Archive for the ‘Freedom of Speech’ Category

John Cusack Almost Gets His Wish

On Sunday, John Cusack sent a message to his followers on Twitter encouraging violence against FoxNews, Dick Armey, and Newt Gingrich: “I AM FOR A SATANIC DEATH CULT CENTER AT FOX NEWS HQ AND OUTSIDE THE OFFICES [OF DICK] ARMEY AND NEWT GINGRICH-and all the GOP WELFARE FREAKS.” On Wednesday, leftist...
September 2nd, 2010 | Environmentalism, Freedom of Speech, Politics | Read More

U.S. Second Court of Appeals Upholds the First Amendment Against FCC Encroachment

The Federal Communications Commission was dealt a severe blow on Tuesday when a federal appeals court ruled that their current indecency policy is unconstitutionally vague. The decision is a serious setback to Julius Genachowski, Obama’s chairman at the FCC.  Genachowski has been focused on significantly...
July 14th, 2010 | Freedom of Speech | Read More

Obama Administration Moves to Reduce Online Privacy

The Obama administration is proposing a new identity management system for the Internet which is calls “Identity Ecosystem.” This new system will replace individually managed usernames and passwords with a taxpayer-funded federally-managed system. The scheme is outlined in the National Strategy...
July 13th, 2010 | Freedom of Speech, Politics | Read More

Senate Committee Approves Internet Censorship Bill

A bill granting President Obama authority to close down Internet Service Providers (ISPs), search engines, and web sites without any type of due process was approved by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in a voice vote this week. The bill now moves to the Senate floor for...
June 29th, 2010 | Freedom of Speech, Politics | Read More

NRA Sells Out the First Amendment

As an NRA life member, it is difficult for me to concede that characterizations of the NRA as incompetent and self-serving are charitable and that the reality may be much worse. The NRA operated for many years as a bulwark of American freedom, focusing mainly on protecting the Second Amendment from...
June 20th, 2010 | Featured, Freedom of Speech, Gun Rights, Politics | Read More

Bangladesh Blocks Facebook — No One Cares

Bangladesh has blocked it’s subjects from accessing the popular social networking site Facebook because the Bangladeshi regime finds certain pages on the site offensive to their Islamic religion. Bangladesh is home to approximately 158,065,841 people, who each earn about $1,600 a year (adjusted...
May 30th, 2010 | Economics, Freedom of Speech | Read More

Leaving Islam?

Liberty blogger Pamela Geller of Atlas Shrugs has created a significant amount of off-web controversy by deciding to advertise her latest project on city buses across the United States. The ads on the buses read “Fatwa on your head?  Is your family or community threatening you?  LEAVING ISLAM? ...
May 29th, 2010 | Freedom of Speech, Politics, Religion | Read More