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Daily Archives: April 11, 2012

The U.S. government and the Constitution: Fifth amendment continued

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In an earlier life, Barack Obama was a student at Harvard Law School and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago law school. There is evidence that Obama taught a course in Constitutional law. Apparently Obama once said:

“I was a Constitutional law professor, which means unlike the current president I actually respect the Constitution.”

While a candidate for President, Obama had accused President Bush of not respecting the Constitution. Continue reading →

Swiss Federal Administrative Court Seems to be on Our Side

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http://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/3916656-la-justice-suisse-affaiblit-l-accord-d-entraide-fiscale-avec-les-etats-unis.html$

The court said that mere tax evasion (not fraud) was not a reason for Switzerland to provide information to the IRS.

“Et le tribunal maintient que le fait de ne pas déclarer un compte ne constitue pas une fraude.” (The court maintains that not declaring an account does not constitute a fraud).

This is excellent news, I just hope that parliament doesn’t screw it up.

Here is the New Zurich Newspaper article on the same decision.  It goes into more specific details.  I don’t have time to do a manual translation from German so you’ll have to try Mr. Google. http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/wirtschaft/aktuell/amtshilfe-gestoppt_1.16381062.html

Also, here is the Bloomberg coverage for the same (in English): http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-04-11/swiss-court-rejects-disclosure-of-credit-suisse-client-s-data

U.S. Censorship

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http://www.thefloridanewsjournal.com/2012/04/10/miami-marlins-coach-ozzie-guillen-suspended-after-complementing-fidel-castro-and-saying-h

If this man or anyone in America loves Fidel Castro why isn’t he allowed to say so without there being an uproar? Doesn’t America believe in freedom of speech? Secondly why should anyone care about what is said about politics by a man whose life is coaching grown men to play a child’s game? What kind of an apology is it when it is given under duress? How is this any different then when a terrorist group forces a U.S. hostage to make a video denouncing America?

When you consider that America has diplomatic relations with many other governments that are ruled by more unsavory characters then it seems apparent that America’s obsession with destablizing Cuba is irrational and should be an embarrassment to the nation.