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		<title>Westboro Baptist learns the cost of free speech</title>
		<link>http://aldenswan.com/2007/11/westboro-baptist-learns-the-cost-of-free-speech/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember a song years ago (can&#8217;t quite recall who the artist was, though) that contained the line, &#8220;Freedom is never cheap just because it&#8217;s free.&#8221; Jesus told his followers, &#8220;Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Free Speech Award Winner!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 03:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to my friend Mike for pointing out &#8220;former homosexual and HIV-positive Christian activist&#8221; James Hartline, who demonstrates that ultra right wing Christian fundamentalists also take advantage of our freedom of speech. Now, I&#8217;ve never heard of Mr. Hartline, but I felt compelled to go to the source and check him out. Wow. That&#8217;s all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The new Freedom of Speech Award goes to&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harry Reid! For those who may not be aware, since it&#8217;s been some time since I gave out this award, The Freedom of Speech Award is given to those who go above and beyond in celebrating their right of freedom of speech. And, as I&#8217;ve explained before, the freedom of speech is defined by me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Return to Fahrenheit 451</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2007 01:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A rather humorous (if it wasn&#8217;t so scary) story is being played out at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. It seems that the Discovery Institute, a group which promotes Intelligent Design, was scheduled to present a conference entitled &#8220;Darwin vs Design.&#8221; The event was co-sponsored by the University&#8217;s Christian Legal Society. However, some of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good news on the Free Speech front</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While you probably won&#8217;t hear it reported quite this way anywhere else, today the Supreme Court voted 8-0 (Alito didn&#8217;t vote, probably because he was too new to have reviewed the case) on a case that upholds our freedom of speech. Nearly everyone else will report this as good news for anti-abortion activists, which it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Consequences of Free Speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2006 07:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, I haven&#8217;t written for a while &#8211; not that I haven&#8217;t a lot to say, it&#8217;s just being &#8220;in the moment&#8221; and the moment is usually ill-timed. Yeah, I know, that doesn&#8217;t make any sense at all, but neither does much of what I read, so I figure I&#8217;m okay. I&#8217;ve been thinking of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Freedom of Speech Award &#8211; for &#8220;Selective Free Speech&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2006 21:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think this award could be shared by a number of people who spoke at Coretta Scott King&#8217;s funeral, and used the platform for their own purposes, mainly to throw stones at the Bush Administration. Apparently nothing is sacred to the Left. However, due to a truly standout performance, I will give the award to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Freedom of Speech Awards</title>
		<link>http://aldenswan.com/2006/01/the-freedom-of-speech-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love the concept of &#8220;Freedom of Speech,&#8221; at least the way it was originally conceived. Freedom of Speech was granted by the First Amendment to the Constitution: 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 [...]]]></description>
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