Mellencamp: First Amendment More of a ‘Collective’ Thing

You know, liberals should be celebrating. Their man, The Won, is in the White House. They have control of both the House and the Senate, and legislation such as cap and trade and nationalized health care may well become reality – European socialism without having to leave the comfort of home. The Brave New World is on the way. Rejoice in mediocrity for all!

So why are they so grumpy? I suppose it’s because the idea that anyone might stray from the reservation is anathema to them, and this little thing in our Constitution called the First Amendment kind of gets in the way of collective happiness and singing Kumbaya around the campfire.

John “Cougar” Mellencamp is the latest to notice that not everyone is part of the collective, and he’s mighty peeved, making this observation about free speech in general and bloggers in particular: (more…)

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Tags: Brave New World, first amendment, Freedom of Speech, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry
Posted Jul 10th 2009 at 9:03 am in Celebrity News, Politics | 180514176 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/pmeister/2009/07/10/no-room-in-mellencamps-pink-house-for-mean-bloggers/Mellencamp%3A+First+Amendment+More+of+a+%27Collective%27+Thing2009-07-10+16%3A03%3A52Pam+Meister

“NewsBusted” 4/03/09 — Fake News from the Right

In this episode, “NewsBusted” covers: Iraq War Protestors, GM, Chrysler, Zac Efron, Obama’s Budget, John Mellencamp, Sean Penn, Three Stooges, and Gwyneth Paltrow

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Tags: Chrysler, GM, Gwyneth Paltrow, John Mellencamp, Obama's Budget
Posted Apr 3rd 2009 at 10:59 am in Political Humor, Video | 967108 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/epeterkofsky/2009/04/03/%e2%80%9cnewsbusted%e2%80%9d-40309-%e2%80%94-fake-news-from-the-right/%E2%80%9CNewsBusted%E2%80%9D+4%2F03%2F09+%E2%80%94+Fake+News+from+the+Right2009-04-03+17%3A59%3A46Eric+Peterkofsky