These past few days pundits and politicians have been either vilifying Pamela Geller’s Texas competition to draw the prophet Mohammed, or supporting her first amendment rights.
Greta Van Susteren’s post on Facebook this morning – The First Amendment free speech clause right is key to a democracy, but how one exercises that right is likewise important. Good judgment is important.
From our friend, Bill Whittle, and the folks at PJ Media.
The U.S. Justices should hear a major First Amendment case.
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And in case you didn’t know about it, here is a story about the co-founder of Earth Day:
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Adding to my post about Bill Penzey, Jr., I read this article from National Review titled:
Wisconsin’s Shame: ‘I Thought It Was a Home Invasion’
I thought I had read all there was to read about Democrat political tactics against Conservatives in Wisconsin. I was wrong. What they have done under the umbrella of “law” is closer to what happens in totalitarian countries.
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UPDATE: Treeper Tourets writes –
I wrote to Spice House to suggest that some of Mr. Penzy’s customers were unhappy about his behavior. She wrote:
“No kidding. What business owner who really likes his customers would care so little about losing them? On the plus side for us, we have had lots of people jump ship to us, so I kind of hope he keeps writing those wacky newsletters! My parents, Ruth and Bill Penzey, Sr. started our business, The Spice House, in 1957 and we own the original company. We are all about the top quality spices and the freshest hand ground and mixed seasonings. Our politics are very different than Bills, but that is irrelevant as our opinions about anything other than food, have no part in our business. We would never use our company as soap box. So please give us a try and encourage your friends to do the same.
Patty Erd
http://www.thespicehouse.com
Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/thespicehouse
Pinterest http://pinterest.com/thespicehouse/
Twitter https://twitter.com/TheSpiceHouse“
This week I placed an order with Penzey’s Spices, a company headquartered in Milwaukee, WI. Penzey also has retail stores in various locations, including the town where my daughter lives (which is where I first became aware of the company) and a place not far from where I live, so I have occasionally patronized their business.
They also have a catalog that they mail out periodically. Lately it has come to my attention that the owner of the company, Bill Penzey Jr., includes a “newsletter” in his catalog, which is his soapbox to lecture his customers about diversity and other topics close to the hearts of progressives.
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I am posting this video not only because I think it is interesting, and presents information we don’t usually see, but also because I know it will probably generate a lot of heat (if not light) in the comment section. But then, I’m just a pot stirrer. Enjoy!
“They have given their sons to the military services. They have stoked the furnaces and hurried the factory wheels.
They have made the planes and welded the tanks, riveted the ships and rolled the shells.”
– President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, August 19, 1942
The Trifecta crew (PJTV) brings some interesting ideas to the table: