Post Chat Freedom

The first saturday night throwdown was a triumph of the will.

David Palmer makes awesome music.

Fiona Apple is a surprise snugglebunny.

Drew Carey sings like a boid.

Bucky Sinister is the Dylan of the Donut Shop.

Fee Waybill brings me joy.

Joe Walsh rules hard.

I love and thank you and bask in the glow of your talent one and all.

Moving forward:
ACLU to Release Report on Reporters’ Shield

Washington – As part of Sunshine Week 2007, the Free Expression Network (FEN), an alliance of organizations dedicated to preserving the right to free expression, will host a Capitol Hill briefing on the state of the First Amendment.

What: Sunshine Week First Amendment Briefing

Who: Greg Proops, comedian
Ronald Collins, First Amendment Center
James Tucker, ACLU Washington Legislative Office
Christopher Pifer, American Friends Service Committee
Jay Dyckman, National Coalition Against Censorship
Julie Sternberg, ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project

When: 2:00pm Tuesday, March 13, 2007

WHERE: Rm. 2226, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC

Topics to be covered include:

· Reporters’ shield laws and their importance to a free press
· Abstinence-only programs and the censorship of medically accurate information
· Scientific censorship and its harm to scientific progress and impartial research
· FBI and DoD domestic spying and its chilling effect on the marketplace of ideas

In addition, the American Civil Liberties Union will release its new report, “Publish and Perish: The Need for a Federal Reporters’ Shield Law.” The report reveals that journalists in America are at greater risk of imprisonment for protecting their sources than at any time in history, and details ways freedom of the press can be balanced with the need to protect our collective security.

The National Coalition Against Censorship will also release "Political Science: A report on censorship of science from The Knowledge Project of the National Coalition Against Censorship." This report details the First Amendment implications of politically motivated suppression and censorship of scientific research.

Contact: Rachel Perrone, ACLU
(202) 675-2312, [email protected]

Be there in spirit, activists.

RIP Richard Jeni

Posted by Greg Proops on Mar 11, 2007 :: Permalink