Archives for the 'free speech' Category
Protest As We Say …
Published on 10 Aug 2009 at 9:16 am.
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Filed under Obama, free speech.
Not as we do. SF Chron’s Debra Saunders wraps up, puts a bow on the raging hypocrisy of Dem objections to dissent. I’d just add that it’s too bad George Bush, accused of trampling on the Constitution, will never get the credit he deserves for politely tolerating dissent.
You Say Soto-My-YOR, I Say Soda-Meyer
Published on 27 May 2009 at 11:39 pm.
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Filed under America, free speech, gaffes, language.
Let’s call the whole thing off.
Krikorian at The Corner on the “Sotomayor” pronunciation thing notes that Obama went American on it after his initial NPR-like effort at PC ethnophonics, settling on something like “Soda-meyer.” I thought it was a good move. No Grey Poupon on your linguistic burger, dude. Krikorian, who himself endures the constant Yank mispronunciation of his own Armenian name [...]
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British Savagery
Published on 6 May 2009 at 9:29 am.
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Brits ban a right-wing yacker. I’ve never listened to five minutes of the guy, don’t have an opinion on him. I don’t get the impression he’s recruiting jihadis. Whatever, their country. It’s not like they actually have free speech over there, though they have made strides in Sharia. Unfortunately, due to our current immigration procedures, when [...]
Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em
Published on 12 Apr 2009 at 9:39 am.
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Filed under America, Europe, free speech.
The assault on free speech from western governments. Jonathan Turley at Washington Post lays out the familiar story of European governments prosecuting speech, with policies and laws designed to to avoid hurting the feelings of people who want to subvert freedoms Europeans struggled for centuries to achieve. Europe more or less deserves what it is getting. Turley [...]
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Free Speech = Non-Human Right
Published on 26 Mar 2009 at 9:27 pm.
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Filed under Islam, free speech.
Tragicomic irony as the United Nations Human Rights Commission urges laws banning free speech. You guessed it … it’s a Motoons thing, pushed by Pakistan and other Muslim nations, horrified that the publication of a cartoon in Denmark forced thousands of Muslims to burn cars, Danish flags and consular buildings and in a couple of cases, to kill each [...]
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KindleNacht
Published on 25 Mar 2009 at 9:59 am.
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Filed under free speech, pols.
Althouse, rounds up the bizarre turn the free speech case, Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission took into book-banning arguments, with a Kindle review/1st Amendment argument. That’s different, but we’re living in different times.* Sounds a little like the United States, such as the United States is currently comprised, is grasping a little in its desire to control pre-vote thought and [...]
Oh … Canada
Published on 14 Mar 2009 at 8:58 am.
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Filed under Canada, free speech.
We broaden our minds and dispense with stereotypes when we travel, and see how others live. In this case, a short virtual-trip across our northern border reveals Canada is not just the charming nation of helpful Dudley Do-rights who say “eh” that we’ve always attempted to overwhelm with our Coca-Cola culture. It also has a quaint Orwellian underside. Steyn with the latest [...]
University Free Speech Update
Published on 11 Mar 2009 at 10:29 am.
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Filed under academia, free speech.
Campus newspaper column hurts prof’s reputation. Bess Davis’ ”Bess Sex” column in th University of Montana’s Montana Kaimin doesn’t appear to be about Law Prof Kristen Juras. She just doesn’t like the content and is afraid its relative proximity to her is damaging. It’s an interesting argument.
Does this mean, for example, that material that appears in the Boston Herald may [...]
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(F-Bomb) Free Or Die!
Published on 24 Feb 2009 at 11:06 pm.
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Filed under free speech, lawyers.
It’s still America. If some (F-bombing) (expletive) of a personal injury lawyer starts minding your business while you’re removing Democratic political signs that someone posted in your yard on Election Day in New Hampshire, you’re still free to call him an (F-bombing) (expletive). Portsmouth Herald:
F-Bomb Free Or Die!
Published on 14 Feb 2009 at 9:02 am.
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It’s kind of hard to tell from this Portsmouth Herald article. But it sounds like your right to remove signs other people have planted without authority on your property, and to do so without interference from busybodies, and to express yourself when those things have transpired, is in jeopardy in the Live Free or Die State.
Shoe-In
Published on 10 Jan 2009 at 10:21 am.
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Filed under Bush, free speech.
Anyone who’ll be in DC Monday may want to visit Lafayette Square for a demonstration of Iraqi-style free speech as Maine person of conscience/mental health advocate Jamilla El-Shafei leads a shoe-toss over the White House fence. via WBZ-TV:
As Long As We’re On The Subject
Published on 13 Dec 2008 at 9:35 am.
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Filed under America, culture, free speech, history, pervs, pols, sex.
Here’s a tribute to some refreshing honesty after Aniston’s look/don’t look ratings bid. Pervs, shed a tear, for the pinup queen who scandalized America … and got targeted by that other variety of exhibitionist, the prudish politician crusader … all over her pioneering sense of being liberated for profit. Bettie Page, 85, won’t be down for breakfast. Death gets [...]
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Call In Gay
Published on 9 Dec 2008 at 11:45 am.
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Filed under free speech.
Tomorrow’s the big day. Should be interesting. Somehow I don’t think it will advance the cause of gay marriage much, though. Just annoy people. Sounds a little too much like a “Where’s the beef?” or “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” kind of cultural one-liner in the making than a successful social protest strategy. Has Jay Leno [...]
