Category Archives: 1st Amendment

President Thin Skin Blocks Boston Herald Reporter

Let’s suppose, for a change, that President Bush had done this: most of the MSM would be all over the issue, calling Bush a fascist and accusing him of destroying the Constitution The White House Press Office has refused to give the Boston Herald full access to President Obama’s Boston fund-raiser today, in e-mails objecting […]

SCOTUS Upholds Right Of Parents For School Choice

The Supreme Court stood up for taxpayers, parents, and choice In a decision school choice advocates are cheering, the Supreme Court dismissed an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) lawsuit against an Arizona school program, which allows residents to get a tax break for donations to organizations that grant scholarships to private schools. Justice Anthony Kennedy […]

Rep. Slaughter: Hey, Maybe The FCC Should Clamp Down On Meanies

Personally, I’m offended and feel threatened by her violent name: Rep. Louise Slaughter She said she does not fear for herself but for her family. She put some of the blame on the FCC saying it does little to tone down inflammatory rhetoric. She said the FCC should work harder to reprimand TV and radio […]

Treehugger: Can We Now Tone Down The Anti-AGW Rhetoric?

Of course, their premise is that we should have more civility in the green debate, otherwise, OMG, THE WORLD IS GOING TO BURN!!!!!!11!!!!!!! we won’t be able to have a proper debate THE ARCTIC IS GOING TO BE ICE FREE IN 1,000 YEARS and decide what proper legislation BUILD SOLAR PLANTS FOR GAIA!!!! to pass, […]

After Shooting, Dems Will Introduce Gun And Speech Control Bills

You didn’t think that they would let a good crisis go to waste, did you? One of the fiercest gun-control advocates in Congress, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.), pounced on the shooting massacre in Tucson Sunday, promising to introduce legislation as soon as Monday targeting the high-capacity ammunition the gunman used. “My staff is working on […]

NY Times Hypocrisy Watch: We’ll Publish Wikileaks Info, But Not ClimateGate

Powerline makes an interesting observation The New York Times is participating in the dissemination of the stolen State Department cables that have been made available to it in one way or another via WikiLeaks. My friend Steve Hayward recalls that only last year the New York Times ostentatiously declined to publish or post any of […]

COICA Bill Passes Senate Judiciary Committee – A Good Idea Gone Government

The setup U.S. agencies and officials would get new powers to go after foreign websites that sell counterfeit goods and pirated music, movies and books under a bill passed on Thursday by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill, which supporters hope will set the stage for action next year, targets “rogue websites” in countries such […]

Bernie Sanders Wants To Stop Comcast-NBC Merger, Violate Constitution

Yet another Leftist who fails to understand what the 1st Amendment actually says Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said he would look to block a merger between NBC and Comcast, citing the decision last week by MSNBC to suspend liberal anchor Keith Olbermann. Sanders said Comcast’s attempt to acquire NBC from General Electric would result in […]

Axelrod: Chamber Of Commerce Guilty Till Proven Innocent

Continuing that Great American Principle, Mr. Astroturf chimes in White House senior adviser David Axelrod said the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has the burden of proving false the charge by Democrats that the business group is funneling foreign money to Republican campaigns. Axelrod was pressed by CBS’ Bob Schieffer on Sunday for evidence that the […]

Democrats Continue Attacked Chamber Of Commerce

Can we call Democrats “anti-business” yet? The Democratic National Committee is attacking Rove and another top GOP strategist, Ed Gillespie, in an ad that is to begin a weeklong run on national cable early this week. “Karl Rove, Ed Gillespie: They’re Bush cronies,” the ad charges. “The U.S. Chamber of Commerce: They’re shills for big […]

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