Archive for the 'Free speech' Category
Bookworm on Dec 12 2012 | Filed under: California, Free speech, Law, Unions
Tweet The State Bar of California, which I have to pay into in order to practice law in the State of California, long-ago abandoned its core responsibility of ensuring that people who hold themselves out as lawyers to California citizens are at least minimally qualified. As with all these mandatory organizations, it’s turned into a [...]
Bookworm on Oct 21 2012 | Filed under: Free speech
Tweet I’m not much of a TV watcher to begin with, so I guess it’s unsurprising that South Park isn’t part of my repertoire. That explains how I missed the fact that, a few years ago, South Park predicted with uncanny accuracy the government’s response to the Mohamed video.
Bookworm on Sep 21 2012 | Filed under: Free speech, Muslim violence
Tweet Froggy, who blogs at BlackFive, attended the funeral of Ty Woods, one of the former Navy SEALS who died trying to defend the consulate in Benghazi that State Department policy left completely exposed. Dorothy Woods, Ty’s widow, had the emotional strength to deliver a powerful eulogy for her husband. Froggy was especially struck by [...]
Bookworm on Sep 21 2012 | Filed under: Free speech, Islam, Muslim violence
Tweet I wish I’d said it this well: It’s really quite amazing. In Pakistan, Egypt, and the Palestinian territories, Christians are being harassed, brutalized, and even murdered, often with state support, or at least state indulgence. And let’s not even talk about the warm reception Jews receive in much of the Muslim world. And yet, [...]
Bookworm on Sep 19 2012 | Filed under: Books, Free speech
Tweet I was doodling about on that Folio Society site I told you about, and I came across a book I’ve never heard of: The Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov. Here’s the product description: ‘Well, as everyone knows, once witchcraft gets started, there’s no stopping it’ On a hot spring afternoon in Moscow, a [...]
Bookworm on Sep 17 2012 | Filed under: Free speech
Tweet There’s nothing funny about the Obama administration’s decision to trample on the First Amendment in its rush to placate radical Islamists. Well, almost nothing. If you give the conservative masses a crack at their still functioning right to free expression, you end up with marvelous examples of political wit. Here are a few of [...]
Bookworm on Sep 15 2012 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Free speech
Tweet If you read nothing else today, nothing else this week, or even nothing else before the election, you must read Glenn Reynolds as he explains why Obama should resign. Then, email it to all your friends, tweet it, put it on Facebook, and print flyers to put on people’s windshields. (Just kidding . . [...]
Bookworm on Sep 12 2012 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Free speech
Tweet Obama made a statement today. Here is the official transcript of what he said (emphasis mine): I strongly condemn the outrageous attack on our diplomatic facility in Benghazi, which took the lives of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. Right now, the American people have the families of those we lost in our thoughts [...]
Bookworm on Sep 11 2012 | Filed under: America, Egypt, Free speech, Islam, Muslim violence
Tweet Yes, I understand that the embassy in Cairo is besieged but it does strike me as cowardly to abandon core principles as this juncture (emphasis mine): U.S. Embassy Condemns Religious Incitement September 11, 2012 The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings [...]
Bookworm on Jul 11 2012 | Filed under: Free speech
Tweet A woman named Jane Pitt recently exercised her Free Speech rights by sending a letter to a local paper castigating Obama for supporting same-sex marriage and urging people to vote for Romney, because he will support traditional marriage. She was predictably savaged by Leftists who didn’t merely challenge her beliefs, but effortlessly went to [...]
Bookworm on Jun 22 2012 | Filed under: Free speech
Tweet Dan Savage made a name for himself as the face of the “anti-bullying” campaign sweeping America’s schools. He’s gotten lots of money, lots of media face-time, and lots of access within the Obama administration because of his “peaceable” message. Savage’s own behavior, though, makes clear that his anti-bullying message is just another Leftist scam, [...]
Bookworm on May 30 2012 | Filed under: Blogs and Blogging, Free speech
Tweet I bet all of you all remember “Everyone Blog About Bret Kimberlin Day.” After all, it took place less than a week ago. For those unfamiliar with it, this is the way it worked: Conservatives bloggers learned that Brett Kimberlin, using both the legal system and a bit of self-help, was harassing those bloggers [...]
