Sunday, April 6, 2014

When did America stop being the place for free ideas and free speech?

◼ The absurdity of the Mozilla boycott - Ashe Schow

Because diversity means weeding out anyone who disagrees, right?



◼ Gingrich Calls Eich Resignation Example of 'New Facism' - Heritage
“This is just the most open, blatant example of the new fascism,” he added, “which says if you don’t agree with us 100 percent, we have the right to punish you, unless you’re like Hillary [Clinton] and like Barack Obama, and you recant.”
◼ Mozilla registers swell of negative feedback following Eich ouster - Daily Caller

...On Thursday, Mozilla forced Eich to resign just two weeks after hiring him. At issue was a $1,000 donation Eich gave in 2008 in support of California’s Proposition 8, a successful ballot initiative which banned gay marriage.

The decision to remove the man who invented the web scripting language JavaScipt did not sit well with many customers — many of them pelted Mozilla’s website with a surge of negative feedback.

On Friday, 94 percent of the sentiments registered on the site were “sad,” while six percent were “happy.” That translates to about 7,000 negative responses, compared to nearly 500 positive responses.

“Your abject and pathetic condemnation of an individual’s right to hold and support their own view on the world is simply unbelievable,” read one user’s feedback at the Mozilla site....

◼ Limbaugh: Mozilla CEO fired due to left’s success ‘equating opposition to them with hatred’ - Brendan Bordelon/Daily Caller

In liberal eyes, Limbaugh explained, “every Republican or conservative charitable endeavor is a fraud, is a hoax, designed to camouflage who they really are — which is bigots, racists, homophones, what have you.”

“Folks, do not discount this,” he warned, “because this a major problem. This is the root of the fascism that exists in this country. This is how the liberal fascists get away with it.”

Sy Hersh Bombshells Expose Obama’s Fraud in Syria and Benghazi

◼ Sy Hersh is out today with an explosive, damning piece of investigative journalism that completely dismantles the fable on Syria and Benghazi that President Obama and his national security team, including Hillary Clinton, tried to foist on America. - Larry Johnson/No Quarter

The article, The Red Line and the Rat Line, is in the London Review of Books. Mr. Hersh once again reminds the world why he is the preeminent investigative journalist....

Once you read Sy’s piece you will have a better understanding of how badly Obama has botched US foreign policy in the Middle East. It is not just incompetence. It is dangerous hubris that the intrepid Mr. Hersh has exposed.

NORTH CAROLINA PASSES ANTI-SHARIA LAW

◼ The legislation passed without Gov. Pat McCrory signing it. He called the bill “unnecessary” but still did not veto it, so it became the law of the state on Sunday. - Breitbart

◼ North Carolina becomes 7th state to ban Muslim Sharia law - Deseret News
North Carolina now joins Arizona, Kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Tennessee, according to Religion News Service, in banning Islamic Sharia law. A constitutional amendment seeking the same change in Alabama will be on the 2014 ballot. In Missouri, the governor vetoed an anti-Sharia bill because of its potential impact on international adoptions.

But the law in Oklahoma was struck down in court as unconstitutional, according to the Progressive Pulse, because it discriminated among religions without justification.

North Carolina lawmakers tried to avoid that problem by not mentioning Sharia in the legislation but instead banning enforcement of all foreign laws.

Supporters hailed the bill as an important safeguard that protects the American legal system from foreign laws that are incompatible with the U.S. Constitution, RNS reported, while critics argued the Constitution already overrides foreign laws.
◼ Anti-Sharia Bill Passed In North Carolina Without Governor Pat McCrory's Signature - Huffington Post
The North Carolina ban is limited to family law; bans in other states are broader, applying to commercial law, contract law and other types of laws.
◼ North Carolina bans judges from turning to Shariah law to decide cases - Washington Times

The EPA: Just a benevolent little agency that cares about clean air, clean water and recycling.

◼ Only kidding! This is where the left's ends-justify-the means mentality leads...EPA Ran Tests with Harmful Pollutants on Humans to Justify More Environmental Regulations - IJ Review

“These students were standing for basic human freedoms and engaging in the right to protest, which is a sacred right whether in Boston, Belarus, or Venzuela.”

◼ Kevin Spacey Turns Back On Hollywood Liberals & Backs Venezuelan Protesters – And His Words Hit HARD - Michael Hausam /IJ Review

Kevin Spacey is not your average Hollywood actor, by any means. Although he did meet with Hugo Chavez in 2007 and tends to keep his personal life very private, he just wrote a strongly worded statement in defense of the Venezuelan protestors on his blog....

Essentially, citizens have rebelled against the progressive policies supported by the Hollywood left installed by former leader Hugo Chavez. Opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez remains in prison and there is no end in sight to the conflict.

WATCH: ATF Director At Loss Of Words When Asked Why They Targeted Tea Party Activist For No Reason



◼ "Imagine what this lady felt like," a heated (Rep. Jim) Jordan told Jones. - CNSNEWS.COM

B. Todd Jones, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, couldn't tell Congress why his agents made two visits to a tea party conservative in a 13-month period -- but only after she requested tax-exempt status for her conservative group, True the Vote.

Catherine Engelbrecht had a Federal Firearms License (FFL) for 12 years. "And suddenly she applies for tax exempt status, and you're knocking on her door twice in 13 months," Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) told Jones at a hearing on Wednesday.

"Congressman, I wish I had better answers," Jones said.