In responce to a responce

Lino A Graglia wrote, University of Texas Professor of Law, "Purporting merely to enforce the Constitution, the Supreme Court has for some thirty years usurped and exercised legislative powers that its predecessors could not have dreamed of, making itself the most powerful and important institution of government in regard to the nature and quality of life in our society... it has literally decided issues of life and death, removing from the states the power to prevent or significantly restrain the practice of abortion, and, after effectively prohibiting capital punishment for two decades, now imposing such costly and time-consuming restrictions on its use as almost to amount to prohibition. In the area of morality and religion, the Court has removed from both the federal and state government nearly all power to prohibit the distribution and sale or exhibition of pornographic materials.... it has prohibited the states from providing for prayer or Bible-reading in public schools. The Court has created for criminal defendants rights that do not exist under any other system of law-- for example, the possibility of almost endless appeals with all costs paid by the state-and which have made the prosecution and conviction of criminals so complex and difficult as to make the attempt frequently seem not worthwhile. It has severely restricted the power of the states and cities to limit marches and other public demonstrations and otherwise maintain order in the streets and other public places." (The constitution A heavenly Banner, pg 26-7 Ezra Taft Benson)

Our freedoms are being eroded away. Today we in many cases no longer have the choice, but are coerced into doing, or acting, or believing in this case, a certain way. I fear at this rate we’ll no longer have property rights within a decade. Article of faith 11 reads, “We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.” In many ways others would restrict us from such privileges. My ancestors fought for the beloved freedoms we have now, and now our freedoms are being thrown to the way side, which freedoms were bought with a heavy price. What is the price of freedom?

phone post

hi all this is just a test! it's not too bad for posting from because it has a full qwerty keyboard! so hopefully I'll post more!

healing

well I've gotten back up to 61 WPM on my typing.

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it's been quite a while since my last post so i am very sorry!

I've graduated with a BS in physics from UVU this last Wednesday. This is a relief. (UNDERSTATEMENT)

well chad is over. I'm going to go play some computer games. so relaxing to not have any due.

The view

Well it's been an uninteresting week for me, aside from a few movies I've seen of course. My best friend flew off to Blackpool England Saturday, so it's been rather quite. Classical music is playing in the background and it's very soothing. Very nice for a cloudy day. It makes me want to watch Masters and commanders: The far side of the Sea, and the Horatio Hornblower series (which I have been watching the last few days. Instead of studying...). As sci-fi as I am I love a good High Seas kind of movie. They make me appreciate the time period that I live in, however I do wish life was slower sometimes like back then
We saw Indiana Jones and the crystal skull today. It was a good movie but too science fiction for a archeologist I think. Straying too much from the old Indiana Jones history.
I've been on a Digital electronics fest lately, I even had plans to build my own 7400 TTL processor, straight from just logic gates. but I think instead of doing it based on an 8bit processor design, I'll just do a 4 bit one (something like this). If I can get a PLD programmer (PLD = programmable logic device) then maybe I'll build an 8bit or 16bit one for fun. Especially if I can get one to proram the Atmel ATF2500C. but that'd set me back 600$ and I don't have that kind of money yet. I will, but when I do I wont have time to play with it... such is life.
Only 23 some odd days left until school is out and I graduate with a Bachelores in Physics! very exciting! Well I better be off, the only productive thing I've done today (installing windows Vista Ultimate on my dest top) is done. I want to get it updated and up to speed. It's finally replacing my Windows XP patition. I should probably pick a version of linux and install that too... on well my hand are hurting from typing too much..... Silly broken finger!

slow!

Since it takes me forever to post i normally haven't now for the last week! I'm sorry!

I've been studying up on Digital Electronics lately, I even pulled out single board computer! it's so much fun. Tim and I are going to build our own 4 bit processor from 7400 and 4000 ttl logic chips for fun!! wish us luck!

broken

At a church activity yesterday at 1900 I tried to catch a foot ball... that didn't work... and I fratured my left pinky, now my hand and arm is in a brace

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That's what I can do typing wise with one hand... my programing class just got very hard...

so I've tried my luck at typing faster, and this time I got 75 WPM yay, that makes me feel better.

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