Posts Tagged ‘ civil liberties ’

Future of Homeland Security :: Bush’s Pet Project Dead? Let’s Hope

Future of Homeland Security :: Bush’s Pet Project Dead? Let’s Hope

HSPI Releases Task Force Report on the Future of the Homeland Security Council. The report is the product of a bipartisan Task Force composed of former senior federal officials, practitioners at the state and local levels, and subject matter experts in the area of homeland security policymaking. Co-chaired by HSPI Director Frank Cilluffo and Deputy Director Daniel Kaniewski, the Task Force identified and reviewed arguments for and against merging the Homeland Security Council and National Security Council, and also assessed crucial factors that merit consideration whether or not there is a merger. It was just recently The Contemplation uncovered...

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I’m Embarrassed to be a US Citizen Because . . .

I’m Embarrassed to be a US Citizen Because . . .

Two teenage boys were startled from their sleep when armed men kicked in the door of their bedroom. The men were members of the Independence, Missouri, police SWAT team. They were looking for a man suspected of child pornography who lived in the other side of the duplex the boys’ family lives in. Officers said they say they wanted to search every part of the house to make sure they got him. (Read Article) During a meeting of the Maricopa County, Arizona, Board of Supervisorsone gentleman used his public comment time to sing a birthday song to board chairman...

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Massachusetts cracks down on sledding

Massachusetts cracks down on sledding

As winter continues, there is a growing movement in Massachusetts to crack down on the dangerous practice of sledding. In response to a number of sled-related injuries and deaths in recent years, some communities have banned sledding outright, others have erected warning signs, and this week state Sen. Steven Panagiotakos introduced a bill that would require children to wear helmets while riding a sled. â’There are no brakes on a sled,â’ said Panagiotakos.

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Nursing Homes Need Standardization

Social workers play a vital role in improving the quality of nursing home residents’ lives. But qualifications of nursing home social workers vary wildly in part because of low federal standards and inconsistent state laws, the first national study on nursing home social workers reveals. Only half of nursing home social workers have a degree in social work, and 20 percent do not have a four-year degree, a University of Iowa survey of 1,071 nursing home social service directors shows. Despite their desire to learn, two-thirds of nursing home social workers report they do not belong to a professional...

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President Bush Kills Hippocratic Oath

President Bush Kills Hippocratic Oath

Here is the new Bush Hippocratic Oath I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant:  I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow. I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism. I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon’s knife or the...

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