[Publib] 1st Amendment Rights

[Sharon Foster]

Actually my first thought was "damage control." Address the false
rumors before they reach the MSM. They're not asking for names,
addresses, and phone numbers, after all.

Sharon M. Foster, JD, MLS
Librarians bring order out of chaos.
http://www.vsa-software.com/mlsportfolio/






On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Fred
Beisser<fredbeisser at mesanetworks.net> wrote:
> Right on, Lisa. Smacks of Hitler when Germany's walls seemed to have ears
> during WWII, the KGB in the old Soviet Union and Josef Stalin's Russia
> before that.
>
> Fred Beisser
>
> Lisa Guidarini wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> From White House blog
>> (http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Facts-Are-Stubborn-Things/ ):
>>
>> “There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there,
>> spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors
>> often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual
>> conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White
>> House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on
>> the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to
>> flag at whitehouse.gov <mailto:flag at whitehouse.gov> .”
>>
>> Thought police?
>>
>> If this is repugnant to you, please flood the email address above with:
>>
>> *Subject*: 1^st Amendment of Our Constitution
>>
>> *Amendment 1** - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression
>> <http://www.usconstitution.net/constnot.html#exp>. Ratified
>> <http://www.usconstitution.net/constamrat.html#BoR> 12/15/1791.* //Note
>> <http://www.usconstitution.net/constnotes.html#Am1>//
>>
>> Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
>> prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech,
>> or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to
>> petition the Government for a redress
>> <http://www.usconstitution.net/glossary.html#REDRESS> of grievances.
>>
>> Lisa Guidarini
>>
>> Adult Program Coordinator
>>
>> Algonquin Area Public Library District
>>
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