Its not plain if you don’t want it to be. ========= The mainstream press has justified its lack of coverage over the Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups because there’s been no “smoking gun” tying President Obama to the scandal. This betrays a remarkable, if not willful, failure to understand abuse of power. The political pressure on the IRS to delay... Read more
Archive for the ‘Losing Freedom’ Category
Censors on Campus
January 23 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, Politically correctSo much for your “liberal arts” education. ======= Here’s a less than enthusiastic word of thanks to America’s college administrators. Close to 60% of campuses in 2013 substantially abridged the First Amendment rights of faculty and students. But at least that’s an improvement from 75% in 2007—the year the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (Fire) produced its first comprehensive assessment of... Read more
Seattle mulls ban on word ‘brown bag’ – Seriously
October 25 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, Politically correctCensorship? Is George Orwell’s “1984″ prophecy is coming true? Freedom of Speech is dying. ============== In Seattle, it may soon be illegal for government officials to use the terms “brown bag” and “citizens” in official city documents and discussions. City politicos said such words are deemed offensive by many, and as such, they may abide the recent caveat from the Office of Civil... Read more
We’re not losing Freedoms?
September 11 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Big Govt, Losing FreedomAnd you say you are still not concerned enough to do anything? ============ The Supreme Court and Ed Corsis Life of Political Crime By BRADLEY A. SMITH Columbus, Ohio In the winter of 2008, Ed Corsi decided that he was tired of stewing about the politics in his home of Geauga County, Ohio, and the country at large. He started a website, put Thomas... Read more
