User: alephomega |
"The Constitution is just a piece of paper" - G.W. Bush Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Olbermann interviews Jonathan Turley a constitutional law expert who rips Bush a new asshole, pointing out how many of his cronies are former criminals who have no respect for the law or the Constitution of the United States. Tags: countdown bush cia olberman constitution criminal turley wiretapping politics |
User: Dogboy2709 |
The Preamble The School house rock song, "Preamble" I decided to upload this because my history teacher says my class is going to need to learn the preamble of the consititution at some point. so, i figerud, "At lot of people in my school use Youtube, so why not upload the song here" THIS IS MANLY FOR STUDYING PURPOSES! (you can still watch it for fun though) Tags: Schoolhouse Rock Preamble Historyclass Study America |
User: Zodiacjack |
Michael Badnarik - The Constitution http://constitutionpreservation.org Michael Badnarik, author and former Presidential candidate, speaks against the Military Commissions Act at UT Austin on November 2, 2006. Michael is also the author of "Good to be King - The Foundation of our Constitutional Freedom". Tags: badnarik election campaign libertarian constitution politics congress vote military commissions act |
User: acluvideos |
Happy Constitution Day Be a Constitution Voter and celebrate the most important holiday no one knows about -- Constitution Day! Celebrate it every September 17. We celebrate it everyday at the ACLU. Learn more about becoming a Constitution Voter at: http://www.aclu.org/constitutionvoter Tags: federal government grassroots outreach local nonprofit public service announcements state regional |
User: hd95 |
Barney Fife and the Preamble to the Constitution Classic Comedy bit where Don Knotts as Barney Fife demonstrates his masterful memorization of the Preamble the US Constitution Tags: Barney Fife Andy Griffith Preamble Classic TV Television Don Knotts |
User: departmentofhealth |
An introduction to the proposed NHS Constitution What the proposed constitution will mean for patients, staff and the public and why its important for people to have their say. Video features interviews with leading figures in the NHS, the Department of Health and key stakeholders. Tags: NHS Constitution David Nicholson Department of Health |
User: benjie2429 |
Michael Badnarik's Constitution Class 1/42 Introduction to the Constitutional Class. A strict, literal interpretation of the Constitution from Michael Badnarik, the 2004 Libertarian presidential candidate. Brought to you by spuggydooner Tags: Commentary Analysis |
User: ConnieTalk |
The Constitution in the Bush Era What has happened to the Constitution during the Bush administration, and why the Bill of Rights no longer protects us. "And if you somehow think Habeas Corpus has not been suspended for American citizens but only for everybody else, ask yourself this: If you are pulled off the street tomorrow, and they call you an alien or an undocumented immigrant or an 'unlawful enemy combatant'" - Keith Olbermann Tags: Constitution Bush Bill of Rights Amendments 2007 Olbermann bush liar lie tyranny authoritarianism habeus corpus America |
User: ForaTv |
Thom Hartmann - Founding Fathers and the Constitution Complete program at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=352 Liberal author and radio host Thom Hartmann argues that the authors of the U.S. Constitution envisioned a more egalitarian society than has traditionally been believed. ----- Thom Hartmann talks about "Screwed: The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class and What We Can Do About It." Hartmann argues that the middle class is not the natural consequence of a free-market-based economy, but rather, the intended result of policies put into place to maximize the public good. He also argues the middle class is on its deathbed, evident by the number of people who put in a solid day's work and can no longer afford to buy a house, send their kids to college, or even get sick. Hartmann is also the author of "The Prophet's Way." Thom Hartmann, who started in radio in 1968, is also an internationally known speaker on culture and communications, an author, and an innovator in the fields of psychiatry, ecology, and democracy. Hartmann is the award-winning, best-selling author of fourteen books currently in print in over a dozen languages on four continents. Tags: historian history screwed middle class constitution conservative liberal politics air america radio debate fora fora.tv |
User: Bomberguy |
