Anonymous No More
I hereby give notice that I am formally and publicly disassociating myself from Anonymous Hackers.
I do not believe in nor do I support the disruption of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of the press when the exercise of such freedoms does not interfere with the rights of others. I do not believe in the interference of fundamental freedoms in the guise of protecting those freedoms whether that interference is made by a governmental or non-governmental individual or organization.
I am not by this notice disassociating myself from, nor am I acknowledging any association with, the Cult of the Dead Cow, Umbra Data and the Dark Side Intelligence, LulzSec, Twitter Anonymous, the Sinister League of Evil Badguys, Hacktivismo, the Illuminati, or Terrorists for Truth.
Nothing in this declaration shall be construed as indicating participation in any illegal activity, whether in the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Australia, or any other country or portion of the world.
I also hereby give notice that I do not intend to reveal the legal names, pseudonyms, locations, methods, or plans of any members of any of these groups, nor do I acknowledge having any such knowledge whatsoever.
Posted at 23:23 UTC on the 17th of April in the year 2012 CE/Discord 34, Year of Our Lady of Discord 3178
’Anonymous should take a leaf out of the IRA’s method of operation and use a cellular structure, with only 3 or 4 in each cell so if there is a snitch in the organization it has minimal damage.’
- Stephen, St. Ives, England, 07/3/2012 02:33
Image from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anonymous_at_Scientology_in_Los_Angeles.jpg
(Remember, this cellular structure is a fundamental part of the origin and success of Discordianism).
In America in 1790, for the foreign-born children of an American white woman to be American citizens, the father had to be a white American. Now that we live in a supposedly more enlightened time, it looks like we're going backwards.
ernment wanted to shut down freedom of speech, they had to work diligently to find the press that was printing what they didn't like, and shut it down.
All too often bad systems cause good people to do bad things—or stop them from doing good things.
It may be hard to believe. But a recent survey reported that regular Fox News viewers actually know less about current events than those who don't watch news at all.
In spite of an international outcry that severely questioned his conviction, Troy Anthony Davis, 42, was executed on Wednesday, September 21, 2011.
"Georgia's pardons board rejected a last-ditch clemency plea from death row inmate Troy Davis on Tuesday despite high-profile support from figures including the pope and a former FBI director for the claim that he was wrongly convicted of killing a police officer in 1989." (See link below).
Troy Anthony Davis, who was convicted of the 1989 murder of Officer Mark Allen MacPhail, is scheduled to die at 7 p.m. September 21, 2011 in Georgia.
Texas is a state that likes its barbecue, its high school and college football, and its guns. No, that's not a "King of the Hill" stereotype. I, like that show's co-creators Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, spent a lot of time in Texas.
I wanted to post this comment in response to 
The U. S. Army will stop removing openly gay and lesbian recruits. It will no longer go by, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Here's an update on Troy Anthony Davis, the man convicted of killing Savannah, Georgia police officer Mark MacPhail.
The lives of Americans may be threatened by Texas. This is against the wishes of both Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, former governor of Texas.
America's third largest state by population, New York, approved same sex marriage. The vote was close, but included Democrats and Republicans voting in favor of the legislation.
I, Alden Loveshade, was made a Lord of Sealand. That leaves the obvious question: what does that mean? And is Sealand the world's smallest nation, or an unofficial micronation?
Has America really become more tolerant since the sixties? In the sixties Rosa Parks got thrown in jail because she didn't sit in the back of the bus. In the sixties blacks couldn't eat at white restaurants or go into a white restroom.
What will get the most attention in American media: a few people shot, or millions of Americans being evicted from their homes? If you've been following the news lately, you know the answer. Words like "murder" and "rape" sell more newspapers, draw more TV viewers, and garner more web page hits than words like "homeless" and "foreclosures."
This one is primarily for Americans, but anyone can take this quiz. World Public Opinion, which is managed by the 
George W. Bush oversaw more executions during his time as governor of Texas than the rest of the country, about 150. He said that everyone executed in Texas during that time should have been executed. Apparently, even if they may have been innocent.
Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell told voters, "I'm not a witch." What does that mean?
We live in a time when "children" are in the news for committing horrible crimes: arson, rape, murder. Now we have to add to the list of horrors: not scheduling an appointment with your hair dresser.
Actor-activist Danny Glover and producer-writer Saul Landau, for whom Alden Loveshade served as head writer on an English-language telenovella, wrote about their recent meeting with Gerardo Hernandez. Hernandez, like 
U.S. District Judge William T. Moore Jr. ruled against a motion by Troy Anthony Davis' attorneys to reconsider accepting tesimony saying someone else was the killer.
A federal judge not only struck down California's Proposition 8 (2008), which disallowed same-sex marriage. But the ruling not only said that homosexual marriage should be allowed, it challenged the very concept of gay marriage.
Lawyers for Troy Anthony Davis. who was convicted of murder, want a judge to accept rejected testimony that named someone else as the killer.
