American dreams

Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me:

Is there such a thing as free speech when at times of warfare people are silenced?

Is there such a thing as that when a man cannot be gay in the military: don't ask don't tell?

Is there such a thing as that when a person can oppose homosexuality in public but a man/woman opposing abortion is not stopped?

free speech exists until a person becomes a politician?

He/she must be conscious of every word.

free speech exists until one becomes the professor at a university or high school,

How can a nation go on with traitors in their midst who could defame the American name?

First Amendment: the right to free speech, freedom of the press

Freedom of the Press gives the power to one or many to dictate information.

Is this good or bad?

Freedom of the Press gives one or many the right to give it as they see it

reporters and journalists have a bias and this is a fact,

whoever they work for is their bias

It depends on the newspaper or magazine but whoever it is they all have on goal,

To sway people's thoughts and feelings one way or another,

story:
A dual-language school opens in NYC. There are already dual language schools pertaining to Chinese Americans, Mexican Americans, and this new one was to be Arab-American dual language. This was not a religious school, strictly developed to assist Arab American children in learning to speak English, along with otrher things that were not religion related. Debbie Almontaser was the appointed principal. Immediately the right wing extremists here in America attacked the school for being terrorist relatd and and of being an Islamic school which it was clearly not. This woman lost her job due to journalists who twisted her words and made her out to be a terrorist, that and a t-shirt killed her career. all because of a right wing journalist.....This is not the only example of things like this but you get the point....

In America we can be whatever we want whenever we want.....

In America we can speak out against racism, discrimination, and poverty, and injustice...

.But in America we cannot oppose war.....we cannot go against our government when it all comes down to it..

....Republican National Convention::2004

Protestors to the Iraq War gathered in NYC, home to the convention and were going to march for their views against the war.....

within 5 mins literally, the protestors were silenced.....police blockaded them and trapped them behind mesh orange lining that seemed to be especially made for the occasion.......

like a wall against the infidels who choose to go against their leaders and speak out against the regime....

NO this is not like a country that kills whoever speaks out against them but it is pretty sad when people cannot even carry a sign in the street in silence without being suppressed.

People can speak out against someone being a homosexual out in the open... yet we have to be quiet when our young African American's are being pulled over and searched because of the color of their skin...

obviously it does not happen every day of the week but lets face it it is a reality.....

People can worship their god in public catholic shrines.....outdoors..

...yet if one was to say that they did not believe in God they would be reprimanded openly, in public....

.freedom has constraints..........

freedom is overrated if you ask me........