The Worst President in History?

The Iraqis should be paying for every one of our soldiers killed to help their lousy country, instead of us paying them. After all, who created the lousy situation causing all of this, us or them?

And last year a Seattle woman was awarded $45,000 for the wrongful death of her cat.

Bernard, they won't open the floodgates. They will instead attempt to shut down people that do not agree with them. The Rush Limbaughs, Hannity, etc. Its called the "fairness doctrine." We must be fair you know, and Rush simply isn't fair. He is a bigot and there is no equal time, you know. Wait and see. Bet on it. I would rather not see her have the chance.

If you think liberals are in favor of free speech, you have another think coming. Is Castro in favor of free speech? Was Stalin? Was Kruschev? Was Mao? How about the guy in Venezuela, where Cindy Sheehan wants to go, its so much better down there you know, and we all know Cindy loves free speech. HA HA HA.

Bernard, they won't open the floodgates. They will instead attempt to shut down people that do not agree with them. The Rush Limbaughs, Hannity, etc. Its called the "fairness doctrine." We must be fair you know, and Rush simply isn't fair. He is a bigot and there is no equal time, you know. Wait and see. Bet on it. I would rather not see her have the chance.

OmSigDAVID wrote:

The exercise of the power of government
shud be confined to those powers that were actually granted to it;
USURPATIONS ( e.g., telling us what we cannot think or talk about,
or write to each other about ) shud not be tolerated.
David

David, I agree with that. One of the reasons that so-called "hate crimes" are a joke. Crimes should be judged by what a person does, not what he thinks. I realize intent, malice, and motives are already considered with criminal acts, but the idea of a hate crime in terms of thought and words alone is fairly ridiculous. If you kill somebody, it doesn't seem to matter if you did it out of hate or not, and in fact why would you kill someone if you didn't hate them? However, characterizing speech or thought as a hate crime is definitely going down the wrong road in my opinion. If it constitutes a physical threat, then thats different.

In regard to nudist colonies, I am not in favor of outlawing those. Those have been around forever. However, I would be against going to school nude, and I don't think kids would ever get that used to it, to the point of being able to study anything or accomplish anything. Schools are not excelling to their best now, due in part to relaxed standards, in my opinion.

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Apparently the Oklahoma educational system is in some significant disrepair.

Please explain (without deviating into logistic complexities and first ammendment nuances) how it could be the case that presentation of muliple viewpoints equals suppression of speech.

If you think liberals are in favor of free speech, you have another think coming. Is Castro in favor of free speech? Was Stalin? Was Kruschev? Was Mao?

blatham wrote:

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Apparently the Oklahoma educational system is in some significant disrepair.

Please explain (without deviating into logistic complexities and first ammendment nuances) how it could be the case that presentation of muliple viewpoints equals suppression of speech.

At least we have an educational system in Oklahoma.

Easy explanation, blatham. If enough people care to listen to or read your political views, media outlets will be knocking down your doors to showcase your views, and advertisers will be ringing their phone off the hook. Its called competition and freedom. But if nobody is interested in listening to you, but would rather hear conservatives instead, there is no suppression whatsoever. If instead you shut those people up to instead install some bozo nobody wants to listen to, it is indeed suppression.

Freedom of speech does not mean people should have to listen to your speech if they don't wish to. You have a right to speak, but the rest of us also have a right to decide whether we want to listen.

okie wrote:

If you think liberals are in favor of free speech, you have another think coming. Is Castro in favor of free speech? Was Stalin? Was Kruschev? Was Mao?

What an amazing tosser you are. Who said Stalin was a liberal, or Castro or Kruschev or Mao?

Oh that's right, you did. Your mind is mush if you think liberal=communist.

Okie- Give it up. I am sorry to tell you that but you are in danger of being outmatched. You have encountered Debra LAW! Do you know what that means, Okie? She is the most brilliant LEGAL mind in the USA. How else could she be named Debra LAW.