Steyn/Levant 2, Giant Killer Worms 0
Published on 25 Nov 2008 at 9:08 am.
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Filed under Canada, free speech, moronocy.
Steyn at NRO on his second victory against the Giant Killer Worms of Canadian “Human Rights” Commission. Having busted into the “wrong rec room,” they capitulated when confronted with the prospect of righteous combat. Now the mega-invertebrates are now squealing for mercy. It’s a cautionary tale of PC petard hoistage that the would-be speech moderators of the incoming Obama [...]
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You Know You’ve Arrived
Published on 23 Nov 2008 at 11:17 am.
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Filed under blogs, free speech.
And you’ve got them scared when they want to regulate you. And/or shut you up. Protein Wisdom on moves to regulate bloggers. Gateway on Holder’s call for “reasonable restrictions” on Internet speech. Meanwhile, Adam Reilly at the Boston Phoenix allows the frothing rightwingers aren’t entirely wrong on the Fairness Doctrine and how that plays into net neutrality. In [...]
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Dictator!
Published on 29 Oct 2008 at 9:15 am.
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Filed under Bush, Obama, free speech, hated Crusaders.
Jeff Jacoby, the Boston Globe’s token rightwing warmonger, has fun with the idea of Bush as one …
Awwwww …
Published on 28 Oct 2008 at 9:05 am.
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Filed under art, free speech, pols.
More great holiday decorations, this time from Newton, Mass., which if you’re not familiar with it is part of the Cambridge Triangle … Cambridge, Newton, Brookline … a sort of Volvo zone where people’s common sense, free speech rights, that kind of thing, mysteriously drop off the radar screen. Boston Herald:
Constitutional Attack
Published on 28 Sep 2008 at 3:34 pm.
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No, not by the Chimpy Bushitler regime, you dolt. via Powerline, the governor of Missouri reacts to Obama camp’s effort to prosecute TV stations that run ads he doesn’t like:
X/Y Chromosomism, Civilizatio-centrism Decried
Published on 24 Sep 2008 at 10:35 am.
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Filed under Britain, English, free speech, linguistics, moronocy.
Brit linguistic do-gooders on PC jihad. New hate speech to include: Old Masters, immigrant, developing nations, black, patient, the elderly and special needs. Seminal and disseminate, as if you needed to be told, are vile sexist terms. Civilized … well, yeah, of course it’s racist, you moron. Uh oh, I’m in trouble already with the [...]
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Aussie Jihad!
Published on 4 May 2008 at 8:46 am.
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Filed under Islam, free speech, saudi arabia.
The Australian on Saudi efforts to spread hardline Islam Down Under notes $90 billion in petrodollars invested in expanding the Umma worldwide. Sometimes accompanied by assaults on traditional western freedoms, as in this case in Boston, for example.
Malkin with more on Wahhab-vangelism.
Hyscience: For America to ignore what the Saudis are doing around the world to foster and support [...]
The problem with Brigitte Bardot
Published on 21 Apr 2008 at 6:08 pm.
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Filed under France, Islam, free speech.
the dissident frogman, intruding. Bien le bonjour Mesdames et Messieurs, and non I’m not really a mime you know.
I understand the temptation to paint Brigitte Bardot as yet another example of the crushing of dissent brought upon the West by the conquering armies of Islam, or in this case their voluntary operatives on the Left [...]
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Thoughtful Question
Published on 13 Apr 2008 at 10:20 am.
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Filed under Iraq, free speech, guns, military.
From the forward-deployed Badger Six: “Is it too much to ask that newspapers such as the New York and Los Angeles Times publish OPED pieces by people that actually know what they are talking about?”
The Godiva Precedent
Published on 11 Apr 2008 at 8:26 am.
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Filed under free speech, law & order, nude.
Is argued before the high court as public nudity is nixed as a First Amendment right in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Supreme Judicial Court overrules an Cambridge judge, and reinstates the lewdness charge on an anti-Xmas commercialization protestor. Boston Herald:
Moore Vineyards
Published on 27 Mar 2008 at 10:31 pm.
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Filed under Iraq, free speech, law & order, military.
Produces a fine whine:
Hasta La Freedom of Speech
Published on 12 Mar 2008 at 10:33 pm.
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Filed under free speech, pols.
Ixnay on the uthtelling-tray.
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Choc-had!
Published on 17 Feb 2008 at 10:50 am.
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Filed under GWOT, free speech.
Something rotten in Denmark as crazy Danes* march for Almond Chocolate Bar. To bean or not to bean, that is the question. Whether ’tis Tobler to …
Motoons Reprised
Published on 14 Feb 2008 at 6:54 am.
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Filed under GWOT, free speech.
Danish newspapers reprint in solidarity.
Protest, Counter-Protest
Published on 13 Feb 2008 at 8:54 am.
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Filed under free speech, military, moronocy.
Zombietime’s got your Berkeley Marine art. Not for the squeamish.
Blackfive’s got the words: The Battle is Joined.
Gateway with a little of both asks, extra credit for Berkeley schoolkids? Malkin’s after action here. Surber: “To err is human but to really screws things up takes the Berkeley City Council.”
Previously: Berkeley Out of US!
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Principled Morons
Published on 4 Feb 2008 at 11:59 pm.
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Filed under free speech.
Make a low bid for high ideals, after losing their fight for their right to be dolts. Independent:
