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added 2007 Thu Jun 14 17:27:43 by Aidenag
The long-awaited testimony of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former CIA Director George Tenet on prewar intelligence on Iraq has been postponed while the members continue to interview key players in the events leading up to then-Secretary of State Colin Powell's infamous 2003 speech at the United Nations.
added 2007 Thu Jun 14 2:33:45 by populist
There is no time to waste. We must ACT NOW if we want to protect Net Neutrality. Tell your story to the FCC about why Net Neutrality must be saved. We must act by June 15th!! Go to SavetheInternet.com and make your voice heard.
added 2007 Wed Jun 13 2:42:45 by populist
Free speech, by definition, is the saying of anything one wants, whenever one wants. The FCC's objection might be more effectively translated, "If we can't restrict the use of these two obscenities, the First Amendment might be alive and well in America, and we can't have that."
added 2007 Mon Jun 11 18:17:56 by populist
It's beyond galling for those of us who actually believe in the First Amendment--even for hate speech--to hear it eulogized by those who gave up even their lip-service to it after 9/11, at about the same time that Ari Fleischer warned "watch what you do, watch what you say."
added 2007 Fri Jun 8 17:50:44 by populist
It's a dangerous and frightening time in America today as the nation hurtles toward tyranny, and our right to speak out and protest continues being challenged and undermined. That makes the battle for the last frontier of press freedom crucial to preserving our fragile democracy now somewhere between life support and the crematorium.
added 2007 Mon Jun 4 4:59:36 by Stephen Johnson
By Linda Seebach - "Instead of the vibrant debate, intellectual diversity, and academic freedom we like to associate with universities, Maloney found violent protests at UC Santa Cruz and San Francisco State, persecution of student members of a conservative club at Cal Poly and the University of Tennessee, divisive racial and ethnic politics a
added 2007 Sat Jun 2 17:13:49 by populist
Other than the internet, they hold a stranglehold over the kinds of news, information, entertainment and other programming and material most people get from which they form their views of the nation's state, its government, and the world. The media giants are master manipulators.

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added 2007 Wed May 30 19:29:21 by SusanParrish
A bit of a tempest is brewing over the strident and profanity-laced writings of John Edwards' official campaign "blogmaster," Amanda Marcotte. She joined the Edwards campaign last week, and she's already gotten a lot of attention.
added 2007 Wed May 30 19:23:21 by SusanParrish
A trip to Cuba by seven legislators spoiled Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards' chance to address a joint session of the Alabama Legislature.
added 2007 Thu May 24 6:31:04 by populist
In a post-9/11 climate, the right of free expression is under attack and endangered in the age of George Bush when dissent may be called a threat to national security, terrorism, or treason.
added 2007 Sat May 12 6:57:09 by BoBo in Texas
In an increasingly fascist BushAmerica, students are punished for offending the entrenched power structure even though everything that they say is true!
added 2007 Thu May 10 21:43:45 by BoBo in Texas
Many said that if George W. Bush were reelected we'd see Americans punished for expressing their ideas. I guess they were right!
added 2007 Thu May 3 17:29:47 by Stephen Johnson
By Daniel Henninger - Don Imus, Bernard McGuirk, Trent Lott, Larry Summers, the Duke lacrosse team, Jimmy the Greek, the kid who yelled "water buffalo" at Penn, Howard Cosell, Jon Stewart, Chief Illiniwek, Jackie Mason and "South Park" all have in common only one thing: They have not been Politically Correct.
added 2007 Tue May 1 21:00:55 by populist
Thursday is World Press Freedom Day -- a time to remember and celebrate the crucial role a free press plays in democracy and development.
added 2007 Tue May 1 6:08:33 by populist
They call it partisanship; in reality, it is cowardice. Thinking is not what the partisans want for the American population. They seek an unquestioning multitude. They seek the obedience of blinded eyes and heads pressed to the earth.
added 2007 Fri Apr 27 20:35:21 by Beau7890
Police Thursday released portions of an essay used to charge a Cary-Grove High School student with disorderly conduct, leaving several experts puzzled at an arrest based on such schoolwork. Asked to write about whatever he wanted in a creative writing class, would-be Marine and honors student Allen Lee, 18, described a violent dream in which he
added 2007 Thu Apr 26 20:26:50 by populist
One could say free speech hits home for Freewebs' founders and executives because they've had firsthand experience with oppressive governments
added 2007 Tue Apr 24 3:49:19 by Bkumm
What does one do when the right to free speech comes up against the desires of one's employer? Does an employer have the right to terminate someone based on fiction that they have written? This article delves into these questions from a personal perspective.
added 2007 Sat Apr 21 22:42:15 by populist
If I'm captured in Wisconsin I suspect I'll be sent back to Minnesota-just as I was sent packing from Canada and deported to North Dakota--then back to Iowa, where I'll be tortured, by nine hours of Rush Limbaugh, endless hours of being exposed to coffee chatter, country music, nine and no minimum speed limit.
added 2007 Sun Apr 15 21:16:22 by STONERS
Students who claimed their civil rights were violated when they were issued citations for leaving school to attend immigration protest marches have settled their lawsuit with the city, officials said.
added 2007 Thu Apr 12 20:01:49 by SarrahA
"The View" again discussed Don Imus's recent racist and sexist remarks about the Rutgers women's basketball team. Rosie O'Donnell likewise continued her tirade about Imus' alleged "free speech." In a statement Rosie said the next step is the "thought police" locking everyone up in Guantanamo Bay without a lawyer.
added 2007 Thu Apr 12 1:02:01 by nakedtruth
One of the most persistent claims you hear from apologists of the current runaway administration is that "civil liberties haven't been diminished. But what about a professor and former marine who finds himself on the infamous "no fly" list for, of all things, criticizing the Bush administration's abuse of power? Well it happened.
added 2007 Tue Apr 10 20:46:12 by populist
After President Bush outlined proposals addressing the "clear need" for "comprehensive immigration reform" during a speech in Yuma, Ariz., on Monday, his plan was criticized from both sides of the political aisle.
added 2007 Mon Apr 9 20:17:26 by populist
The man was arrested in Santa Barbara while reciting Iraq casualty list in 2004. Police said he was disturbing the peace.
added 2007 Sun Apr 8 19:48:25 by populist
This systematic censorship of Middle East reality continues even in schools
added 2007 Wed Apr 4 19:45:13 by populist
A gag order imposed by a U.S. military commission preventing confessed al Qaeda foot soldier David Hicks from talking to the media likely can't be enforced once he returns to Australia, the Australian attorney general said.
added 2007 Wed Mar 28 20:15:27 by populist
Campaign finance laws, meant to rein in runaway spending on national political races, are discouraging Americans from participating in local issues like ballot initiatives, a libertarian public interest law firm warned Tuesday.
added 2007 Sun Mar 18 13:41:50 by Edinbug
The Religious Right has joined the ACLU - arguing a case before the Supreme Court involving a High Schooler who unfurled a banner outside school with the words: BONG HITS 4 JESUS. George W. Bush has lent support to Kenneth Starr (Clinton impeachment fame) and to the principal, who ripped the banner down. [Susan, please don't SINK this story TOO!]