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Say Anything: John Cusack’s Inane Tweets
John Cusack, the far less funny brother of Joan Cusack, purports to be an actor and political activist. He is also an avid user of the social medium, Twitter. Combine all three and you get the inane and foolish ramblings of a self-deluded Hollywood ”star” who has obviously forgotten what has secured him both fame and fortune in the greatest nation on the face of the earth. Tweeting to his 200,000 “followers” this past Sunday night, Cusack wrote: “I AM FOR A SATANIC DEATH CULT CENTER AT FOX NEWS HQ AND OUTSIDE THE OFFICES ORDICK ARMEYAND NEWT GINGRICH-and all the GOP WELFARE FREAKS,” (Tweet not originally in red; added by yours truly for effect) Why would he tweet such a thing, you might ask? Seems one of his followers asked him a question regarding his support for the Ground … Read entire article »
Filed under: Freedom of Speech, Hollywood
First Amendment: What Is Legal Ain’t Always Right!
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. First Amendment to the United States Constitution Can a person defend the First Amendment rights of an individual or group, but not support or otherwise endorse the specific speech or activity that is being engaged in? For instance, can you defend Oliver Stone’s or Michael Moore’s right to produce anti-American films, but at the same time refuse to support those movies in any form or fashion? Does the First Amendment itself force citizens to like how others might express their freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, or petition? I do not believe that these … Read entire article »
Filed under: Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Freedoms, Islam, Uncategorized
The Arrogance of Elites (Baptist & Otherwise)!
You come to this country, take advantage of the system and think because we are tolerant that we are weak and helpless. Your arrogance offends me. Bryan Mills, from the movie Taken If Norman Jameson, the editor of the North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder, wanted to write a condescendingly arrogant opinion piece defending the construction of a mosque near Ground Zero in lower Manhattan, in the infamous words of George W. Bush — Mission Accomplished! Fresh on the heals of President Obama’s entirely predictable endorsement of the Ground Zero mosque, Jameson, in what has to be one of the most smarmy editorials written from a Baptist Christian perspective to weigh in on the Ground Zero mosque, has certainly outdone himself. Before any of my freedom loving, Baptist historian friends throw rocks, let me make it perfectly … Read entire article »
Filed under: Freedom of Religion, Freedoms, Islam