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Southwest airlines privacy policy ignored.

Southwest Airlines sends someone else’s flight details and provides (a) no means to notify them and (b) no means to unsubscribe. Great privacy policy, Southwest. And they say they don’t care if it is published:

Receipt and Itinerary as of 05/16/10 2:05 PM
Confirmation Number
QZHCEW

Confirmation Date: 05/16/10
Received: WN/CARL RILEY BY ICBM

Be prepared when you get there!
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Obama Administration authorizes killing of U.S. Citizen without trial

The Obama Administration authorized the killing of a United States citizen without a trial or judicial review.  The New York Times states:

“The notion that the government can, in effect, execute one of its own citizens far from a combat zone, with no judicial process and based on secret intelligence, makes some legal authorities deeply uneasy. … President Obama, who campaigned for the presidency against George W. Bush-era interrogation and detention practices, has implicitly invited moral and legal scrutiny of his own policies.”

For more, see http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/14/world/14awlaki.html?hp

Holder Criticizes Arizona Immigration Law That He Has Not Read

Holder Criticizes Arizona Immigration Law That He Has Not Read:

“I’ve just expressed concerns on the basis of what I’ve heard about the law. But I’m not in a position to say at this point, not having read the law, not having had the chance to interact with people are doing the review, exactly what my position is,” Eric Holder before the House Judiciary Committee, May 13, 2010.

Kind of reminiscent of Nancy Pelosi stating that “we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it“.

One has to wonder about the lack of intelligence of these people who are being sent to Washington and how uninformed about the law.  It is apparent they are completely ignorant when it comes to the Constitution and the law.

Big Brother Gets bigger in Banking bill

Big Brother gets bigger in the new banking bill.  In particular:

The bill sets up two new supersnooping federal agencies to collect data on ordinary Americans:

•The Office of Financial Research. This supposedly would predict risk in the system by collecting massive amounts of new financial data, such as patterns of credit card use.

•The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It would collect data, especially on consumer transactions.

See this article for more details.

What part of “no law” doesn’t Kagan understand?

Kagan  “redistribution of speech” is not “itself an illegitimate end”, 1996 University of Chicago Law Review,“Private Speech, Public Purpose: The Role of Governmental Motive in First Amendment Doctrine.”

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or of the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.  1st Amendment, United States Constitution

My only question is, what part of “no law” doesn’t Kagan understand?

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/65720

Rick Santelli Rips Democrat for not reigning in Fannie and Freddie

Rick Santelli Rips Democrat for not reigning in Fannie and Freddie.  Rick, give us more:

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