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Celebrate this 4th with Hope for the future
Plant with Purpose | June 30th 2009
by Corbyn SmallJuly 4th, 1776, the Declaration of Independence is adopted and the United States proclaimed its sovereignty from Great Britain. Fifteen years later the First Amendment declares the importance of securing civil liberties such as freedom read more
Navtej Kohli and Morals of Life
Navtej Kohli Interest blog | June 30th 2009 by shailasmith
I Am Thankful For……. -The mess to clean after a party because it means I have been surrounded by friends. -The taxes I pay because it means that I’m employed. -The clothes that fit a little too snug because it means I have enough t read more
Iranian hogwash
My Kafkaesque life | June 29th 2009 by Michael
The First Amendment to the US constitution, Dec 15, 1791:Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people pea read more
On freedom of speech
A perspective on the Middle East | June 27th 2009 by Sam
In the wake of the Iran elections, what has enraged the world the most was not the blatant rigging of the election, but what followed - the brutal repression of the demonstration which for us Westerners represents the destruction of one of the rights read more
cameron on civil liberties..
POLITICS | by scott | June 25th 2009 by Scott Green
One of the most shaming aspects of Labour's record in office is its vicious decade-long assault on our freedom. In response, David Cameron will today make a speech outlining the Conservative Party’s thinking on the issue. Details are sketchy, but read more
Freedom of speech
The Beautiful Gate | June 24th 2009 by Mary Nicewarner
"The Lord has given mea well trained tongue,That I might speak to the wearyaword that will rouse them."Many of you may recognize these words from Isaiah ch. 50, it is one of the "Servant of the Lord" passages and that chapter is one of my favorites. read more
When A Bully Gets Pwned!
Zesty Nachos | June 23rd 2009
You know what is funny? Perez Hilton. He is a nothing more than a big bully, yet when he finally gets called out, he starts to cry about his rights and just blah, blah, blah. I have no idea why he thought he was off limits to the bashery that made hi read more
Turner and Establisment Sucks
Cloverdale in the Confederacy of Dunces | June 21st 2009 by Victor
Turner Bateman and his son celebrated Father’s Day by getting their hair cut and styled. Turner is trying to revive punk rock but finding the going difficult. His band “Establishment Sucks” played at a few local clubs until Cloverdale’s Cou read more
Nothing But the Truth
McDozer's Movie Blog | June 19th 2009 by Dave Mendoza
"Nothing But the Truth" is a great movie in my opinion, but can probably only be appreciated fully by those who can relate to having to pay any sort of price for standing up for one's convictions or staying true to their principles. It certainly i read more
Demonstration Against the Closure of Globovision in Venezuela
Sunrise in Havana | June 18th 2009 by zurama
" ALL FOR ONE, AND FREEDOM FOR ALL " JUNE 25th: JOIN US to unmuzzle the world.1) On June 25th, in as many countries as we can possibly organize, we will protest in front of the respective Venezuelan embassies or consulates, or in front of internation read more
Candor is King: Sincerity is What Really Sells
Selling U (Helping You Sell You) | June 16th 2009 by Scott
can-dor [kan-der] -noun 1. The state or quality of being frank, open and sincere in speech or expression; candidness: The candor of the speech impressed the audience. 2. freedom from bias; fairness; impartiality: To consider an issue with candor. read more
Cyber law continued
IT HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE | June 11th 2009 by subrahmanyan
In many countries, speech through cyberspace has proven to be another means of communication which has been regulated by the government. The Open Net Initiative, whose mission statement is "to investigate and challenge state filtration and surveillan read more
ONE VOICE...
