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Wikileaks harms
U.S. troop safety
As a life-long
Republican, it’s nat
ural for me not to
agree with Sarah Quinn’s
cartoons.
But that’s okay, it’s
what the First
Amendment to the
Constitution is for, and it’s
what makes the United
States great.
However, her cartoon
defending Wikileaks’
founder Julian Assange is
where I draw the line.
Assange actively threat
ens not only the United
States’ missions in
Afghanistan and Iraq, but
puts in danger the lives of
countless American sol
diers who fight and sacri
fice on a daily basis to pro
tect the rights we hold
dear.
These men and women
know the dangers they
sign up for when they put
on the uniform of America,
and they deserve all the
support they can get from
the people of our country.
Defending what
Assange is doing shows a
lack of respect for the men
and women in the military
who serve to protect our
freedoms.
Many people ask why
the Pentagon is actively
trying to block the release
of these documents, and
the questions are justified.
These documents are
classified sometimes at
the highest levels —and
contain important details
about the missions in Iraq
and Afghanistan.
In some cases, they
contain the names of high
level informants inside al-
Qaida and the Taliban.
If this information is
released to the public, it
will be detrimental to our
military’s mission'
It will become almost
impossible for people in
Iraq and Afghanistan to
come forward to help the
United States’ mission for
fear of reprisals by terror
ist organizations.
The facts are plain and
simple: if this man were a
U.S. citizen, he could and
probably would be
charged with treason
under the 1917 Espionage
Act.
The Pentagon has dis
cussed trying Assange
under this Act, and should
use every tool at its dis
posal to catch this piece of
refuse.
By releasing these doc
uments, Assange is openly
committing an act of sub
version against the United
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not moving.
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big display for LGBTQ, and two sorority girls were
talking about it on the way out the door. The first
said “What is LGBTQ?" The next said, “I think lesbian,
gay, transexuals and ... quality.” “Oh okay, yeah that
makes sense, most of them are quality.” What?
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States.
Many are afraid to say
that, but I’m not. Why?
Because every summer
I have the honor of work
ing to serve the men and
women of this country. I
work for the Department
of Morale, Welfare, and
Recreation on Fori
Stewart Military
Installation.
My job is simple let
the military families have
an eqjoyable experience
and make sure they know
we are glad they are home.
For those who have family
deployed, we are supposed
to put a bright spot in
their days.
There is no better feel
ing than putting a smile
on the face of the spouse
or child of a soldier for
one moment, their life is
normal again.
Anyone who threatens
the ability of these families
to see their loved ones
again is a sorry excuse for
a human being, and that’s
what Assange does with
his “open and honest”
release of documents.
Even his own col
leagues are starting to
abandon him. His trans
parency now has a price,
and that price is the cost
of American soldiers. He
has blood on his hands
the blood of the defenders
of freedom.
His home country of
Australia has said they will
cooperate with our gov
ernment if he is charged,
and I feel the majority of
our allies would do the
same.
According to the New
York Times, a senior
Australian government
official told Assange “you
play outside the rules, and
you will be dealt with out
side the rules” —and he
should be dealt with.
Assange is more than a
common criminal: he is a
war criminal. If allowed to
continue, he will be
responsible for the deaths
of our men and women in
uniform.
His actions are unjusti
fiable, inexcusable and a
disgrace.
Jared. Peden is a
junior from
Hinesville majoring
in political science
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Secession not a right for Georgians
I probably don’t need to tell you
this midterm election season
has been one of the more
bizarre in recent memory.
Nothing says “strange" quite like
Delaware Republican Senate cant
didate Christine O’Donnell, who
opened her first campaign ad with
the words, “I’m not a witch.”
Georgia’s had its fair share of
the ridiculous in politics through
its history.
If you’re reading this online, it’s
probably accompanied by an ad
where Roy Barnes says Nathan
Deal wants to kill Georgia’s
women, or something. But I had
hoped that Georgia would be
spared from the current wave of
anti-everything sentiment sweep
ing the nation.
Sadly, I was mistaken.
In fact, dabbling in witchcraft
seems almost trivial when you con
sider what the Georgia State
Senate advocated: secession from
the United States.
In April 2009. the Georgia State
3enate passed Senate Resolution
632 43-1, saying, should the federal
government overstep a very nar
rowly defined set of powers, the
government of the United States is
effectively null and void.
Sen. Chip Pearson, a Republican
whose district covers North
Georgia, was the primary author of
the resolution, adapting the 1798
Kentucky Resolutions, written by
Thomas Jefferson.
Responding to early fears about
the role of the federal government,
Jefferson attempted to limit that
role by stating that any acts passed
by Congress that do not stem from
its Constitutionally-enumerated
powers can be determined as void
by the states, a doctrine called
“nullification” in the resolutions.
Unfortunately, the resolutions
and SR 632 have three main flaws
in their arguments.
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Go ahead, have a
drink on me.
