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- Scarlett Johansson Reminds Public: Actors Have Rights to Privacy Too
- Oregon appeals court throws out university gun ban
- Electoral College Reform to Preserve States’ Rights
- Google Joins Apple in Push for Tax Holiday
| Scarlett Johansson Reminds Public: Actors Have Rights to Privacy Too Posted: 30 Sep 2011 08:20 AM PDT By IB Times Scarlett Johansson’s nude images, leaked on the Internet as a consequence of her private mobile phone being hacked, spiked an unprecedented hike on Web searches, according to reports furnished by Google Insight. The actress, however, has a message for the public. She wants people to know that actors and celebrities have a right to their privacy. Johansson, in an interview with CNN, said that celebrities deserved to keep their personal life protected, every bit as much as those who did not live in the public’s eyes. “Just because you’re an actor or make films or whatever doesn’t mean you’re not entitled to your own personal privacy,” she told CNN, according to Reuters. “If that is sieged in some way, it feels unjust. It feels wrong,” she continued. To read more, visit: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/221826/20110929/scarlett-johansson-nude-photos-interview-cnn-privacy-public-personal-life-actor-fbi.htm |
| Oregon appeals court throws out university gun ban Posted: 30 Sep 2011 08:14 AM PDT
SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon University System cannot ban guns on college campuses, the state Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday in a decision that overturns a decades-old prohibition. A three-judge panel found that only the Legislature can regulate the possession of firearms under a 1995 state law intended to prevent cities from creating their own gun bans. Gun-rights advocates cheered the decision as university administrators insisted campuses have safety systems to alert students and staff to potential threats. “Our greatest concern is for the safety of our students and the entire campus community,” Chancellor George Pernsteiner said in a statement. He said the universities will review their legal options. The now-defunct gun ban was developed in the 1970s and modified in 1991 after the state enacted new regulations for concealed weapons, said Di Saunders, a university system spokeswoman. The Oregon Firearms Educational Foundations, a gun rights group, challenged it after a Western Oregon University student was sanctioned for carrying a gun on campus in 2009, said Kevin Starrett, the group’s executive director. To read more, visit: http://www.chron.com/news/article/Oregon-appeals-court-throws-out-university-gun-ban-2193542.php |
| Electoral College Reform to Preserve States’ Rights Posted: 30 Sep 2011 08:07 AM PDT By Bruce Walker, The American Thinker Pundits and politicians are unhappy about how we elect the president. State legislatures, which have the constitutional power to determine how their states’ presidential electors are chosen, are currently looking at two different approaches to correcting perceived problems in the election process. The National Popular Vote Compact is a state law which would require the presidential electors of each state that pass it to award all of the state’s electoral votes to that candidate who wins the national popular vote. The compact would go into effect when states with a majority of the Electoral College all pass this compact law. The left wants a national democracy rather than a republic. It is pushing this “reform” hard. This plan is a bad idea. Consider Article III of the bill, which provides that “[t]he chief election official of each state shall designate the presidential slate with the largest national popular vote as the ‘national popular vote winner.’” The “chief election official” in most states is the secretary of state. George Soros’s “Secretary of State Project” was intended to plant “progressive Democrats” into this vote-certifying office. This National Popular Vote Compact is supposed to solve two supposed problems. Voters in small states have — because the electoral votes are awarded according not only to House members, but also to Senate members — votes that count more than voters in larger states. This is not a “problem,” however, but rather an important safeguard granted in the Constitution to protect smaller states. The National Popular Vote Compact is also supposed to encourage higher voter participation. Forty-eight states have a “winner take all” system of choosing presidential electors, and most of those states are not really in play, presumably discouraging voters from participating in presidential elections. But examination of the voter turnout rates for president in 2008 shows that voters were more likely than the national average to vote in some solid red states like Alaska, Idaho, North Dakota, and Wyoming, or solid blue states like Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, and Washington. To read more, visit: http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/09/electoral_college_reform_to_preserve_states_rights.html |
| Google Joins Apple in Push for Tax Holiday Posted: 30 Sep 2011 08:00 AM PDT By Richard Rubin and Jesse Drucker, Bloomberg.com As a coalition led by Apple Inc. (AAPL), Google Inc. (GOOG), and Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) presses for a tax holiday on more than $1 trillion in offshore profits, it is turning to a well-positioned lobbyist: Jeffrey Forbes, once chief of staff to Max Baucus, chairman of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee. Data compiled by Bloomberg News show that Forbes is part of an army of more than 160 lobbyists, including at least 60 who once worked for a sitting member of the House or Senate, pushing for the repatriation holiday. Their job is to persuade Congress to establish a tax break estimated to cost the U.S. government $78.7 billion over the next decade. Independent studies have found that the last time this tax break was tried, in 2004, the bargain rate for bringing home offshore profits did little to spur hiring or domestic investment. Most of the money was used to buy back stock. "This is an issue that involves a whole lot of people hired by corporations that are pushing for those corporate interests rather than the public interest," said James A. Thurber, director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University in Washington. To read more, visit: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-29/google-joins-apple-mobilizing-lobbyists-to-push-for-tax-holiday-on-profits.html |
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