Mountain Sage

Wrong houses being foreclosed on and the wrong people being arrested……life in America seems to be fraught with the danger of someone in a position of authority screwing up and making a person’s life a living hell.  How do we protect ourselves from this kind of mistake?  Each and every instance of the wrong person [...]

I find it very disturbing that the Obama administration hasn’t addressed the torture issue in a forthright manner and allowed all of the details about torture to be released.  I believe that all of those involved should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and that the United States should be committed to [...]

Orwellian in name, the Patriot Act, has long been at the center of controversy over the extension of powers it gives the FBI and the CIA. Even it’s supporters admit that it reduces peacetime liberties but argue that it is the price we must pay to fight terrorists. One of the problems [...]

Why the change of position?  I seriously doubt that the subject of these photos would come as a big surprise to those who already have an anti-American sentiment.
It’s not enough to merely make abuse and torture illegal.  I think the truth of the extent to which the United States engaged in the activities need to [...]

I love technology….at least most of the time.  I love my computers and wireless phones.  I love my cell phone and microwaves are one of the greatest inventions of all time as far as I’m concerned.  BUT what I don’t like is the fact that technology is being turned against us and used to invade [...]

Has it really come to this in our country….debtor’s prison?  This is really shocking to me.  Frankly, I wasn’t aware the state was supposed to be reimbursed for a stay in a juvenile detention facility.
Here is the link to the brief filed on Ms. Nowlin’s behalf.
March 30, 2009
DETROIT – The American Civil Liberties Union of [...]