July, 2008: In this essay I'd like to point out some dangerous threats to the freedom we cherish. I remember, as a kid, seeing the film of Nikita Khrushchev, pounding his shoe on the table at the U.N. "We will bury you!" So, comrade; how'd that work out?

Not gonna' happen. We have shown that we will pound into insignificance, even a bearded pipsqueak in the hills of Pakistan, if he and his band of savages tries to destroy us. That message is unmistakably clear, to even the most evil lunatics in the world.

I also remember, as a kid, being told that if we fail, we will fail from weaknesses from within, not from outside invaders. This I believe.

The Thought Police

In "1984," Orwell wrote about the "thought police," whose task it was to control the minds of the citizens. Mighty extreme, huh? Let me give you two words: Barack Obama. Nobody knows exactly what he stands for. But the modern thought police -- the mainstream media -- has told you what to think about him. He is the Messiah.

Orwell introduced the notion of "thoughtcrime." Again, mighty extreme, you say. Well, today we have "hate crimes." The focus is less on the deed than on the alleged thought.

Freedom of Speech is Not Alive and Well

In Canada, hate speech is essentially defined as anything that certain "victimized" people find offensive. So, if a group is sufficiently offended to complain to a human rights commission, the burden of proof has already been met. The human rights commission has no legal standing... yet. So what about free speech? An investigator for Canada's national commission explained it this way: "Freedom of speech is an American concept, so I don't give it any value."

Be ye warned.

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