Ron Paul at Wake Forest University
On April 20, the Wake Forest University chapter of Young Americans for Liberty organized an event with Congressman Ron Paul that attracted an audience of at least 1,300 people. Watch some clips from Ron Paul’s speech, catch behind the scenes footage from the event, and check out a few of the perks that came with hosting the Congressman.
Check out the rest of the high quality photos here.
Watch or read Ron Paul’s complete Wake Forest speech here.
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There is a bill on the fast track in the U.S. Senate (§ 909) that would not only criminalize free speech but provide elevated protection to pedophiles.
The bill is euphemistically called “The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act.”
I call it “The Pedophile Protection Act.”
It was exposed as such when an amendment to exclude pedophiles from special legal protections, offered by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, was rejected by the Democrats in the House Judiciary Committee. Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Florida, admitted from the House Floor that this bill put 547 forms of sexual deviancies listed by the American Psychiatric Association, which he referred to as “all of these ‘philias’ and fetishes and ‘isms,’” on the same level of elevated protection as “race … religion … gender … or disability.”
Has anyone out there been able to get any reasonable answer for why the Census Bureau needs a GPS coordinate for our front doors?
Law prof Eugene Volokh blogs about a U.S. House of Representatives bill proposed by Rep. Linda T. Sanchez and 14 others that could make it a federal felony to use your blog, social media like MySpace and Facebook, or any other web media “To Cause Substantial Emotional Distress Through “Severe, Repeated, and Hostile” Speech.”
Here’s the relevant text:
Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person, using electronic means to support severe, repeated, and hostile behavior, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both….
Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act (Introduced in House)
HR 1966 IH
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1966
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to cyberbullying.
Speak Up, Now ….. while you still can.