"And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are a gift of God?" -- Thomas Jefferson

"And yet the same revolutionary belief for which our forbears fought is still at issue around the globe, the belief that the rights of man come not from generosity of the state but from the hand of God." -- John F. Kennedy

"Because of their belief that power had come from God to each individual, the Framers began the Constitution with the words 'we the people'" -- Newt Gingrich

"There's never been a nation like the United States, ever. It begins with the principles of our founding documents, principles that recognize that our rights come from God, not from our government." -- Marco Rubio


Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Bus advertising of hatred toward Israel called off in Seattle



The Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign (SMAC) planned to incite anger in the U.S., specifically King County, against sending money to Israel by running some ads on metro buses.  The message “ISRAELI WAR CRIMES: Your Tax Dollars At Work” had been approved and accepted by King County officials to run on 12 buses.

While the guidelines state ads can be run as long as they don't interfere with public safety or insult specific groups to the point that a riot could be incited, vandalism could occur, or public safety threatened, King County Metro Transit spokesperson Linda Thielke said the ads can't be rejected just because they might offend someone.


After receiving hundreds of complaints, mostly outside King County, King County Executive Dow Constantine halted the decision to run the ads because of disruptions they could cause.

For full article and video, click here.





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