Senator Al Franken (D-MN). introduced The Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA) in the U. S. Senate. If approved, the bill would require schools that receive federal funding to not discriminate against students on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Sue Lowden, a Nevada Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, has got a doozey of a way to 
Like it or not, but often the more political power you have, the less likely you are to let people know what you're really after. You may even de-emphasize who you really are.
And, according to their own responses, the largely affluent members think the current system gives too much help to the poor. And the primarily white members are more likely than most Americans, even than most Republicans, to think too much focus has been spent on the problems of blacks. In fact they are more than twice as likely as the average American to think the current administration favors blacks over whites.
You may have read 
New Hampshire State Representative Nick Levasseur wrote on Facebook. "Anime is a prime example of why two nukes just wasn't enough". This is a stupid and insensitive remark. Nuking Japan was a horrible thing that we had to do and it is extremely insensitive to make light of it. I don't know what else to say. It was a stupid comment so let it be.
That's right; a sexagenarian was fined 1000 pounds and was forced to wear an electronic tag for selling a goldfish to a minor. Joan Higgins has been the owner of Major's Pet Foods in Sale, Greater Manchester, for many years and has never been in trouble with the law. 
Rush Limbaugh, the radical-conservative radio talk show host, said that if health care reform passed in America, he would leave the United States and go to Costa Rica.
Constance McMillen wanted to go to her high school prom with her girlfriend. She wanted to wear a tuxedo. The Itawamba County Agricultural High School faced a dilemma. Their policy said no same-sex couples, and no cross dressing.
The United States' capital now accepts same sex couples. Starting today (Tuesday, 9 March 2010), the District of Columbia joins Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont as the sixth place in America that allows lesbian and gay marriage. (California did briefly until a court decision was rendered moot by an amendment to the state constitution).
"It is with the greatest regret, on behalf of our Board, that we must announce that Air America Media is ceasing its live programming operations as of this afternoon, and that the Company will file soon under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code to carry out an orderly winding-down of the business." -- Air America Media
California's gay marriage ban is now on trial. Beginning today, Monday, 11 January, the court is examing the ban. Currently, five U.S. states and the District of Columbia approve gay marriage. 
"After eleven months in office, Barack Obama has hardly revolutionized – or even altered – the major dysfunction that confronts our system. A man of obviously good values – read his books and speeches – he has yet to show convictions. He has tinkered to keep terrible problems from getting much worse – a kind of political plumber without access to equipment that would redo the entire system."
It may seem difficult to believe, but until today, people who were HIV-positive could not come to the United States of America.
Among the factors that go against a candidate for public office in the American state of Texas are these: being a Democrat, being a woman, and being gay. Somehow, Annise Parker managed to beat the odds and get elected mayor of Houston. She will become the first openly gay mayor of one of the United States' biggest cities.
"Well I've just got one question
Don't get me wrong for my questioning the reasons behind this award. I literally cheered when George W. Bush left office, and was quite happy to see Barack Obama in the White House. When Bush was U. S. president, America's international approval rating was extremely low, more Americans were lost in combat than had happened in decades, civil rights were being blatantly violated, people from other countries were being tortured by representatives of the United States, etc.
A CIA report that was released today (Monday, 24 August 2009) says interrogators threatened to kill the children of a 
Tom Ridge, America's former Homeland Security Secretary, now writes that he was pressured by members of George W. Bush's Cabinet to raise the terrorist alert level--right before the 2004 presidential election.
The California legislature is scrambling to fix the snafu that is forcing two Southern California elementary schools to stay open an extra 34 days. Susie Lange, California Department of Education's deputy superintendent of fiscal services, said "To the average person, it sounds like crazy bureaucracy that we count the number of minutes," 
Students at two elementary schools in San Bernardino, California, exceeded the number of required minutes to be in school. So they're off on summer vacation, right? Wrong. Instead, they have 34 more days of school. Instead of getting out on in the middle of June, they're supposed to stay until the end of July.
A friend and I were talking about how the possible retirement of U. S. Supreme Court justices, and their replacements, could change the nature of the Supreme Court. A few hours later, I read that David Souter would be retiring.
American President Barack Obama has absolved CIA officers from prosecution for waterboarding, depriving detainees of heat and clothes, and slamming them against the wall. At the same time, Obama released details of the treatment against legally-innocent suspects. The ACLU had fought for the release of the information on the methods which the president said are no longer being used.
It sounds like a joke, but it's not. Attorney General Eric Holder said that the the Drug Enforcement Administration will stop raiding state-approved marijuana dispensaries.
U. S. President Barack Obama announced he will end America's combat in Iraq in 18 months, and will begin a new diplomatic era in the Middle East.
Filmmaker George Kalman tried to register the name "I Choose Hell Productions" with the state of Pennsylvania. It was rejected because of a state law that prohibits names containing profanity or blasphemy.
"Breaking forcefully with Bush anti-terror policies, 
Muntadhar al-Zeidi, the Iraqi journalist who threw a shoe at President George W. Bush as a protest, got a party in prison.
When I see and hear George W. Bush talk about sports, his face lights up, his eyes shine, and his words are confident, informed and sure. When I see and hear George W. Bush talk about politics, his face looks puzzled and his eyes read, "Am I saying this right?"
