23. June, 2002 - freedoms are good things
- Minneapolis drops requirement that bicycles be registered - Now that it's no longer protection money to assure that the police don't steal my bike I think I'll go register it. [Jim]
- Minneapolis repeals mandatory bike registration (You have to scroll down to the third story). Chalk up one victory for Minnesota Critical Mass. [Jim]
Registration is the first step on the way to confiscation.
as they say in the 2nd amendment fanatic camp (which I'm part of).- Speaking of which.... Triggering new debate over guns:
The Founding Fathers' ideas would group them today with the National Rifle Association's most militant members.
It's a good editorial, and here's what the Seattle P-I has to say about the author: Don B. Kates of Battle Ground is a retired constitutional law professor. He wrote the leading law review article on the Second Amendment and the treatise on it in the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution.
Apparently he knows something about the constitution. [instapundit]
- 'Combatants' Lack Rights, U.S. Argues. I haven't linked to anything about this earlier because I've been too stunned to know what to say. If he's fighting the U.S., that may be a case of treason, but as a citizen, he still has constitutionally guaranteed rights. Any government that attempts to trample them had best remember there's a second amendment, too. [daypop]
- Armed citizens can defuse terrorist threat talks about Jews in NYC who are participating in armed patrols. And Armed Man Shoots Three in Manhattan talks about a couple women who attacked an armed nut, saving 40 people or so. [instapundit]
- Some of the family and friends of victims of 9/11 have Unanswered Questions. Well worth reading. [Jim]
- This diagram explains it all. How blind we've been!
- The Librarian of Congress and the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel have issued a big Fuck You to internet radio. Expect most internet radio stations to go off the air as soon as they realize how much they owe. Sigh.
Copyright 2008, Dave Polaschek.
Last updated on Sun, 23 Jun 2002 01:43:54.