3 Recent 1st Amendment Violations

1. Juan Williams the NPR personality was fired for some benign, honest comments on a Fox program. Rightfully, this should be PR headache for national public radio.

They don’t call it “National Public” Radio for nothing you know. Who fired Juan, exactly? Ellen Weiss, the head of news at NPR, said the decision was made “above me”.

When a government entity can fire someone because of the person’s rational speech, I wonder, “just how protective our first amendment is?”

NPR stepped over the line here, and the person that gave the order to fire Juan is the one who should loose a job.

2. WJLA-TV fires veteran anchor Doug McKelway because, it is reported in the Washington Post, he broadcast a sharply worded live report about congressional Democrats and President Obama.

In his piece, McKelway at a BP oil-spill protest said, "the sparsely attended event attracted protesters" largely representing far-left environmental groups.  He went on to say the protest "may be a risky strategy because the one man who has more campaign contributions from BP than anybody else in history is now sitting in the Oval Office, President Barack Obama, who accepted $77,051 in campaign contributions from BP." Why would they fire a news man who accurately informs his audience? It’s ABC. Need I say more?

3. Duane Hammond, a union worker in California was wearing a Bush hat and shirt he bought at the George H.W. Bush Aircraft Carrier tour in Norfolk, VA. Where his son was stationed.


Hammond was a stage worker setting up for an Obama campaign rally. Hammond, instead of removing his shirt and hat as his union instructed, walked off the job straight to a news truck. He took this action because was threatened with punitive action by the union. I would have told the union boss to stick it where the sun don’t shine, but that’s just me.


There you have it. Three examples of first Amendment rights being trampled. And they keep getting away with it.


I listen to NPR from time to time, but I think it is laced with liberal, establishment propaganda. They are masters at propaganda that pushes ideas leading to cap and trade policy acceptance.


Why they fired the guy for saying something like, ‘feeling nervous when on a flight with Muslims in full garb.’ I do not know.


Finally, Fox snatched Juan up for a reported two million dollar contract. WAY TO GO FOX!!!