That’s not surprising.  Canada and Great Britain have jettisoned free speech for Political Correctness.  Mark Steyn was actually prosecuted for committing the heinous offense of writing his opinions in public.    Of course they would take threats to free excerisice of speech more seriously; they know what it is to lose it.  You may say “well that will never happen here.”  But  if you had told the British people 10 years ago that people would soon face arrest for insulting soccer players on the internet they would have scoffed and said how ridiculous.  And yet:  http://www.kenilworthweeklynews.co.uk/news/national/footballer-twitter-abuse-probed-1-3692538

If Steyn and O’Sullivan sound paranoid about free speech, I say look around.  It isn’t paranoia to notice the left is out to get you.

It is less than two hours before Rush’s show begin.

Daily Beast article

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2011/10/28/dem-wit-gop-likes-cain-because-hes-a-black-man-who-knows-his-place/

As always The biggest problem with the liberals ravings is reality.   Mr. Cain’s place is CEO of a nationwide business. Which, if it means what the libereral says, instead of the racist idea the liberal is claiming, means that conservatives like black men we can call boss.

Who’s the racist here?

If we are going to lose, let’s lose by our principles.  But — and here is the thing —  the people who are proclaiming to us which candidate is “electable” are doing one of two things.  They are either playing upon our fears of losing the election and telling us that THEIR candidate is the only one who is “electable”.  Or worse, they are actually planning for defeat by thinking in terms of  ”let’s pick someone who is most like the other party”.

They are WRONG.  The American People would be more than willing to vote for someone with principles. It’s when they are offered a choice between “Democrat” and “Democrat Lite” that they decide to go for the real Democrat.  I mean, if you are going to have a Democrat, why not pick the Real Thing, right?

Herman Cain is the most unabashedly conservative candidate we have.  The Florida Straw Poll picked him even when the pundits weren’t even MENTIONING him after the debates.  He is the man we need for the upcoming election, and not just as a token VP on the ticket.  He needs to be the top of the ticket.  And the “electable” candidate, Romney?  Pfeh.  A Republican who is a success in a Blue state.  Who brought Obamacare to his state before it was brought to the rest of the country.  Pfeh again.  Romney is “electable”. We need someone who can LEAD.

My first experience with any kind of social medium was back in the early tenth decade of the past century. It was the orginal Town Hall which the users communicated via a VAX server. The posts submitted there are quite well-written. I am finding such is again happening at g+.

For myself, Twitter is for instant discovery of news events as they are occuring; google plus for the more insightful discussions of those events; Facebook is a contact list for people to find me of whom I knew in my various schools and post-education work.