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Civil rights are a claim, usually enforced by the force of government, on the life, liberty, or property of peaceful citizens. These alleged "rights" are ascribed to special-privileged groups or classes or ethnicities (blacks) and are not to be confused with the genuine natural individual rights of peaceful citizens referred to in the American Declaration of Independence, John Locke's Second Treatise of Civil Government, or C.F. Bastiat's The Law. No one has a right to force peaceful American citizens to provide them anything except to refrain from the initiation of coercion or violence.

Hi, perhaps I posted this in the wrong area. If I were to organize a letter-writing campaign to not only the U.S. Senators and Representatives, but also to the various state legislators, is there any kind of comprehensive list for this to which someone could point me? I think I've seen at least partial similar lists here on FR for certain issues. The reason is this: I work as a medical transcriptionist (MT). There is an industry association, Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (formerly American Association for Medical Transcription) which is trying to make it mandatory for all MTs to...

For any of you who may have known Kenneth Roger Gregg, who was prominent for some years in libertarian intellectual circles: I received word from Ken's wife, Debbie Gregg, that Ken passed away in his sleep early this morning. Pam Maltzman

I'm embarrassed it took me so long to grasp the phoniness of the charge that it's "anti-immigration" to oppose current U.S. immigration policy and the even worse "comprehensive reform" bill, which thankfully failed. I can only plead blind piety. After all, I live in the great immigrant metropolis, lit by the Statue of Liberty's torch, under which all my grandparents sailed a century ago to reach a land that amply fulfilled its promise to them. I feared that my misgivings about today's immigrant flood were but a short step from the nativist know-nothingism that dismissed my forebears and their fellow...

PROTECTIONISM MAY KILL MY JOB by Pamela Maltzman, guest contributor. [January 18, 2005] [HollywoodInvestigator.com] I've been a practicing medical transcriptionist (MT) for over 15 years. I've been self-employed and have mostly worked for the same medical transcription service for nearly eight years. I got trained on the job at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, a major teaching hospital in Southern California. They had an experimental MT teaching program for one year only. I'd gotten bits of experience at other businesses (one of which was truly shoddy), but I managed to test for, compete, and win a position as a trainee....

Those close to dead teen say they saw no signs of abuse By Marc Schogol Inquirer Staff Writer Dan Z. Johnson, Inquirer Suburban Staff HAZLETON, Pa. - No one who lived around Chester Lee Miller noticed any signs that the 18-year-old was being abused or starved to death.... [see URL]