Report: Freedom in decline for 4th straight year

Iran is number one!! Such pride!

The Middle East remained the most repressive region in the world and Africa sustained the most significant decline, the report said after examining political and civil rights in 194 countries and 14 territories.

Jennifer Windsor, executive director of Freedom House, cited attacks on front-line democracy activists, including what she said was brutal repression on the streets of Iran. She also pointed to sweeping detention in China of "Charter 08" advocates of expanding freedom and an end to Communist party dominance, as well as the murders of journalists and human rights activists in Russia.

Despite repression in China, the most significant rights improvements occurred in Asia.

The year was marked by intensified repression against human rights defenders and civic activists in 40 countries that comprise 20 percent of the world's population.

The four-year decline was the longest stretch of civil rights setbacks in the 40 years Freedom House has been publishing reports on freedom.

"A message to all members of Team Sarah: A Declaration of Freedom"

By GottaLaff

Team Sarah is such a caution. Every time they come around, I have to reach for one of my many scented hankies to dab away tears of laughter.

Now they've gone and sent an e-mail to one of our readers with the subject line "declaration of freedom", and, well, where's my favorite lavender-scented kerchief? Although I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry:

From: Team Sarah <mail@teamsarah.org>
Reply-To: <do-not-reply@teamsarah.org>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:44:01 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: A Declaration of Freedom

Hello Team!

Our own Marjorie Danennfelser, (Co-founder of Team Sarah) as well as more than 150 other leaders and clergy, has signed what is called “The Manhattan Declaration”, a Declaration that is best summed up in the last paragraph:

"Because we honor justice and the common good, we will not comply with any edict that purports to compel our institutions to participate in abortions, embryo-destructive research, assisted suicide and euthanasia, or any other anti-life act; nor will we bend to any rule purporting to force us to bless immoral sexual partnerships, treat them as marriages or the equivalent, or refrain from proclaiming the truth, as we know it, about morality and immorality and marriage and the family.

We will fully and ungrudgingly render to Caesar what is Caesar's. But under no circumstances will we render to Caesar what is God's." If you want to sign your name to this declaration here is the link [...]

God Bless, Bill Collier

Hello Team! Wow! It's exclamation point time! And guess what! The suggestions in your e-mail! Unconstitutional!

The U.S. Constitution says that abortion is legal! And that everyone is equal under the law! Yes, that's right! The law! That's the binding custom and practice that governs us and keeps us in line so we don't do bad things! Like kill people! And incite violence!

Guess what else! God didn't write the U.S. Constitution! Men did! Men we call our founding fathers! For a reason!

And if you are anti anti-life acts, don't forget about capitol punishment! And war! And assassinating physicians who legally perform abortions! Now that's immoral!

So immoral it deserves an extra !

Thank you!

Now go back to that hole of an insane asylum you call Team Sarah and read the Constitution! Then obey it! Or leave!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

H/t: Babzter

VIDEO-- Countdown: The Unitary Executive

By GottaLaff

In case you missed this story, just watch:

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

Lawyers told President Bush that he could detain anyone in the country without a warrant or order a military raid on them if they were terrorists.

I'd like to amend that MSNBC blurb. It should read "suspected terrorists" or "deemed as" terrorists. Or, "anyone Bush wanted to haul in against their will without regard to the U.S. Constitution." Prosecutions are in order. Yes, I realize that is stating the obvious.

Every day more evidence is revealed, and every day it becomes more and more obvious (like it wasn't already?) that these thugs are the ones who belong in prison.