andy Lacasse said the sign, which reads “Obama Half-Breed Muslin [sic],” breaches the fine line between free speech and inappropriateness.
“I got nothing [...]

Barack Obama’s campaign is asking the Federal Government to get involved to stop an independent group from running ads against him:
Sen. Barack Obama has launched an all-out effort to block a Republican billionaire’s efforts to tie him to domestic and foreign terrorists in a wave of negative television ads.
Obama’s campaign has written the Department of [...]

A Federal Appeals Court has tossed out the FCC’s fine for Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction”:
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday threw out a $550,000 indecency fine against CBS Corp. for the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show that ended with Janet Jackson’s breast-baring “wardrobe malfunction.”
The three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit [...]

It’s been fashionable in some circles for awhile now to compare the United States to it’s neighbor to the north, and find the USA lacking.
Say what you will about health care, hockey, or bacon at least Americans don’t have to worry about the power of the state coming down upon us when we say something [...]

George W. Bush rewrites the Declaration of Independence:
“We need your message to reject this dictatorship of relativism and embrace a culture of justice and truth,” Bush said in brief remarks welcoming Benedict to the White House. “In a world where some see freedom as simply the right to do as they wish, we need [...]

The idea of reducing Thomas Jefferson to one quote is absurd, so here are a few of my favorites:
A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.

A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own [...]

America’s Third President was born 265 years ago today.
Since there isn’t anything to write about Jefferson that hasn’t already been said, it seems appropriate to let his words speak for themselves from the text of the two written documents that he was most proud of throughout his life.
First, from the Virginia Statute For Religious Freedom:
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A high school student in California is suing his teacher for making allegedly “anti-Christian” remarks:
A student and his family have filed a federal lawsuit demanding that a popular European history teacher at California’s Capistrano Valley High School be fired for what they say were anti-Christian remarks he made in the classroom.
Chad Farnan, a 16-year-old sophomore, [...]

The battle for internet freedom suffered another setback today when Australian leaders announced plans to make filtering mandatory for all internet feeds:
Telecommunications Minister Stephen Conroy says new measures are being put in place to provide greater protection to children from online pornography and violent websites.
Senator Conroy says it will be mandatory for all internet service [...]

Chris Core, a morning host on WMAL in Washington is being sued by a Prince William County resident who wrote a column admitting that he hired day laborers:
A local newspaper columnist is suing radio host Chris Core over comments he made on his show in early October.
Woodbridge resident Gary Jacobsen said Core “falsely and maliciously” [...]