"panunumbalik ng ulirat" | June 5th 2009 by azel v
On Mike Avenue Pinoy Blog’s ‘Tsokolate’PEBA and KaBLOGs and the "Panunumbalik ng Ulirat"MANIFESTOSo that the bloggerworld and everyone may know...We believe in the right to freedom of speech as a human right.We believe in the freedom to hold op read more
Indonesian Arrested for Complaining via e-mail
Mas Jukri | June 3rd 2009 by Lutfi Zuchri
Prita Mulyasari, a mother of two, has arrested for her complaint regarding a hospital malpractice. She sends e-mails to her friends regarding the bad treatment she got from the hospital. Prita is now arrested in LP Tangerang since 13 May and threated read more
Facebook Blocked for Iranians
Muzzerino | May 24th 2009 by Murray Douglas
At my workplace, Facebook is blocked and many of the staff grumble about it, but whats this? an entire country has blocked access to Facebook and why?From the bbc...Iran's government has blocked access to social networking site Facebook ahead of June read more
Miss California - Prejean Proves that Dumb Blonde Conversation Ca…
Caramel Onion | May 13th 2009 by Marjorie Steele
Being a blonde (hot girl) myself, I can't stand to see my blondes disgracing our kind - as my kind are strangely prone to doing. Sorry, world, we can't help ourselves. Really, would we be so hot if we didn't say the occasional thing that makes no f** read more
Freedom of Social Speech
Kayne Interactive | May 13th 2009
Social Media is a wonderful tool for friends to reconnect, colleagues and associates to network and businesses to promote their services and products. However with the recent Facebook controversy related to the Holocaust denial group being allowed t read more
Biased media and suffering citizen
vu-point | May 6th 2009 by sanchit goyal
Watching news on T.V. and keeping myself informed about world happenings is 1 of my hobbies. I had always shuffled across various news channels and would watch the 1 which had the interesting news on. I never suspected any channel of biasness until I read more
Lights, Camera
Letters | May 5th 2009 by Michelle Iberg
Dear Rubiana Ali,Welcome, my dear little girl, to fame, fortune, and eyes in places you didn't know you had and doing things you didn't know you had done. We know now that your Daddy didn't try to sell you, but that doesn't matter; what matters is th read more
Should Sweden Leave Out Their Racist Party?
Into the Æther | May 2nd 2009 by Phil C.
I always like engaging in these exciting debates about freedom of speech. As an American I do feel like it’s actually very important for us, as democracies, to engage freedom of speech from all angles. On the other hand, are we actually com read more
Climate Scientist Fired For Talking To Media
theauthor | May 1st 2009 by Ben Wallace
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090428/full/news.2009.410.html Climate scientist Jim Salinger has been fired for talking to the media (article link above). The ‘censorship/corporate rules’ comments on the article, deploring the sac read more
No Title
zaferbabur | April 23rd 2009
ABD de Interneti Kapatma Yetkisini Baskan'a Saglayacak..Sonunda bu da oldu internet ulke guvenligini tehdit edecek boyuta gelmisse baskan bir tusla bunu kapatabilme yetkisine sahip olmasi gerekir dediler ve Senator Rockefeller ve arkadaslari Cyber read more
Ode To Santa Cruz
PERLGURL.ORG: Laurie Darcey's Blog | April 22nd 2009
There's a town people visit, they can't stay away. They drive "over the hill", down to Monterey Bay. It's a place where there's always a bit of a breeze. Even when the rest of the West must resort to A.C. The fog rolls in and out; it is quite a r read more
In U.S. freedom of speech means this.. (UF polise teaser, Kerry)
The Wake up Project | April 11th 2009
"As the person who filmed this event. I would like to say that although Andrew may appear to be a conspiracy theorist, he still was accosted by the police after Senator Kerry said he wanted to hear the question. If Accent Speakers Bureau had allowed read more
Gandhi- just a surname?
Strings Of Life | April 1st 2009 by Sunil
The image of the word Gandhi has seen a major transformation in the Indian society. Up to 60's, the word Gandhi meant a lean & thin man of dark complexion with spectacles ready to fall of nose tip. It(the word) was synonymous with truth, non viol read more
Freedom of Speech
Conspiracy Theories from the Reality Challenged | March 29th 2009 by Sandra Creason
I'm a firm believer in the freedom of speech - as long as a person actually has something to say.Who has the right to determine whether something someone says is really valid or not? Well, one could say that every opinion is valid and that everyone read more
Geert Wilders : Islam Is the Forthcoming Threat to the West
Literature | March 24th 2009 by Mal-Allah Abdul-Settar
THE ISLAMIZATION OF EUROPEBy Geert WildersHere is the speech of Geert Wilders, a Dutch Parliamentarian and chairman of the Party for Freedom, the Netherlands, at the Four Seasons, New York, introducing an Alliance of Patriots and announcing the Facin read more
US Human Rights Report positive on Brunei
TKI di Brunei Darussalam | March 3rd 2009 by Adik Budiman Kamaludin
he US State Department annual Human Rights Report for 2008 was released yesterday.In the report for Brunei Darussalam, there were several positive points concerning the conditions of the prisons and the government's zero tolerance policy on corruptio read more
Limbaugh Hates the Constitution
Political Jasno | March 2nd 2009 by Jason Allen
Good old Rush Limbaugh was given an award at CPAC last weekend for his "defense of the Constitution." Hilarious that in his CPAC speech he would then quote the Declaration of Independence and say it was from the preamble to the document he is suppo read more
Brainwash Rant (Consideration of freedom of speech in advertising…
Lingua Franca de Macmanus | February 20th 2009 by Matt Hands
I am glad that you media lemmings are above the influence of marketers that produce these harmless images, copy or sound and they have never influenced YOUR purchasing behavior or self perception. It’s good to look around this crumbling economy and read more
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