Bookworm on May 23 2012 | Filed under: Free speech
Tweet [I've added a newer post, with more links and more facts here.] Before today, I’d been aware of Brett Kimberlin in only the vaguest possible way, since his name suddenly seemed to be popping on various sites I visit. Since his name didn’t actually ring any bells, I didn’t stop to educate myself about [...]
Danny Lemieux on Apr 27 2012 | Filed under: Al Gore, Barack Obama, Capitalism, Democrats, Elections, Environmentalism, Free speech, Freedom, Government, Leftist morality, Liberal Fascism
“The message from the man who controls the Justice Department (which can indict you), the SEC (which can fine you), and the IRS (which can audit you), is clear: You made a mistake donating that money”, writes Strassel.
Bookworm on Mar 29 2012 | Filed under: Britain, England, Free speech
Tweet I’ve been following a free speech story out of England and have been meaning to blog about it. Since the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, I never did get around to writing that post. Fortunately, someone else did, and a whole lot better than I would have done so.
Bookworm on Mar 28 2012 | Filed under: Free speech, Islam
Tweet This video is a year old but, especially with the latest Koran burning “scandal,” is as pertinent now as it was when first made: Hat tip: W”B”S
Bookworm on Mar 15 2012 | Filed under: Free speech, Media matters
Tweet I always love it when Leftist idiocy highlights some sort of life lesson I just imparted to young people. Today’s life lesson is that fairness should be a reasonably objective standard, rather than one that, as Bill Maher would have it, depends on whether you, personally, are benefiting from the standard imposed. Back in [...]
Bookworm on Jan 23 2012 | Filed under: Free speech
Tweet Back in the late 1980s, early 1990s, when political correctness first floated into the realm of mainstream culture, everyone thought it was the same as being nice or having good manners. It’s not. Good manners, to my mind, means assuring that the people around you feel comfortable. Political correctness means controlling people’s thoughts and [...]
Bookworm on Jan 05 2012 | Filed under: Education, Free speech
Tweet American universities pay lip service to multiculturalism and inclusiveness, but one of their despicable secrets is that, while conservative and Jewish speakers are ignored or shouted down with no push-back whatsoever from the university administrations, pro-Palestinian speakers are given a bully pulpit. The worse their rhetoric — the more anti-inflammatory and antisemitic — the [...]
Bookworm on Sep 13 2011 | Filed under: Free speech, Judges, Judicial activism
Tweet Do you have any spare change lying around? Yes? I thought you might. My dollar coins say “In God We Trust.” My dollar bills say “In God We Trust.” My quarters say “In God We Trust.” My dimes say “In God We Trust.” My nickels say “In God We Trust.” My pennies say “In [...]
Bookworm on May 17 2011 | Filed under: Free speech
Tweet Ted Rall, who is to the left of Left, reveals today’s dirty little secret: It feels a little weird to write this, like I’m telling tales out of school and ratting out the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy. But it’s true: there’s less room for a leftie during the Age of Obama than there was under [...]
Bookworm on May 13 2011 | Filed under: Free speech, Freedom, Islam, Multiculturalism, Muslim violence
Tweet Everyone should read this speech. Everyone. While the media swooned about Obama’s Cairo speech (in which he lauded veiling women and ignored thousands of years of Jewish ties to Israel), and Obama’s race speech (in which he insulted white people), and Obama’s recent immigration speech (in which he demonized people who fear the risks [...]
Bookworm on May 10 2011 | Filed under: Free speech, Women
Tweet There is much breast-beating amongst the usual suspects about the fact that an Orthodox Jewish newspaper deleted all female images from the Situation Room picture the White House issued after bin Laden’s death. Hillary was one of those deleted. The deletion was technically a violation of federal policy, but given the way in which [...]
Bookworm on Apr 27 2011 | Filed under: Free speech
Tweet Barry Rubin sounds a tocsin at Pajamas Media about the way in which political correctness is slowly but steadily eroding free speech in America, leaving us to speech norms more commonly seen in repressive Middle Eastern countries. As he explains, there’s a reason “the authors of the American Constitution forbade limits on freedom of [...]
Bookworm on Apr 05 2011 | Filed under: Free speech, Muslim violence, Watcher of Weasels
Tweet I agree completely with Michael, who blogs at Political Commentator and is a Watcher’s Council member: He’s a very solid speaker, sounding more controlled and stable than the gal interviewing him.
