free speech

Over 30 conservative pastors openly endorsed John McCain last Sunday and then mailed their sermons to the IRS. Gawd. And you thought this election was already crazy enough.

Whitehouse with the breaker:

One lobbyist charged with giving an illegal donation to Rep. Stacey Campfield intends to fight the constitutionality of the law:

Gottlieb was cited for donating $200 to state Rep. Stacey Campfield, R-Knoxville. Fowler gave Campfield $100.

On the day of John McCain’s speech at the Republican National Convention our favorite progressive site returns to its Stalinist ways. Via la purge.
KnoxViews is a private club yet again. Only registered users may speak.
Free Speech is a dangerous idea. We like danger here.
By the way, great speech John. I mean Mr. President.

I was introduced by my brother to Stephen Fry, an English humorist, actor, novelist and filmmaker. He presents a show on the BBC called Q.I. (Quite Interesting).

It just gets worse and worse. Via Freedom Democrats we learn that Ms. Palin is none too keen on all that free speech silliness:

First of all, a few housekeeping items…

The recent theatrical release of "Tropic Thunder" has rekindled the uniquely American debate over free speech. Advocacy groups have spoken out against the use of the word "retard" and its variations, coupled with Ben Stiller's portrayal of a retarded character in one of the movies within the movie.