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• Jeanswear, the first amendment is in important part of what guarantees democracy in our constitution. It lead to a free press, important for a nation expected to make political choices, it protected the rights of people to criticize the government, something very absent in totalitarian governments, it protects our rights to peaceful assembly. I don't believe that one can put "too" emphasize on the First Amendment and I think the fact that it is first said something about how important it was to our Founding Fathers. In reply to: "wikileaks.org shut down by Federal Judge"

  February 21, 2008

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• First Amendment redefined...
  When the First Amendment to the US Constitution was written, I sincerely doubt
  that the founding fathers thought that the rights of a free press would only
  protect people who earned substantial money. The thought would have been
  laughable. I noticed in the Washington Post article that the large newspaper
  conglomerates all support the bill with the amendment. Mmm? In reply to: "Journalists need a shield law, but not this bill"

  October 18, 2007

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• Strike against freedom, not a real protection
  Where in the constitution does it give the government the ability to
  define who is press and who is not? That in itself is a blow against
  the Constitution. Any bill that does not protect the blogger, like my
  son, Josh Wolf who spend seven months in jail for his reporting,
  does not protect the writers or the readers of what is still
  considered "new" media, but once TV was new media, once the
  radio was new. Reporting the news with the intent to inform should
  be all that is needed for shield protections. In reply to: "Non-'casual' bloggers win legal shield in House"

  October 17, 2007

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• This remind me of the Renaissance Fair
  The Ren Fair has done the same thing for 40 years now. It started using
  volunteers and everyone was fine with that. But, as it grew and made tons of
  money, the policy never changed. A few people made a lot of money and it
  still relies on volunteer labor. For an organization taking in lots of money, I
  think that is disrespectful of the people who make the fair such a success, the
  many dedicated people who volunteer every year. In reply to: "Huffington Post doesn't plan to pay its bloggers"

  September 28, 2007

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• Hmm...but what are we really talking about here?
  I find her words offensive, but who gets to be the "word police" here? I also find
  many billboards offensive, I don't like ads on TV for viagra. I grew up when one
  wouldn't even say the word, "bra" on any public airwaves or advertising and
  Ozzie and Harriet slept in twin beds. But, the question still remains, and is
  especially tricky when dealing with comedians, who decides what is sufficiently
  offensive to be censored off the air and what is not? I tend to want to err on the
  side of tolerance, rather than censorship. In reply to: "Kathy Griffin to be censored on Emmy telecast"

  September 13, 2007

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• I think that is probably illegal
  I could be wrong, but I think any parent taking that to the school board would find that requiring students to "donate" large sums of money for a grade would be completely illegal in a public school. Selling candy to pay for field trips is one thing, fundraising for a grade is beyond the pale. In reply to: "Grades for sale at Naples High"

  August 31, 2007

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• I like it!
  I'll be looking forward to August 19. In reply to: "RUNtv: Taking internet video and putting it on Cable Television"

  August 13, 2007

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• What do they define as media?
  In reading this, I have to wonder, what the definition would be for "media".
  Surely, television and radio, film, magazines and the internet would also be
  "media". Recently I saw a picture of people working in a library, as I had done in
  high school, using reference materials that couldn't be checked out or copied
  (no copy machines available then). Note taking was effective, but the whole
  process was very, very time consuming. Today students can access reference
  materials online at home, make copies of relevant pages from other materials
  and can create power point presentations. This seems to be a positive
  improvement. In reply to: "America on a media diet?"

  August 9, 2007

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• Which company is not for profit?
  In California, Blue Shield is the only not for profit insurance company for both
  HMO and PPO coverage. Blue Cross sold their HMO division to Wellpointe, a for
  profit company with some questionable dealings. I think that puts Blue Shield a
  cut above the rest. In reply to: "Google strikes Sicko in ploy for pharmie funds"

  July 3, 2007

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• Which company is not for profit?
  In California, Blue Shield is the only not for profit insurance company for both
  
  HMO and PPO coverage. Blue Cross sold their HMO division to Wellpointe, a for
  
  profit company with some questionable dealings. I think that puts Blue Shield a
  
  cut above the rest. In reply to: "Google strikes Sicko in ploy for pharmie funds"

  July 3, 2007

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