Peel that bum?
It’s not the vodka you
just tossed back it’s
the thrill of the post-mid
term, pre-final, fall break
season.
... Or maybe it’s just
me.
Regardless, my joy is
big enough to share.
Two weeks ago I wrote
a paper, and then another
one, studied for a mid
term and watched Nicole
Kidman take a bath with
a 10-year-old in “Birth.”
Last week I got a
paper assignment, got
surprised with a pop quiz
and collected copies of
food magazines and the
Athens Banner-Herald
like an old lady hell-bent
on popping up on next
season’s “Hoarders.”
Needless to say —but
I’ll say it anyway my
calendar’s been a little
ink-heavy:
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First, the idea that the states
have some power to review and
nullify federal laws ignores the
Supremacy Clause of Article VI of
the Constitution. As the
Constitution and the laws of the
federal government are “the
supreme law of the land,” the
states do not get to decide the fed
eral government has overstepped
its bounds.
The resolution also attempts to
limit the power of the federal gov
ernment to only those powers
expressly enumerated in the
Constitution. Since the
Constitution’s ratification,
Congress has used the “necessary
and proper” clause near the end of
Article I in order to gain more pow
ers than the limited number in the
Constitution.
Yes, the federal government has
abused and will continue to abuse
this clause in certain cases. But
along this line of thinking, the
Constitution doesn’t expressly
enable Congress to provide an Air
Force, though no one’s really com
plaining about that.
Finally, the resolution flies in the
face of more than two centuries of
precedent, legal and otherwise.
Jefferson may have written the res
olutions in 1798, but as president
he repudiated his own views.
The Civil War clearly established
states cannot legally secede from
the Union.
And civil rights legislation such
as the Voting Rights Act of 1965
extended the principles of the 14th
Amendment to all citizens, includ
ing African-Americans in the South
who had previously been disenfran
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Study that!
So I’m frazzled err, I
was frazzled.
Because, for the sake
of my sanity and the con
tinued viability of my
higher education, it’s
been decided:
Fall break is great and
everything (realty, I love it
so), but it’s missing a lit
tle something.
It could use an exten
sion.
So, this week, I’m tak
ing a metaphorical deep
breath.
And skipping class
today.
(Actually, forget meta
phorical: I’m taking an
actual deep breath.
Several, probably.)
In the days of class
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leading up to my now-su
persized pair of class-less
days at the end, I’ve been
focused on the silver lin
ing.
All this rainy weather?
Just an excuse to curl up
with some coffee and my
Netflix.
(Yeah, okay, technically
I’m watching “I Know
What You Did Last
Summer” for a paper. But
it doesn’t mean menac
ingly-robed and fish
hooked serial killers can’t
be good time-wasters,
too.)
And all this walking to
class? Just an excuse for
daydreaming.
Okay sure, I don’t have
a lot to work with— but
I’m trying. Which is the
important thing.
I look at the day’s
material allegorical
perspectives on and theo
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In an opinion piece last year,
Pearson wrote “when [the federal]
government oversteps its bounds,
citizens have every responsibility to
bring the federal government back
to its foundation principles.”
Pearson suggests elections and
judicial opinions as methods for
checking the government.
These are both good and legal
ways to accomplish this goal.
Seceding from the Union is not.
“A state legislature can make
any pronouncement it desires, but
the law of the land is clear;”
University history professor Peter
Hoffer wrote me in an e-mail last
week. “A state cannot interpose
itself between the U.S. and its citi
zens, or nullify a federal law.”
Why, then, does a Senate resolu
tion from last year with no actual
legal power matter?
All of Georgia’s State Senate
seats are up for re-election next
Tuesday, and it’s important you
know the records of the candidates
running for office.
Whenever the State Senate
adopts a resolution concurring with
a discredited political theory, such
as SR 632, it reflects badly on the
entire state.
The Party of Lincoln should
remember that the first Republican
president refused to accept the
secessionist Confederacy’s exis
tence, and that 620,000 American
soldiers died in order to preserve
the Union.
The Georgia Legislature should
put aside talk of secession and, in
the words of Lincoln, resolve that
those dead shall not have died in
vain.
Robbie Ottley is a sophomore
from Marietta majoring in history
and political science and a page
designer and sports uniter for
The Red & Black
and can’t help but think,
“It can wait.”
But don’t misunder
stand: this isn’t frivolous.
It’s vital, and a solu
tion I advocate for more
students.
After all, what’s the
use of an expensive bach
elor’s degree if you go a
little mad getting it?
I’ll be swinging by to
pick up my Perris Bueller
leopard-print vest from
the cleaners and then I’m
off.
Call it skipping.
Call it a mental health
weekend.
Whatever you call it,
I’m glad it’s here all
brief, beautiful 96 hours
of it.
Class on Thursday?
See you Monday.
Adam. Carlson is a
sophomore from Hiram
majoring in magazines
and film studies and
a variety writer for
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