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November 28, 2006

Gingrich Proposes Reexamining Free Speech

If this doesn't make you want to scream, you don't deserve to be an American. Newt Gingrich says that the risks of terrorists annihilating an American city are so great that we should reexamine freedom of speech. We must find a way to keep the terrorists from using the Internet and free speech to recruit other terrorists and communicate with each other. Obviously, this will mean greater oversight and prior restraint for everyone.

But that isn't the only problem he has with current free speech laws. We also must, he said, do something about those awful campaign finance laws that are reducing free speech and overturn court rulings about the separation of church and state, which harm citizens' ability to express themselves. Because the three biggest threats we face in this country are people speaking freely on the Internet, limits on corporate campaign contributions, and governments not being able to endorse a particular religion. If we can fix those problems by reining in our First Amendment rights and save an American city in the process, well, it will be morning in America again!

Posted by Becky at November 28, 2006 10:53 AM