Another Issue of 'Is it Treason Yet?'

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1. A RW'er wants to dismantle the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
2. Speaking of Civil Rights
3. The Racism of Ann Coulter

1. A RW'er wants to dismantle the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

George Will argues that it’s time to "retire" the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. He lauds current chair Gerald Reynolds and slams former Commission chair Mary Frances Berry, calling her career "seedy." He gives two reasons for ending the Commission: that "someday Democrats will again control the executive branch and may again stock the commission with extremists" and that "civil rights rhetoric has become a crashing bore and, worse, a cause of confusion."
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/georgewill/gw20050310.shtml

2. Speaking of Civil Rights

They are being dismantled.

The House of Representatives voted to dismantle long-standing civil rights protections on March 2 when it voted to repeal a 23-year-old employment discrimination policy first signed into law by President Ronald Reagan. The Job Training Investment Act (H.R. 27) passed the House by a 224–200 margin. If enacted, the measure will exempt religious organizations from rules that currently protect workers from religious discrimination in federally funded job training programs.

Hours before final passage, the House rejected on a 239 to 186 vote an amendment offered by Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) to keep current anti-discrimination policies in place.

“Congressman Scott should be commended for his courageous effort to protect civil rights and religious freedom,” said People For the American Way President Ralph Neas. “Regrettably, this bill passed without his amendment. The result is a further erosion of our democratic ideals and legal protections against religious discrimination.”

If the repeal becomes law, however, faith-based groups will literally be able to use government funds to pay the salaries of workers hired on a discriminatory basis.
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=18076

3. The Racism of Ann Coulter

Coulter reportedly disparaged the Arab ancestry of veteran reporter and columnist Helen Thomas, writing: "Press passes can't be that hard to come by if the White House allows that old Arab Helen Thomas to sit within yards of the president." After Coulter submitted her column to Universal Press Syndicate, an editor deleted the word "Arab" and rewrote it to read "dyspeptic, old Helen Thomas" but the unedited version was still posted to Coulter’s website.
http://www.freep.com/news/politics/thomas8e_20050308.htm

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/is_it_treason_yet/message/17

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1. literally be able to use government funds

It may serve our cause better if we said tax payers money instead of government money. I know it is a small point but one I think we should be aware of. People don't get near as upset when "government funds" are spent as they do when "tax payers money" (that is their money) is spent. there is some sort of weird disassociation going on so we need to use the right language. :thumbsup: