Britain’s Present Will Be Our Future Unless We Wise Up Now!

Skip MacLure  "Watching the total anarchy playing out in London’s streets… An out-of-control, mindless mob of social welfare government-created clones, clamoring for more and more from a government which has no more to give. Which has had no more to give for a long time. We are witnessing the collapse of the classic nanny state."

Poll: What was the Obamateurism of the Week?

Hot Air  " Time to choose the Obamateurism of the Week, and our motto here is to make sure you get a chance to choose one of the five.  Er, six.  There would have been only five, but you hostage-takers out there would have insisted on adding yesterday’s into the mix.  I would have fought to limit it to five, but you know I have a Christmas party to attend and my wife would get annoyed at me defending myself … so I’ll just let you guys vote on your own."

WikiLeaks Harms Global Security

Big Peace  "WikiLeaks’ assertion that absolute transparency will make citizens safer and governments more accountable is incorrect; its interventions will increase official secrecy and threaten security. Damaging as WikiLeaks is to Obama’s diplomatic strategy and US bilateral relations, its most negative impact will be on global anti-terror efforts and diplomacy aimed at reducing friction between major powers (such as Washington and Beijing)."
As I say: anti-war people cause the deaths of multitudes.

Without Intent: How Congress Is Eroding the Criminal Intent Requirement in Federal Law

Overcriminalized.com "“Overcriminalization” describes the trend in America – and particularly in Congress – to use the criminal law to “solve” every problem, punish every mistake (instead of making proper use of civil penalties), and coerce Americans into conforming their behavior to satisfy social engineering objectives. Criminal law is supposed to be used to redress only that conduct which society thinks deserving of the greatest punishment and moral sanction.

"But as a result of rampant overcriminalization, trivial conduct is now often punished as a crime."

Read more:  

Book: One Nation Under Arrest: How Crazy Laws, Rogue Prosecutors, and Activist Judges Threaten Your Liberty  "America is in the throes of overcriminalization: We are making and enforcing far too many criminal laws that create traps for the innocent but unwary and threaten to make criminals out of those who are doing their best to be respectable, law-abiding citizens."
Amazon.com
No, the TW isn't shilling for Amazon; this is just to let you know there is a book on the subject.