Are you no longer a US citizen when you walk into a school?

Former Student Who Created Facebook Group Critical of Teacher Sues High School Over Suspension

A former Florida high school student who was disciplined for "cyberbullying" a teacher on Facebook is suing the school principal on allegations of violating her free speech rights.

Before you start whining about frivolous lawsuits, remember that this is the third check on our government. This country is unique in that a lone person on the streets may stand before the courts and their government and say "Hey, that's not right," and the courts can look at their case and say "Yeah, you're right, that's /not/ right."

You, citizen, have power. It's not a perfect system, but there are a heck of a lot worse.

This particular case regards the fact that minors and students still have rights, /especially/ when they are not at school.

Freedom of speech does not protect /popular/ speech, it protects that which is /unpopular./ If we take away one right, where will that lead us?

And students have the ability to speak out. They should not be censored. Freedom of speech is your right, and it is their right too. You do /not/ give up your rights as a citizen to the moment you enter a school, and you ESPECIALLY do not give up your rights /away/ from it!

Free speech is ok, so long as none of the other little snowflake's feelings are hurt

FIRE Report: Public Universities Overwhelmingly Violate First Amendment

PHILADELPHIA, December 15, 2008—Today the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has released its 2009 report on campus speech codes, revealing that American colleges and universities systematically violate students' and faculty members' right to freedom of expression.

Bullshit! Colleges should be hotbeds of free speech, not attempting to stifle it.

I may not like what you have to say, but blast it, you have the right to say it, "hate speech" or not. You have the right to be an idiot and I have the right to call you a bigot.

Grow a pair!

posse comitatus - preventing martial law

Wikileak: Homeland Security Planning

This link is a PDF on Wikileaks - a leaked official document regarding the homeland security measures at the RNC.

Groups involved in the security measures include ICE: Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Defense's Army Northern Command, and the NGA -
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA provides mapping tools and imagery intelligence that are obtained from the United State's military spy satellites which are controlled by the National Reconnaissance Office).

If NORTHCOMM was assisting in the planning was the military involved in crowd control strategies in violation of posse comitatus? Was military intelligence used to watch the protesters at the RNC? If so, that is A LITTLE TINY BIT illegal.

I have no fear for liberty so long as the press remains free

United States Ranked 36th In The World For Press Freedom

The United States is ranked 36th in the world in terms of press freedom, up from 48th last year, according to a report released Wednesday by Reporters Sans Frontieres.

The US is tied with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cape Verde, South Africa, Spain, and Taiwan in the 36th spot."

Having a corporate filter on the media which censors out current events which displease them is not a free press. Having Fox act as a propaganda outlet for the government is also detrimental to a free press and on top of being illegal. When talking points are used from the government they must be labeled as such, not passed off as analysis by commentators. To do that is propagandizing.

There are six companies that own 90% of the media in the United States, meaning that there is no free market, nor free market of ideas within the press.

You can check out who owns what media on Who Owns What? Columbia Journalism Resources

"I have no fear for liberty so long as the press remains free." - Jefferson