Guantanamo Bay Prison, a place where "suspected terrorists" were being held indefinately, many without even being charged with anything, may soon be shut down.
Proposition 8, a California initiative that defines marriage as being between one man and one woman, has passed. Because the measure amends the state constitution, it would effectively overrule the decision of the California Supreme Court that banning same-sex marriage is discriminatory.
"GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - The Yemeni man convicted at the first Guantanamo war crimes trial will be eligible for release in less than five months after receiving a light sentence from a jury made up of 
Allowing homosexuals and bisexuals in the United States military is being examined by Congress for the first time in 15 years.
Those who know me well know that I'm a bit of a fanatic when it comes to copywritten material. I believe the biblical "the workman is worthy of his hire," thought I might phrase it in the gender-neutral "the worker is worthy of es hire." I once complained to leaders of a spiritual congregation that illegally making copies of music being sold by another ministry was stealing. They responded by asking their congregation for donations to purchase music so that wouldn't be necessary, and received more money for the music ministry than they'd had before.
"For the first time in U.S. history, more than one of every 100 adults is in jail or prison, according to a new report documenting America's rank as the world's No. 1 incarcerator," wrote David Crary, AP National Writer. Keep in mind that's the percentage currently incarcerated--it doesn't count all those who are on probation or parole, or those who used to be.
Danacasso wrote this in response to the reaction to Barack Obama not wearing an American flag pin and to him being seen wearing clothing that was given to him as a gift during a visit to Kenya, his late father's homeland. (Links to those stories are at the bottom of this essay). While these incidents may have sparked this angry rant, Danacasso deals with deeper issues that go to the heart of what he feels it means to be an American--and what some people say it means.
"There is only one anti-bias law — the one against discrimination based on age — that would cover all nine 
"Bush reached his lowest approval rating in The Associated Press-Ipsos poll on Friday as only 30 percent said they like the job he is doing, including an all-time low in his support by Republicans. Congress' approval fell to just 22 percent, equaling its poorest grade in the survey. Both marks dropped by 4 percentage points since early January." That's from an article by Alan Fram, AP writer.
Did President George W. Bush, Vice President Cheney, and others including Bush's longtime adviser Karl Rove deceive a White House Press secretary into lying for them? Former Press Secretary Scott McClellan claims they did.
Once again, Texas has the highest teen birth rate of any state in the United States. Interestingly, Texas has a policy of denying contraceptives without parental consent and strongly promotes abstinence-only sex education in public schools.
After the U. S. Congress approved a bill to fund health care for children in low-income family, President George W. Bush vetoed it. It was only his fourth veto during his almost seven years in office, showing it's something he's very strongly against.
Do you want to support breast feeding? There's a bill in the United States Congress called H.R. 2236 to do just that!
U. S. President George W. Bush threatens to veto a bill that would extend funding for health care for children in low income families. The families are above the level allowed by Medicaid, but are too poor to afford private insurance. 
Karl Rove, American President George W. Bush's advisor since before Bush ran for governor of Texas in 1993, is leaving August 31.
"'Today's opinion underscores the fact that the Department of Justice is required to follow the law, and that it is bound to abide by the Constitution,' defense attorney Robert Trout, said, promising more legal challenges to 'overreaching by the government in this case.'"
Danacasso wrote this in response to a forwarded email that claimed it was a letter written by a woman and was published in an editorial column. The forward compared immigrants entering American from Mexico without legal permission to someone breaking into an American's house. It said in both cases the person entered illegally, but said because they were helping (cleaning and such), they must be allowed to stay. My own thoughts are that entering public America (which Mexican citizens can do legally--they just can't stay for years without permission) and breaking into a private residence are not all the same thing. But Danacasso brings out some excellent points that go well beyond the breakdown of an analogy. 
"The nation's top two law enforcement officials acknowledged Friday the FBI broke the law to secretly pry out personal information about Americans." This is from a 9 March 2007 article written by Lara Jakes Jordan of the Associated Press. Jordan also writes, "Attorney General Alberto Gonzales left open the possibility of pursuing criminal charges against FBI agents or lawyers who improperly used the USA Patriot Act in pursuit of suspected terrorists and spies."
In 1892, Horner Plessy, a "colored" shoemaker, was locked up in jail for sitting in the "White" car of the East Louisiana Railroad. With a series of failed appeals, the Plessy v. Ferguson case of 1896 established that the principle "separate but equal" was legally valid in the United States of America.
"A federal judge struck down President Bush's authority to designate groups as terrorists, saying his post-Sept. 11 executive order was unconstitutionally vague, according to a ruling released Tuesday. 
"I would be very careful about using our troops as nation builders. I believe the role of the military is to fight and win war and therefore prevent war from happening...." George W. Bush (2000)
United States President George W. Bush finally admitted that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been holding people in secret prisons and using secret interrogation methods. This is supposedly a good thing, something to "keep America safe."
"Where is the fiscal responsibility of the party I joined in '68? Where is the international engagement of the party I joined — fair, free trade, individual responsibility, not building a bigger government, but building a smaller government?" Sen. Chuck Hagel (
