Tea Party darling, Rand Paul, told Sean Hannity the following: PAUL: I’m not for profiling people on the color of their skin, or on their religion, but I would take into account where they’ve been traveling and perhaps, you might have to indirectly take into account whether or not they’ve been going to radical political […]
Tiffany’s isn’t the only place Newt Gingrich can get some bling. He also can get the poor man’s bling by just attending an event: GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and his wife Callista were hit with glittery confetti by a protester Tuesday during the couple’s appearance at a book-signing. The man approached the Gingriches during […]
Andrew Breitbart got a special surprise at CPAC this weekend: Blogger Andrew Breitbart has been sued by former U.S. Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod who contends her reputation was damaged by Breitbart’s posting last year of an edited video. The New York Times reports today Breitbart was served with the lawsuit at CPAC Saturday. Sherrod […]
This is some big news: A federal judge ruled late today that the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy is unconstitutional. U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips of Riverside declared that the Clinton-era law violates the First and Fifth Amendments, agreeing with arguments made by the plaintiffs that the policy violates the rights to free […]
The award has to go to this guy, who brought a gun to the townhall yesterday: Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Matthews did a great job at handling him, but I think it could have gone a little further. For example – we have a right to free […]
McCain’s campaign is all pissy because YouTube is pulling their campaign videos that have DMCA complaints: After seeings its videos repeatedly removed from YouTube, John McCain’s campaign on Monday told the Google-owned video site that its copyright infringement policies are stringent to the point of stifling free speech, and that its lawyers need to revamp […]
After years of being involved in administering different online communities, as well as developing the software for them, one thing never stops shocking me. When you get a user that crosses the line and you ban them, or take any action so they can no longer contribute to your online community, they start yelling that […]
It’s amazing how much the wingnuts hate our country, and it’s basic freedoms. When a student gets tasered for asking a simple question at a political rally, or founding principal of free speech is in great peril. Take the popular wingnut Ace of Spades. He is quick to point out that this action happened because […]
The Marines have picked an interesting route in the case of anti-war activist Adam Kokesh: A military panel recommended that an Iraq war veteran who wore his uniform during an anti-war protest should lose his honorable discharge status, brushing away his claims that he was exercising his right to free speech. Marine Cpl. Adam Kokesh, […]
This video proves that the university is an absolute enemy of democracy. Would you want your kids going there? I suggest people head over to the BYU website and ask Cecil Samuelson, the university’s president, why he is so afraid of free speech and feels the need to hinder it. Only 18% of the people […]