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In the past week or so, things on The Hill have gotten heated. Given the volatility of the presidential election - it's understandable. Expressions of support for your candidate or issues are fine - as long as we all respect each other's right to disagree. We've recently had two members who either quit or were banned from this site. Some members have claimed we are "rascist" that we "censored" then.First of all, to claim we're rascist is absurd. We're not going to justify these kinds of hateful,... Read More
Is a Hugo Chavez regime in our future? From each according to his ability, to each according to his need (or needs) is a slogan popularized by Karl Marx in his 1875 Critique of the Gotha Program. "The phrase summarizes the principles that, under a communist system, every person should contribute to society to the best of their ability and consume from society in proportion to their needs" from Wikipedia Barbara West, anchor on Orlando's WFTV station dared ask Joe Biden: "How is Sen.... Read More
Anti Obama websites were shut down for 5 days last week by Blogger, a Google hosting service. Google blames it on reader reporting spam sites - but c'mon folks. We can add 2 and 2 and get 4. Can they read? Do they bother to check? Or were they just caught practicing censorship? Free speech and censorship thereof is practiced against McCain and pro Obama. Is there any integrity in journalism at all? We are constantly getting skewed information they label as "news." It has been my experience th... Read More
I was reading over a forum post by Eightball today and saw some comments from some members that disturbed me. It reminded me of the old freedom of speech argument; some say in a free society we have the right to say whatever we want; others say that freedom of speech carries with it a responsibility. I happen to agree with the latter. As the old freedom of speech argument goes you don't have the right to yell "Fire!" in a crowded building and cause a panic. I agree with that. Freedom of spee... Read More
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