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It threatens to undermine that essential if often hard-to-define societal lubricant: trust. We have all heard about contempt of court and contempt of Congress. They are offenses for which one may be fined or jailed. But what about contempt of public? What’s the penalty for that? I don’t know that you will find contempt of public in the statute books. If not I offer up the phrase free and for nothing to the bureaucrats who look after such things. I think it should be added to our vocabulary if not to our code of laws. It names a grievous assault...

Kenosha, Wis. - Gov. Tony Evers Tuesday, Aug. 25 signed Executive Order #86 declaring a state of emergency "following protests in communities across Wisconsin." Executive Order #86 proclaims a state of emergency in Wisconsin, directs state agencies to continue assisting the state response and calls to state active duty additional elements of the Wisconsin National Guard to support first responders and protect critical infrastructure and cultural institutions, a news release from the governor's office said.

Has Anyone besides me noticed the eerie similarity between George Soros and Emperor Palpatine, Dark Lord of the Sith, or as he is known to the rest of the practitioners of the dark side of the force, Darth Sidious. Darth Sidious During the Star Wars Clone Wars three film prequel; we witness the rise of Palpatine from a Senator who manipulates public opinion and is made Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic. The Dark Side then uses a manufactured crisis, in this case, the clone wars, created with the aid of earlier apprentices Darth Maul and Darth Tyranus, in conjuction...

YouTube, Viacom bow to light-sabre-wielding defender of online justice Jedi Knight saves the world The Register's favorite light-sabre-wielding school board candidate has stared down an army of YouTube-hating Viacom lawyers, defending the rights of internet users everywhere. Late last month, as reported by The Reg, Viacom put the screws to Star Wars-loving North Carolinian Christopher Knight for posting his own TV ad to the world's most popular video-sharing web site. Yes, he also posted a sliver of Viacom-owned content, but most of the video was his - and he wasn't doing anything Viacom hadn't already done to him. Nonetheless, Viacom...

Local campaign commercial draws debate again By Gerald Witt Staff Writer Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007 4:15 pm REIDSVILLE — In his run for the Rockingham County School Board, Christopher Knight made a campaign commercial of himself with a light saber — a’la Star Wars — defending the county’s schools against pressures of federal regulations for schools. That spot made news locally and nationally during the election season.

At the April meeting of the Rockingham County (NC) Board of Education, the board voted 8-4 to mandate Standard Mode Of Dress (school uniforms) at Reidsville Middle and Reidsville High schools starting in the 2007-2008 school year. However, the vote was made on the basis of a survey that was fraudulently conducted. The board voted to impose the uniforms anyway. There have been 3 meetings of the board in which parents and students have made it clear that they DO NOT WANT the uniforms. The board is refusing to acknowledge this opposition. In protest of this refusal to recognize public...

The second campaign commercial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzrSjKYmLeM It started airing about an hour ago. There may be one more commercial still to come before the next three weeks are over. Related threads: Christopher Knight (Darth Sidious) uses YouTube in campaign for school board (Star Wars theme video)CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT (Darth Sidious) ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR SCHOOL BOARD (Rockingham County, NC)

Christopher Knight uses YouTube in his campaign for the Rockingham County school board. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLi5B0Iefsk

School Board Campaign Commercial #1 It started airing this afternoon. It's ummmm... elicited some interesting comments. I'll probably be releasing another version soon with a different disclaimer at the beginning, 'cuz I'm not all that happy with it: I wanted to shoot that outside but we've had a lot of rain the past few days. So here it is, my first-ever political campaign TV ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLi5B0Iefsk EDIT: Lisa posted a few thoughts about the ad and the controversy it's evoked on her blog. She says some things a lot better than I can about it.

http://www.knightforboard.orgPRESS RELEASE IMMEDIATE RELEASE CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR SCHOOL BOARD August 7 2006 Christopher Knight has announced his candidacy for one of the at-large seats on the Rockingham County Board of Education after filing to run on August 3rd. "I believe that I will bring a fresh and unique perspective to the Rockingham County school board," Knight said. "The realm of education is one that I have experienced much during my young life, from studying to be a teacher to actually running a classroom. I'm looking forward to contributing a new voice toward school policy-making." At the top of...

Well, it was a fun ride and I made a LOT of great friends on Free Republic... including one who came to my wedding. But nothing lasts forever, and maybe in a way it's a *good* thing, 'cuz there's no convincing some people that no increase in power makes that power any more pure. JimRob has drummed me out of Free Republic. Here's the reason he put on the screen that popped up on my end: Your posting privilege has been revoked. Reason: Democrat Now, I'm not a Democrat. Haven't been one since 1994 when I changed to Republican, and...

As of Saturday, July 20, 2002 at 2pm in Calhoun Georgia, at the Newtown Baptist Church, Darth Sidious exchanged wedding vows with his lovely Bride, Lisa. Yours truly was there to witness the happy event. Groom cried, Bride cried, I cried (Yeah, I decided to admit that before Darth gets the chance to spill the beans on me). The day before on Friday, I arrived in Atlanta and Darth himself picked me up at the airport for our very first face to face meeting. As delightful, as a terrific person as as he is online, he is ten million times...

So it's like this: the Lovely Lisa assigned me to make a CD of music for our reception, as we'll be tying the knot this coming Saturday. I've spent the past day or so going through the grooveyard of my MP3 collection and there's some potential material there, but I'm probably overlooking a lot of good stuff. Here's a sample of what I've got so far: "I've Got You Babe" (Sonny and Cher) "Something" (the Beatles) "Ring of Fire" (Johnny Cash) "Tequila" (whoever made that) "Istanbul" (They Might Be Giants) "Pretty Woman" (Roy Orbison) "Devil Went Down To Georgia" (Charlie...

Darth Sidious and his Bride to be, Lisa, with Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca from the Star Wars saga). Darth Sidious Proposes Marriage To His Girlfriend Lisa!Darth Sidious Proposes Marriage To Girlfriend! SHE ACCEPTED!!!!!!! Happy Birthday Chris!