Please Vote
Shocking but not surprising: in a continuing narrowing of our civil rights in the United States, the Pentagon has further undercut the First Amendment by directing military personnel not to post on MySpace or YouTube and not to exercise their right to free speech through blogging.
Please vote in the upcoming presidential election and help us to be the democratic, ethical world leader that we claim to be. Read more here, and take a look at some of these blogs for an upclose look at the war in Iraq, both from positive and critical points of view.
My point is not to debate the war, but to note the slow but steady disintegration of our First Amendment rights. Don't even get me started on Guantanomo Bay.
Please vote in the upcoming presidential election and help us to be the democratic, ethical world leader that we claim to be. Read more here, and take a look at some of these blogs for an upclose look at the war in Iraq, both from positive and critical points of view.
My point is not to debate the war, but to note the slow but steady disintegration of our First Amendment rights. Don't even get me started on Guantanomo Bay.
Comments
Funny thing is, I think there's more democracy, freedom of speech and civil rights in Europe than in the US right now.
Please do vote! I would if I could, but I'm not American.