[Publib] 1st Amendment Rights

[brad thomas]

other than a few old girlfriends and an ex-wife, I'm sure that nobody cares about my 'dirt.' EVERYONE wants to read dirt regarding celebrities and politicians. 
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Date: Thursday, August 06, 2009 12:35:05 pm
To: lingersoll at blueislandlibrary.org
Cc: lguidarini at aapld.org;bradthomas at hotmail.com;kristie_boucher at hotmail.com;publib at webjunction.org
From: Fred Beisser <fredbeisser at mesanetworks.net>
Subject: Re: [Publib] 1st Amendment Rights

Dredge for dirt on someone???? Of course!!! Perhaps you missed the last 
election cycle when half of the mainstream media was in Alaska "fishing" 
for Palin dirt and the other half souring the Web. And the cycle before 
that when both Kerry and Bush had their underwear checked very thoroughly.

Fred Beisser
Colorado

Lynne Ingersoll wrote:
>
> Yes, the Internet is forever. But would anyone really want to dredge 
> through it all to find out what one specific person (you? me?) wrote? 
> Who really cares that much? Well, yes, I am sure there are some snoops 
> who would, but really, who cares? Ok, I've said some pretty 
> inflammatory things, usually in private e-mails, so maybe I have/had a 
> "file" with the (prior) government. I may not like it but oh well. On 
> the other hand, with the other fingers, the way the (technological) 
> world is moving makes me glad I am relatively old. I don't want to see 
> what's comin' down the pike.
>
> Lynne S. Ingersoll
>
> Lynne S. Ingersoll
>
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