man wtf is obama doing saying he don't need congressional approval to do things?? I know there's executive orders but those don't have as much power as I initially thought (ie he can pass junk but it won't last if there's pushback). It's like how Brian said: 'how can anybody who reads politics not go crazy'
yay you've returned! vote steve mandee luvluv.mp3 ?
lol xPG Speaking of which, what has my incessant rep spam done for you? It probably increased by like, 1000
A cat is milhouse meme too.
The First Amendment does not shield fraud or other speech-exclusive crimes, but for their to be a crime there has to be a legal duty to act otherwise. A company (even a news company) has no legal obligation to tell the truth. In fact, though partisanship and non-objectivity are considered derogatory towards media, that is how all newspapers were 150 years ago, with papers telling flagrantly made-up crap to distort readers in favor of its choice policy or candidate. I learned about this fairly extensively as the transcript famous Lincoln-Douglas debates right before the Civil War vary wildly depending on what newspaper you get it from (a pro-Republican or pro-Democrat paper). So yes, Fox News is not violating any law even if it outright lies (though I'm not saying it definitely did in this case; I would have to check it out more), and would be, in most cases, also shielded from civil liability by the First Amendment. Fox News has the right to advance any policy it wants.
This is old as muppets but I re-read it today and why not ask Raistlin?? Anyway this : when two fox reporters were fired after their story about monsanto's bovine growth hormone story was squashed, the appeals court ruled that 1st amendment laws protected fox news from [those] whistleblower charges. Anyway what does this mean? Does it mean fox can report anything it wants under the guise of freedom of speech? It must still apply to things that don't have to do with expression (like fraud or other crimes) right? D:
but I love my teddy bear. You're not burning 'him'
Oh yeah, I'd almost forgotten about that. Just because it is obviously protected speech does not make it any less retarded of a statement. Someone should really organize a "burn all scared stuff" day, where we could burn Bibles, Qu'rans, Catholic crackers, and anything else held "sacred."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...rn_a_Koran_Day
About book burning? Why, who's burning what book?
