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Seize the Day! Put no trust in the morrow! — Horace
Here are a few other relevant Blogs I have written related to FREE SPEECH:
terrorist or terrorists?… what one symbol does to a meaning
in America, everyone deserves the right to speak
without the ability to speak freely, we have nothing!
is it really okay to hate, or is it?
it all starts with speaking freely
…oh, there is more.
Let’s not dwell too much on the nuances of newspaper misquotes, but as I am cleaning up some of the issues surrounding a free speech lawsuit in which I prevailed, I thought it important enough to ensure that the record was made clear.
Search “Cal Poly and Saudi Arabia” and you will read what the story was really about. It was concerning a large public concern by many – including me – that Cal Poly was planning to do the business of setting up engineering classes in Saudi Arabia. It seems rather clear — at least to me — that only certain people would be invited to teach and others would be systematically excluded. Would women be allowed to teach? I think not.
I asked a military officer where all the ‘foreign fighters’ ( our media loves to use words that shows they don’t take sides) were originating? In the early days, so many were coming from Saudi Arabia, but this torrent has since been reduced to a trickle … it seems that volunteers are now getting hard to find. Now-a-days, I understand many ‘foreign fighters’ are coming from north Africa.
So given what I just said, my question to Cal Poly was a simple one: was there a chance that we would be providing certain Saudis with skills that could be used against us? So I asked in my blog: (is) “Cal Poly … training tomorrow’s terrorists?”
Free speech may have died in England and is crippled in Europe … but for now, if we are vigilant, the right of free speech will continue to help us ask those tough questions which will help us find American solutions to the problems of our day.
Back in the days when I had one wooden spoon and one knife, my grandmother pulled me aside to show me some of her secrets. Probably one of the most fun was leaning some of the tricks of the trade that folks got away with in the days gone by: chicken stock as a base for virtually all soups and the golden goodness of butter and pork. She would use a small amount of pork fat into almost everything she did… and I will confess to always having some around and using it frequently… sometimes in combination with butter.
To be frank, I don’t eat out that often, but when I do, I like to see what the chef recommends… that is to say… what the chef does best. Pork consumption is an increasing trend, first of all because it is delicious. One article made the following statement:
As for me, I cannot think of anything more enjoyable than including lamb with pig as in tat great South African dish called Bobotie!
In a previous post, I alluded to the fact that I was being sued for what amounted to exercising my constitutionally protected free speech in a matter of public interest. CalCoastNews.com covered this in a recent story entitled ” Blogger Wins Free Speech battle, Cal Poly Dean Loses.” Here is pictured the ‘tentative ruling’ … which became the final ruling.
Read CalCoastNews analysis for their insightful look at the defense of free speech in the public interest!
My Previous Free Speech BLOG: “Without the ability to speak freely, we have nothing!”
My daughter Karla wants to remind everyone that tomorrow is Earth Day… a day — at least to me — for celebrating our world and everyone in it. It is more than hugging trees, it is about investing in people and families to provide the wealth, energy and motivation to make our world a better place.
Roger
PS. Have a Happy Good Friday!