What is up with conservatives and the First Amendment? For years now, all those people who love the Constitution so much they carry it around in the breast pockets of their bespoke suits have had this totally sane and logical notion that criticising someone for being an idiot is the same as taking away their freedom of speech. Logic, it is what's for dinner! But Jack Welch -- the poor little billionaire who axed a hundred thousand jobs as head of GE and now has only his plum perches at CNN and Fortune to
It&#039;s really quite simple: Under the new, improved Billionaire&#039;s First Amendment, Jack gets freedom <i>of</i> speech (his), and freedom <i>from</i> speech (yours). And no, you don&#039;t get to criticize the new rules -- that&#039;s what they&#039;re for.
<i>&quot;Imagine a country where the major corporations weren&#039;t rewarded for offshoring jobs and the CEO&#039;s of such corporations believed in creating a livable wage for it&#039;s employees.&quot;</i>
A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far ... wait, <a href="http:\/\/corporate.ford.com\/news-center\/press-releases-detail\/677-5-dollar-a-day" target="_blank">it wasn&#039;t far away at all. </a>
Nope, gotta watch Ow, My Balls.
It&#039;s really quite simple: Under the new, improved Billionaire&#039;s First Amendment, Jack gets freedom <i>of</i> speech (his), and freedom <i>from</i> speech (yours). And no, you don&#039;t get to criticize the new rules -- that&#039;s what they&#039;re for.
Imagine a country where people complained about the money being spent on health, education and welfare. Surely that would be intolerable.
<a href="http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch\?v=TYpYs9GBXwY" target="_blank">You said it... </a>
Jack Welch, it&#039;s called Freedom of Speech.
Not Freedom of Screech.
Perhaps they taught you wrong in your American Historionics classes?
<i>&quot;Imagine a country where the major corporations weren&#039;t rewarded for offshoring jobs and the CEO&#039;s of such corporations believed in creating a livable wage for it&#039;s employees.&quot;</i>
A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far ... wait, <a href="http:\/\/corporate.ford.com\/news-center\/press-releases-detail\/677-5-dollar-a-day" target="_blank">it wasn&#039;t far away at all. </a>
Doctor Evil?
we should totally make it illegal for people to criticize the <strike>insane</strike> rich, for freedom.
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Is it just me, or is it starting to look like <em>Idiocracy</em> vastly understated the problem?
if barack obama is so damned good at manipulating numbers why hasn&#039;t he done something about this poll data?
Funny how many people interpret &quot;freedom of speech&quot; as &quot;freedom from criticism&quot;.
Wingnut Guide to the Constitution 101.
Free speech for me but not for thee.