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From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 18:01:07 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: Rick Bradley <rick () rickbradley com> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 16:55:02 -0600 To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com> Subject: Re: [IP] Rangel's statement in response to right-wing criticisms * Dave Farber (dave () farber net) [030331 16:46]:
From: Severo Ornstein <severo () poonhill com> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 12:24:34 -0800 Subject: Rangel's statement in response to right-wing criticisms
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PRESS RELEASE CONGRESSMAN CHARLES RANGEL Contact: Emile Milne 202 225-4365 March 28, 2003
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Nothing is more precious to Americans than our freedom to speak out, to disagree. It's frightening that, in their passion for this war, some people are accusing anyone who opposes it of being unpatriotic. If members of Congress are going to be attacked for fulfilling their responsibility to their constituents to speak out on matters of war and peace, then we might as well tear up the Constitution.
Nonsense. If members of Congress are thrown in jail for speaking out on matters of war and peace *then* we need to take a serious look at the laws they've implemented. Rep. Rangel has adopted the deplorable Berkeley tactic of equating criticism with censorship. Rangel was expressing himself, and was criticized. Now he's defending himself. Sounds like a healthy ongoing debate to me. If our lawmakers feel threatened by those who exercise their First Amendment rights by criticising them, we'd better be very careful in our scrutiny of the laws they are writing. Rick -- http://www.rickbradley.com MUPRN: 987 | a damn if those random email haiku | little bastards rot in jail for | a few years. But... ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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