Small Steps for Free Citizens
1.) "Writing for the majority, Chief Justice Roberts said '…Discussion of issues cannot be suppressed simply because the issues may also be pertinent in an election. Where the First Amendment is implicated, the tie goes to the speaker, not the censor.' " -- McCain-Feingold's Lesson in Free Speech
2.) "A massive protest was held in Caracas on Wednesday against the Chavez government's removal of a leading opposition TV station, Radio Caracas Television (RCTV)." -- Massive Protest For Press Freedom in Venezuela!
3.) Jim DeMint Nails It: "This immigration bill has become a war between the American people and their government. The issue now transcends anything related to immigration; it's a crisis of confidence between what the American believe our government is and should be, and what it is now and what they perceive it to be . . . This vote today is really not about immigration. It's about whether or not we're going to listen to the American people and realize we need to proceed more carefully and in a more senstive manner and appear to be listening to the concerns of the American people." -- Cloture Dies Hard
It's all fine and good to topple dictators while making grand speeches about democracy and freedom, but democracy and freedom cannot hold when governments and representatives refuse to hear and/or actively seek to muzzle the voice of their own citizenry.
While Hugo Chavez was busy yanking a TV station off the air for its criticisms of his policies, Harry Reid was circumventing established Senatorial process to cut off debate on the Senate Immigration Bill despite massive citizen opposition and Trent Lott was publicly lamenting the power of Talk Radio, musing aloud as to whether there's something that can be done about it . . . so it's especially refreshing to see the Venezuelans march for free speech at the same time as citizens in this country gird for battle against what looks increasingly to be a Political Class that's wrested control of the country for its own personal gain.
Chavez, Reid and Lott? It's getting harder to tell the difference anymore.