Forgotten Aircraft - Lockheed Constitution The Lockheed R6V Constitution was a large, propeller-driven, double-decker transport aircraft developed in the 1940s by Lockheed as a long-range, high capacity transport and airliner for the U.S. Navy and Pan American Airways. (The Constitutions were identified as R6O until 1950.) Only two of the planes were ever built, both prototypes. Although these two planes went into service with the Navy, the Constitution design ultimately proved underpowered and too large for practical airline use at the time. The Constitution remains the largest fixed-wing aircraft type ever operated by the U.S. Navy. The Lockheed Constitution began life in 1942 as a joint study by the U.S. Navy, PanAm, and Lockheed. The design requirements, initially designated Lockheed Model 89, called for a large transport aircraft to improve upon the Navy's fleet of flying boats. PanAm was involved in the study because such an aircraft had potential use as a commercial airliner. This transport would carry 17,500 pounds of cargo 5,000 miles at a cruising altitude of 25,000 feet and a speed greater than 250 mph. The aircraft would be fully pressurized and large enough so that most major components could be accessed and possibly repaired in flight. For instance, tunnels led through the thick wings to all four engines.) The aircraft was designed by a team of engineers led by Willis Hawkins and W.A. Pulver of Lockheed and Commander E. L. Simpson, Jr. of the Navy. The name Constitution was given to the project by Lockheed president Robert E. Gross. The Constitution design had a "double bubble" fuselage, the cross section of which was a "figure eight". This unorthodox design utilized the structural advantages of a cylinder for cabin pressurization, without the wasted space that would result from a single large cylinder of the same volume. The original contract from the Bureau of Aeronautics called for 50 Constitutions for a total price tag of $111,250,000. However, on VJ Day, the contract was scaled back to $27,000,000 for only two aircraft. The first Constitution, BuNo 85163, was built in the summer of 1946 at the Lockheed plant in Burbank, California. Because of the aircraft's large size—the tail towered 50 feet—Lockheed had to build a special hangar for final assembly. The $1,250,000 hangar, Lockheed-California's Building 309, measured 408 feet long, 302 feet wide, and the equivalent of six stories tall. The footprint of the hangar covered four acres. The R6O made its first flight on November 9, 1946. Joe Towle and Tony LeVier flew the plane on a leisurely course to Muroc Air Force Base. Once there, the plane underwent a carefully documented test program. At this time, electronic data recording technology was not well developed, so instrument readings were recorded by a movie camera pointed at the instrument panel. The first Constitution made a nonstop flight from Moffett Field to NAS Patuxent River on July 25, 1948. The pilot for the flight was Commander William Collins (USN) and the copilot was Roy Wimmer, Lockheed engineering test pilot. Four days later, the ship was formally christened by Mrs. John L. Sullivan, wife of the Secretary of the Navy, at Washington National Airport. The R6O tested JATO takeoffs with six rockets mounted on the rear of the fuselage. At full gross weight, the rockets shortened the takeoff run by 24%. Ship No. 1 was delivered to Navy Transport Squadron VR-44, based at NAS Alameda, on February 2, 1949. Both it and its sister ship, Ship No. 2 (which followed six months later), flew the route between California and Hawaii. The second Constitution, BuNo 85164, first flew on June 9, 1948. This aircraft, like its predecessor, had a double-deck configuration. The second aircraft, however, had an upper deck fully furnished as a luxury passenger transport, with accommodations for 92 passengers and 12 crew. The second Constitution, like its predecessor, also made a nonstop transcontinental flight. On February 3, 1949, the aircraft flew its 16 crew and 74 members of the press from Moffett Field to Washington National Airport. At the time, this was the largest number of people flown across the United States in a single flight. In the early 1950s, Ship No. 2 made a Navy recruiting tour of 19 cities. The side of the fuselage proudly advertised "YOUR NAVY—AIR AND SEA." Some 546,000 toured the plane's interior. General characteristics Crew: 12 Capacity: 168 passengers Length: 156 ft 1 in (47.6 m) Wingspan: 189 ft 1 in (57.6 m) Height: 50 ft 4.5 in (15.4 m) Wing area: 3,610 ft² (335.4 m²) Empty weight: 113,780 lb (51,610 kg) Loaded weight: 160,000 lb (72,600 kg) Max takeoff weight: 184,000 lb (83,460 kg) Powerplant: 4× Pratt & Whitney R-4360 radial engine, 3,000 hp (2,240 kW) each Performance Maximum speed: 303 mph at 25,000 ft (490 km/h at 7,600 m) Cruise speed: 260 mph (418 km/h) Range: 5,390 mi (8,670 km) Service ceiling: 28,600 ft (8,700 m) Rate of climb: 700 ft/min (210 m/min) Tags: Lockheed Constitution R6V R60 aviation history |