Obama Attacks Free Speech

I'm sitting here over my first cup of coffee and I still can't get over Obama's comments about information from his commencement address at Hampton University.



First of all, Mr. President, America is a representative republic, not a democracy.

We are "bombarded with information, some of which doesn't rank that high on the truth meter." So is it his job to save us from untruths? How about all the lies that stream from his administration. They think we little people can't get ourselves health care, we are too dumb to pick our own financial products, and now we are unable to sort through what is true or false?

Information is a distraction?

Or is the truth distracting from Obama's efforts to "fundamentally transform" this country?

In a commencement address at Hampton University this past weekend, Obama called information "a distraction, diversion". I was looking for, but could not find, the clip of that part alone, but please take the time to fast forward and listen to 7:50-8:40. It was downright chilling.



It sounds to me as though Obama plans to save us all from that distraction. Can you say regulation of the internet and cable TV?

More to come on that when I can wrap my brain around it.



I'm also doing some research on Obama's Supreme Court pick, Elena Kegan. Look for a post on it soon.